Pedro Cardoso (Brazilian actor)
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Cardoso in 2001
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Born | 31 December 1962 (age 61) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, playwright, television director |
Years active | 1982–present |
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Children | 3 |
Relatives | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (cousin) |
Pedro Cardoso Martins Moreira (born 31 December 1962) is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright and television director. He is best known for his role as Agostinho Carrara on the Rede Globo sitcom A Grande Família, for which he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor.[1]
Early life
Pedro Cardoso was born in the Zona Sul area of Rio de Janeiro, the second of six children in a prominent family. His father was a well-succeed lawyer, while his grandfather was the president of Banco do Brasil. He is also a second cousin to Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a former President of Brazil.[2]
Career
Cardoso left home when he was at 18 years due to "paternal guidance and youthful pride". He started to work on theaters as an illuminator.[2] Eventually, he debuted as a stage actor in 1980. In 1982, he debuted as playwright with Bar Doce Bar, a play co-authored by Felipe Pinheiro, in which Cardoso was also an actor. He received a Troféu Mambembe for best newcomer actor. Since then, he has directed and wrote several plays along with Pinheiro, and alone before Pinheiro's death, as well as acted in them.[3] He also worked in television as an actor, director and screenwriter.[4] He has also a career in cinema; working mostly as an actor, he co-wrote Lisbela e o Prisioneiro,[5] and produced Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais.[6]
Personal life
He is the father of three girls. The first two, Luiza and Maria, were born to his former wife Maristela.[7] His youngest child is Mabel, which is the daughter to him and actress Graziella Moretto.[8]
Selected filmography
- TV Pirata (1988; screenwriter)
- Vamp (1991)
- Anos Rebeldes (1992)
- Four Days in September (1997)
- Por Trás do Pano (1999)
- Bossa Nova (2000)
- A Grande Família (2001-2014)
- The Man Who Copied (2003)
- Lisbela e o Prisioneiro (2003; screenwriter)
- Redeemer (2004)
- Casa da Mãe Joana (2008)
- Barata Ribeiro, 716 (2016)
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- Living people
- Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian male film actors
- Brazilian male television actors
- Brazilian emigrants to Portugal