- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRubens de Falco da Costa
- He began his career making theater. In 1955, he integrated the group "Os Jograis", of São Paulo, beside Ruy Afonso, Italo Rossi and Felipe Wagner. In 1952 he made a debut at the movie theater, in a tip in the film Apassionata, for the fabled Cinematographic Company Vera Cruz. In television, he had prominence parts in soap operas such as "O Rei dos Ciganos" (1967), "A Rainha Louca" (1967), "O Passo dos Ventos" (1968), "Gabriela" (1975), "O Grito" (1975), "Escrava Isaura" (1976) and "Dona Xepa" (1977). He almost always interprets papers of villain, type that does with mastery. He is one of the great Brazilian actors.
- IMDb mini biography by: Silvio Ferreira Cosi (amc.cosi@ig.com.br)
- Blue eyes and triangular-shaped mustache, combination that gave him an acclaimed evil look.
- Smooth baritone voice, raised only when necessary for the act
- Appeared in 2 versions of "Escrava Isaura". The first one, in 1976, he was the master villain Leôncio Almeida; in the 2004 version, he guest-appeared as Comendador Almeida, Leôncio's father. Leôncio was then played by Leopoldo Pacheco, and they both had the very same mustache, the one De Falco himself wore in the first version.
- Since May 2006 he has been unable to act due to a stroke.
- The two final years of his life were in Ciai (Centro Integrado de Assistência ao Idoso), where he was interned due to the stroke that has left him unable to act or to talk.
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