Clayton Nascimento (1988, São Paulo) was raised on the outskirts of South Zone of São Paulo in Jabaquara in the 90s. He is currently a professor of Theatre techniques and Improvisation at the Escola Superior de Artes Célia Helena, where he graduated; he studied at Casa do Teatro, SP Escola de Teatro and at the School of Dramatic Arts.

As an actor he was involved in Buraquinhos ou o vento é inimigo do Picumã, directed by Naruna Costa. With that production she was the winner of the 2019 APCA prize for Best Director - the first black woman to win this award in the 70 years of the institution. The play also won the Aplauso Brasil prize for Best Director and was nominated for Best Cast.

Nascimento is the director, writer and performer of Macacos (‘Apes’), the multi-award winning play about racism and black genocide in Brazil. Some of those awards are the Shell Theatre Award for Best Actor (2023) and the APCA prize for Best Actor.