Biography
Caio Junqueira was a Brazilian actor. Born Caio de Lima Torres Junqueira in Rio de Janeiro on 15 November 1976, he began his career as a child, appearing in theatre from 1984 and making his television debut in the 1985 series Tamanho Família on TV Manchete.
He gained prominence with roles including Moisés Paiva in Central Station (1998) and Neto in Elite Squad (2007). Other credits include Four Days in September (1997), The Clone (2001), The Slave Isaura (2004) and The Mechanism (2018). He was also credited as Caio Torres.
Junqueira was the son of actor Fábio Junqueira, who died in 2008, and the brother of actor Jonas Torres. He died in Rio de Janeiro on 23 January 2019, aged 42, following a car accident.
