Rico Marlon was born in Amazonas state in 1993 — Pheeno places him specifically in Manaus — and moved to Rio de Janeiro at seventeen looking for work. Before any of this, he was a supermarket cashier and a call-centre operator.sourced

A street scout approached him for a photo shoot. That led to work as a dancer at Le Boy, the Copacabana nightclub, which is where he says he started treating his body as a professional asset.

I was invited to work as a dancer at Le Boy nightclub. At that point, I began caring more about my body and appearance for the job.— Rico Marlon to Soda Pop, 2 June 2019 (translated from Portuguese)

His first film was shot in Rio and led to more work across Brazil, initially with the domestic producer NetGay. In November 2016 he shot his first Lucas Entertainment production in Spain; on 5 February 2017 the studio announced him as an exclusive. He was 23.sourced

Six weeks from debut to award ballot

His debut scene premiered on 20 February 2017. On 15 March — three and a half weeks later — the Grabby Awards nominations were announced and his name was on them. By the 27th, when Lucas Entertainment's full haul of 38 nominations was reported, he was listed in three categories: Hottest Top, Hottest Cock, and Best Group for Breeding Prince Charming.sourced

A second nomination followed in 2019, when Rico Marlon's Raw Orgy — a Lucas title carrying his name — was up for Best All-Sex Movie at the 20th Annual Grabbys.sourced

He has no recorded win at any ceremony. "Grabby-nominated" is accurate; "award-winning" is not.

Three claims that are false

A widely-mirrored Brazilian profile page makes three assertions about him that circulate freely. All three fail:

  • That Michael Lucas discovered him in 2009. He would have been sixteen, and Lucas announced him as a new signing in 2017.false
  • That he was nominated for a GayVN award in 2012. The GayVN Awards did not run in 2012 — they were on hiatus from 2011 until 2018. The nomination is not merely unverified; it is impossible.impossible
  • That he moved to London alone at eighteen. Three separate interviews have him moving to Rio de Janeiro at seventeen.contradicted

One more, for anyone cross-referencing: there is no evidence he has worked for Kristen Bjorn, Men.com, Sean Cody, Raging Stallion, Bel Ami or TimTales. The TimTales association appears to be confusion with a different performer, Rico Fatale.no evidence