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.

Works

Young Hearts

Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

Release Date1995-04-24

Charactersd Heitor Laroche

Episode Count284

Vote Count36

Soul Mate

A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.

Release Date2005-06-20

Charactersd Romeu

Episode Count23

Vote Count27

The Trapalhões

Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

Release Date1977-03-13

Charactersd Vários

Episode Count41

Vote Count18

The Three Sisters

In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.

Release Date2008-09-15

Charactersd Vidigal Castro

Episode Count179

Vote Count6

Duas Vidas

Release Date1976-12-13

Charactersd Valdo (Osvaldo Palas)

Episode Count157

Vote Count3

Começar de Novo

Children of arch-enemy families in the city of Ouro Negro and separated as teenagers, Miguel and Letícia meet again 30 years later, without knowing who the other is.

Release Date2004-08-30

Charactersd Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)

Episode Count196

Vote Count3

Precious Pearl

In 1934 two supposed brothers survived an avalanche in the Himalayas: the millionaire Franz Hauser (Bruno Gagliasso), who is saved by Buddhist monks, and Manfred (Carmo Dalla Vecchia), rescued by a team of climbers. Manfred returns to Brazil with a terrible secret: he sabotaged Franz’s equipment in order to take his place in the family business. After an exhaustive search, Ernest Hauser gives his son up for dead and appoints his bastard son as the director of the Hauser Group.

Release Date2013-09-16

Charactersd Apolônio Fonseca

Episode Count173

Vote Count16

The Buzz

Enemies since childhood, André Spina and Ariclenes Martins became Jacques Leclair and Victor Valentim and now compete for the spotlight in the fashion world.

Release Date2010-07-19

Charactersd Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)

Episode Count209

Vote Count18

Albert, the Rockefeller

Albert, the Rockefeller is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Tupi and aired from November 4, 1968 to November 30, 1969. It was created by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, written by Bráulio Pedroso and directed by Lima Duarte and Walter Avancini.

Release Date1968-11-04

Charactersd Alberto de Souza (Beto Rockfeller)

Episode Count281

Vote Count10

Cara a Cara

Release Date1979-04-16

Charactersd Fran (Francisco Borelli)

Episode Count222

Vote Count2

Anjo Mau

A poor young woman, unhappy with her inevitable destiny as a suburban housewife, gets a job as a nanny for a wealthy family and falls in love with her employer's brother, using every trick to win him over and ultimately become the lady of the mansion. .

Release Date1976-02-02

Charactersd Ricardo Medeiros

Episode Count173

Vote Count2

Cat's Cradle

Imagine a strong and tender hearted woman, a confused man and a villain capable of everything to get money. We have the perfect love triangle to a classic love story.

Release Date2009-10-05

Charactersd Waldemar Moreira

Episode Count161

Vote Count8

Sai de Baixo

It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.

Release Date1996-03-31

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Vavá

Episode Count[ 245 ]

Vote Count26

Te Contei?

Sabrina is a wealthy young woman who hides her compulsion to steal from her parents – Hilda and Fred – and also conceals the fact that she rents a room at Lola's boarding house in the Rio de Janeiro suburbs, where she pretends to be a modest young woman looking for work. The parallel plots of the story unfold through these two distinct worlds in which Sabrina lives.

Release Date1978-03-06

Charactersd Léo

Episode Count151

Vote Count1

Planeta dos Homens

Release Date1976-03-15

Charactersd Vários Personagens

Episode Count42

Vote Count1

O Salvador da Pátria

Sassá Mutema is a farm laborer who becomes the target of the city's powerful figures' cruelty. With Clotilde's support, he discovers that it's possible to start a new life alongside a great love.

Release Date1989-01-09

Charactersd José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama)

Episode Count187

Vote Count9

Love Bites

Set in the fictional city of Maramores, the plot centers on the character of Lívia, whose destiny begins to be shaped in the 12th century when the vampire Boris falls madly in love with her and decides to win her over at any cost, regardless of time or place. In medieval times, Lívia is Princess Cecília, Beto is Count Rogério, and Boris is Duke Boris. The present-day story begins with the introduction of Lívia's story, her husband Beto, and their children, Zeca, Tetê, and Juninho. The family's happiness will be destroyed, just as in Lívia and Beto's past lives (Princess Cecília and Count Rogério), by the reappearance of the vampire Boris. He wants to reclaim Zeca, who is not actually Lívia and Beto's son, but his son with a mistress. As soon as he was born, while still in the maternity ward, Boris placed Zeca in the place of Lívia's true son.

Release Date2002-08-26

Charactersd Galileu Van Burger

Episode Count215

Vote Count14

O Mapa da Mina

The main plot revolves around a hidden treasure. The story begins when a gang steals ten million dollars worth of diamonds in Uruguay. To escape the police, one of the thieves, Rodolfo Torres de Almeida, flees to Argentina. His partner, Ivo Simeone, travels to São Paulo with the jewels. Ivo decides to hide the precious stones and, to ensure he doesn't forget the hiding place, has a map tattooed above the buttocks of a girl, the daughter of his neighbor. The thief takes care to photograph the girl so he can identify her in the future. Ivo is arrested and, eight years later, when he gets out of jail, he is run over and killed. Before dying, however, he manages to tell his son Rodrigo the secret about the treasure map. The young man follows the clues given by his father and discovers that the young woman with the tattooed map is Elisa, a novice nun cloistered in a convent, about to take perpetual vows.

Release Date1993-03-29

Charactersd Antônio Machado (Toni)

Episode Count137

Vote Count2

Mico Preto

The disappearance of Áurea Menezes Garcia sparks a fierce dispute over her business dealings. Firmino, her attorney, assumes power, but faces the greed of her children.

