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.
Career
His television debut was in the Ti Ti Ti novel, authored by his father, playing Alex, one of the sons of Jacques Leclair. He then makes an original version of Sinhá Moça, as José, a young man who falls in love with the slave Adelaide. Later he would work in the novels of his father, like Brega & Chique, like Maurício and Que Rei Sou Eu?, such as Pichot/Lucien, this being his first role of greatest impact and repercussion, making pair with Cláudia Abreu. He followed other works such as Perigosas Peruas, as the puzzled Paulinho Pamonha and O Mapa da Mina, as Raul Gouveia. In addition to these novels, FeraRadical, like Paxá, and Mico Preto, like Adolfo, son of Áurea. In 1994, he made another of his best roles, the novelQuatro por Quatro, as the hypochondriac Alcebíades, better known as Alce. Her character initially made pair with Auxiliadora, and this one discovers that he betrayed her with Elisa Maria. He then made the novel O Fim do Mundo, as Vadeco, and later made three novels alongside Betty Lago: O Amor Está no Ar, as Filipe, Pecado Capital, as Valdir and Uga-Uga, as Anísio. In 2002, he made for the first time a novel by Antônio Calmon, O Beijo do Vampiro, as the hilarious Bartô, pairing with Betty Gofman and starring for the first time with his uncle Luis Gustavo, both playing father and son in the plot. Soon, in 2004, she made the miniseries Um Só Coração, as Paulo Prado, and the novel Como uma Onda, as the womanizer Pedroca do Espírito Santo, and in 2006, in double dose for the second time,, as Júlio Soares in Páginas da Vida, as Leandro, son of Tide and Lalinha. In 2008, in double dose for the third time, it makes the miniseries Queridos Amigos, like Fernando, and Três Irmãs, like Orlando, making pair with Beth Goulart. He then remakes Ti Ti Ti as Breno Rodrigues, and then made O Astro, as the unscrupulous Amin Hayalla, married to Jamile, but who has an affair with lover Sílvia. 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.
Filmography
Television
Film
2017 - Real - O Plano Por Trás da História - Pedro Malan
