Rodrigo Santoro-Styling

His first major role in a cinema production would come in 2001, with Bicho de Sete Cabeças (Brainstorm) by Brazilian director Laís Bodansky. Santoro was cast as Persian emperor Xerxes I in the movie 300, based on the Frank Miller comic of the same name, in 2007. For his role in 300, Santoro became the first Brazilian actor nominated in the MTV Movie Awards, in the category of Best Villain. Santoro though, did not win the category which went to Jack Nicholson for The Departed.