| Pedro Viebig Bial | |
| Birthname: | Pedro Bialski[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Education: | PUC-RJ |
| Occupation: | Journalist, TV producer, Presenter, Director, Writer |
| Credits: | Big Brother Brasil (2002 - 2017) Fantástico (1996 - 2007) Na Moral (2012) Conversa com Bial (2017 - present) |
Pedro Bial (born March 29, 1958) is a Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist and a TV presenter. He is best known for hosting the variety show Fantástico, and the reality show Big Brother Brasil (the Brazilian version of Big Brother).[2]
Bial graduated in journalism from PUC-RJ. His career, as a reporter, began at Rede Globo in 1981. In 1988, he started to work for Jornal Hoje and Globo Repórter. He also hosted Rede Globo's live broadcast of Rock in Rio II. Bial was international correspondent for Globo network from 1988 to 1996.[3] He replaced Renato Machado on August 13, 1988.
In 1996, he started to host Fantástico. As of 2014, he's been hosting the Big Brother Brasil for 14 seasons.[3]
In 2003 he translated and interpreted Wear Sunscreen by Mary Schmich, which was a great success.[4]
On July 5, 2012, he started to present a brand new show called Na Moral.[5]
In 2017, Bial left Big Brother Brazil, after 17 editions. In the same year, he takes charge of a talk show called Conversa com Bial.
He is currently a Trustee and columnist of the Instituto Millenium.[6]
Bial is also an accomplished writer and filmmaker. He has published a couple of books, including Roberto Marinho (the authorized biography of Roberto Marinho, founder of Rede Globo) Bial directed the documentary Outras Histórias (2000) and the feature film Jorge Mautner – O Filho do Holocausto (2012).[7] [8]
Bial comes from a family with diverse professional backgrounds. His father, Pedro Hans Bial, was a physician, and his mother, Cecília Bial, was a teacher. His brother, Alberto Bial, is a basketball coach, and his sister, Irene Bial, is a psychotherapist.
He has been married multiple times. His first marriage was to journalist Renée Castelo Branco, with whom he had a daughter named Ana. He later married actress Fernanda Torres from 1982 to 1985. Bial then married actress Giulia Gam between 1998 and 1999. In 2017, Bial married his current wife, Maria Prata, a Brazilian journalist. The couple has two children together, Laura and Dora.[9]