Ricardo Araújo Pereira

Who is Ricardo Araújo Pereira?

Ricardo Artur de Araújo Pereira is a Portuguese comedian, member of Gato Fedorento.

He was born in Lisbon, 28 April 1974, his father is a TAP aeroplane pilot and his mother an aeroplane hostess. He has a degree in Social Communication that he obtained while studying in Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He has also worked as a journalist for the Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias.

He is a writer for Produções Fictícias, and was one of the writers of Herman 98, Herman 99 and Herman Difusao Portuguesa hosted by known Portuguese comedian Herman José, he also co-wrote Maria Rueff's show O Programa da Maria, Felizes para Sempre, As Crónicas de José Estebes no Diário de Notícias, among many others.

In 2003 he made his first appearance in television acting in the series O Perfeito Anormal along with fellow Gato Fedorento member Zé Diogo Quintela. These series were broadcast on SIC Radical, a television channel aimed at the younger people. These series were very low budget and were seen as the boost that these comedians needed into television.

In the same year, he started the Gato Fedorento project, a comedy project with great impact on Portuguese television, along with Zé Diogo Quintela, Miguel Góis and Tiago Dores. They started a row of series in a program with name Gato Fedorento, Série Fonseca, Série Meireles and Série Barbosa on SIC Radical. Since they moved twice: in 2006, to RTP1, with Gato Fedorento, Série Lopes da Silva and, later, with Diz Que é Uma Espécie De Magazine; and in 2008, to SIC with Gato Fedorento:Zé Carlos and, later, Gato Fedorento Esmiúça os Sufrágios.

Pereira also has an internet blog with fellow Gato Fedorento members.