Paulo Miklos

• Name — Paulo Miklos • Birth Name — Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos • Born — 21 January 1959 • Birthplace — São Paulo, SP, Brazil • Instrument — * Vocals • guitar • bass • saxophone • harmonica • flute • keyboards • mandolin • banjo • Genre — Rock, alternative rock, post-punk, new wave, punk rock, Brazilian rock • Occupation — Musician, singer, songwriter, actor • Years Active — 1979–present • Associated Acts — Bom Quixote Sossega Leão Banda Performática Titãs

During his childhood, he learned to play the piano, the sax and the transverse flute. When he turned 12, he was given his first acoustic guitar, and decided to become a musician. He made it to play almost every instrument he could put his hands on, being influenced by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and the Tropicália movement.

At high school, he started to create his own songs with his classmate Arnaldo Antunes. This partnership would later become Titãs. His professional debut happened on a TV Tupi music festival, in 1979, when he made an arrangement for a reggae song by Chico Evangelista. From small solo shows at bars to performances with bands like Bom Quixote, Sossega Leão and Banda Performática, he established his name in the local musical scene. Some well-known names in São Paulo, like Arrigo Barnabé, asked him to play with them. After concluding high school at the Equipe school, he entered Philosophy at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and Psychology at Mogi Mirim. But after a few classes, he quit. So he entered the Music course of Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) (Art and Communication School) of University of São Paulo, but as the course was strongly focused on classical music, he quit it too.

• Illustration — Paulo Miklos occasionally plays the saxophone. Here, he is seen performing live in 2009 during a Titãs & Os Paralamas do Sucesso show in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. In 1981, he, Arnaldo and some other friends founded Titãs, which made Paulo raise to fame. Since its beginning, Paulo has been playing different instruments: sax, bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, etc. In 1994, he released his self-titled first solo album, filled with songs written and composed by him. Until August 1997, it had already sold 7,800 copies. In 2001, he released the second one, called Vou Ser Feliz E Já Volto (I'm going to be happy, I'll be right back), produced by Dudu Marote. In 2002, he made his debut at the cinema, playing the role of the murder Anísio, in the movie O Invasor, directed by Beto Brant. He earned five awards for the role: Surprise actor of the year and best original score at the Festival de Cinema de Brasília (Brasília Cinema Festival) and best supporting actor at the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize and Miami Brazilian Film Festival, best music at the Miami Brazilian Film Festival. In 2014, he and Pato Fu vocalist Fernanda Takai performed the song "Mostra tua força Brasil" (Show Your Strength, Brazil), composed by Jair Oliveira and directed by Simoninha; it was a campaign by Itaú Unibanco for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. This was not his only work linked to the World Cup: On June 10, he, along with journalist Eduardo Bueno; actress Maitê Proença, and writer Xico Sá debuted the TV show Extra Ordinários ("Extra Ordinary"), a SporTV humorous program in which the four, along with some guest stars, comment the World Cup and related themes.

In 2016, he announced he would leave the band to focus on his personal projects on music and acting. By then he had already commenced working on his third studio album, still untitled, which is in production stages. By that time, he promised to follow new ways as a composer, interpreter and actor. In June 2017, he announced his album would be produced by Pupillo (Nação Zumbi), musically directed by journalist and researcher Marcus Preto and would feature many collaborations, including with Emicida, Dadi Carvalho, Erasmo Carlos in "País Elétrico", Guilherme Arantes in "Estou Pronto" and Russo Passapusso (BaianaSystem) in "Vigia". His former Titãs colleagues Arnaldo Antunes and Nando Reis were also invited, but their participations are yet to be confirmed. In July 2017, the album title (A Gente Mora no Agora) and release date (August 2017) were announced, with the release show taking place on August 17 in São Paulo. The first single, "A Lei Desse Troço", was also released on July 7. It's a collaboration with Emicida with arrangements by Letieres Leite. Still in July, on the 28th, he released the song "Vou te Encontrar", written by Nando Reis, another former Titãs member.

Paulo Miklos lives in São Paulo with his daughter Manoela. His wife was Rachel Salém, who died on July 23, 2013, of lung cancer.

• Paulo Miklos – 1994 • Vou Ser Feliz e Já Volto – 2001 • A Gente Mora no Agora – 2017

• Mundo Pop – 2004 • Mundo Rock – 2004 • O Invasor – 2001 • Bang Bang Nacional, with the song "Os Dois No Ar" – 2006

• Artist — Album — Song(s) — Instrument(s) • Raimundos — Raimundos (1993) — "Bê a Bá", "Bicharada" and "Carro Forte" — Backing vocals • Various artists — Rei (1995) — "Sua Estupidez" — Lead vocals • Os Paralamas do Sucesso — Uns Dias Ao Vivo (2004) — "O Beco" — Lead vocals • Various artists — Bandas Gaúchas - Acústico MTV (2005) — "Dia Perfeito" — Lead vocals with Cachorro Grande • The Originals — Pra todo mundo ouvir (2005) — "Era um garoto que como eu amava os Beatles..", "Festa de Arromba" e " Elas por Elas" — Lead vocals • Various artists — Vou tirar você desse lugar (2005) — "Vou tirar você desse lugar" — Lead vocals • Túlio Dek — O que se leva da vida é a vida que se leva (2008) — "O que se leva da vida é a vida que se leva" — Lead vocals • Nando Reis — Jardim-Pomar (2016) — "Azul de Presunto" — Backing vocals

• Year — Program — Role • 2002 — Os Normais — Pedroca • 2004 — Celebridade — Himself • 2005 — Mandrake — Zenon • 2006 — Bang Bang — Kid Cadillac • 2008 — Xuxa e as Noviças — Kléber • Casos e Acasos — Chief of Security of the Airport • 2009 — Força-Tarefa (Chapter 9: "Apartamento 124" ("Apartment 124") — Leandro • Aline — Jorge • 2010 — Na Forma da Lei — Zé Gorila • 2012 — Acampamento de Férias — Zulmiro • Saturday Night Live — Episode 13 • Sessão de Terapia — Michel Vidal (Nina's father, episode 43) • 2016 — The X Factor (Brazil) — Member of the jury • 2017 — Sob Pressão — Valter (Episode 2) • 2018 — Pacto de Sangue (previously known as A Lei) — Mauro Cáceres • O Sétimo Guardião — Jurandir • Assédio — Artur Castelo • 2021 — Manhãs de Setembro — Décio