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
Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Warden
Fitzcarraldo
as Don Aquilino
Moon Over Parador
as Archbishop
Cobra Verde
as Don Octavio Coutinho
Chatô, The King of Brazil
as Grand marshal
Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor
As Cariocas
The Jew
as D. Nuno da Cunha
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Known For - TV Shows
Hilda Hurricane
as Tenente Benedito
Tieta
as Leovigildo Trindade
Brava Gente
as Homero Bitencourt
Perigosas Peruas
as D. Branco Torremolinos
Força de um Desejo
as Felício Cantuária
The Trapalhões
as Ele mesmo
O Outro
as Agostinho
Anjo Mau
as Augusto Noronha
Vida Nova
as Samuel
Telerromance
as Seu Leocádio