David Cardoso

David Cardoso

Born: April 9, 1943
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 for David Cardoso...

Crepúsculo das Deusas
Title: Crepúsculo das Deusas
Released: December 13, 2022
Type: Movie
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A Boca do Cinema
Title: A Boca do Cinema
Released: February 25, 2017
Type: Movie
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Sem Defesa
Title: Sem Defesa
Released: December 1, 2015
Type: Movie
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Um Cara Diferente
Title: Um Cara Diferente
Released: April 14, 2014
Type: Movie
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Mazzaropi
Title: Mazzaropi
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2013
Type: Movie
A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
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Corpo Presente
Title: Corpo Presente
Released: November 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Three desperate stories about working life in São Paulo.
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Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Title: Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.
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Na Mira dos Assassinos
Title: Na Mira dos Assassinos
Character: David Cardoso
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A tribute to brazilian pornochanchadas.
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Cabeça a Prêmio
Title: Cabeça a Prêmio
Character: Radialista
Released: August 20, 2010
Type: Movie
The Menezes, a powerful family of animal breeders from the Mid-West, have always been at the helm of all illegal dealings in the region. In recent times, they've watched as the system that protected them for so many years slowly disintegrates. Mirão Menezes lives at the mercy of the drug-trafficking industry, the ever-encroaching authorities, and the constant and violent power struggle with his brother Abílio. Mirão's daughter Elaine becomes involved with her father's pilot, finds herself pregnant and decides to flee with him after her Uncle Abílio bribes them. Brito, the hitman sent to find the couple and finish them off, is ironically also victim of a love story.
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Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Title: Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
Released: April 17, 2008
Type: Movie
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Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
Title: Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
Released: July 13, 2006
Type: Movie
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A Hora Mágica
Title: A Hora Mágica
Character: Delegado Bandeira
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
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Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Title: Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him.
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O Dia do Gato
Title: O Dia do Gato
Character: Gato
Released: March 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Gato is an experienced thief who breaks into a doctor's house with two cronies for a complicated plan: "sell" the guy's Mercedes to several buyers, as if the car were his, and pocket the thousands of dollars that "buyers" give as input.
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I Have Got AIDS
Title: I Have Got AIDS
Released: July 16, 1986
Type: Movie
A docufiction that reveals the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. Interviews with famous Brazilian personalities and anonymous people about the disease’s pandemic all over the world, their opinions, and hopes for a future cure.
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Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Title: Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Released: January 24, 1985
Type: Movie
José Carlos finds his perfect partner, a transvestite, and decides to marry.
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Erotic Hunts
Title: Erotic Hunts
Character: Ricardo
Released: March 12, 1984
Type: Movie
Film in three episodes. On the first, man is seduced by strange woman. The second shows orgies with couples. Punk girls kidnap and rape men on the third segment.
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The Nun and the Torture
Title: The Nun and the Torture
Character: Delegado Rui
Released: March 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that she's also a nun. The revelation doesn't alter the natural course of events: he must torture her in order to obtain a confession, and gets increasingly attracted to her.
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O Viciado em C...
Title: O Viciado em C...
Released: January 31, 1984
Type: Movie
Boy raised in a farm, keep sexual relations with the regional animals. When he reaches maturity he tries to live in São Paulo, but he can't adapt to the city's customs or satisfy his curious sexual desire.
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Tentação na Cama
Title: Tentação na Cama
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Roberto is a successful businessman. Persecuted by the police, he will have a dilemma: give a secret or keep on running.
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Body and Soul of a Woman
Title: Body and Soul of a Woman
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A young couple, Rodrigo and Aimé, who love each other deeply and possess everything to achieve full happiness, are hit by fate: She suffers an accident and becomes paralyzed.
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A Noite das Taras nº 2
Title: A Noite das Taras nº 2
Character: David
Released: September 10, 1982
Type: Movie
In "Solo de Violino", bank clerk and aspirant violinist Rodrigo is a serial killer. When his next door neighbor reveals that she is in love with his music and Rodrigo, he has difficulties in controlling his killing impulses. In "A Guerra da Malvina", four female thieves break in the house of the porn star David Cardoso to rob money and jewelry, but they end having sex with the actor.
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As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Title: As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Character: Adão
Released: May 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Six women revenge themselves on a lady-killer who deceived them.
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Porno
Title: Porno
Character: Romano
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Three tales of the erotic: Two young ladies experiment with lesbianism, a handsome and wealthy socialite makes a beautiful woman patiently wait to make love to him, and a gorgeous, but controlling and dominating blind woman makes a hunky stud her sexual hostage in her swanky mansion home.
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Corpo Devasso
Title: Corpo Devasso
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
