Luiz Fernando Guimarães (born November 28, 1949, in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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) is a Brazilian
actor
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.
At the beginning of the 1980s, he participated in the Asdrubal Trouxe o Trombone, a group of actors from Rio de Janeiro who wrote, produced, and performed their plays. Regina Casé, Evandro Mesquita, Patrícia Travassos, among others, were his mates at Asdrubal. Luiz Fernando and the Asdrubal were very popular and successful.
During the 2000s, he became famous country-wide performing TV ads to a government bank. He is famous for his role in
Os Normais
''Os Normais'' (in Portuguese, literally "The Normal Ones") is a Brazilian sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Jorge Furtado, Alexandre Machado, and Fernanda Young. It aired from 2001 to 2003 on Rede Globo. It features a ...
.
References
Brazilian male stage actors
1949 births
Living people
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Brazilian male television actors
Brazilian gay actors
Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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