United Kingdom, April 3 -- Eva Mendes has paid tribute to her late brother on what would have been his 62nd birthday.

The actress, 51, posted a childhood photo of herself standing next to Carlos Mendes on her Instagram page on Thursday (03.04.25), followed by an image of her sitting on his shoulders, and a solo shot of him. She captioned it and other snaps uploaded in a carousel of images of her older sibling: "My Big brother. Him in a suit - me in my jammies. This is one of my favourite pics of ours together.

"Today would have been his 62nd birthday."

The final slide showed a black and white image of Eva placing her hands on Carlos' arms as they smiled together.

Carlos died of cancer in 2016 at the age of 53.

His and Eva's younger b...