Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1920
Place of Birth
Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
José Lewgoy
Biography
José Lewgoy was a Brazilian actor (Veranópolis, November 16, 1920 — Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2003). Since 1940, he acted in more than one hundred films, including Fitzcarraldo with German actor Klaus Kinski and studied at Yale University. In 1973, he participated in the film by Colombian director Carlos Mayolo, La mansión de Araucaíma, in the role of Graciliano "Don Graci". The film is based on a story of the same name by writer Álvaro Mutis, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2001.
Known For - Movies
Blame It on Rio
as Eduardo Marques
Fitzcarraldo
as Don Aquilino
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Warden
Moon Over Parador
as Archbishop
Cobra Verde
as Don Octavio Coutinho
The Jew
as D. Nuno da Cunha
Where Are You Taking That Woman
as President (Rio segment) (uncredited)
Scent of Gardenias
as Ody Marques
Chatô, The King of Brazil
as Grand marshal
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
