About
Felipe Daniel Titto was born on 12 September 1986 in São Paulo and is best known in Brazil as a tattoo‑covered actor who reinvented himself as a multi‑business owner and investor. Viewers first noticed him in teen soap Malhação and later in prime‑time hits such as Avenida Brasil and Amor à Vida, where his many tattoos became almost a character of their own. Away from fiction, he hosted MTV reality shows, led the Brazilian version of Are You The One?, and, in 2021, joined the panel of investors on Shark Tank Brasil, adding “shark” to a résumé that already mixed acting, presenting and entrepreneurship. Today he runs the Tittanium holding group, juggling restaurants, gyms and real‑estate projects while still popping up on television.
Before Fame
Titto’s path started far from glamorous sets. Raised in a working‑class neighborhood of São Paulo, he took small theater classes as a teenager and spent weekends performing in street circus workshops, training balance and acrobatics that would later help him with stunt work. His very first paid appearance was a 2004 cameo in sitcom A Diarista; a year later he landed the role of Marley in Malhação and got his first fan mail. Those first paychecks were small, so he worked on the side—as a waiter, gym teacher and even skateboard‑store clerk—until acting could pay the rent. The hustle paid off: by his mid‑twenties he was a familiar presence on Globo network soap operas, gaining national recognition and enough pull to negotiate profit percentages rather than straight fees for advertising campaigns.
Trivia
- Ink everywhere: around 90 percent of his body is tattooed, a look that producers once feared would limit his roles but that ultimately became his trademark on screen.
- Adrenaline junkie: training from those youth circus days means Titto does many of his own stunts—including ten‑meter platform dives that wowed audiences during the Saltibum reality segment in 2014.
- Health fright: in January 2017 he was taken to hospital with chest pain that doctors initially suspected was a heart attack; subsequent tests revealed viral myocarditis. The episode spurred him to completely change his diet and exercise habits.
- Dog-bite saga: two years later his pit bull, Thor, nipped his leg, leaving him with fifteen stitches and an overnight hospital visit. He chronicled the recuperation to promote responsible pet ownership.
- Random acts of kindness: during the 2020 pandemic he fulfilled a promise to an app‑delivery rider by gifting the man a brand‑new motorbike after seeing him delivering orders on a bicycle.
- Serial investor: as CEO of Tittanium Inc., he puts money into bars, barbershops, eco‑friendly clothing lines and even boutique hotels, saying he “invests in people first, numbers second.”
Family Life
Titto became a father very young—his son, Theo, was born in 2003. The close relationship between the pair often shows up on the actor’s social feeds, where he refers to Theo as his “life coach.” From 2011 to 2017 he was married to architect Mel Martinez; although they divorced, both say they co‑parent amicably. After the 2017 health scare, he credits family time for keeping him grounded and admits that Sunday lunches at his mother’s house remain non‑negotiable no matter how crowded his calendar looks.
Associated With
On Shark Tank Brasil Titto exchanges capital—and plenty of playful banter—with fellow sharks João Appolinário (Polishop), Caito Maia (Chilli Beans), Carol Paiffer (Atom Investimentos) and franchise magnate José Carlos Semenzato. Earlier in his career he shared reality‑show rivalry with actor Caio Castro; the two were team captains on Globo’s high‑dive contest Saltibum and even bet tattoo bragging rights on the final result.
