[1] He made his television debut on the soap opera Páginas da Vida, playing the pianist Luciano.
Soon after, he starred in the fifteenth season of Malhação,[2] in addition to acting on other TV series and telenovelas of Rede Globo.
He released his first album as a singer in 2013 by the record company Som Livre, with music production by Rogério Vaz and had two of his songs in soundtracks of soap operas of Rede Globo.
In the album "Bungee Jump", Rafael duels with the Brazilian singer Maria Gadú, in the song "Grande Angular".
In 2014 he lived in Los Angeles where he studied at the Musicians Institute, one of the largest music conservatories in the United States.