André Gonçalves is an actor who has an established career on TV and has participated in several reality shows. Know more about him here!
André Gonçalves is an actor from Rio who has a long and consolidated career on television. The artist, in addition to having worked on several soap operas and other works of fiction, has also participated in many different reality shows.
The actor’s personal life is full of scandals and controversies, including arrest for non-payment of child support. Tense, right?
Let’s find out a little more about the trajectory of the artist who is confirmed as one of the farmhands at Farm 15.
Who is André Gonçalves
André Gonçalves Barbosa born on November 16, 1975, In Rio de Janeiro city. The actor’s childhood was not easy at all, as he was raised in the slums of his hometown, having to start working as a popcorn seller at the age of 12 to help with his family’s financial life.
A profound trauma that André Gonçalves experienced in his life was the fact that his mother began to have mental disorders and went missing for a period of time in 1992. After she was found, the artist took her into his home for a while.
Relationships and personal life
André Gonçalves has a wide list of relationships with actresses and other famous peopleamong them, Letícia Sabatella, Natália Lage and Renata Sorrah.
However, the actor married twice. In September 2002, with journalist Cynthia Benini, whom he met on the reality show Casa dos Artistas, and had a daughter with her, Valentina Benini. The marriage, unfortunately, came to an end in 2006.
His second marriage was to actress Danielle Winits, which took place in November 2016 and ended in 2023.
André Gonçalves’ offspring is not limited to Valentina, the actor also has a daughter named Manuela Seiblitz, fruit of a relationship with actress Tereza Seiblitzand Pedro Arthur Rios Gonçalves, who was born from the marital union with Myrian Rios.
Career of André Gonçalves
André Gonçalves’ debut on television was in 1989 in the miniseries broadcast by Rede Bandeirantes Sand Captains, an adaptation of the work of Bahian writer Jorge Amado. Director Roberto Bontempo discovered the actor and offered him this opportunity that would open the doors for him to act in several other television productions.
Television works
- Amazon, from Galvez to Chico Mendes
- That’s why I’m vengeful
Cinema
- Cazuza – Time Doesn’t Stop
- Garrincha – Lone Star
- Nothing to Lose – part 2
Realities and competitions
- House of Artists 2
- Ice Dancing
- Super Chef Celebrities
- Famous dance
Controversies involving André Gonçalves
Varig flight
Em 2001, the actor caused a disturbance on a flight of the extinct Varig airline that went from São Paulo to New York. In this incident, the actor was supposedly in a psychotic episode and caused an emergency landing in Belém.
To make it possible to land, the plane dumped around 60 thousand liters of fuel near the mouth of the Amazon River.
As soon as the plane stopped, the actor was treated and taken to medical care.
Detention
Em 2021, André Gonçalves was arrestedas he had not paid his daughter Valentina’s child support since 2007. The actor was under house arrest for 60 days – with an electronic bracelet – until he managed to regularize his situation.
Sources: UOL, Metropolises, Terra
