Hélio Pestana
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| Hélio Pestana | |
 Hélio Pestana |
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| Born | May 25, 1985 (age 21) Portugal  |
| Notable roles | Henrique Batista Morangos com Açúcar Gonçalo Mascarenhas Dei-te Quase Tudo |
Hélio Pestana is a Portuguese actor, born in May 25th, 1985.
Became overwhelmingly popular at the age of 19, as one of the hottest stars of teen hit series "Morangos com Açúcar" (2004/05), playing Henrique Batista, spoiled rich kid and hottest guy in school.
After leaving "Morangos com Açúcar", he starred in hit prime-time soap opera "Dei-te Quase Tudo" (2005/06), as tough guy Gonçalo.
Later, he guest starred in the first and highest-rated episode of the Brazilian/Portuguese co-production "Paixões Proibidas" (2007) and before he dubbed the portuguese version of Chick Hicks in the Disney movie, "Cars"
Hélio Pestana was voted 79th greatest Portuguese of all time in the hit TV show "Os Grandes Portugueses". 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 is one of the stars of the play "Procura-se", show based on four of Tcheckov's plays.
He is a student of Architecture and he has also taken hip-hop lessons.
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