
Acting
Tom Cavalcante
Born
1962-03-08 (64)
Place of birth
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
30 titles
Antônio José Rodrigues "Tom" Cavalcante (Fortaleza, March 8, 1962) is a Brazilian comedian, actor, impersonator, presenter, radio host, and voice actor.
Known for
5.7Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
Zorra Total
1999
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
2019
7.0Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcast by Rede Globo. The humour featured on the show is mostly satirical, relating to religious or ethical groups, and minorities. The group founded a company called Toviassu Produções Artísticas, whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "Todo viado é surdo" – "Every gay is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo and publish a website and many books, among other products, for example the "Machobol". Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário, the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988. A few years later, they starred in their own show.
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
1992
8.3Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Brava Gente
2000
8.3It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Sai de Baixo
1996
6.7A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.
Tá no Ar: A TV na TV
2014
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
8.6The documentary retraces the band's meteoric rise, as they became the biggest phenomenon in Brazilian music in 1995 — and one of the most remarkable in the country's history.
Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú
2026
6.5Diogo is sneaking out of the house when he is surprised by a blackout in the neighborhood and gets stuck in the elevator. Without finding a solution other than waiting, Diogo is forced to distract himself from his boredom on social media.
Um Palmo
2021
2010s · 5 titles
6.9After learning that China has left the jail and is seeking revenge, Romeo needs to get money to leave the country as soon as possible. Soon, Toin, Ray Van and Pilôra join forces to restore a summer camp to attract all kinds of young people.
Os Parças 2
2019
7.2"Cassino do Chacrinha" is back on a journey into the universe of the Old Warrior that celebrates the centenary of one of Brazil's greatest communicators: Abelardo Barbosa.
Chacrinha: The Eternal Warrior
2017
NRA portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
2018
5.3Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from São Paulo, their maid, and the building’s doorman. It’s the return of iconic characters like Caco Antibes, Magda and Ribamar, and also new characters.
Sai de Baixo: O Filme
2019
5.9After a notorious crook pressures four pals to organize a memorable wedding party for this daughter, they decide to go all in and open an agency.
Os Parças
2017
2000s · 3 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Era Uma Vez e Clipes da Xuxa
2006
6.4Sofia goes to her cousin Matheus's house to take care of his two children, Júlia and Lucas, while he goes to a party. She finds a magical book, which transports them to the Magic Forest, where they meet fairytale characters such as Pinocchio and Little Red Riding Hood. But their presence starts interfering with the original stories, and so Matheus tries to bring them back to the real world.
Xuxa Abracadabra
2003
5.0With the help from his little guardian angel, Xuxinha, a 7-year old boy called Guto faces the terrible garbage eating monsters from the planet XYZ in the first-ever animated Xuxa film.
Xuxinha and Guto Against the Space Monsters
2005
Series credits
5.7Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
Zorra Total
1999
5.7Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
Zorra Total
1999
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
2019
7.0Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcast by Rede Globo. The humour featured on the show is mostly satirical, relating to religious or ethical groups, and minorities. The group founded a company called Toviassu Produções Artísticas, whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "Todo viado é surdo" – "Every gay is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo and publish a website and many books, among other products, for example the "Machobol". Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário, the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988. A few years later, they starred in their own show.
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
1992
8.3Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Brava Gente
2000
8.3It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Sai de Baixo
1996
6.7A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.
Tá no Ar: A TV na TV
2014
No synopsis available yet.
Estados Anysios de Chico City
1991
6.4A comedy show where ten professional comedians face off for six hours in a row to keep a straight face, while they try to make their opponents laugh.
LOL: Last One Laughing Brazil
2021
6.4A comedy show where ten professional comedians face off for six hours in a row to keep a straight face, while they try to make their opponents laugh.
LOL: Last One Laughing Brazil
2021
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Vai Fernandinha
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Acerte ou Caia!
2024
8.6'Escolinha do Professor Raimundo' was a comedy program starring Chico Anysio, the unforgettable Professor Raimundo Nonato, and which brought together some of the biggest names in Brazilian comedy. Marked by informality and improvisation, the School was a landmark, immortalized catchphrases like "And the salary, huh?" and paved the way for new and established talents. Created in 1952 by radio host and comedian Haroldo Barbosa for Rádio Mayrink Veiga, the School arrived on TV five years later as a segment of the program Noites Cariocas, on TV Rio. For 38 years, the School was a segment hosted by Chico Anysio in various comedy programs. In 1990, it premiered as an independent program on Globo and became a classic of Brazilian television.
Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tomara que Caia
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dra. Darci
2018
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Multi Tom
2016
5.5This docuseries presented by Fábio Porchat brings together some of the best Brazilian comedians to talk about humor, its limits, its relationship with politics, and other topics. We have accounts from Rafael Cortez, Carol Zoccoli, Yuri Marçal, Marcelo Adnet, Tom Cavalcante, and many others, as well as comedy footage from the past. Together, we will discover what makes Brazilians laugh.
Humor 101: Brazil
2022
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Os Parças - A Série
2024
Show do Tom was a Brazilian comedy and talk show aired by Rede Record and launched on September 27, 2004. Two years ago, the program was on Sunday at 5pm, but now is Sunday 11pm. The program has also changed; before it was recommended free for all, but now is not recommended for children under 10 years.
Show do Tom
2004