A farm worker, after seducing the boss's daughter, flees to São Paulo. Naive, he is faced with a new world made of love, free sex and vested interests.
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E Agora, José?
Title: E Agora, José?
Released: December 8, 1979
Type: Movie
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Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Title: Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
Character: Téo
Released: November 23, 1979
Type: Movie
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O Guarani
Title: O Guarani
Character: Peri
Released: November 14, 1979
Type: Movie
The love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
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O Amante de Minha Mulher
Title: O Amante de Minha Mulher
Character: André
Released: February 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she have a secret admirer. So the husband keeps sending her flowers to test the fidelity while an outsider man discovers the plot and start to takes advantage of it.
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Desejo Selvagem
Title: Desejo Selvagem
Character: Tigre
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Title: 19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
Released: June 17, 1977
Type: Movie
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Possuídas pelo Pecado
Title: Possuídas pelo Pecado
Character: André Albino de Souza
Released: October 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Dr. Leme, a rich old man, is frustrated about not having children with his wife Raquel. In his mansion, he gives parties filled with drinking and sex with his secretaries. André, his driver, becomes lover of Rachel and they plan to kill Leme to get hold of his fortune.
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Loved and Abused
Title: Loved and Abused
Character: Leandro Kopezky
Released: March 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Famous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.
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A Ilha do Desejo
Title: A Ilha do Desejo
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
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Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Title: Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Released: May 19, 1974
Type: Movie
An wealthy Italian immigrant from São Paulo, watches closely the suitors of his daughter Fiametta, whose two previous husbands "suffered accidents" because they did not bear good children. She can only get pregnant of someone who, like her, bears the blood of the rare K factor.
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Caçada Sangrenta
Title: Caçada Sangrenta
Character: Neguinho
Released: May 12, 1974
Type: Movie
A sculptor, protected by a millionaire woman, becomes suspect of her murder. He flees to the country, where a violent pursuit takes place.
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Trindad... É Meu Nome
Title: Trindad... É Meu Nome
Released: February 3, 1974
Type: Movie
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Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Title: Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
Released: December 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Title: Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
Released: December 10, 1972
Type: Movie
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A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Title: A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Released: August 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Erotic comedy in two segments: in the first, a candidate running for mayor of a small town pays a visit to the most coveted woman in town, just to show off his manhood. In the other, three couples have fun in a different sort of New Year's eve party, but not according to their plans.
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Corrida em Busca do Amor
Title: Corrida em Busca do Amor
Character: Ronaldo
Released: January 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.
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Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Title: Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Released: June 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Three English women on vacation in Brazil shake the structures of a Brazilian bourgeois family, but while one of them finds love, the other two are disappointed in flirting.
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Se Meu Dólar Falasse
Title: Se Meu Dólar Falasse
Character: Gustavo
Released: March 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
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The Inheritance
Title: The Inheritance
Character: Omeleto
Released: November 5, 1970
Type: Movie
An experimental adaptation of Hamlet to Brazil's rural areas. Farmer's son returns home after his father's death and can't stand the thought of his mother marrying his uncle.
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A Moreninha
Title: A Moreninha
Character: Augusto
Released: January 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Carolina gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro. She will find, among them, the boyfriend she had during her childhood and with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.
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Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
Title: Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
Character: Johnny Aleluia
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Two friends live without knowing a most awkward situation: each one is the lover of the other's wife. Jealous, they hire the same private eye to track their women, who, of course, gets very embarassed by the situation, especially when the two couples rent rooms at the same hotel.
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Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Title: Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Title: Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Released: December 4, 1968
Type: Movie
While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a computer, together with Pierre (José Lewgoy) , the villain of the movie, and sent to New York.
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Vidas Estranhas
Title: Vidas Estranhas
Released: August 8, 1968
Type: Movie
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Férias No Sul
Title: Férias No Sul
Released: September 12, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Burning Body
Title: The Burning Body
Released: July 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Márcia discovers that her husband is having an affair and decides to take a trip out into an isolated part of Brazil with little human contact. There she finds a black stallion roaming the fields.
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Men and Women
Title: Men and Women
Released: August 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.