[1][2] Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas.

Fagundes was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro but moved with his parents to São Paulo at the age of eight and has lived there for over 30 years.

He discovered his gift for the theater from the setting of stage plays made in the Rio Branco School, where he studied.

He debuted on television in 1969 on the soap opera Nenhum Homem é Deus, at TV Tupi.

Fagundes began on Rede Globo in 1976, on the telenovela Saramandaia.