João Ubaldo Ribeiro was born on January 23, 1941 in Ilha de Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for God Is Brazilian (2003), Faça Sua História (2008) and Sargento Getúlio (1983). He was married to Berenice Batella, Mônica Maria Roters and Maria Beatriz Moreira Caldas. He died on July 18, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.