Evandro Mesquita

Evandro Nahid de Mesquita (born 19 February 1952) is a Brazilian singer, composer, screenwriter, and actor. He is considered a major name in music and television. He became famous after being a creator and lead singer of Blitz, considered a precursor to Brazilian rock in the 1980s that was also nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Meanwhile, Mesquita also became a member of the theatre troupe Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone alongside various artists and musicians such as Regina Casé, Patrícia Pillar, Luiz Fernando Guimarães and Cazuza. He became part of the cast of telenovelas such as Top Model (1989), Vamp (1991), Mulheres de Areia (1993), and Bang Bang (2005), along with his participations in series and comedies such as Armação Ilimitada, Sai de Baixo, Malhação, Os Normais, Tapas & Beijos and Justiça 2. In 2005, he became a member of the cast of A Grande Família as the womanizing and semi-illiterate mechanic Paulo "Paulão" Wilson, who became a fan favorite and became one of his most well-known roles, staying in the role until the series finale in 2014.

In film, he made his debute in 1982 with the film O Segredo da Múmia, directed by Ivan Cardoso. Afterwards, he would participate in other films, such as Menino do Rio (1982), Gêmeas (1999), So Normal (2003), Um Lobisomem na Amazônia (2005) e Dona Lurdes - O Filme (2024); along with dubs of American films such as Racing Stripes (2006) and Despicable Me 3 (2017). Mesquita wrote and starred in the film Não Quero Falar sobre Isso Agora (1991), where he won the Kikito de Ouro award for Best Screenwriting at the Festival de Gramado.

Mesquita was born on 19 February 1952 in Rio de Janeiro and is of Lebanese descent. He studied at the Colégio Estadual André Maurois and took physical education courses at university until his third year, when he started to work with Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone in the 1970s.^[1]Afterwards, he had great success at the beginning of the 1980s as a lead singer of Blitz. He would begin a solo career after their first formation around 1986. He would also work as a musician and actor.

He has released albums such as Evandro, Planos Aéreos, Procedimento Normal and Almanaque Sexual dos Eletrodomésticos e outros Animais. One of his hits as a solo artist was Babilônia Maravilhosa. He also participated in telenovelas and films, in general playing on tropes about people from Rio de Janeiro: he often portrayed surfers and characters that were clever, charming, flirtatious, and naughty. He currently works as a producer, director, and screenwriter of films, theatre works and albums.

He was well known for his role as "Paulão da Regulagem" on the series A Grande Família on Rede Globo. Along with having released a book in 2008, Xis Tudo, Mesquita returned to leading Blitz, which released, in August 2007, their first DVD, Blitz ao Vivo e a Cores, recorded at the end of 2006 at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro, with guest appearances including Danni Carlos, Paulo Ricardo, Da Ghama, George Israel, Ivete Sangalo, and Fernanda Abreu.

In 2010, Blitz released an album with unreleased music, Skut Blitz, which also brought the band's second DVD, with new music and other features.

After 8 years on A Grande Família, Mesquita started his successful partnership with Beltrão in 2015, on the 5th season of Tapas & Beijos.^[2] In the new version of Escolinha do Professor Raimundo, also in 2015, he played Armando Volta, staying on the series until its last season in 2020.^[3] In 2017, he would return to telenovelas with his work on Rock Story, interpreting Almir Régis, the father of the antagonist, played by Rafael Vitti.^[1] However, it would only be in 2018 that he would return to theatre in a fixed manner with "Espelho da Vida", where he played Emiliano Freitas.^[4]

After 15 years, Mesquite returned to comedy films with Depois a Louca Sou Eu, directed by Débora Falabella, playing the role of TV presenter Johnny.^[1]

In 1977, he began to date actress Patricya Travassos, a friend who was also a member of Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone, and with whom he was married to from 1980 to 1987; After they got divorced, he married actress Íris Bustamante, who he remained married to until 2000 and with whom he had a daughter, Manuela Mesquita (born 1988).^[1] After divorcing Bustamente, he married the social assistant Andréia Pereira Coutinho, with whom he had his second daughter Alice (born 2006). Since then, Coutinho became a backing vocalist for Blitz.

Solo

• 1986 - Evandro
• 1988 - Planos Aéreos
• 1989 - Procedimento Normal
• 1991 - Almanaque Sexual dos Eletrodomésticos e Outros Animais

with Blitz

• 1982 - As Aventuras da Blitz
• 1983 - Radioatividade
• 1984 - Blitz 3
• 1994 - BLITZ Ao Vivo
• 1997 - Línguas
• 1999 - Últimas Notícias
• 2006 - Blitz Com Vida
• 2007 - Blitz – Ao Vivo e a Cores
• 2010 - Skut Blitz
• 2012 - Skut Blitz Ao Vivo'

Others

• 1983 - A Farra da Terra (with Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone)

• Evandro Mesquita at IMDb