Release Date1990-05-07

Charactersd Firmino do Espírito Santo

Episode Count179

Vote Count2

The Prophet

From a young age, Marcos has the gift of premonition and, in his future, he will have to choose between the path of light and the path of vanity. As an adult, Marcos meets Sônia, and the two fall in love.

Release Date2006-10-16

Charactersd Piragibe Carvalho

Episode Count178

Vote Count10

Elas por Elas

Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind the women and their families.

Release Date1982-05-10

Charactersd Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)

Episode Count173

Vote Count5

Ti Ti Ti

'Ti-Ti-Ti' presents a humorous plot, set in São Paulo, whose central theme is the professional, familial, and romantic rivalry between André Spina and Ariclenes Martins, or Ari, as he is known to those closest to him. The two were childhood friends and always fought a lot, engaging in tireless disputes over the same girlfriends.

Release Date1985-08-05

Charactersd Ari (Ariclenes Martins) / Victor Valentim

Episode Count185

Vote Count3

The Return Of The Rockefeller

The big shot Albert returns after three years, reuniting with his family — his parents and his sister. And he gets in touch with some acquaintances, such as his old friend Vitório and a decadent high society woman. And once again Albert, the Rockefeller gets involved with millionaires and opportunists.

Release Date1973-03-26

Charactersd Alberto (Beto Rockfeller)

Episode Count198

Vote Count2

O Direito de Nascer

Release Date1964-12-07

Charactersd Osvaldo

Episode Count180

Vote Count2

Os Inocentes

Release Date1974-02-05

Charactersd Vitor

Episode Count185

Vote Count2

Mário Fofoca

Release Date1983-03-13

Charactersd Mário Fofoca

Episode Count17

Vote Count2

O Sheik de Ipanema

Release Date1975-04-16

Charactersd Carlos Roberto / Sheik Abdul

Episode Count100

Vote Count3

Delegacia de Mulheres

Release Date1989-12-28

Charactersd Cristóvão

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

Rosa Baiana

Release Date1981-02-09

Charactersd Marcelo

Episode Count149

Vote Count2

Editora Mayo, Bom Dia

Release Date1971-04-12

Charactersd Ray

Episode Count102

Vote Count1

The Cariocas

"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro and its stunning urban landscapes. Our protagonists are uninhibited, adulterous, vindictive, suicidal, envious, brides, betrayed, deluded. Women with distinct beauty and quaint peculiarities, each one has a particular way of life.

Release Date2010-10-19

Charactersd Gustavo

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Teen Confessions

Release Date1994-08-22

Charactersd Paulo Araújo

Episode Count46

Vote Count7

Yoshico, um Poema de Amor

Release Date1967-01-09

Charactersd Luís Paulo de Araújo

Episode Count60

Vote Count1

Brasil a Bordo

A airline family company out of this world.

Release Date2018-01-25

Charactersd Gonçalo Galvez

Episode Count12

Vote Count3

Estrelas no Chão

Release Date1967-10-02

Charactersd Jorge

Episode Count78

Vote Count1

Ciúme

Release Date1966-08-01

Charactersd Alfredo

Episode Count110

Vote Count1

Amada Amante

A family leaves a small town in the state of São Paulo to move to Rio de Janeiro when the father gets a job promotion there. In Rio, everyone of them will fall prey to the city's sinful ways.

Release Date1978-06-01

Charactersd Tuca

Vote Count10

Casinha Pequenina

In colonial Brazil, rich farmer and owner of slaves is blackmailed by a lady; to get rid of the problem, he involves innocent countrymen in a diabolical plan.

Release Date1963-05-11

Charactersd Bento

Vote Count11

Sede de Amar (Capuzes Negros)

Release Date1978-02-11

Charactersd Jairo

Vote Count3

Mord in Rio

Barbara Leen owns a coffee export company based in Rio de Janeiro. The company has long since been infiltrated by smugglers, without Barbara knowing about it. The criminals are smuggling diamonds. Barbara's boyfriend is a journalist and tries to get to the bottom of the matter. But during his research he comes across more and more deaths. Eventually, however, he comes across the nightclub owner Leila and her lover Dumont. They appear to be the masterminds.

Release Date1963-12-06

Charactersd André

Vote Count3

Sai de Baixo: O Filme

Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from São Paulo, their maid, and the building’s doorman. It’s the return of iconic characters like Caco Antibes, Magda and Ribamar, and also new characters.

Release Date2019-02-21

Charactersd Vavá

Vote Count66

Party Crashers

"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a shy and insecure man, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crash parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.

Release Date2012-11-30

Charactersd Anchieta

Vote Count96

The Adventures of Mario Fofoca

Release Date1983-03-10

Charactersd Mário Fofoca

Vote Count2

Romeo and Juliet Get Married

The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.

Release Date2005-03-18

Charactersd Baragatti

Vote Count76

O Sobrado

Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off.

Release Date1956-05-28

Charactersd Jango Veiga

Vote Count2

Albert, the Rockefeller

Adaptation of the successful Brazilian TV series "Beto Rockefeller". Albert is a cunning poor man who pretends to be rich, using his congeniality and lack of morals to mix among rich people.

Release Date1970-01-01

Charactersd Beto

Vote Count2

Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú

The documentary retraces the band's meteoric rise, as they became the biggest phenomenon in Brazilian music in 1995 — and one of the most remarkable in the country's history.

Release Date2026-03-02

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count4

Lenita - Traces of a Lady

A deck of cards discovered at an antiques fair reveals the eccentric past of a famous Arabian horse breeder, the photographer and filmmaker Lenita Perroy.

Release Date2023-10-27

Charactersd Self

Encontro com o Passado

Release Date1967-07-11

Episode Count15

Vote Count1