
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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.

as Léo

as Heitor Laroche
1995

as Vários
1977

as Léo
1978

as Romeu
2005

as Apolônio Fonseca
2013

as Alberto de Souza (Beto Rockfeller)
1968

as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
2010

as Ari (Ariclenes Martins) / Victor Valentim
1985

as Vavá
1996

as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
1982

as Vidigal Castro
2008

as Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)
2004
as Vavá
2019

as Self (archive footage)
2026

as Self
2023

as Vavá
2019

as Anchieta
2012

as Baragatti
2005

as Mário Fofoca
1983

as Tuca
1978

as Jairo
1978

as Beto
1970

as André
1963

as Bento
1963

as Jango Veiga
1956
as Léo
151 ep.

as Heitor Laroche
284 episodes

as Vários
41 episodes

as Léo
151 episodes

as Romeu
23 episodes

as Apolônio Fonseca
173 episodes

as Alberto de Souza (Beto Rockfeller)
281 episodes

as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
209 episodes

as Ari (Ariclenes Martins) / Victor Valentim
185 episodes

as Vavá
245 episodes

as Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
173 episodes

as Vidigal Castro
179 episodes

as Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)
196 episodes

as Galileu Van Burger
215 episodes

as Ricardo Medeiros
173 episodes

as Valdo (Osvaldo Palas)
157 episodes

as Piragibe Carvalho
178 episodes

as Fran (Francisco Borelli)
222 episodes

as José Matos Filho (Juca Pirama)
187 episodes

as Vitor
185 episodes

as Firmino do Espírito Santo
179 episodes

as Waldemar Moreira
161 episodes

as Alberto (Beto Rockfeller)
198 episodes

as Antônio Machado (Toni)
137 episodes

as Vários Personagens
42 episodes