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
Cast Credits
Lenita - Traces of a Lady
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Sai de Baixo: O Filme
Character: Vavá
MOVIE • 2019
Brasil a Bordo
Character: Gonçalo Galvez
TV • 2018
Precious Pearl
Character: Apolônio Fonseca
TV • 2013
Party Crashers
Character: Anchieta
MOVIE • 2012
As Cariocas
Character: Gustavo
TV • 2010
Ti Ti Ti
Character: Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
TV • 2010
Cat's Cradle
Character: Waldemar Moreira
TV • 2009
Três Irmãs
Character: Vidigal Castro
TV • 2008
O Profeta
Character: Piragibe Carvalho
TV • 2006
Alma Gêmea
Character: Romeu
TV • 2005
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
Character: Baragatti
MOVIE • 2005
Começar de Novo
Character: Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)
TV • 2004
O Beijo do Vampiro
Character: Galileu Van Burger
TV • 2002
Sai de Baixo
Character: Vavá
TV • 1996
Young Hearts
Character: Heitor Laroche
TV • 1995
Teen Confessions
Character: Paulo Araújo
TV • 1994
O Mapa da Mina
Character: Antônio Machado (Toni)
TV • 1993
Mico Preto
Character: Firmino do Espírito Santo
TV • 1990
Delegacia de Mulheres
Character: Cristóvão
TV • 1989
Crew