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

• 2025From the South: The Revenge
• 2022Crepúsculo das Deusas
• 2017A Boca do Cinema
• 2015Sem Defesa — Director, Producer
• 2014Um Cara Diferente
• 2011Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
• 2011Corpo Presente
• 2011Na Mira dos Assassinos — David Cardoso
• 2010Cabeça a Prêmio — Radialista
• 2008Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
• 2006Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
• 2006Magic Mirror
• Shades of Sin — Pimenta
• 1998A Hora Mágica — Delegado Bandeira
• Bachelor Party — Corumbá
• 1989Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
• 1987O Dia do Gato — Gato, Director
• 1986Estou com AIDS — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1986Sexo Cruzado — Director
• 1985Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C... — Writer, Director, Producer
• Uma Esperança no Ar — Ricardo
• 1984Erotic Hunts — Ricardo, Producer, Director
• 1984O Viciado em C... — Director, Writer
• 1984Tentação na Cama
• 1984The Nun and the Torture — Delegado Rui, Producer
• 1983Body and Soul of a Woman — Director
• 1982As Seis Mulheres de Adão — Adão, Director
• O Homem Proibido — Paulo Villani
• 1982The Night of the Terrace 2 — David, Producer
• 1982Woman Temptation — Producer
• 1981Here, Freaks! — Director, Producer
• 1981Porno! — Romano, Director, Producer
• 1980Corpo Devasso — Producer
• 1980The Night at the Terrace — Director, Producer
• 1979Bandido, Fúria do Sexo — Téo, Producer, Director
• Cara a Cara — Tonho (Antônio Borelli)
• 1979Desejo Selvagem — Tigre, Director, Producer
• 1979E Agora, José? — Producer
• 1979O Amante de Minha Mulher — André
• 1979O Guarani — Peri
• 197719 Mulheres e 1 Homem — Director, Writer
• 1976Loved and Abused — Leandro Kopezky, Producer
• 1976Possuídas pelo Pecado — André Albino de Souza, Producer
• 1975A Ilha do Desejo
• 1974Caçada Sangrenta — Neguinho, Producer
• 1974Sedução - A Mulher Fatal — Omar
• 1974Trindad... É Meu Nome
• 1973Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo — Production Director
• 1972A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
• 1972Corrida em Busca do Amor — Ronaldo
• 1972Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
• 1971Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
• 1971Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora — Production Manager
• 1971Se Meu Dólar Falasse... — Gustavo
• 1970A Moreninha — Augusto
• 1970Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem — Johnny Aleluia
• 1970The Inheritance — Omeleto
• 1969Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista — Baby, Assistant Director
• 1968Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
• 1968Vidas Estranhas
• 1967Férias No Sul
• O Grande Segredo — Cássio
• 1966The Burning Body
• 1964Men and Women — Continuity

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2013Mazzaropi — Self