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José Lewgoy
Acting
Born: November 16, 1920
Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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

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

Burden of Dreams
as Self - Actor

Entranced Earth
as Felipe Vieira

Scent of Gardenias
as Ody Marques

Depois do Transe
as Self

Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
as arquivo