Ricky Tavares

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tavares and the second or paternal family name is Gonçalves.

Marcílio Henrique Tavares Gonçalves^[1] (born 28 August 1991^[1]), better known as Ricky Tavares, is a Brazilian actor and model.

Ricky Tavares
Tavares in 2012
Born	Marcílio Henrique Tavares Gonçalves  28 August 1991  Brasília
Alma mater	Teatro O Tablado
Occupation	Actor, television actor, stage actor, model, film actor
Partner(s)	Marcela Barrozo
Relatives	Juliana Xavier

Life and career

Tavares was born in Brasília,^[1] and moved to Rio de Janeiro with his family during childhood.^[2] His siblings Juliana Xavier and Dharck Tavares are also actors.^[3][4] His cousin Tiago Santiago is a telenovela author and director.^[5]

Tavares studied at the drama school O Tablado.^[2] He began his artistic career in the theater, at age 16, playing the hunter Gaston in the play Beauty and the Beast. Still in the theater, he was in Pintando o Sete and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.^[2] His first television appearance was in 2009 in the telenovela Promessas de Amor on RecordTV with the character Aurélio Pitini (Pit). In the same year, he played the character Rodrigo in TV Globo's Malhação ID.^[2] In 2013, the actor played his first leading role in the miniseries José do Egito.^[6]

Tavares joined the cast of several other soap operas, as well as Vidas em Jogo, A Terra Prometida, Jesus, Gênesis,^[7] among others.^[8][9] The artist also appears in the Netflix original series Maldivas.^[10]

For seven years, Tavares was in a relationship with actress Marcela Barrozo. The couple broke up in 2019.^[11]

Filmography

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2009	Mutantes: Promessas de Amor[1]	Aurélio Pitini (Pit)
2009	Malhação[1]	Rodrigo Cerqueira	17th season
2011	Vidas em Jogo[12]	Wellington Nobre Batista
2013	José do Egito[6]	Young José	Episodes: "January 30 – February 20"
2013	Casamento Blindado[13]	Diogo	New Year's Special
2014	Milagres de Jesus	Davi	Episode: "O Homem Hidrópico"
2014	Vitória[14]	Mossoró Ferreira
2016	A Terra Prometida[15]	Zaqueu
2018	Jesus[16]	Judas Tadeu
2021	Gênesis[17]	Harã
2022	Além da Ilusão[18]	Inácio
2022	Maldivas[19]	Miguel

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Rocinha, Toda História Tem Dois Lados[20][21]

Internet

Year	Title	Role
2015	Discutindo a Relação[22]	Fred Ribeiro
2017	Super Crianças[23][24]	Morel

Theater

Year	Play
2013	Apaixonados[25][26]