José Lewgoy (16 November 1920 – 10 February 2003) was a Brazilian actor.

He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans for his role as Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo.

He was born in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to a Russian father and an American mother, who met in New York.

He was considered one of the best actors in Brazil, and was usually typecast as a villain.

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