Nizo Neto (born 27 April 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian stage, television and film actor best known as Mr. Ptolomeu in the series Escolinha do Professor Raimundo.

[1] Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1964, Neto studied theater at the Teatro O Tablado and started acting in 1971.

Aside from his acting career, he has also been lending his voice to several Portuguese speaking movies, series and cartoons broadcast in Brazil.

Fox, Seann William Scott, Matthew Broderick and Patrick Dempsey as like as several cartoons including Dungeons & Dragons (Presto), Thundercats (Willycat), Ben 10 (Heatblast), Muppet Babies (Fozzie), Up (Dug) and many others.

[3] At March 3, 2016, Neto experienced the tragic early death of his 25 years old son Rian Brito, found on a beach in the city of Quissamã, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.