Gabriel Braga Nunes

Gabriel Braga Nunes
Born	Gabriel Braga Nunes February 7, 1972 São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Parent(s)	Regina Braga Celso Nunes

Gabriel Braga Nunes (born February 7, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, especially Essas Mulheres, Cidadão Brasileiro, Caminhos do Coração and Poder Paralelo. He also stars in Insensato Coração for TV Globo.^[1]

Biography

Son of actress Regina Braga and director Celso Nunes. A graduate in Theatre Arts from UNICAMP, made his television debut in 1996, playing Mário on the soap opera Razão de Viver, the SBT.^[2] After that, he worked in several of the Rede Globo soap operas such as O Beijo do Vampiro, Terra Nostra^[3] and Anjo Mau.^[4]

In 2006, participates in his second record in the network, after the successful soap opera Essas Mulheres, where he played Fernando Seixas, Braga Nunes starred Cidadão Brasileiro as Antonio Maciel. In 2009, Gabriel Braga Nunes protagonist of the novel Poder Paralelo with the character Antonio Castellamare, with actress Paloma Duarte.^[5] After participating in five soap operas in five years, Braga Nunes decided to take a "vacation" of television.

In late 2010, however, the actor has been invited to join the miniseries As Cariocas, the chapter "A Atormentada da Tijuca", played by Paola Oliveira.^[6] This was his first return to work globo

Gabriel played the villain Léo in the novel Insensato Coração.^[7][8] After the close of this novel, he closed his 4-year contract with Globo.^[9]

In 2011, participate Part Caminhos da Independência, playing Dom Pedro I.^[10] In 2013, he was cast to play the mysterious Teacher Aristóbulo in Saramandaia.^[11][12]

In 2014, Braga Nunes lives Laerte, the central character in the third stage of the telenovela Em Família.^[13][14]

Personal life

Gabriel Braga Nunes had a relationship with actress and singer Danni Carlos for about three years. In mid-2005, the couple began living together,^[15] being separated in 2007.^[16] In 2009, during the filming of the soap opera Poder Paralelo, Braga Nunes became involved with co-star Paloma Duarte.^[17]

Career

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Razão de Viver	Mário Santos Silva
1997	Por Amor e Ódio	Lucas Toledo Diegues (Luciano)
	Anjo Mau	Olavinho Jordão Ferraz
1999	Terra Nostra	Augusto Neves Marcondes
2000	Mundo VIP	Himself	Cameo
	Uga-Uga	Otacílio
2001	Estrela Guia	Guilherme Nunes
2002	O Quinto dos Infernos	Felício Pinto Coelho de Mendonça
	O Beijo do Vampiro	Victor Victório
2003	Zorra Total	Himself	Cameo
	Kubanacan	Victor	Cameo
2004	Os Aspones	Paulo Rodrigues Nunes Filho	episode: "O Mau Dia no Escritório"
	Sob Nova Direção		episode: "Confusões de Adolescente"
	Senhora do Destino	Dirceu de Castro (young)	Phase 1
2005	Linha Direta Justiça	Giuseppe Pistone	episode: "O Crime da Mala"
	Essas Mulheres	Fernando Rodrigues de Seixas
2006	Cidadão Brasileiro	Antônio Maciel
2007	Caminhos do Coração	Sigismundo Taveira (Taveira)
2008	Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração	Sigismundo Taveira (Taveira)
2009	Poder Paralelo	Antonio Castellamare (Tony)
2010	As Cariocas	Gilberto Tavares de Assis	episode: "A Atormentada da Tijuca"
2011	Insensato Coração	Leonardo Brandão (Léo)
2012	Amor Eterno Amor	Carlos / Barão (Rodrigo Borges)
2013	O Canto da Sereia	Paulinho de Jesus
	Saramandaia	Teacher Aristóbulo
2014	Em Família	Laerte Fernandes

Film

Year	Title	Role
2000	Mater Dei	Vinícius
2003	Carandiru, Outras Histórias	Sérgio (Cobra)
	Chatô, o Rei do Brasil	Rosemberg
2004	A Dona da História	Himself
2011	O Homem do Futuro	Ricardo
	País do Desejo	César
2013	Anita e Garibaldi	Giuseppe Garibaldi[18]
2014	Alemão	Danilo

References

1. "Insensato Coração: Gabriel Braga Nunes viverá protagonista Léo". Globo.com. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
2. Redação Extra Online (November 29, 2011). "Prêmio Extra de TV: Gabriel Braga Nunes leva o prêmio de melhor ator pelo vilão Léo" (in Portuguese). Extra Online. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
3. "Terra Nostra". Globo.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
4. "Gabriel Braga Nunes". Gente iG (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 25, 2011.
5. "Gabriel Braga Nunes vibra com a dubiedade de Castellamare". Terra (in Portuguese). May 17, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
6. Oliveira, Fábio (January 21, 2011). ""Recebi 18 capítulos de uma só vez", diz Gabriel Braga Nunes sobre o vilão Léo de "Insensato Coração"". UOL Televisão (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 21, 2011.
7. Redação Rede Globo (December 8, 2010). "Gabriel Braga Nunes grava sua primeira cena de Insensato Coração". Vídeo Show - Notícias (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
8. Redação Rede Globo (December 20, 2010). "Gabriel Braga Nunes é o mau-caráter Léo" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
9. "Gabriel Braga Nunes, fecha contrato de 4 anos com a TV Globo". Globo.com. August 22, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
10. "Gabriel Braga Nunes será D. Pedro I na encenação "Caminhos da Independência"". August 30, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
11. http://caras.uol.com.br/canal/cabelos/post/gabriel-braga-nunes-muda-visual-para-saramandaia
12. http://oglobo.globo.com/revista-da-tv/elenco-caracterizacoes-de-saramandaia-sao-divulgados-8089379
13. "Em Família: Gabriel Braga Nunes vive Laerte, que vai conquistar mãe e filha".
14. http://gshow.globo.com/novelas/em-familia/extras/noticia/2014/01/conheca-helena-laerte-e-virgilio-os-protagonistas-de-em-familia.html
15. "Gabriel Braga Nunes tem cenas quentes em "Cidadão Brasileiro"". Terra (in Portuguese). April 24, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
16. "A Fazenda: Saiba mais sobre Danni Carlos". iG (in Portuguese). May 31, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
17. "O affair de Paloma Duarte e Gabriel Braga Nunes" (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 25, 2011.
18. http://cinema.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/12/05/dinheiro-foi-o-problema-para-concluir-anita-e-garibaldi-diz-produtor.htm

External links

• Gabriel Braga Nunes at the Internet Movie Database