His father was an army officer, José Pedro Santos Reis.
When he was 3 years old the family moved to Timor.
He was a disc jockey (DJ).
He was born in the Army Hospital in Lisbon.
He has 6 siblings (5 girls and 1 boy). One of them is Helena Reis, who is 11 months older than Zé. The difference between the
oldest and the youngest is 10 years.