Hélio Pestana (born 25 May 1985) is a Portuguese

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, booked by Layjan agency.

Biography

Pestana studied in D. Pedro V High School and started his acting career in theatre stages, but only became well known at the age of 19, as one of the main cast members of teen series " Morangos com Açúcar" (2004/05), playing Henrique Batista. After leaving " Morangos com Açúcar", Pestana appeared in the

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soap opera " Dei-te Quase Tudo" (2005/06), as Gonçalo Mascarenhas. Later, Pestana guest starred in the first episode of the Brazilian/Portuguese co-production " Paixões Proibidas" (2007) and he also dubbed the Portuguese version of Chick Hicks in the

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" Hélio Pestana was voted 79th greatest Portuguese of all time in the hit TV show " Os Grandes Portugueses". He was also elected one of the 25 Most Beautiful People in Portuguese Television and he was awarded with the "Mais TV" Award in category Best Break-Through Actor in 2005/2006. He was one of the leads in "Procura-se", a stage play based on four of Tcheckov's plays. He has been a student of

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and he has completed a dancing course a
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In 2007, Hélio Pestana starred in 5.º Poder, a TV series for Brazilian network ''Record'', as Paulo Monteiro. From April to August 2008, he played the part of Apostle Matias in the highly successful Felipe La Féria-directed Portuguese version of the musical play

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, by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

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* 1985 births Living people Portuguese male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) {{Portugal-actor-stub