Giuseppe Oristanio

Born Oct 15, 1958 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Giuseppe Oristanio is a Brazilian actor. In 1973, aged 14, Giuseppe quit his job at a boot factory to play Pedrinho in the production of Sítio do Picapau Amarelo for three years. In 1979, after several plays, he was introduced to director Walter Avancini, who invited him to audition for the soap opera ComoSalva Meu Casamento, on TV Tupi, in which he was approved for the character Marinho. With Tupi's bankruptcy, the telenovela was canceled with 20 chapters to go. In 1980 he was in an episode of the Cabaret Literário teletheater, on TV Cultura, playing Guilherme de Almeida. In the same year he signed with Band to join the cast of Um Homem muito Especial, the continuation of the telenovela Drácula, Uma História de Amor, which was canceled by Tupi with only 4 chapters in its bankruptcy.