Luciano Szafir

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Luciano Szafir
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Szafir in 2009
Born
Luciano Lebelson Szafir

(1968-12-31) 31 December 1968 (age 55)
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • actor
Years active1986–present
Partner(s) Xuxa (1997–2002)
Luhanna Melloni (2012–present)
Children3, including Sasha
Modeling information
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown

Luciano Lebelson Szafir (born 31 December 1968) is a Brazilian businessman, actor, and former model.

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Early life

Szafir is the son of Gabriel and Betty Szafir. He has a twin sister named Priscila, an older sister named Alexandra and a younger brother named Salomão. He is also uncle to his twin sister's two children, Júlia and Luís Otávio. Szafir is of Lebanese and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Career

Earlier in his career, Szafir worked as a model. He is the sole actor for Rede Record, and has acted in three novel adaptations for radio.

He was the highlight of the Alliance samba school of Joaçaba-SC in the year 2006, in the pilot called "Taste like a hug."

Personal life

He has a daughter, Sasha Meneghel, with the TV host Xuxa Meneghel, with whom he was in a relationship for 11 years.

He practices martial arts and currently holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art he has practiced since 1978. [1]

Filmography

Television

Film

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