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Tato Gabus Mendes
Birth Name:Luiz Otávio Gabus Mendes
Birth Date:22 December 1952
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Other Names:Tato Gabus
Children:2
Parents:Cassiano Gabus Mendes
Relatives:Cássio Gabus Mendes (brother)
Otávio Gabus Mendes (paternal grandfather)
Luis Gustavo (maternal uncle)
Years Active:1982–present
Occupation:Actor

Luiz Otávio Gabus Mendes (born December 22, 1952) in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actor.[1]

Biography

He is the grandson of Otávio Gabus Mendes, the son of the telenovelas author Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the nephew of the actor Luiz Gustavo and the brother of the also actor Cássio Gabus Mendes.

Career

His television debut was in the Ti Ti Ti novel (85), authored by his father, playing Alex, one of the sons of Jacques Leclair (Reginaldo Faria). He then makes an original version of Sinhá Moça (86), as José, a young man who falls in love with the slave Adelaide (Solange Couto).

Later he would work in the novels of his father, like Brega & Chique (87), like Maurício and Que Rei Sou Eu? (89), such as Pichot/Lucien, this being his first role of greatest impact and repercussion, making pair with Cláudia Abreu (Juliette). He followed other works such as Perigosas Peruas (92), as the puzzled Paulinho Pamonha and O Mapa da Mina (93), as Raul Gouveia. In addition to these novels, Fera Radical (88), like Paxá, and Mico Preto (90), like Adolfo, son of Áurea (Márcia Real).

In 1994, he made another of his best roles, the novel Quatro por Quatro (94), as the hypochondriac Alcebíades, better known as Alce. Her character initially made pair with Auxiliadora (Elizabeth Savalla), and this one discovers that he betrayed her with Elisa Maria (Lizandra Souto). He then made the novel O Fim do Mundo (96), as Vadeco, and later made three novels alongside Betty Lago: O Amor Está no Ar (97), as Filipe, Pecado Capital (98), as Valdir and Uga-Uga (2000), as Anísio.

In 2002, he made for the first time a novel by Antônio Calmon, O Beijo do Vampiro (2002), as the hilarious Bartô, pairing with Betty Gofman (Amélie) and starring for the first time with his uncle Luis Gustavo (Galileu), both playing father and son in the plot. Soon, in 2004, he made the miniseries Um Só Coração (2004), as Paulo Prado, and the novel Como uma Onda (2004), as the womanizer Pedroca do Espírito Santo, and in 2006, in double dose for the second time, (2006), as Júlio Soares in Páginas da Vida (2006), as Leandro, son of Tide (Tarcísio Meira) and Lalinha (Glória Menezes).

In 2008, in double dose for the third time, it makes the miniseries Queridos Amigos (2008), like Fernando, and Três Irmãs (2008), like Orlando, making pair with Beth Goulart (Leonora). He then remakes Ti Ti Ti (2010) as Breno Rodrigues, and then made O Astro (2011), as the unscrupulous Amin Hayalla, married to Jamile (Carolina Kasting), but who has an affair with lover Sílvia (Bel Kutner).

In 2012, has been in Cheias de Charme, as the villain Dr. Sarmento. In 2013, he was in Sangue Bom as Franklin Cardoso.

In 2017, he played Pedro Malan in the film Real: O Plano por Trás da História.

Personal life

He is married to the designer Mariana da Silva Telles, and father of Pedro Gabus Mendes and Luisa Gabus Mendes.[2]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
1985Ti Ti TiAlexandre Moraes (Alex)
1986Sinhá MoçaJosé Coutinho
1987Brega & ChiqueMaurício Carvalho Lontra
1988Fera RadicalPaulo Paxá da Silva (Paxá)
1989Que Rei Sou Eu?Lucien Élan (Pichot/Rei Petrus II)
1990Mico PretoAdolfo Menezes Garcia
1992Perigosas PeruasPaulo Pereira (Paulinho Pamonha)
1993O Mapa da MinaRaul Gouveia
1994Você Decide9 episodes
Quatro por QuatroAlcebíades Augusto Fontes (Alce)
1996O Fim do MundoValdison Ramalho (Vadeco)
Sai de BaixoDelegado Lopes (Eps: "Ribatur Turismo")
1997O Amor Está no ArFilipe Schnaider
MalhaçãoEduardo Kleber Siqueira
1998Pecado CapitalValdir Cabral Soares
1999Terra NostraFabrício Penna (Dr. Penna)
2000Uga-UgaAnísio Karabastos
2001Brava GenteAureliano (Eps: "A Sonata")
MalhaçãoRenato Ferreira
2002O Beijo do VampiroBartolomeu Van Burgo (Bartô)
2003Sítio do Picapau AmareloBacamarte (Eps: "O Sumiço de Emília")
2004Um Só CoraçãoPaulo da Silva Prado (Paulo Prado)
A DiaristaFúlvio (Eps: "Quem Vai Ficar com Marinete")
Como uma OndaPedro do Espírito Santo (Pedroca)
2005A DiaristaAdvogado de Figueirinha (Eps: "Aquele da Cafeína")
2006JKJúlio Soares
Páginas da VidaLeandro Fragoso Martins de Andrade
2007Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico MendesBrito Rezende
Toma Lá, Dá CáMestre Shonganashana (Eps: "O Homem que Veio Arrochar")
2008Queridos AmigosFernando da Silva Prestes
Casos e AcasosSaulo Barbosa
Vicente Santini
Três IrmãsOrlando Malatesta
2010Ti Ti TiBreno Rodrigues
2011O AstroAmin Hayalla
2012Cheias de CharmeErnani Sarmento
2013Sangue BomFranklin Cardoso (Cardoso)
2014ImpérioSevero Aguiar da Silva
2016A Lei do AmorOlavo Maciel
2017Os TrapalhõesChef do Didico
2018Orgulho e PaixãoFelisberto Benedito

Film

Notes and References

  1. http://contigo.abril.com.br/famosos/tato-gabus-mendes/ator Perfil de Tato Gabus Mendes na revista Contigo!.
  2. http://contigo.abril.com.br/famosos/tato-gabus-mendes/ator/vida Biografia no site da revista Contigo!.