Rafinha Bastos

Rafinha Bastos

Rafinha Bastos' Bio

Rafi Bastos is one of the most important and well respected comedians in Latin America. With a career spanning over 16 years, he is also an actor and journalist in Brasil. Rafi is amongst the 30 most watched comedians in the world on YouTube, with videos that have more than 300 million views. With over 11 million followers on Twitter, the New York Times has deemed him one of the most influential people in the world.

Currently based in Los Angeles, he’s a regular performer at major comedy clubs in the city, such as the Laugh Factory and the Hollywood Improv. He also hosts the competition show “Ultimate Beastmaster”, on Netflix. His third stand-up special, “Ultimatum”, launched last october, is an original Netflix production.

Bastos owns the biggest and most important comedy club in Latin America (“Comedians” in São Paulo). Since 2010, his achievements in Brazil include the executive production of the Brazilian version of Saturday Night Live, a series of shows on national network television ( “CQC” and “A Liga”). He wrote the script, produced, and directed a show about his own life, “The Life of Rafinha Bastos”, on the FX channel. As if that weren’t enough, he also acted in four other series and eight different films.