José Lewgoy
| José Lewgoy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 16, 1920 Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Died |
February 10, 2003 (aged 82) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949-2003 |
José Lewgoy (November 16, 1920 – February 10, 2003) was an American-Brazilian television, film, and theatre actor.
He was born in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to a Russian father and an American mother, who met in New York. He died in Rio de Janeiro. He was considered one of the best actors in Brazil, and was usually typecast as a villain. He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans as the man who played Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo.
Selected filmography
- S.O.S. Noronha (1957)
- Entranced Earth (1967)
- Una rosa per tutti (1967)
- Mortal Sin (1970)
- Pra Quem Fica, Tchau (1971)
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- Blame It on Rio (1984)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- La Mansión de Araucaima (1986)
- The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (1988)
- O Sorriso do Lagarto (1991)
- Perfume de Gardênia (1992)
- O Quatrilho (1995)
- Anjo Mau (1997)
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