Renato Pires

Renato Pires, an Actor, Director, Circus Teacher, Film and Theatre Producer, originally from Lisbon in Portugal and now living in Eastbourne the South Coast of the UK. Born in Lisbon on 29th June 1990, Pires became interested in acting when he played the lead in a Chapitô production "When the circus comes to the theatre" in a version of Faust where he played the Devil. He went on to undertake a three year degree in Acting and Circus Performing Arts. One of the busiest and most popular working actors around, Renato always has multiple projects in progress and is currently working on a number of ideas and is in pre-production for his next movie. As well as continuing with his acting and filming career with several films and theatre productions under his belt, Renato has also started and built up Acting Moon Events a highly successful event management company in 2014. His first work as a director was in Who is it? (Lisbon, Portugal Chapitô in 2010) and 3 Chairs (Lisbon, Portugal Theatre Joaquim de Almeida), In 2012, he appeared in the Portuguese TV programme Morangos com Açúcar and his first appearance in a film was in 2013 in Environmental Enforcement. In 2014, Pires teamed up with Steve Price to embark on his mission to restore slapstick comedy to popularity by creating the Pires and Price series of films including shorts Pires and Price Gym, Pires and Price Singing Lessons and Impatient Patient Disorder also features Pires and Price alongside Britain's got Talent finalist ventriloquist, Steve Hewlett and celebrity voice over artist Drew Cameron. Also in 2014, he appeared in the musical film Walking on Sunshine. Since then Renato opened East Sussex School of Circus Arts an international school dedicated to the circus and performing arts.