Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 16, 1920
Died
February 10, 2003 (82 years old)
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
Acting
6.2
Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
2017
5.1
Chatô, The King of Brazil
2015
7.1
Os Maias
2001
7.7
Hilda Hurricane
1998
6.2
The Quartet
1995
8.0
Tieta
1989
5.6
Two-Edged Knife
1989
5.8
Moon Over Parador
1988
6.9
Cobra Verde
1987
5.3
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1987
5.8
Os Trapalhões e o Rei do Futebol
1986
6.2
The Manor of Araucaima
1986
7.0
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
5.8
The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
1985
5.7
Blame It on Rio
1984
6.5
Tabu
1983
7.5
Burden of Dreams
1982
7.6
Fitzcarraldo
1982
4.8
Engraçadinha
1981
7.8
The Bunglers
1977
5.1
Roberto Carlos, Looking for Adventure
1968
7.3
Entranced Earth
1967