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Sérgio Luiz Pereira (born July 15, 1960), stagename Sergio Kato, is a Brazilian-American actor, television host, comedian and former martial artist.[2] He found greater fame in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, after a stage play at the Scala Rio music venue.[3] Since then, Kato have been working for a number of advertising campaigns, TV shows and films.[4] Former model and active actor 2019. Aside from the acting career, Kato still modeling not as much. Print-adds, campaigns and TV Commercials for grief clothing.

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Sergio Kato
Kato in 2020
Born	Sergio Luiz Pereira (1960-07-15) July 15, 1960 (age 62) Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Citizenship	Brazil United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–present
Spouses	Maureen Carey Hearn ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1990)​ [1] Jacqueline Pereira ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	4
Relatives	Mazarópi (brother)
Website	sergiokato.com

Sergio is brother of former footballer and current football coach Mazarópi.[5][6]

Career

Early work

He began his acting career at Teatro O Tablado in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied and worked. Still in Rio de Janeiro, he gained notoriety acting, dancing and singing in spectacles of Scala Rio.[7]

Still young, in 1982 he served the Brazilian Air Force, than in 1985 he moved to the United States. After studying English at California High School, He studied at the University of California in Los Angeles, Where he received a Diploma from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.[7] In similar fashion, the movie industry changes rapidly, many projects in Europe and the USA.

Cinema and TV career

Kato' first TV appearance came in 1976, his first film was Bete Balanço, in 1984, where he played a dancer.[8] He wanted to move from a ballet dancer to acting, finally achieving it when he was chosen to play the role of a cab driver in the Brenda Starr film with Brooke Shields.[7][9] Later he played a bartender together with Tracey Birdsall-Smith, on the film I Might Even Love You.

In January 1993, just weeks after leaving back to California from Japan, Kato was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the Only the Strong, an action drama film with Mark Dacascos, written and directed by Sheldon Lettich.[10]

In 1997, Kato did a cameo role on Rede Globo's soap opera A Indomada playing the character Arnold together with the actor José de Abreu.[11]

Modelling

Sergio Kato signed with modeling agency in New York City, appeared in ads for Calvin Klein with Dylan Bruno and modeled in Paris, Japan and Milan. His modeling career also includes modeling for Polo Ralph Lauren, Georgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Timex etc.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	One Life to Live	Tom
1983	Viva o Gordo	Actor
1986	Miami Vice	Nelson Oramus
	Growing Pains	Leonni
1993	Seinfeld	Himself
1993	A Different World	Himself
	Verão Quente	Jonas
1994	Você Decide	Pedro
1995	Nestor Burma	Sulton
1996	The Adventures of Shirley Holmes	Jay Cash
1997	A Indomada	Arnold
1997	Madame le consul	Le Chauffeur
1999	The West Wing	D.C. Cop
2001	Mala Racha	Sergio Pereira
2001	Casseta & Planeta Urgente	Paulinho
2002	Wildfire 7: The Inferno	Dan	TV Movie
2003	Las Vegas	Casino Dealer
2007–2008	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Himself
2008	Faça Sua História	Nelso
2008	Breaking Bad	DEA Agent Tom
2009	Two and a Half Men	Geno
2009	Angel and the Bad Man	Gunman 4	TV Movie
2010	Tyranny	Wallace
2010	As Cariocas	Richard
2010	Law & Order: LA	Officer Toni
2012	As Brasileiras	Rico Sini
2014	Complete Works	Armanni

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Se Segura, Malandro!	Antonio
1980	O Convite ao Prazer	Castilho
	Miniero Cabaret	Daniel
1982	Rehearsal for Murder	Third Officer
1983	The Day After	Detective
1984	Missing in Action	Bouncer	Uncredited
	Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz	Sergio Pereira
1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Martim, Molina's Friend
1986	Short Circuit	Frank	Uncredited
1989	Brenda Starr	Jose, Cab Driver
1993	Indecent Proposal	Tim	Uncredited
	Only the Strong	Silverio's Bodyguard #3	Uncredited
	Clubland	Nightclub Bouncer
1994	True Lies	Bread Van Terrorist #3	Uncredited
	The Shawshank Redemption	Inmate Two	Uncredited
1997	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	Security Guard	Uncredited
1998	The Truman Show	Production Assistant	Uncredited
	I Might Even Love You	The Bartender
2001	Mala racha	Policeman
	Flying Virus	Scared Soldier
2003	Power Play	Soldier
	Bulletproof Monk	Merc	Uncredited
	SWAT	Prison Guard	Uncredited
2005	The Film	Police #2
2009	Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus	FBI Agent	Uncredited
	Diablo Mountain	Lead Actor	Short film
2010	Federal	Luis	Uncredited
2011	Say no to drugs	Cop 5	Short film
2011	Shooter	Policeman	Uncredited
2012	Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies	Nestor
2013	Gangster Squad	Officer Lane	Uncredited
	Lone Survivor	Navy Seal	Uncredited
	Chinese Puzzle	Le Deuxieme Fuyard	Uncredited
	Pendejo	Millani
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Colony Survivor	Uncredited
	Reasonable Doubt	Court Bailiff	Uncredited
	Big Stone Gap	Steve
	Stunt Games	Agent Duke
2015	Terminator Genisys	Guerrilla Officer	Uncredited
2016	Hail, Caesar	Roman Officer	Uncredited
	Suicide Squad	Hispanic Man	Uncredited
2017	The Crash	Secret Service Agent	Uncredited

References

External links

• Sergio Kato at IMDb
• Official website
• Interview with Sergio Kato

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