Stepan Nercessian | |
Birth Date: | 1953 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Cristalina, Goiás, Brazil |
Occupation: | Actor, politician |
Office: | Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro |
Term Start: | 1 February 2011 |
Term End: | 31 January 2015 |
Office 2: | Councilman of Rio de Janeiro |
Term Start 2: | 1 January 2005 |
Term End 2: | 31 December 2010 |
Party: | Cidadania (1992–present) |
Stepan Nercessian (born 2 December 1953) is a Brazilian actor and politician of Armenian descent.Nercessian was born in Cristalina, Goiás; his career began in the late 1960s, in the film Marcelo Zona Sul. He also acted on stage and television, having worked for Rede Globo from 1971 to 2018.[1] [2]
In 2004 Nercessian was elected councilman of the city of Rio de Janeiro, for the Popular Socialist Party ; being re-elected in 2008. In the 2010 Brazilian general election, he was elected federal deputy representing the state of Rio de Janeiro with 84,006 votes.[3]