Marcos Vianna Caruso is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and stage director. He graduated in Law from the Law School of Largo de São Francisco. He is the author of several plays written in partnership with the actress and author Jandira Martini. He was married for twenty years to the actress Jussara Freire, mother of his two children: Caetano Caruso and Mari Caruso. His first work as an author was an adaptation of a work by Monteiro Lobato for a TV Globo show.