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name: "Ruy Polanah"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1922"
died: "3 September 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:32.765741+00:00"
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# Ruy Polanah

Actor. Born 1 January 1922 in Brésil. Died 3 September 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1922, Brésil
- **Died:** 3 September 2008
- **Also known as:** Rui Polanah, Rui Polionah

## Biography

Ruy Polanah was a Brazilian actor and production manager. Born in 1922, he died on 3 September 2008 in Brazil. He appeared in numerous films from the 1960s onwards, often in roles depicting indigenous or Amazonian characters.

His credits include the Rubber Baron in Werner Herzog's *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Wanadi in John Boorman's *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Kori in *At Play in the Fields of the Lord* (1991), and The Soothsayer in *Journey to the End of the Night* (2006). He also worked as a production manager on films such as *São Bernardo* (1972) and appeared in Brazilian productions including *Os Deuses e os Mortos* (1970) and *Orfeu* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, museudatv.com.br.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Rubber Baron — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)

## Also known for

- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Wanadi
- *Il barbiere di Rio* (1996), Padre Giorgina
- *At Play in the Fields of the Lord* (1991), Kori
- *Journey to the End of the Night* (2006), The Soothsayer
- *Tainá: An Amazon Adventure* (2001), Tigê
- *Orfeu* (1999), Velho da Jumelice

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