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

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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 ''

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''. Still in the theater, he was in ''Pintando o Sete'' and ''

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''. His first television appearance was in 2009 in the telenovela ''Promessas de Amor'' on

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with the character Aurélio Pitini (Pit). In the same year, he played the character Rodrigo in

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's ''Malhação ID''. In 2013, the actor played his first leading role in the miniseries ''

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''. Tavares joined the cast of several other soap operas, as well as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Jesus'', ''

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'', among others. The artist also appears in the

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series ''Maldivas''. For seven years, Tavares was in a relationship with actress

Marcela Barrozo Marcela de Sousa Barrozo (born Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, January 21, 1992) is a Brazilian theatre and screen actress. TV career * 2002 - ''Sabor da Paixão'' .... Madona * 2003 - ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' .... Estela Albuquerque * 2004 - ''Se ...

. The couple broke up in 2019.

Filmography

Television

Film

Internet

Theater

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tavares, Ricky Living people Actors from Brasília Brazilian male television actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male stage actors Brazilian male models Brazilian male child actors 1991 births