David Cardoso
Acting • Born 1943-04-09
Biography
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.
Filmography
59 credits
Trindad... É Meu Nome
Movie • 1974
Corpo Presente
Movie • 2011
A Moreninha
Movie • 1970
Augusto
The Inheritance
Movie • 1970
Omeleto
A Ilha do Desejo
Movie • 1975
O Guarani
Movie • 1979
Peri
Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
Movie • 1968
Caçada Sangrenta
Movie • 1974
Neguinho
Sem Defesa
Movie • 2015
Loved and Abused
Movie • 1976
Leandro Kopezky
Porno!
Movie • 1981
Romano
Possuídas pelo Pecado
Movie • 1976
André Albino de Souza
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Movie • 1989
Tentação na Cama
Movie • 1984
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Movie • 1969
Baby
Body and Soul of a Woman
Movie • 1983
Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
Movie • 1970
Johnny Aleluia
The Night of the Terrace 2
Movie • 1982
David
O Viciado em C...
Movie • 1984
Crepúsculo das Deusas
Movie • 2022
The Nun and the Torture
Movie • 1984
Delegado Rui
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Movie • 1982
Adão
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Movie • 1974
Omar
A Hora Mágica
Movie • 1998
Delegado Bandeira
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Movie • 1973
Estou com AIDS
Movie • 1986
Cabeça a Prêmio
Movie • 2010
Radialista
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Movie • 2011
Um Cara Diferente
Movie • 2014
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Movie • 2008
E Agora, José?
Movie • 1979
A Boca do Cinema
Movie • 2017
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Movie • 1972
O Dia do Gato
Movie • 1987
Gato
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Movie • 1971
Corrida em Busca do Amor
Movie • 1972
Ronaldo
Vidas Estranhas
Movie • 1968
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Movie • 1985
Mazzaropi
Movie • 2013
Self
Corpo Devasso
Movie • 1980
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Movie • 1972
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Movie • 1977
Men and Women
Movie • 1964
Erotic Hunts
Movie • 1984
Ricardo
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
Movie • 2006
O Amante de Minha Mulher
Movie • 1979
André
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Movie • 1979
Téo
Desejo Selvagem
Movie • 1979
Tigre
Na Mira dos Assassinos
Movie • 2011
David Cardoso
The Burning Body
Movie • 1966
Férias No Sul
Movie • 1967
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
Movie • 1971
Gustavo
From the South: The Revenge
Movie • 2025
O Homem Proibido
TV • 1982
Paulo Villani
Cara a Cara
TV • 1979
Tonho (Antônio Borelli)
Uma Esperança no Ar
TV • 1985
Ricardo
O Grande Segredo
TV • 1967
Cássio
Despedida de Solteiro
TV • 1992
Corumbá
Shades of Sin
TV • 2004
Pimenta