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.

Filmography

• 2019Sai de Baixo: O Filme — Vavá
• Brasil a Bordo — Gonçalo Galvez
• Precious Pearl — Apolônio Fonseca
• 2012Party Crashers — Anchieta
• The Buzz — Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
• The Cariocas — Gustavo
• Cat's Cradle — Waldemar Moreira
• The Three Sisters — Vidigal Castro
• The Prophet — Piragibe Carvalho
• 2005Romeo and Juliet Get Married — Baragatti
• Soul Mate — Romeu
• Começar de Novo — Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)
• Love Bites — Galileu Van Burger
• Sai de Baixo — Vavá, Creator
• Young Hearts — Heitor Laroche
• Teen Confessions — Paulo Araújo
• O Mapa da Mina — Antônio Machado (Toni)
• Mico Preto — Firmino do Espírito Santo
• Delegacia de Mulheres — Cristóvão
• O Salvador da Pátria — José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama)
• Ti Ti Ti — Ari (Ariclenes Martins) / Victor Valentim
• Mário Fofoca — Mário Fofoca
• 1983The Adventures of Mario Fofoca — Mário Fofoca
• Elas por Elas — Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
• Rosa Baiana — Marcelo
• Cara a Cara — Fran (Francisco Borelli)
• 1978Amada Amante — Tuca
• 1978Sede de Amar (Capuzes Negros) — Jairo
• Te Contei? — Léo
• The Trapalhões — Vários
• Anjo Mau — Ricardo Medeiros
• Duas Vidas — Valdo (Osvaldo Palas)
• Planeta dos Homens — Vários Personagens
• O Sheik de Ipanema — Carlos Roberto / Sheik Abdul
• Os Inocentes — Vitor
• The Return Of The Rockefeller — Alberto (Beto Rockfeller)
• Editora Mayo, Bom Dia — Ray
• 1970Albert, the Rockefeller — Beto
• Albert, the Rockefeller — Alberto de Souza (Beto Rockfeller)
• Encontro com o Passado
• Estrelas no Chão — Jorge
• Yoshico, um Poema de Amor — Luís Paulo de Araújo
• Ciúme — Alfredo
• O Direito de Nascer — Osvaldo
• 1963Casinha Pequenina — Bento
• 1963Mord in Rio — André
• 1956O Sobrado — Jango Veiga
• Oliver Twist — Raposa

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2026Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Lenita - Traces of a Lady — Self