Guilherme Berenguer Santiago (born September 20, 1980) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his roles in ''

Malhação ''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...

'' (2004) as Gustavo and ''Bang Bang'' (2005) as Neon.

Early life

As a child, Guillerme liked to engage in street theater with his friends. At age fourteen, not having a good physique, he decided to lose weight, and started taking part in sports. He continues to enjoy

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s like swimming and running.

Personal life

On June 11, 2009, the actor married the

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Bianca Cardoso. On May 22, 2013, his first son, Sebastian, was born. He is

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, and says that he is not afraid to show it as he says: "Of course, if people ask what I do in order to keep my life in balance, where I seek that strength, I will say it without fear. The time in which being evangelic was seen as something silly or limited is long gone."

Career

Then in 1998, he decided to move to the city of

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, in search of better artistic opportunities, he joined an agency, advertising such as magazine covers, parades, TV propaganda. Thus, participated in the Group of Theater of USP, worked like professor of

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. The repercussion of the work as a

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brought him the opportunity to go to

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, where he was invited to carry out more campaigns. When it returned to Brazil, it did another course of theater, in

, Theater School Célia Helena participated of two theatrical pieces, one of them "Desce do muro moleca" and a

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film called "De morango". He participated in several tests to enter ''Malhação'', until he was chosen to represent the role of Gustavo, protagonist of the series, in 2004. This role gave him great impetus in his career in

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and

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. Since then he has moved to

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. He participated in the

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''Bang Bang'' as Neon Bullock. And also participated of ''Sinhá Moça'', like Eduardo Tavares. After the soap opera ended in 2006, Guilherme was invited to present the ''Globo Ecologia''. In 2007, Guilherme dedicated himself to ''Globo Ecologia'' and his film school. In 2008 he returned to telenovelas like Lieutenant João Teixeira, in ''Desejo Proibido''. In 2009 gave life to the young publicist Ricardo Bidauska, who after frustrated attempts in search of work in Rio de Janeiro, decides to go to the city of his friend pawn. On November 4, 2010, he signed a contract with

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and starred in the novel ''Vidas em Jogo''. In 2014 he moved to

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, where he began to study cinema, which ended up making his contract with the station not renewed. Guilherme Berenguer apresenta a filha e diz sentir saudade de atuar
''O Globo''. 4 December 2010 . Retrieved 01 February 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berenguer, Guilherme 1980 births Living people Male actors from Recife Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male film actors Brazilian evangelicals Brazilian expatriates in the United States 21st-century Brazilian male actors Male actors from Los Angeles