Dan Stulbach

He is the first member of his Polish Jewish immigrant family to be born in Brazil.^[1] He has only one sister, who is a nutritionist and mother of his only nephew. At home, he grew up listening to the Polish language and stories from his grandfather about life in Poland, which was devastated during World War II.

After graduating from Colégio Rio Branco, he was undecided about his career path. He took college entrance exams and was admitted to programs in Medicine, Administration, and Engineering. However, he studied Engineering for a year before graduating in Social Communication from the School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM). He also attended the School of Dramatic Art at USP. At ESPM, he created the theater group Tangerina, which still exists today. For eight years he directed group shows, which won several amateur theater festivals.

He lived in San Diego, California for almost a year. There he studied English and worked as a movie ticket holder. With the money he earned, he spent a season in New York City, where he could watch dozens of plays.

Stulbach is often touted as being similar to American actor Tom Hanks, having even been satirized as such by the group of comedians Casseta & Planeta.