Marcello Tolentino Novaes (born 13 August 1962) is a Brazilian actor.O Globo - Nov 21, 2008

Career He studied at the drama school Tablado, along with Malu Mader, Drica Moraes, Maurício Mattar, and Felipe Camargo. His television debut was in 1988 on Vale Tudo telenovela. He has played the same role twice in separate soap operas, both written by Sílvio de Abreu.

His first lead came in 1994, the auto mechanic Raí in Quatro por Quatro. It was during that job he met and fell in love with actress Letícia Spiller. They married and had a son two years later. In 1996, he starred alongside Andréa Beltrão, Humberto Martins and Murilo Benício in the telenovela Vira-Lata (released as Underdog in the USA). He participated in the historical mini-series Chiquinha Gonzaga and the show Andando nas Nuvens in 1999. In 2000, he played the character Beterraba in telenovela Uga Uga. The following year he played Xande in O Clone, the bodyguard and boyfriend of an addicted rich girl. In 2003 he portrayed Ignácio in A Casa das Sete Mulheres and then the rustic Timóteo in Chocolate com Pimenta.

Due to the success of his partnership with author Glória Perez, that begun in O Clone, he returned to act on a show by the author in 2005, but his character left unnoticed in América. The actor showed displeasure with the incident.

He lived the co-star Vicente de Sete Pecados and then the surfer Sandro in Três Irmãs.

Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes2007Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?Pedro2008O Guerreiro Didi e a Ninja LiliDr. Marcos2010Desenrola Gabriel2014Casa GrandeHugo Cavalcanti

Television Soap YearTitleRoleNotes1988Vale TudoAndré 1989Top ModelFelipe1990Rainha da SucataGeraldo1992Deus Nos AcudaGeraldo 1994-1995Quatro por QuatroRaí 1996Vira-LataFidel1997-1998Zazá Hugo Guerreiro1999Andando nas NuvensRaul Pedreira2000Uga-UgaBeterraba 2001-2002O Clone Xande2003-2004Chocolate com PimentaTimóteo Mariano da Silva e Silva2005América Geninho2007-2008Sete Pecados Vicente de Freitas2008-2009Três Irmãs Sandro2009-2010Cama de GatoBene2011Cordel Encantado Qui Qui2012Avenida Brasil Maxwell "Max" Oliveira2014Casa GrandeHugo 2015A Regra do JogoVavá 2016Sol NascenteVittorio2017-2018O Outro Lado do Paraíso Renan2018-2019O Sétimo Guardião Sampaio Gomes 2022Além da Ilusão Eugênio Barbosa2025Dona de MimJaques Boaz

Miniseries and serials YearTitleRoleNotes1992Anos RebeldesOlavo1998Malhação Paulinho KeléSeason 41999Chiquinha GonzagaJacinto Ribeiro do Amaral 2003A Casa das Sete Mulheres Ignácio 2006Malhação Daniel San MartinSeason 132024Justiça 2Egisto

Special YearTitleRoleNotes1998Sai de BaixoGodzilla2004Sob Nova Direção Flavia 2008Guerra e PazRolandão Casos e AcasosReinaldo / PauloDicas de um SedutorMauro

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