David Cardoso
Actor/Actriz
58
Movies
6
TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
El Color del Pecado
Pimenta
Cara a Cara
Tonho (Antônio Borelli)
Uma Esperança no Ar
Ricardo
Despedida de Solteiro
Corumbá
O Grande Segredo
Cássio
O Homem Proibido
Paulo Villani
Pornô!
Romano
A Noite das Taras nº 2
David
Espelho Mágico
O Corpo Ardente
A Herança
Omeleto
Noite Vazia
Caçadas Eróticas
Ricardo
Corpo e Alma de Mulher
A Freira e a Tortura
Delegado Rui
E Agora, José?
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Possuídas pelo Pecado
André Albino de Souza
Corrida em Busca do Amor
Ronaldo
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Cabeça a Prêmio
Radialista
A Moreninha
Augusto
Desejo Selvagem
Tigre
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Baby
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
Gustavo
Mazzaropi
Self
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
A Hora Mágica
Delegado Bandeira
Estou com AIDS
Behind the Camera
Pornô!
Director, Productor
Mulher Tentação
Productor
A Noite das Taras nº 2
Productor
A Noite das Taras
Director, Productor
Noite Vazia
Continuity
Caçadas Eróticas
Productor, Director
Corpo e Alma de Mulher
Director
A Freira e a Tortura
Productor
E Agora, José?
Productor
Possuídas pelo Pecado
Productor
Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Production Manager
Desejo Selvagem
Director, Productor
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Assistant Director
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Director, Escritor
Estou com AIDS
Director, Productor, Escritor
Corpo Devasso
Productor
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Production Director
Caçada Sangrenta
Productor
Aqui, tarados
Director, Productor
Amadas e Violentadas
Productor
Sexo Cruzado
Director
O Dia do Gato
Director
Sem Defesa
Director, Productor
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Productor, Director
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Escritor, Director, Productor
O Viciado em C...
Director, Escritor
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Director