In this hospital, there was a leisure project for patients, created by some actors from the USP School of Dramatic Arts, participating and acting in various group actions.

In 1985, Aílton graduated from the Vocal Workshop at the Centro Cultural de São Paulo and later studied circus techniques at the Circo Escola Picadeiro.

From 1986 to 1988, he was a student of Antunes Filho and rehearsed two plays from the group's repertoire: Macunaíma and A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga, but was never cast in any of them.

The following year, he debuted in cinema as the character Majestade, commander of drug trafficking within the prison, in the film Carandiru.

[5] In December 2007, Aílton replaced Lázaro Ramos at the end of the São Paulo season of the play O Método Grönholm.