Manuel Custódia

Alexandre Manuel da Custódia (born October 3, 2001) is a Portuguese actor and model.

He participated in Belmonte (2013), nominated in the category of "Best Telenovela" (2014) at the International Emmy Awards of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Biography

Custódia was born in the city of Lisbon, in 2001. He premiered on television in 2002, something that was news in the Portuguese press at the time due to the fact that he was one of the youngest actors ever in the world to be part of a fixed cast with the Amanhecer production for Televisão Independente. In 2008, he starred in the international film América, with Chulpan Khamatova and María Barranco. He returned to Televisão Independente in 2013 to join the cast of Belmonte, a Portuguese adaptation of the Chilean telenovela Hijos del monte.

Personal Life

He is the grandson of the Portuguese actor and businessman Joaquim Custódia.

Both he and the son of actress Patsy Palmer, Fenton Merkell, were reported as possible boyfriends of the American model Kaia Gerber.

Filmography