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David Cardoso(I)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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David Cardoso
From a young age, Cardoso was very interested in cinema and in 1963, he moved to São Paulo where he started learning film technique by working in continuity and as a production director at 'Pam Filmes', a company created by Amácio Mazzaropi, one of the most important comic actors in Brazil. And it was precisely in one of those films, O Lamparina (1964), that he made his first appearance as an actor in a bit-part. His official debut would take place on Walter Hugo Khouri's O Corpo Ardente (1966).

He came to stardom in a 1971 film directed by Glauco Mirko Laurelli, and two years later, he founded 'Dacar Produções Cinematográficas', the company that would produce almost all his subsequent films. He made his directorial debut in the film Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem (1977).

As an actor, he appeared in more than forty films and telenovelas, and once posed nude for an adult male Magazine in 1999, a feat that his son would also repeat in 2007.
BornApril 9, 1943
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    Known for

    David Cardoso in Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem (1977)
    Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem
    4.2
    • Rubens
    • 1977
    Troca-Troca do Prazer
    • Producer
    • 1985
    Sexo Cruzado
    • Producer
    • 1986
    David Cardoso in O Dia do Gato (1987)
    O Dia do Gato
    3.4
    • Gato
    • 1987

    Credits

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    Actor



    • From the South: The Revenge (2025)
      From the South: The Revenge
      • 2025
    • Histórias de Alice (2016)
      Histórias de Alice
      5.2
      • Castilho
      • Alfredo
      • 2016
    • Corpo Presente (2012)
      Corpo Presente
      7.7
      • 2012
    • Na Mira dos Assassinos
      Short
      • David Cardoso
      • 2011
    • Heavy Load (2003)
      Heavy Load
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Tubarão
      • 2006
    • Shades of Sin (2004)
      Shades of Sin
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Pimenta
      • 2004
    • Jonas Mello, Marlene Silva, Evê Sobral, and Barbara Marques in SPA TV Fantasia (2002)
      SPA TV Fantasia
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Édipo
      • 2002
    • A Hora Mágica (1999)
      A Hora Mágica
      6.6
      • Bandeira
      • 1999
    • Angélica in Caça Talentos (1997)
      Caça Talentos
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Roberto Valentino
      • 1997
    • Una gloria nacional (1993)
      Una gloria nacional
      TV Series
      • 1993
    • Pedra Sobre Pedra (1992)
      Pedra Sobre Pedra
      7.6
      TV Series
      • 1992
    • Mário Gomes in Perigosas Peruas (1992)
      Perigosas Peruas
      7.4
      TV Series
      • 1992
    • Lúcia Veríssimo in Despedida de Solteiro (1992)
      Despedida de Solteiro
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Corumbá
      • 1992–1993
    • Solidão, Uma Linda História de Amor (1989)
      Solidão, Uma Linda História de Amor
      5.0
      • 1989
    • David Cardoso in O Dia do Gato (1987)
      O Dia do Gato
      3.4
      • Gato
      • 1987

    Producer



    • David Cardoso in O Dia do Gato (1987)
      O Dia do Gato
      3.4
      • producer
      • 1987
    • Estou com AIDS (1986)
      Estou com AIDS
      5.7
      • producer
      • 1986
    • Sexo Cruzado
      • producer
      • 1986
    • Troca-Troca do Prazer
      • producer
      • 1985
    • Viciado em C... II
      5.9
      • producer
      • 1985
    • Caçadas Eróticas (1984)
      Caçadas Eróticas
      5.0
      • producer
      • 1984
    • O Viciado em C...
      7.4
      • producer
      • 1984
    • Tentação na Cama (1984)
      Tentação na Cama
      5.2
      • producer
      • 1984
    • The Nun and the Torturer (1983)
      The Nun and the Torturer
      4.9
      • producer
      • 1983
    • Corpo e Alma de Mulher (1983)
      Corpo e Alma de Mulher
      5.1
      • producer
      • 1983
    • A Noite das Taras II (1982)
      A Noite das Taras II
      5.5
      • producer
      • 1982
    • As Seis Mulheres de Adão
      5.0
      • producer
      • 1982
    • Mulher Tentação
      4.7
      • producer
      • 1982
    • Aqui, Tarados! (1981)
      Aqui, Tarados!
      5.4
      • producer
      • 1981
    • Pornô! (1981)
      Pornô!
      5.2
      • producer
      • 1981

    Director



    • David Cardoso in O Dia do Gato (1987)
      O Dia do Gato
      3.4
      • Director
      • 1987
    • Estou com AIDS (1986)
      Estou com AIDS
      5.7
      • Director
      • 1986
    • Sexo Cruzado
      • Director (as Armando Pinto)
      • 1986
    • Troca-Troca do Prazer
      • Director (as Armando Pinto)
      • 1985
    • Viciado em C... II
      5.9
      • Director (as Roberto Fedegoso)
      • 1985
    • Novas Sacanagens do Viciado em C...
      • Director
      • 1985
    • Caçadas Eróticas (1984)
      Caçadas Eróticas
      5.0
      • Director
      • 1984
    • O Viciado em C...
      7.4
      • Director (as Roberto Fedegoso)
      • 1984
    • Corpo e Alma de Mulher (1983)
      Corpo e Alma de Mulher
      5.1
      • Director
      • 1983
    • As Seis Mulheres de Adão
      5.0
      • Director
      • 1982
    • Aqui, Tarados! (1981)
      Aqui, Tarados!
      5.4
      • Director (segment "O Pasteleiro")
      • 1981
    • Pornô! (1981)
      Pornô!
      5.2
      • Director (segment "O Prazer da Virtude")
      • 1981
    • The Night at the Terrace (1980)
      The Night at the Terrace
      5.1
      • Director
      • 1980
    • David Cardoso in Bandido, Fúria do Sexo (1979)
      Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
      3.0
      • Director
      • 1979
    • Desejo Selvagem (1979)
      Desejo Selvagem
      2.7
      • Director
      • 1979

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Darcy Cardoso
    • Born
      • April 9, 1943
      • Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
    • Spouse
      • Evelise de Oliveira? - 1978 (separated, 2 children)

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    • Trivia
      Father of David Cardoso Jr. and Tallyta Cardoso.

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