Facts: - years active: 1963-2009 - caption: marcello novaes -lrb- 2005 -rrb- - birth name: marcello novaes tolentino - birth date: 13 august 1962 - name: marcello novaes - image: marcelo novais1.png - birth place: rio de janeiro , brazil - occupation: actor , presenter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marcello novaes .
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marcello novaes tolentino -lrb- born 13 august 1962 in rio de janeiro -rrb- is a brazilian actor .he studied at the drama school tablado , along with malu mader , drica moraes , mauricio mattar , and felipe camargo .his television debut was in 1988 on '' vale tudo '' telenovela .he has played the same role twice in separate soap operas , both written by silvio de abreu .his first lead came in 1994 , the auto mechanic rai in '' quatro por quatro '' .it was during that job he met and fell in love with actress leticia spiller .they married and had a son two years later .in 1996 , he starred alongside andrea beltrao , humberto martins and murilo benicio in the telenovela '' vira-lata '' -lrb- released as '' underdog '' in the usa -rrb- .in 1999 , he participated in the historical mini-series '' chiquinha gonzaga '' and the show '' andando nas nuvens '' .in 2000 , he played the character beterraba in telenovela '' uga uga '' .the following year he played xande in '' o clone '' , the boadyguard and boyfriend of an addicted rich girl .in 2003 he portrayed ignacio in '' a casa das sete mulheres '' and then the rustic timoteo in '' chocolate com pimenta '' .due to the success of his partnership with author gloria perez , that begun in '' o clone '' , he returned to act on a show by the author in 2005 , but his character left unnoticed in america .the actor showed displeasure with the incident .he lived the co-star vicente de '' sete pecados '' and then the surfer '' sandro '' in '' tres irmas '' .