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Mário Cardoso

Mário Cardoso

Acting
1950-01-24
Lisbon, Portugal

Known For & Full Filmography37 Titles

#1Soul Mate

Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes as Dr. Santos

6.9 / 10
SoapDramaComedy

A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.

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#2Pages of Life

Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes as Gonzaga

6.5 / 10
SoapDramaFamily

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

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#3Isaura: Slave Girl

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Henrique

6.0 / 10
SoapDrama

Set in 19th-century Brazil during the waning years of slavery, Escrava Isaura tells the story of Isaura, a white-skinned enslaved woman raised with the manners and education of a noble lady. Though treated with affection by her mistress, Isaura remains legally enslaved and becomes the object of obsessive desire by Leôncio Almeida, the cruel heir to the plantation. After the death of her protector, Isaura falls under Leôncio’s control. Despite his attempts to seduce and dominate her, she resists, determined to preserve her dignity and freedom. Her father, Miguel, helps her escape to Recife, where she adopts a new identity and meets Álvaro, a wealthy and principled abolitionist who falls in love with her. Leôncio eventually tracks her down, leading to dramatic confrontations. In the end, Álvaro rescues Isaura by purchasing Leôncio’s debts, securing her freedom and affirming the story’s central themes of justice, love, and resistance against oppression.

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#4Sétimo Sentido

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as cangaceiro no filme de Da Matta

9.0 / 10
SoapDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#5Dona Beija

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Clariovaldo

8.7 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#6Coração Alado

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Beto / Albertinho (Alberto Karany Filho)

7.6 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#7Paraíso

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Otávio

7.0 / 10
SoapDramaAction & Adventure

Marked by the reputation of “son of the devil”, Zeca sees his life change when he falls in love with Maria Rita, Santinha. But the young woman's devotion and expectations about her destiny put the romance to the test.

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#8Escalada

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Ricardo Ribeiro Dias

8.0 / 10
DramaSoap

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#9Feijão Maravilha

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Ivan

9.4 / 10
SoapComedy

Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.

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#10Carmem

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Ribeiro

8.0 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#11Amor com Amor Se Paga

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Rogê

6.7 / 10
ComedySoap

Nonô Corrêa, a character inspired by Molière's "The Miser", is the story's protagonist. The orphan Zezinho crosses paths with Nonô and wins the neurotic gentleman's heart.

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#12Vida Roubada

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Dr. Alfredo Carvalho

8.8 / 10
Soap

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#13A Sucessora

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Pedro Monte

7.8 / 10
DramaSoap

The story follows the experiences of Marina, a young country bumpkin who marries the mysterious and charismatic widower Roberto Stein, a fabulously wealthy businessman living in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. As Marina attempts to acclimate to her new marriage and responsibilities, she discovers that Stein's late wife, Alice, still seems to have a strong hold over the household. Despite her new husband's affection for her, Marina is nonetheless threatened by Alice's presence, which is made conspicuous through her old maid Juliana's obsessions and her intimidating portrait.

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#14Brasileiras e Brasileiros

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Bruno

9.0 / 10
Soap

Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.

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#15Amor e Revolução

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes as Thiago Paixão

6.0 / 10
DramaSoapWar & Politics

Amor e Revolução is a Brazilian telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from April 5, 2011, to January 13, 2012. Created by Tiago Santiago, with collaboration from Renata Dias Gomes, Miguel Paiva, and Eliana Garcia, and directed by Reynaldo Boury, the telenovela stars Graziella Schmitt, Cláudio Lins, and Lúcia Veríssimo. The production was the first Brazilian telenovela to portray the period of the military dictatorship as its main theme. Set between the 1960s and 1970s, the story follows Maria Paixão, a young woman involved in the armed resistance against the military regime, and José Guerra, a military officer who secretly opposes the government's actions. Despite being on opposite sides of the political conflict, they fall in love and face persecution, violence, ideological disagreements, and personal tragedies while fighting for their ideals and their relationship during one of the most turbulent periods in Brazilian history.

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#16A Moreninha

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Augusto

8.8 / 10
DramaSoap

On Paquetá Island, Carolina dreams of reuniting with a childhood sweetheart, unaware that it's Augusto, her brother's friend. After adventures and misunderstandings, the couple struggles to stay together.

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#17Obrigado, Doutor

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Celso

8.0 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#18Tudo ou Nada

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Adilson

7.0 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#19O Fantasma da Ópera

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Bruno

8.8 / 10
Drama

Brutal murders take set during the new production of "Marilia De Dirceu" at the Theatro Municipal in Rio De Janeiro. When Cristina Andreatti, daughter of famous Brazilian musician - Gastão Andreatti, takes the lead role, replacing La Carlota Alencastro, Cristina falls on the hands of a mysterious masked man who claims to be Alfredo do Vale, a musician who was killed in a brutal accident years ago.

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#20O Feijão e o Sonho

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Felício

7.0 / 10
Drama

Juca Campos Lara dreams of poetry, but pressured by reality, he trades art for the sake of supporting his family. The struggle between making ends meet and his dream unfolds in four significant phases.

