
1943-04-09 ( 81 years old ) in Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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.
Movies
Crepúsculo das Deusas
2022-12-13
A Boca do Cinema
2017-02-25
Sem Defesa
2015-12-01
Um Cara Diferente
2014-04-14
Mazzaropi
2013-10-08
Corpo Presente
2011-11-18
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
2011-04-13
Na Mira dos Assassinos
2011-01-01
Cabeça a Prêmio
2010-08-20
Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
2008-04-17
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
2006-07-13
A Hora Mágica
1998-07-03
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
1989-08-17
O Dia do Gato
1987-03-15
I Have Got AIDS
1986-07-16
Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
1985-01-24
Erotic Hunts
1984-03-12
The Nun and the Torture
1984-03-07
O Viciado em C...
1984-01-31
Tentação na Cama
1984-01-01
Body and Soul of a Woman
1983-01-01
A Noite das Taras nº 2
1982-09-10
As Seis Mulheres de Adão
1982-05-08
Porno
1981-01-01
Corpo Devasso
1980-02-08
E Agora, José?
1979-12-08
Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
1979-11-23
O Guarani
1979-11-14
O Amante de Minha Mulher
1979-02-05
Desejo Selvagem
1979-01-01
19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
1977-06-17
Possuídas pelo Pecado
1976-10-24
Loved and Abused
1976-03-25
A Ilha do Desejo
1975-06-07
Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
1974-05-19
Caçada Sangrenta
1974-05-12
Trindad... É Meu Nome
1974-02-03
Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
1973-12-29
Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
1972-12-10
A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
1972-08-21
Corrida em Busca do Amor
1972-01-05
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
1971-06-15
Se Meu Dólar Falasse
1971-03-08
The Inheritance
1970-11-05
A Moreninha
1970-01-04
Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
1970-01-01
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
1969-01-01
Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
1968-12-04
Vidas Estranhas
1968-08-08
Férias No Sul
1967-09-12
The Burning Body
1966-07-22
Men and Women
1964-08-17
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