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

Fitzcarraldo

as Don Aquilino

Kiss of the Spider Woman

as Warden

Blame It on Rio

as Eduardo Marques

Cobra Verde

as Don Octavio Coutinho

Burden of Dreams

as Self - Actor

Entranced Earth

as Felipe Vieira

Moon Over Parador

as Archbishop

The Quartet

as Rocco

Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol

as Dr.Velhaccio

Chatô, The King of Brazil

as Grand marshal