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.
Trindad... É Meu Nome
Corpo Presente
A Moreninha
(Augusto)
The Inheritance
(Omeleto)
A Ilha do Desejo
O Guarani
(Peri)
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Caçada Sangrenta
(Neguinho)
Sem Defesa
Loved and Abused
(Leandro Kopezky)
Porno
(Romano)
Possuídas pelo Pecado
(André Albino de Souza)
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Tentação na Cama
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Body and Soul of a Woman
Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
(Johnny Aleluia)
A Noite das Taras nº 2
(David)
O Viciado em C...
Crepúsculo das Deusas
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
A Hora Mágica
(Delegado Bandeira)
The Nun and the Torture
(Delegado Rui)
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
(Adão)
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
I Have Got AIDS
Cabeça a Prêmio
(Radialista)
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Um Cara Diferente
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
E Agora, José?
A Boca do Cinema
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
O Dia do Gato
(Gato)
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Men and Women
Erotic Hunts
(Ricardo)
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Corpo Devasso
Corrida em Busca do Amor
(Ronaldo)
Vidas Estranhas
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Mazzaropi
(Self)
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
O Amante de Minha Mulher
(André)
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
(Téo)
Desejo Selvagem
(Tigre)
Na Mira dos Assassinos
(David Cardoso)
The Burning Body
Férias No Sul
Se Meu Dólar Falasse
(Gustavo)
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
(Writer)
Woman Temptation
(Producer)
Sem Defesa
(Director)
Sem Defesa
(Producer)
Porno
(Director)
Porno
(Producer)
Caçada Sangrenta
(Producer)
Possuídas pelo Pecado
(Producer)
Body and Soul of a Woman
(Director)
A Noite das Taras
(Director)
O Viciado em C...
(Director)
O Viciado em C...
(Writer)
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
(Producer)
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
(Director)
I Have Got AIDS
(Director)
I Have Got AIDS
(Producer)
I Have Got AIDS
(Writer)
Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
(Production Manager)
The Nun and the Torture
(Producer)
Here, Freaks!
(Director)
Here, Freaks!
(Producer)
A Noite das Taras nº 2
(Producer)
A Noite das Taras
(Producer)
E Agora, José?
(Producer)
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
(Production Director)
O Dia do Gato
(Director)
Erotic Hunts
(Producer)
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
(Director)
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
(Producer)
Erotic Hunts
(Director)
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
(Director)
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
(Writer)
Corpo Devasso
(Producer)
Loved and Abused
(Producer)
Men and Women
(Continuity)
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
(Director)
Desejo Selvagem
(Director)
Desejo Selvagem
(Producer)
Sexo Cruzado
(Director)