Biographie
Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Ed Gama is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, voice actor, singer, and lawyer. Seen as one of the greatest impressionists in Brazil, he has a repertoire of over 35 voices and has gained notoriety in 2021 after covering Big Brother Brasil (Rede Globo) on his Instagram. With a growing number of followers, his videos even aired during the show, including on the final. Due to his success, in 2022 he was able to repeat the feat, becoming the first influencer to appear in the show's premiere during the segment O Brasil Tá Vendo. With all eyes on him thanks to his irreverent ways winning over both TV and internet audiences, Ed was invited by Rede Globo to cover, on his social networks, the shows The Masked Singer Brasil and The Voice Brasil, even becoming the latter's Digital Ambassador. He represented Michel Teló's team, the edition's winner. In June 2021 he was invited by Boninho to temporarily replace Faustão on Domingão do Faustão (Rede Globo) alongside Tiago Leifert in the segment Videocassetadas. Before that, on the same show he won the segment Quem Chega Lá and was writer and host of the segment Saco de Risadas. In 2015 he also worked for Rede Record, where he was a writer and a reporter for Programa da Xuxa. As an actor, he worked on the show Multitom, on Multishow, alongside Tom Cavalante. He also did some work as a voice actor. He currently hosts the podcast Só 1 Minutinho alongside comedian Estevam Nabote, travels throughout Brazil for his stand-up shows, and is on the main cast of the Porta dos Fundos channel, one of the world's largest YouTube comedy collectives.
