Pedro Cardoso (Brazilian actor)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cardoso and the second or paternal family name is Martins Moreira.
Pedro Cardoso
Cardoso in 2001
Born31 December 1962 (1962-12-31) (age 61)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, playwright, television director
Years active1982–present
Spouses
Maristela Cardoso
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(m. 1988, divorced)​
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(m. 2007)​
Children3
RelativesFernando 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

References

  1. ^ "36th International Emmy Awards Nominees". International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b Cardoso, Rodrigo (7 March 2005). "Tenho horror a área vip". IstoÉ (in Portuguese). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Cardoso, Pedro (1961)" (in Portuguese). Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ^ "O humor ácido de Pedro Cardoso" (in Portuguese). Globo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Filme "Lisbela e o Prisioneiro" estréia no dia 22 de agosto". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 24 June 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. ^ Reis, Luiz Felipe (12 May 2011). "Quase três anos após polêmica sobre nudez no cinema, Pedro Cardoso volta ao assunto". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  7. ^ Araújo, Luís Edmundo (8 November 1999). "Oposição dentro de casa". IstoÉ (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Nasce a primeira filha de Pedro Cardoso e Graziella Moretto" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2014.