He has two stepdaughters named Maria Paula and Ana Gabriela, who has a
son with Carlos Henrique Brenny named Felipe.
Had unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in Pérola Negra (1998) - and was about to abandon acting - when Cris Morena saw that very audition and handpicked him in as Fernando on Chiquititas Brasil (1997). Morena had been looking for a genuinely Brazilian male lead, since Álex Benn is Argentine.