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José Lewgoy is a Actor Brésilien born on 16 november 1920 at Veranópolis (Bresil)

José Lewgoy

José Lewgoy
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Nationality Bresil
Birth 16 november 1920 at Veranópolis (Bresil)
Death 10 february 2003 (at 82 years) at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)

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.

Best films

Usually with

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
(3 films)
Glauber Rocha
Glauber Rocha
(1 films)
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(1 films)
Carlos Mayolo
Carlos Mayolo
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of José Lewgoy (25 films)

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The Quartet, 1h32
Directed by Fábio Barreto
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Patrícia Pillar, Glória Pires, Bruno Campos, Fábio Barreto, José Lewgoy
Roles Rocco
Rating66% 3.341923.341923.341923.341923.34192
The film follows the story of two Italian immigrant couples living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the early 20th century; Teresa (Patrícia Pillar) and Angelo (Alexandre Paternost) and Pierina (Glória Pires) and Massimo (Bruno Campos). While the couples struggle for survival in their new country, an unexpected love between Massimo and Teresa emerges. They fight against family and cultural traditions and head to a new destiny, leaving their partners behind. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in which the player has to betray his partner in order to win. It is also a reference to the Portuguese language word quatro, which means four. The film was also advertised as O Qu4trilho.
Scent of Gardenias, 1h58
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about television
Actors Christiane Torloni, José Mayer, Betty Faria, José Lewgoy, Matilde Mastrangi, Maria Alice Vergueiro
Roles Ody Marques
Rating68% 3.4154953.4154953.4154953.4154953.415495
Daniel is a taxi driver, he works the night to pay the car payments, is married to a housewife Adalgisa and have a son. By chance, she starts making pornochanchada films, abandons the family and is prohibited by Daniel to see Joaquim. For eleven years, Daniel nurtures a sense of revenge, which gains strength when Joaquim, as an adult, finds his mother in full decay professional.
Moon Over Parador, 1h43
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Politique, Films about television, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Regina Casé
Roles Archbishop
Rating59% 2.9985852.9985852.9985852.9985852.998585
The film follows the exploits of film actor Jack Noah (Dreyfuss), who is filming in the small, fictional South American country of Parador when Paradorian President Alfonse Simms suddenly dies of a heart attack. Not wanting to lose his position in power, the president's right-hand man, Roberto Strausmann (Juliá) forces Jack to take the 'role of a lifetime' - that of the dead president, as the two men look so much alike. Jack accepts, eventually winning over the people and even the dead president's mistress, Madonna (Braga). However, when paradise proves to be too boring, Jack needs to find a way to get out while keeping Roberto out of the loop.
Cobra Verde, 1h51
Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin German
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery
Actors Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Peter Berling, Benito Stefanelli, Carlos Mayolo
Roles Don Octavio Coutinho
Rating68% 3.4492453.4492453.4492453.4492453.449245
Francisco Manoel da Silva (Klaus Kinski) is a debauched Brazilian rancher who reluctantly goes to work at a gold mining company after his ranch is ruined by drought. When he discovers that he is being financially exploited, he murders his boss and goes on the lam to pursue a career as an outlaw. He becomes the notorious Cobra Verde (Green Snake), the most vicious bandit of the servao.
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema, 1h55
Origin Bresil
Genres Crime
Actors Maitê Proença, Antônio Fagundes, José Mayer, José Lewgoy, Jorge Dória, Miguel Falabella
Roles Linus
Rating62% 3.1290153.1290153.1290153.1290153.129015
It follows Lucas (Antônio Fagundes), an estate agent who becomes fascinate by Suzana (Maitê Proença), a woman who looks almost exactly like an actress in the film he is watching. They start an affair, but she is married to Desdino, a gangster (Paulo Villaça), exposing Lucas to a criminal world of violence and corruption.
The Manor of Araucaima, 1h25
Directed by Carlos Mayolo
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors José Lewgoy, Carlos Mayolo, Antônio Pitanga, Luis Ospina
Roles Don Graci
Rating68% 3.426623.426623.426623.426623.42662
