Mário Cardoso

Mário Manuel Cardoso de Araújo (born January 24, 1950 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese actor , voice actor and dubbing director.

Life

Cardoso is best known in Brazil as an actor in films and series. At the beginning of his career he also worked as a model. The first major television appearance was that of Robin Hood in the film Robin Hood, O Trapalhão da Floresta (1974). As "Augusto" in the 1975 telenovela "A moreninha", he gained a certain degree of fame with the Brazilian audience. He became internationally known in the leading role of Henrique Fontoura in the telenovela Die Sklavin Isaura (1976) at the side of his series partner Elisa Fernandes . He also had important roles in the series "A Sucessora" (1978) and "Coraçao alado" (1980). From the late 1980s he regularly took time off from television and worked in his actual job: as a psychologist. Mario Cardoso lives separated from his wife, with whom he has two children. At the moment he works mainly as a voice actor and director of dubbing. In the 1970s, he was considered a major male sex symbol in Brazil.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1976: Robin Hood - O Trabalhão da Floresta
• 1976: E as pilulas falharam
• 1978: Desejo violento
• 1982: Profissão mulher

TV appearances

• 1975: A moreninha ( The brown-haired one )
• 1976: Feijão maravilha ( Wonderful Bean )
• A escrava Isaura ( Isaura the slave ) 1976/77
• Nina 1977
• A sucessora ( The Successor ) 1978
• Coraçao alado ( Moving Heart ) 1980
• Dona Beija ( Beautiful Women ) 1986
• Carmen 1987/88
• Xica da silva 1996
• Páginas da vida ( Pages of Life ) 2006
• Tudo novo de novo ( All the latest ) 2009

Web links

• Mário Cardoso in the Internet Movie Database (English)