Luis Gustavo
Luis 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.
Acting
Movie
Party Crashers
as Anchieta
2012
Movie
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
as Baragatti
2005
Movie
Sai de Baixo: O Filme
as Vavá
2019
TV
Young Hearts
as Heitor Laroche
1995
TV
Soul Mate
as Romeu
2005
TV
Sai de Baixo
as Vavá
1996
TV
The Buzz
as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
2010
TV
The Trapalhões
as Vários
1977
TV
Precious Pearl
as Apolônio Fonseca
2013
TV
A Vampire's Kiss
as Galileu Van Burger
2002
Movie
Casinha Pequenina
as Bento
1963
Movie
Amada Amante
as Tuca
1978
TV
The Prophet
as Piragibe Carvalho
2006
TV
Albert, the Rockefeller
as Alberto de Souza (Beto Rockfeller)
1968
TV
The Savior of the Homeland
as José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama)
1989
TV
Cat's Cradle
as Waldemar Moreira
2009
TV
The Cariocas
as Gustavo
2010
TV
Teen Confessions
as Paulo Araújo
1994
TV
The Three Sisters
as Vidigal Castro
2008
TV
Elas por Elas
as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
1982
TV
Delegacia de Mulheres
as Cristóvão
1989
Movie
Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Movie
Mord in Rio
as André
1963
Movie
Sede de Amar (Capuzes Negros)
as Jairo
1978