1952Nominee
Best Performance
Três Vagabundos
José Lewgoy
Actor · Writer
Veranópolis, Brésil
November 16, 1920
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1982Winner
Best Performance
Fitzcarraldo
1985Nominee
Best Performance
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Career Highlights
1984Highlight
Best Performance
Blame It on Rio
1970Highlight
Best Performance
Mortal Sin
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Fitzcarraldo
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Blame It on Rio