[1] In 1981, he was chosen by director Walter Hugo Khouri to participate in "Eros, the God of Love".
The following year, the same director wrote "Love Strange Love", a film in which Ribeiro played the pre-adolescent protagonist Hugo alongside Vera Fischer and Xuxa.
In that role, he studied photography and opened a small studio.
He is currently a technical and computer instructor at a multinational company.
In 2007, he starred in the pornographic film Estranho Amor directed by J. Gaspar for Brasileirinhas.