Tutuca was born in 1932 in Brazil as Usliver João Baptista Linhares. He was an actor and writer, known for Os Normais: O Filme (2003), Onanias o Poderoso Machão (1974) and Bom Mesmo É Carnaval (1962). He died on December 3, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
