Filipe Vargas started to work as an actor at the age of 35 (in 2007) - previously he worked as a copy-writer for ten years in several advertising agencies.
In his first feature film, "The lovebirds" by Buno de Almeida, Filipe Vargas co-starred with John Ventimiglia, best known for playing Artie Bucco in the series "The Sopranos".
In Bille August's "Night train to Lisbon", Filipe Vargas played Christopher Lee's character, Father Bartolomeu, as a young man.
