Luis Gustavo
Birthday: 1934-02-02 | Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, SwedenLuis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco (February 2, 1934 — September 19, 2021) 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self
as Vavá
as Gonçalo Galvez
as Anchieta
as Piragibe Carvalho
as Baragatti
as Vavá
as Antônio Machado (Toni)
as Firmino do Espírito Santo
as José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama)
as Ariclenes Almeida (Ari) / Victor Valentín
as Mário Fofoca
as Mário Fofoca
as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
as Fran (Francisco)
as Jairo
as Léo
as Tuca
as Ricardo Medeiros
as Valdo (Osvaldo Palas)
as Carlos Roberto / Sheik Abdul
as Vitor
as Alberto (Beto Rockfeller)
as Ray
