Luis Gustavo
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
as Baragatti 2005
Sai de Baixo: O Filme
as Vavá 2019
Casinha Pequenina
as Bento 1963
Amada Amante
as Tuca 1978
Mord in Rio
as André 1963
Sede de Amar (Capuzes Negros)
as Jairo 1978
O Sobrado
as Jango Veiga 1956
Albert, the Rockefeller
as Beto 1970
The Adventures of Mario Fofoca
as Mário Fofoca 1983