Matheus Costa was born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil When he was 5 years old he debuted as an actor in his first soap opera América in 2005 In 2006 Matheus made his first appearance in a feature film the comedy Muito gelo e dois dedos dágua Since then Matheus has played several characters including 10 feature films 9 tv series 11 soap operas and 4 theatre plays He won two awards Prêmio Contigo and Prêmio Qualidade with his performance in Escrito nas estrelas and Cordel Encantado Matheus is graduated in Cinema and Fine Arts