José Lewgoy

José Lewgoy
Born	(1920-11-16)November 16, 1920 Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	February 10, 2003(2003-02-10) (aged 82) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–2003

José Lewgoy (November 16, 1920 – February 10, 2003) was a Brazilian actor. He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans as the man who played Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo.

Biography

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.

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)
• Cobra Verde (1987)
• The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (1988)
• O Sorriso do Lagarto (1991)
• Perfume de Gardênia (1992)
• O Quatrilho (1995)
• Anjo Mau (1997, TV Series)

External links

• José Lewgoy at IMDb