Tato Gabus Mendes

Acting

Tato Gabus Mendes

Born December 22, 1952 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (age 73)

Luís Otávio Gabus Mendes (born December 22, 1960 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actor. He is grandson of Otávio Gabus Mendes, son of the telenovelas author Cassiano Gabus Mendes, nephew of the actor Luís Gustavo and brother of the also actor Cássio Gabus Mendes. 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 …

Known For

Sexo e DestinoSexo e Destino · 2026
Sexo e Destino
2026
MovieDrama
Between two families marked by betrayal and obsession, the Nogueiras and the Torres, forces from the spiritual realm work to lead each member to a reckoning with their own destiny.
Quatro Por QuatroQuatro Por Quatro · 1994
Quatro Por Quatro
1994
MovieComedyDrama
The Great VictoryThe Great Victory · 2014
The Great Victory
5.82014
MovieDrama
Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.
Real: The Plan Behind HistoryReal: The Plan Behind History · 2017
Real: The Plan Behind History
6.52017
MovieDrama
In May 1993, Brazil experienced one of the worst economic crises in its history. The government then decides to set up a real task force to solve the problem. Confined to a bunker as a way of shielding the operations of growing political pressures, the special economic team will have to do its best to reach agreement and create the Plano Real.
TrintaTrinta · 2013
Trinta
6.72013
MovieDrama
Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80s by directing parades for samba schools and putting focus on costumes and decor.
Young HeartsYoung Hearts · 1995
Young Hearts
6.31995
SeriesSoapComedy
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.
Little MissyLittle Missy · 1986
Little Missy
7.51986
SeriesDramaSoap
In 1886, in the small town of Araruna, Little Missy rejects the actions of her father—the slave-owning Colonel Ferreira—alongside Rodolfo, an active abolitionist republican with whom she falls in love.
Pages of LifePages of Life · 2006
Pages of Life
6.52006
SeriesSoapDrama
Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

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Four Lives, Four LovesFour Lives, Four Loves · 1994
Four Lives, Four Loves
7.51994
SeriesSoapComedy
A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.

Alcebíades Augusto Fontes (Alce)

Love BitesLove Bites · 2002
Love Bites
6.42002
SeriesSoapSci-Fi & Fantasy
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.

Bartolomeu "Bartô" Van Burger

O Mapa da MinaO Mapa da Mina · 1993
O Mapa da Mina
7.01993
SeriesSoapDrama
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.

Raul Gouveia