Pedro Cardoso

Known for ActingBorn 1962-12-31 (age 63)Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pedro Cardoso (born December 31, 1962) is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright, writer 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. Pedro Cardoso was born in 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. 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. 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. He also worked in television as an actor, director and screenwriter. He has also a career in cinema; working mostly as an actor. Cardoso co-wrote "Lisbela e o Prisioneiro" and produced T"odo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais".Read more

Movies & web series

A Farra do Circo

O Alienista

Acre-Doce

Chico Anysio Show

Delegacia de Mulheres

A Comédia da Vida Privada

A Grande Família

A, E, I, O... Urca

Pátria Minha

Vamp

Brava Gente

Estrada

A Matadeira

Anos Rebeldes

Lisbela and the Prisoner

Dzi Croquettes

The Man Who Copied

Four Days in September

Separações

Redeemer

Felicidade É...

Treason

BR 716

Stelinha

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme

Rio's Love Song

The Big Family: The Movie

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

Por Trás do Pano

Bossa Nova

Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais

Golden Oldies

The Seven Vampires

Dente Por Dente

Marchamos

Domingos

Clarice Niskier: Teatro dos Pés à Cabeça

Open Veins

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites

O Natal da Grande Família