He graduated in civil engineering but never practiced it, and as he sought a career, including as a guitarist, he worked in radio before being suggested to become a VA in 1986, and hasn't stopped since, leaving his brand as one of the most versatile voice actors in Brazil. He's voiced so many Black actors - Will Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman - that some might be surprised he's a Caucasian, albeit white actors are also a lot: Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Spacey, Patrick Stewart, Alec Baldwin... Most of his characters automatically enter Baritone of Strength (if not Evil Sounds Deep), but he's also had his share of Large Ham, with one of his famous roles being the Genie from Aladdin, and using a cartoonish tone for characters like Daffy Duck and Stitch.
Anime
- Cowboy Bebop: Punch
- One Piece: Gedatsu
- Pokémon 2000: Meowth
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Drole (2nd voice) and Cardinal Helbram
- YuYu Hakusho: Chuu
Live-Action Films
- As Samuel L. Jackson's characters:
- Deep Blue Sea: Russell Franklin
- Marvel Cinematic Universe: Nick Fury
- Pulp Fiction: Jules Winnfield
- ''Star Wars': Mace Windu (2015 redub)
- Unbreakable and Glass (2019): Elijah Price
- As Will Smith's characters:
- Independence Day: Captain Steven Hillard
- Men in Black: Agent J/James Darrell Edwards III
- Wild Wild West: Agent James "Jim" West
- I, Robot: Detective Del Spooner
- I Am Legend: Robert Neville
- After Earth: Cypher Raige
- Aladdin (2019): Genie
- As Nicolas Cage's characters:
- Face/Off: Castor Troy/Sean Archer
- G-Force: Speckles (voice)
- Ghost Rider Duology: Johnny Blaze
- The Rock: Stanley Goodspeed
- Aquaman (2018): Vulko
- Blade Trilogy: Blade
- Bowfinger: Kit Ramsey \ Jiff Ramsey
- Bruce Almighty: God
- Con Air: Cyrus Grissom
- The Dark Knight: The Joker
- The Dark Knight Rises: The Mayor
- Demolition Man: Simon Phoenix
- GoldenEye: Alec Trevelyan
- Halloweentown: Kalabar
- Harry Potter: Arthur Weasley
- Hercules (2014): Autolycus
- The Incredible Hulk (2008): Emil Blonsky/Abomination
- Lethal Weapon: Roger Murtaugh
- Mad Max: Fury Road: Immortan Joe
- The Mask: Dorian Tyrell
- The Matrix: Morpheus
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie: Mike Nelson
- Night at the Museum: Teddy Roosevelt
- Rush Hour: Lee
- Schindler's List: Amon Goeth
- Sherlock Holmes (2009): Clark
- Spider-Man 3 and Spider-Man: No Way Home: Sandman
- Unforgiven: Ned
- The Usual Suspects: Verbal Kint
Live-Action TV
- The Crown: Lord Mountbatten (seasons 1 and 2)
- 30 Rock: Jack Donaghy
- CSI: Miami: Horatio Caine
- Game of Thrones: Tyrion Lannister (first voice)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- 24: Jack Bauer (second voice)
- Westworld: The Man in Black
- Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Hercules
Video Games
- League of Legends: Shaco and Skarner
Western Animation
- Aladdin: Genie
- Antz: Weaver
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini
- The Angry Birds Movie: Mighty Eagle
- A Bug's Life: Hopper
- The Boxtrolls: Archibald Snatcher
- Danny Phantom: Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- DuckTales (1987): Bubba the Caveduck and Count Roy
- DuckTales (2017): Don Karnage
- Finding Nemo: Gill
- Gargoyles: David Xanatos
- Hercules: Hades
- Kung Fu Panda 2: Lord Shen
- Lilo & Stitch: Stitch
- Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck and Sylvester (since the 90s)
- Marsupilami: Marsupilami
- Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University: Randall Boggs
- Monsters vs. Aliens: Gallaxhar
- The Princess and the Frog: Ray
- Ratatouille: Skinner
- Shrek: Magic Mirror
- The Simpsons: Director Skinner (current voice)
- The Swan Princess: Jean-Bob
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): Donatello and Rocksteady
- X-Men: Evolution: Professor X
Tropes Associated with Márcio Simões and his works:
- Celebrity Resemblance: By his own admission, he looks like Pete Townshend.
- Evil Sounds Deep: The deep voice guaranteed many villainous roles.
- Large Ham: He surely has fun in many roles, such as two of the biggest hams of Disney with Genie and Hades, and having become the go-to dubber for the Joker.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: He manages to have both a distinct voice and talent to distort it, mostly going high-pitched (Donatello, Marsupilami, Stitch) and adding a lisp (Daffy and Sylvester). All the impersonations of the Genie also count. This even extends to different versions of the same character, as he voiced the Joker in both the serious The Dark Knight and in the comedic The LEGO Batman Movie, doing different tones for the two.
- Underage Casting: He's played much older characters even from his middle age, having lent his voice to Patrick Stewart and Morgan Freeman, who are two decades older.