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#21Nina

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as João Cláudio

7.5 / 10
SoapDramaMystery

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#22Cuca Legal

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Olindo

8.0 / 10
SoapComedy

'Cuca Legal' tells the story of Mário Barroso, a single aviator involved with three women at the same time: Virgínia, Irene, and Fátima. Virgínia is a wealthy businesswoman obsessed with the direction of her late father's business; Irene is a middle-class young woman who gives private piano lessons; and Fátima is a poor widow. Mário can't decide which of them is the ideal woman to give him a child with a "cool head" (cuca legal). Things get even more complicated when Maria Joaquina, nicknamed Kinu, Virgínia's mother, also catches the aviator's attention. To escape the troubles he constantly gets into, Mário relies on the help of his mother, Dalva, and Jacaré, his great friend.

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#23Olhai os Lírios do Campo

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Carlo Bellini

10.0 / 10
SoapDrama

Eugênio Fontes is a medical student striving for upward social mobility. His impoverished childhood left him with an inferiority complex that hinders him in both his career and his romantic life; consequently, his struggles and dreams are entirely focused on achieving financial security. Deeply conflicted, he feels unable to love his parents, Alzira and Ângelo, to whom he owes his education. While in medical school, Eugênio meets Olívia Miranda, and the two fall in love. However, he ultimately marries Eunice—a beautiful, wealthy young woman and the daughter of the industrialist Cintra. Through his marriage to Eunice, Eugênio secures a good job and gains influential connections, such as a friendship with Felipe Lobo, a respected architect and associate of his father-in-law. Yet, as time goes by, the young doctor begins to question his marriage.

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#24Anos Rebeldes

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Capitão Junqueira

8.1 / 10
Drama

Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.

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#25Uma Esperança no Ar

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Edgar Gouveia

9.0 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#26...E As Pílulas Falharam

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#27Mário Fofoca

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Gregory

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Mário Fofoca, a bungling detective, moves to Rio and, with the help of a friend, investigates cases—starting with a wife's suspected infidelity.

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#28Terras do Sem Fim

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Rui Dantas

9.0 / 10
SoapDramaAction & Adventure

The central theme of the soap opera is the struggle for political control in the interior of Bahia between the two most powerful *coronéis* (landowning bosses) of the cocoa region: Sinhô Badaró and Horácio da Silveira. Virgílio, an ambitious lawyer, is summoned to the town by Colonel Horácio but ends up becoming involved with Ester, the colonel's wife. Captain João Magalhães is a card sharp who poses as a military engineer, successfully deceiving the entire town. He falls in love with Sinhô Badaró's daughter, Donana. By the end of the story, he reveals that he had only gotten close to the Badarós out of opportunism. After numerous clashes with Sinhô Badaró, Colonel Horácio secures political power in the town of Ferradas, with the acknowledgment of the local population.

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#29Razão de Viver

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Jonas

7.0 / 10
SoapDrama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#30Robin Hood, O Trapalhão da Floresta

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Robin Hood

5.0 / 10
AdventureComedyFamily

The Robin Hood from the movie The Trapalhões and his pack ruin the plans of a farmer named João Climério. He wanted to take the lands of his deceased brother and leave his niece Catherine with nothing. During a showdown, Robin Hood is injured and needs to be replaced at the helm of the group. And then the funny confusions begin! As a substitute is chosen Zé Grilo, a modest and at the same time confused pawn, who in the end manages to unmask Climero and save the beautiful Catherine for which he has a passion. In this mission it is aided by the companion Willie and also by a magic wand and a protective pen, provided by an Indian sorcerer.

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#31Profissão Mulher

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Dias

6.2 / 10
Drama

The destiny of four women - a beautiful model, an alcoholic, a middle-aged spinster and a famous model - is traced inside an advertising agency. They all look for true love and professional recognition, but get involved in turbulent relationships instead.

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#32O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Carlos

5.8 / 10
AdventureComedyFamily

Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.

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#33O Rei e os Trapalhões

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Rei Amad

5.5 / 10
AdventureComedyFamily

In a city of the East, the throne of the young king Amad is usurped by the evil Vizir Jafar. The king is imprisoned, and in prison he meets the famous thieves of the kingdom: Abdul, Abel, Abol and Abil. With the help of these thieves, the king flees and, during the escape, knows the princess Alina, by which he falls passionately in love. The Vizir possesses magical powers, faced by the heroes with the help of the genie of a lamp found by Abdul. With the help of the genius, the four friends are transported to the twentieth century, where they cause much confusion and end up being arrested.

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#34Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as Frank Severino

7.1 / 10
AdventureComedyFamily

Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the greed of the Baron, the owner of the circus. Together, the four friends will have to fight them.

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#35Deixe-me Viver

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m as Máximo

8.8 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#36Desejo Violento

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Crime

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#37Os Foragidos da Violência

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
Crime

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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