Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 09, 1943
Place of Birth
Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Credits
65 titles
David Cardoso
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.
Known For
Filmography
From the South: The Revenge
Crepúsculo das Deusas
A Boca do Cinema
Sem Defesa
Um Cara Diferente
Mazzaropi
Self
Corpo Presente
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Na Mira dos Assassinos
David Cardoso
Cabeça a Prêmio
Radialista
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
Magic Mirror
Shades of Sin
Pimenta
A Hora Mágica
Delegado Bandeira
Bachelor Party
Corumbá
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
O Dia do Gato
Gato
Sexo Cruzado
Director
Estou com AIDS
Uma Esperança no Ar
Ricardo
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Erotic Hunts
Ricardo
The Nun and the Torture
Delegado Rui
O Viciado em C...
Tentação na Cama
Body and Soul of a Woman
The Night of the Terrace 2
David
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Adão
O Homem Proibido
Paulo Villani
Woman Temptation
Producer
Here, Freaks!
Director
Porno!
Romano
Corpo Devasso
The Night at the Terrace
Director
E Agora, José?
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Téo
O Guarani
Peri
Cara a Cara
Tonho (Antônio Borelli)
O Amante de Minha Mulher
André
Desejo Selvagem
Tigre
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Possuídas pelo Pecado
André Albino de Souza
Loved and Abused
Leandro Kopezky
A Ilha do Desejo
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Omar
Caçada Sangrenta
Neguinho
Trindad... É Meu Nome
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas