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 wellsucceed 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 coauthored 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 Pinheiros 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 cowrote Lisbela e o Prisioneiro and produced Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais