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Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Acting1941Zürich, Switzerland

Biography

Bruno Ganz (March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019) was a Swiss actor who debuted at the theatre in 1961 and gained there a good reputation as a solid, young actor. In 1970 he founded with 'Peter Stein' the theatre company "Schaubuehne" of Berlin. His debut at the movies was early and unsuccessful in 1960. Only in 1975 after "Sommergaeste (1975)" he could show his talent as a reflexive actor with tendencies towards introspection.

Acting History

2025
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Winter Journey
as George Goldsmith
A Hidden Life
as Richter
The Witness
as Nikola Radin
2018
The Tobacconist
as Sigmund Freud
Fortuna
as Brother Jean
2017
The Party
as Godfried
In Times of Fading Light
as Wilhelm Powileit
2016
A Jew Must Die
as Arthur Bloch
2015
Amnesia
as Bruno
Remember
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Heidi
as Alpöhi
2014
Dancing Arabs
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self• 1 eps
2013
The Counselor
as Diamond Dealer
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
2012
Of Women and Horses
as Franz Mann
2011
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
as Narrator (voice)
Unknown
as Ernst Jürgen
Der Kleine Prinz
as Geograph
2010
The End Is My Beginning
as Tiziano Terzani
Taxiphone
as Stranger
2009
2008
The Reader
as Professor Rohl
Ein starker Abgang
as Heinz Kilian
Copacabana
as Herbert Schubert
2007
Youth Without Youth
as Professor Stanciulescu
2006
The Ode to Joy
as Kurt Heinrich
Vitus
as Grandfather
2005
Bavarian Film Awards
TVas Self• 2 eps
Kulturplatz
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
Downfall
as Adolf Hitler
Menschen bei Maischberger
TVas Self• 1 eps
Bambi
TVas Self• 1 eps
2003
Luther
as Johann von Staupitz
Our Best
TVas Self
2002
Epsteins Nacht
as Adam Rose
2001
2000
Bread and Tulips
as Fernando Girasoli
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
as Self (archive footage)
1999
You Can't Go Home Again
as Narrator (voice)
Grimme Award
TVas Self• 1 eps
1998
Eternity and a Day
as Alexandros
1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
as Narrator (German voice)
Deadly Silence
as Hans Plache
Leute heute
TVas Self
1996
Saint-Ex
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1995
Lumière & Company
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Il Grande Fausto
as Biagio Cavanna
1993
The Absence
as Player
1992
Night on Fire
as Peter Keller
Prague
as Josef
1991
Success
as Jacques Tüverlin
Boulevard Bio
TVas Self
1989
The Architecture of Doom
as German narrator (voice)
Strapless
as Raymond Forbes
Bankomatt
as Bruno
1988
Love of a Woman
as Franco Bassani
Anwalt Abel
TVas Crusius
1987
1986
1985
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
1983
1982
1981
Circle of Deceit
as Georg Laschen
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Perregaux
La provinciale
as Rémy Muller
1980
The Inventor
as Jakob Nüssli
5% de risque
as David
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
as Jonathan Harker
Return to the Beloved
as Dr. Stephan Kern
1978
The Boys from Brazil
as Professor Bruckner
1977
The American Friend
as Jonathan Zimmermann
1976
The Wild Duck
as Gregers Werle
Lumière
as Heinrich Grun
Summer Guests
as Jakov Shalimov
German Film Award
TVas Self• 3 eps
1974
Die Bakchen
as Pentheus
1973
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
1972
1971
1970
Eine große Familie
as Heinz Hallasch
Scene of the Crime
TVas Bombadil
1969
Torquato Tasso
as Torquato Tasso
1968
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
as Ulrich Braeker
1967
The Soft Course
as Bernhard Krahl
1966
Frühlings Erwachen
as Moritz Stiefel
1964
1963
Zur Person
TVas Self
1962
Chikita
as Jazzfan
1960

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/22/1941
Day of Death
2/16/2019
Place of Birth
Zürich, Switzerland