Marcos Machado

Marcos Machado is a Brazilian stand-up comedian and actor from São João de Meriti, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, who now lives in Nilópolis. As of 2023 he was 29 years old, with nine years of experience in comedy and about a decade working as an actor. Machado has reached the final round of six stand-up comedy competitions, winning four of them. In February 2022 he debuted his first solo show, Simplificando (Simplifying), which he has since toured to venues across Brazil, including a free performance at the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a show in the Brás neighborhood of São Paulo. His material draws on personal experience to address themes such as inequality, religion, racism and other forms of discrimination. He has built a large following under the handle soumarcosmachado, with hundreds of thousands of followers across TikTok and Instagram.