About Rui Sinel de Cordes
Rui Vasco Pereira Sinel de Cordes (Lisbon, Santa Isabel, 13 February 1980) is a Portuguese author, comedian and television host. He claims to be one of the pioneers of black humor in Portugal, and was also the director and host of several TV shows with mixed results. He was born on 13 February 1980 at the Curry Cabral hospital. After graduating from D. Pedro V High School, he got a degree in Communication Science at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, but started working as a writer and a web designer before getting involved in amateur theatre.
His first television show, Preto no Branco (โBlack on Whiteโ), aired in 2009 on SIC Radical, mixing sketch comedy and routine stand-up comedy jokes. In 2012 he presented his first solo stand-up show Black Label, which sold out both Coliseu de Lisboa and Coliseu do Porto. In 2010 he aired Gente da Minha Terra (โPeople of My Homelandโ), which proved a success and got a second season named Gente da Minha Terra Europa (โPeople of My Homeland: Europeโ). In 2012 he was the first Portuguese comedian to be sued by the Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicacao Social (ERC). He continued working on his live solo comedy shows, releasing Punchliner (2013) and Isto Era Para Ser Com o Sassetti (โThis Was Supposed to Be With Sassettiโ) (2014). He was nominated for a Globo de Ouro in the humour category in 2019.
He came back to television with Very Typical (2015), which got a second season in 2016, and was also the Roastmaster for the first Roast in the history of Portuguese television in 2016, targeting the channel SIC Radical. Still in 2016 he released the solo comedy show Je Suis Cordes, followed by Cordes, Out! (2017), London Eyes (2018) and Memento Mori (2019). In 2020 he announced an ambitious project, a solo comedy show divided in two parts, O Inรญcio รฉ o Fim (โThe Beginning Is the Endโ) (2020), and announced CordesFlix, a pay-per-view streaming platform, as a way to continue releasing content during the lockdown. His stand-up show Boรฉmio (โBohemianโ) was presented in 2021.
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Frequently asked questions
When and where was Rui Sinel de Cordes born?
He was born on 13 February 1980 in Lisbon, Santa Isabel, at the Curry Cabral hospital.
What was Rui Sinel de Cordes's first television show?
His first television show, Preto no Branco, aired in 2009 on SIC Radical and was a mix between sketch comedy and routine stand-up comedy jokes.
What was notable about Rui Sinel de Cordes and the ERC in 2012?
In 2012 he was the first Portuguese comedian to be sued by the Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicacao Social (ERC), the entity of the Portuguese Republic that supervises and regulates media.
What solo stand-up shows did Rui Sinel de Cordes release?
His solo shows include Black Label (2009), Punchliner (2013), Isto Era Para Ser Com o Sassetti (2014), Je Suis Cordes (2016), Cordes, Out! (2017), London Eyes (2018), Momento Mori (2019), and O Inicio e o Fim (2020).
What is CordesFlix?
In 2020, Cordes announced CordesFlix, a pay-per-view streaming platform, as a way to continue releasing content during the lockdown.
