Nuno Markl


Nuno Frederico Correia da Silva Lobato Markl, known as Nuno Markl, is a Portuguese comedian, writer, radio host, television host, voice actor and screenwriter.

Career

Radio

Markl is well known in Portugal for his radio series "O homem que mordeu o cão". It started in 1997, when he joined Pedro Ribeiro, José Carlos Malato and Ana Lamy for the morning show at Rádio Comercial; in 2001, Malato and Lamy left, and were replaced by Maria de Vasconcelos. The radio series later spawned a TV show, and three books.
Since October 2008, Markl has worked for Antena 3, with his current shows being "São Coisas Que Acontecem", "Laboratolarilolela", and "Nuno & Nando". Before "São Coisas Que Acontecem", he ran "Há Vida em Markl" and "O Livro dos Porquês". On Rádio Comercial he had a programme, Caderneta de Cromos. He has another show on Rádio Comercial, Grandiosa História Universal das Traquitanas, which discusses mankind's inventions.

Television

Nuno Markl debuted on television in 2001, co-hosting "Sem Filtro" alongside Rita Mendes and Gaspar Borges. He then moved to SIC Radical, where he worked on two different projects revolving around his other passion, film. Also in SIC Radical, he had a television show with Fernando Alvim, O Perfeito Anormal, which launched the comedy troupe Gato Fedorento.
He wrote many cult sketches for Herman José, especially for his show "Herman Enciclopédia". He wrote for the prematurely cancelled Programa da Maria and now writes for Os Contemporâneos. Nuno regularly updates his weblog, A Cave do Markl, providing movie reviews, video blogs, and updates on his work. Other side projects include TV and print ads for Café Delta and performing voice acting duties for the Portuguese version of films:
He was also responsible for translating and adapting Monty Python sketches for an onstage Portuguese version, performed by, among others, Bruno Nogueira, Miguel Guilherme, António Feio and José Pedro Gomes.

Personal life

Nuno Markl lives in the Greater Lisbon area. On 3 September 2010 he married the radio and television show host Ana Galvão, with whom he has a son, in 2016 they announced the divorce.
Nuno and Ana are well known advocates for children's and animal rights.