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Luis Gustavo
Actor
Born February 2, 1934Died September 19, 2021 (87 years)
Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco was a Spanish-Brazilian actor.
Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador.
He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law. Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Albert, the Rockefeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.
Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador.
He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law. Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Albert, the Rockefeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.
Luis Gustavo Filmography
| 2019 | Sai de Baixo: O Filme · as Vavá |
| 2018 | Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites · as Cast |
| 2018 | Like, La Leyenda (TV Series) · as Mario |
| 2017 | Brasil a Bordo (TV Series) · as Gonçalo Galvez |
| 2016 | The Good Side of Life (TV Series) · as Commander Fragoso |
| 2013 | Precious Pearl (TV Series) · as Apolônio Fonseca |
| 2012 | Party Crashers · as Anchieta |
| 2010 | The Cariocas (TV Series) · as Gustavo |
| 2010 | The Buzz (TV Series) · as Mário Cury (mário Fofoca) |
| 2009 | Cat's Cradle (TV Series) · as Waldemar Moreira |
| 2008 | Três Irmãs (TV Series) · as Vidigal Castro |
| 2006 | The Prophet (TV Series) · as Piragibe Carvalho |
| 2005 | Soul Mate (TV Series) · as Romeu |
| 2005 | Romeo & Juliet ...Get Married · as Baragatti |
| 2004 | Começar de Novo (TV Series) · as Glauco Oliveira Teles (elvis Doidão) |
| 2002 | Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação (TV Series) · as Bene |
| 2002 | O Beijo do Vampiro (TV Series) · as Galileu Van Burger |
| 1996 | Sai de Baixo (TV Series) · as Vavá |
| 1995 | Young Hearts (TV Series) · as Heitor Laroche |
| 1994 | Teen Confessions (TV Series) · as Paulo Araújo |
| 1993 | O Mapa da Mina (TV Series) · as Antônio Machado (toni) |
| 1990 | Mico Preto (TV Series) · as Firmino Do Espírito Santo |
| 1989 | Delegacia de Mulheres (TV Series) · as Cristóvão |
| 1989 | Que Rei Sou Eu? (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Miller |
| 1989 | O Salvador da Patria (TV Series) · as José Matos |
| 1985 | Ti Ti Ti (TV Series) · as Ariclenes Almeida (ari) / Victor Valentín |
| 1983 | Mário Fofoca (TV Series) · as Mário Fofoca |
| 1982 | Elas Por Elas (TV Series) · as Mário Cury (mário Fofoca) |
| 1978 | Beloved Lover · as Tuca |
| 1976 | Anjo Mau (TV Series) · as Ricardo Medeiros |
| 1973 | A Volta de Beto Rockfeller (TV Series) · as Alberto (beto Rockfeller) |
| 1970 | Beto Rockfeller · as Beto |
| 1968 | Beto Rockfeller (TV Series) · as Beto Rockfeller |
| 1963 | Mord in Rio · as André |
| 1963 | Casinha Pequenina · as Bento |
| 2004 | The Charwoman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | VIP World (TV Series) · as Self |