Angela, a young model, is working on a T.V commercial that is filmed in the countryside. Her boyfriend is part of the crew behind the camera. Not far from where they are shooting the commercial, there is a house named Araucaima, inhabited by six eccentric characters: a guardian, who patrols the property with his German Sheppard; Camilo, an impotent alcoholic pilot; a monk, with a passion for books; a black servant named Cristobal who does the daily chores; the Machiche, a mature voluptuous woman who keeps the men in the house under her control; and Graciliano "Don Graci", the pampered owner of the house.
Kiss of the Spider Woman, 2h1
Directed by Héctor Babenco
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Fernando Torres
Roles Warden
Rating72% 3.6472453.6472453.6472453.6472453.647245
The film tells of two very different men who share a prison cell in Brazil during the Brazilian military government: Valentin Arregui, who is imprisoned (and has been tortured) due to his activities on behalf of a leftist revolutionary group, and Luis Molina, a homosexual in prison for having sex with an underage boy.
Blame It on Rio, 1h40
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper, José Lewgoy
Roles Eduardo Marques
Rating57% 2.8993352.8993352.8993352.8993352.899335
Michael Caine is Matthew, who is married to Valerie Harper as Karen, and has a daughter, Nikki, played by Demi Moore. His marriage is not going well for reasons not explained, certainly not by Karen, who lies in bed sighing in discontent, but passive-aggressively refuses to express what's wrong, except to issue snide answers like "Nothing. That's what's always been going on in our marriage... nothing." She announces, on the moment they are to leave for a trip to Rio, that she is not going to Rio, but going on vacation by herself, to think. Victor (Joseph Bologna), Matthew's boss, is going through a nasty divorce and constantly complaining about how his wife has consigned him to hours of paperwork and is taking half of what he has worked for.
Fitzcarraldo, 2h38
Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin German
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Indiens d'Amazonie
Actors Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Peter Berling, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Roles Don Aquilino
Rating79% 3.9959153.9959153.9959153.9959153.995915
Brian Sweeney "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) is an Irishman living in Iquitos, a small city east of the Andes in the Amazon Basin in Peru in the early part of the 20th century, when the city grew exponentially during the rubber boom. He has an indomitable spirit, but is little more than a dreamer with one major failure already behind him – the bankrupted and incomplete Trans-Andean railways. A lover of opera and a great fan of the internationally known Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, he dreams of building an opera house in Iquitos. Numerous Europeans and North African Sephardic Jewish immigrants have settled in the city at this time, bringing their cultures with them. The opera house will require considerable amounts of money, which the booming rubber industry in Peru should yield in profits. The areas in the Amazon Basin known to contain rubber trees have been parceled up by the Peruvian government and are leased to private companies for exploitation.
Burden of Dreams, 1h35
Directed by Les Blank
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about films
Actors Claudia Cardinale, Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski, Jason Robards, José Lewgoy
Roles Self - Actor
Rating78% 3.945673.945673.945673.945673.94567
Burden of Dreams est un documentaire réalisé par Les Blank en 1982. Filmé en Amérique du sud, il met en scène les principaux artistes impliqués dans la réalisation de Fitzcarraldo : Claudia Cardinale, Werner Herzog, Mick Jagger, Klaus Kinski et Jason Robards.
Hung Up
Hung Up (1973)
, 1h20
Directed by Édouard Luntz, Claude Othnin-Girard
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Patricia Gozzi, Calvin Lockhart, Julie Dassin, Jany Holt, José Lewgoy
Roles Le père
Rating56% 2.8325152.8325152.8325152.8325152.832515
Une femme, issue d'une famille bourgeoise, épouse un homme sans amour. Elle se souvient (ou rêve?) d'une vie d'aventures et de contrebandiers qui détournent des bateaux pendant la nuit. Elle se fait enlever par le chef de la bande ennemie, dont elle tombe amoureuse.
When Carnaval Comes, 1h40
Directed by Carlos Diegues
Origin Bresil
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Hugo Carvana, Antônio Pitanga, José Lewgoy
Roles Anjo
Rating61% 3.089253.089253.089253.089253.08925
Lourival est l’impresario du groupe de chanteurs composés de Paulo, Mimi et Rosa qui parcourt le pays dans un bus. Il essaye d'organiser la participation de ses chanteurs à un nouvel événement, la fête du roi, mais il est confronté à de nombreuses difficultés.