Rodrigo Santoro
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Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro is a Brazilian actor. He is known in Brazil for his appearances on local telenovelas, and internationally for his portrayal of the Persian king Xerxes I in the film 300
Santoro at the 2025 Berlinale
Santoro in 2003
Santoro at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, promoting 300: Rise of an Empire
Santoro at the premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting, 9 May 2012, New York
300 (film)
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300 is a 2006 epic historical fantasy action film directed by Zack Snyder, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon. Based on the 1998 Dark Horse Comics limited series of t
Rodrigo Santoro
…actor. He is known in Brazil for his appearances on local telenovelas, and internationally for his portrayal of the Persian king Xerxes I in the film 300 (2006) and its sequel 300: Rise of an Empire (2014). Other credits include Brainstorm (2001), Carandiru (2003), Love Actually (2003), Che (2008), I…
Theatrical release poster
Above: the film version compared to the 1998 comic (below)
Above: A scene during filming Below: The finished scene
Lena Headey at the London premiere, 2007