Ednei Giovenazzi is a former actor. Born on August 12, 1930, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, he moved to the capital of São Paulo, where he graduated in Dentistry and made his debut in theater in the 1950s.

On television, he made his debut in 1967 in the Tupi's soap operas Yoshico, um Poema de Amor, O Jardineiro Espanhol and O Pequeno Lord. In 1968, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began acting in Globo's soap operas such as O Santo Mestiço (1968), Pigmalião 70 (1970), Selva de Pedra (1972) and Os Ossos do Barão (1973). Later, in the same decade, he returned to São Paulo where he returned to acting in Tupi.