David Cardoso
José Darcy Cardoso, better known by his stage name David Cardoso, is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and television, who has also worked as a filmmaker and producer. Founder of production company DaCar Produções Cinematográficas , he's known as one of the main names among the erotic and pornographic productions of São Paulo's "Boca do Lixo".
Born and raised in Maracaju, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, by 1963 Cardoso moved to São Paulo and began searching for gigs as a technician in filmmaking. Working as continuity supervisor and production director at Pam Filmes, Amacio Mazzaropi's production company, he got his debut as an actor in a short role in Mazzaropi's O Lamparina (1963). He would have his first substancial role in Walter Hugo Khouri's "O Corpo Ardente", in 1966.
By the early 1970s Cardoso already had gain notoriety as a star, after acting in Glauco Mirko Laurelli's "A Moreninha" (1970). In 1973 he founded DaCar Produções Cinematográficas, which would go on to produce most of his later films. His debut as a director was 1977's DaCar production "Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem".
As an actor, Cardoso was featured in more than 40 films, from pornographic features to family-friendly movies such as Roberto Farias' "Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura" (1968), including avant-garde and cult films like Ozualdo Candeias' "A Herança" (1971). He played the main part in Rede Globo's soap opera "O Homem Proibido" (1982), leading to a series of protests from a conservative part of the public in account of his well-known connection to erotic productions. Cardoso is father to actors David Cardoso Júnior and Tallytha Cardoso, and currently lives in a farm in his home state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
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Movies (56)
From the South: The Revenge
2025
Crepúsculo das Deusas
2022
A Boca do Cinema
2017
Sem Defesa
2015 · Producer, Director
Um Cara Diferente
2014
Mazzaropi
2013 · Self
Corpo Presente
2011
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
2011
Na Mira dos Assassinos
2011 · David Cardoso
Cabeça a Prêmio
2010 · Radialista
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
2008
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
2006
Magic Mirror
2006
A Hora Mágica
1998 · Delegado Bandeira
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989
O Dia do Gato
1987 · Gato, Director
Sexo Cruzado
1986 · Director
Estou com AIDS
1986 · Director, Producer, Writer
Erotic Hunts
1984 · Ricardo, Producer, Director
The Nun and the Torture
1984 · Delegado Rui, Producer
Tentação na Cama
1984
Body and Soul of a Woman
1983 · Director
The Night of the Terrace 2
1982 · David, Producer
Woman Temptation
1982 · Producer
Here, Freaks!
1981 · Director, Producer
Porno!
1981 · Romano, Producer, Director
Corpo Devasso
1980 · Producer
The Night at the Terrace
1980 · Director, Producer
E Agora, José?
1979 · Producer
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
1979 · Téo, Producer, Director
O Guarani
1979 · Peri
O Amante de Minha Mulher
1979 · André
Desejo Selvagem
1979 · Tigre, Director, Producer
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
1977 · Director, Writer
Possuídas pelo Pecado
1976 · André Albino de Souza, Producer
Loved and Abused
1976 · Leandro Kopezky, Producer
A Ilha do Desejo
1975
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
1974 · Omar
Caçada Sangrenta
1974 · Neguinho, Producer
Trindad... É Meu Nome
1974
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
1973 · Production Director
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
1972
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
1972
Corrida em Busca do Amor
1972 · Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
1971 · Production Manager
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
1971
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
1971 · Gustavo
The Inheritance
1970 · Omeleto
A Moreninha
1970 · Augusto
Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
1970 · Johnny Aleluia
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
1969 · Baby, Assistant Director
Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
1968
Vidas Estranhas
1968
Férias No Sul
1967
The Burning Body
1966
Men and Women
1964 · Continuity
