Luis Gustavo

February 2, 1934 — Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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.

Movie

Party Crashers

2012

Movie

Romeo and Juliet Get Married

2005

Movie

Sai de Baixo: O Filme

2019

TV Show

Young Hearts

1995

TV Show

Sai de Baixo

1996

TV Show

Alma Gêmea

2005

TV Show

Ti Ti Ti

2010

TV Show

Precious Pearl

2013