Bruno Campos

Campos was born on 3 December 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1][3] His father, Paulo Campos,^[1] was an international manager of Banco do Brasil (lit. 'Bank of Brazil')^[4] and real estate lawyer,^[5] and his mother, Thania Campos,^[1] was an actress.^[5] He is the third of four children.^[5] At the age of five, Campos left Brazil with his family.^[4] He spent parts of his childhood in Canada, Bahrain, and the United States due to his father's career.^[5] His family returned to Brazil when Campos was fourteen, but he decided to stay in the United States to finish his studies,^[5] since he could barely speak Portuguese and did not know much about Brazilian culture at the time.^[4] His parents later divorced.^[5]

At the age of nine, he started acting at a private arts school in Toronto.^[5] At the age of thirteen, he played Prince Charming in a school production of Cinderella.^[5]

At the age of seventeen, he attended Michigan's Interlochen Arts Academy.^[5] He then studied drama at Northwestern University (north of Chicago in Evanston, Illinois),^[5] graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1995.^[5][6]

In 1995, Campos made his film debut in the Brazilian film O Quatrilho, directed by Fábio Barreto, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1996 Academy Awards.^[5] That same year, he played the male lead in William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.^[7] In 1997, he played Jimmy Santadio on the CBS miniseries The Last Don, based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo.^[4]

From there, he became better known to American audiences for his roles as Diego on the NBC sitcom Jesse, starring Christina Applegate;^[5] as attorney Joe Rivera in the Showtime series Leap Years;^[8] and for a recurring guest role as Dr. Eddie Dorset on ER.^[9]

In 2004, he joined the cast of FX's medical drama Nip/Tuck playing plastic surgeon Quentin Costa, who is later revealed to be The Carver, one of the two main antagonists of the show's third season.^[10] In 2006, he guest starred in Cold Case.^[11]

In 2009, he guest starred in the television series Numb3rs and Castle.^[12] That same year, he voiced the character of Prince Naveen in the Disney animated film The Princess and the Frog, which went on to be nominated for three Academy Awards.^[13] He reprised his role in the 2011 video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures.^[14] In 2024, he reprised the role in the attraction Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.^[15]

In 2010, he made guest appearances such as on the supernatural television series Ghost Whisperer; on the medical drama Private Practice, on season 3 episode 15, playing the brief boyfriend of Charlotte King who is accused of abusing OxyContin;^[16] and also had a recurring role during the first season of the comedy-drama series Royal Pains as Charlie Casey, the ex-husband of one of the lead characters, Jill Casey.^[17] He last appeared on the police procedural series The Closer as Dr. Luis Navarro in the episode "Heart Attack" from season 6.^[18]

In the early 2010s, Campos stopped doing television and film work and enrolled in law school^[19] at the University of Michigan, receiving his J. D. in 2013.^[6] While in law school, he held an internship with Judge Avern Cohn of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.^[6]

After graduating, he passed the bar in New York and worked as an associate with the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.^[6] According to his profile, his work has involved "complex insurance recovery matters", as well as "claims presentation and mediation through disputes in courts and arbitrations."^[6] As of 2024, he is listed as being with the firm Covington & Burling.^[20]

From 1997 to 1999,^[5][21] Campos was in a relationship with actress Paula Marshall, whom he met on the set of the NBC sitcom Chicago Sons.^[5] Campos married a psychologist named Karina in 2000, with whom he has two children.^[19][22]