Nélson Gonçalves was born on June 21, 1919 in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil as Antônio Gonçalves Sobral. He was an actor, known for Moleque Tião (1943), É de Chuá (1958) and Mulheres à Vista (1959). He died on April 18, 1998 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.