Marcílio Henrique Tavares Gonçalves (born 28 August 1991), better known as Ricky Tavares, is a Brazilian actor and model.
Life and career Tavares was born in Brasília, and moved to Rio de Janeiro with his family during childhood. His siblings Juliana Xavier and Dharck Tavares are also actors. His cousin Tiago Santiago is a telenovela author and director.
Tavares studied at the drama school O Tablado. He began his artistic career in the theater, at age 16, playing the hunter Gaston in the play Beauty and the Beast. Still in the theater, he was in Pintando o Sete and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. His first television appearance was in 2009 in the telenovela Promessas de Amor on RecordTV with the character Aurélio Pitini (Pit). In the same year, he played the character Rodrigo in TV Globo's Malhação ID. In 2013, the actor played his first leading role in the miniseries José do Egito.
Tavares joined the cast of several other soap operas, as well as Vidas em Jogo, A Terra Prometida, Jesus, Gênesis, among others. The artist also appears in the Netflix original series Maldivas.
For seven years, Tavares was in a relationship with actress Marcela Barrozo. The couple broke up in 2019.
Filmography Television Year(s) Title Role(s) Notes 2009 Mutantes: Promessas de Amor Aurélio Pitini (Pit) 2009 Malhação Rodrigo Cerqueira 17th season 2011 Vidas em Jogo Wellington Nobre Batista 2013 José do Egito Young José Episodes: "January 30 – February 20" 2013 Casamento Blindado Diogo New Year's Special 2014 Milagres de Jesus Davi Episode: "O Homem Hidrópico" 2014 Vitória Mossoró Ferreira 2016 A Terra Prometida Zaqueu 2018 Jesus Judas Tadeu 2021 Gênesis Harã 2022 Além da Ilusão Inácio 2022 Maldivas Miguel
Film Year Title Role Notes 2022 Rocinha, Toda História Tem Dois Lados
Internet Year Title Role 2015 Discutindo a Relação Fred Ribeiro 2017 Super Crianças Morel
Theater Year Play 2013 Apaixonados
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