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Bruno Ganz

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Bruno Ganz 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. See full bio »

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in Zürich-Seebach, Switzerland
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2014 Kraftidioten (pre-production)
 
2013 The Vatican (TV movie) (pre-production)
The Pope
 
2013 The Counselor (post-production)
Diamond Dealer
 
2013 Michael Kohlhaas
The Governor
 
2013 Night Train to Lisbon
Jorge O'Kelly
 
2011 Sport de filles
Franz Mann
 
2011 Brot (short)
Mann
 
2011 Unknown
Ernst Jürgen
 
2010 The End Is My Beginning
Tiziano Terzani
 
2010 Colors in the Dark
Fred
 
2010 Taxiphone: El Mektoub
 
2010 Der grosse Kater
Kater
 
2009 Giulias Verschwinden
John
 
2008 The Reader
Professor Rohl
 
2008 The Dust of Time
Jacob
 
2008 The Baader Meinhof Complex
Horst Herold
 
2008 Stairway to Nowhere
Brot Darsteller
 
2008 Ein starker Abgang (TV movie)
Heinz Kilian
 
2007 Youth Without Youth
Professor Stanciulescu
 
2007 Copacabana (TV movie)
Herbert Schubert
 
2006 The Ode to Joy
Kurt Heinrich
 
2006 Vitus
Grandfather
 
2005 Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (TV movie)
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
 
2004 Downfall
Adolf Hitler
 
2004 The Manchurian Candidate
Delp
 
2003 Luther
Johann von Staupitz
 
2002 Epstein's Night
Adam Rose
 
2002 The Power of the Past
Bogliasco
 
2001 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (TV movie)
Faust
 
2001 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (TV movie)
Faust
 
2000 Bread and Tulips
Fernando Girasole
 
2000 WhoAfraidWolf
 
1999 You Can't Go Home Again
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Eternity and a Day
Alexandre
 
1998 Gegen Ende der Nacht (TV movie)
Fehleisen
 
1996 Saint-Ex
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 
1996 Tatort (TV series)
Bombadil
– Schattenwelt (1996) … Bombadil
 
1996 Tödliches Schweigen (TV movie)
Hans Plache
 
1996 Anwalt Abel (TV series)
Crusius
– Ein Richter in Angst (1996) … Crusius
 
1995 Diario senza date
 
1995 Il grande Fausto (TV movie)
Biagio Cavanna
 
1994 Heller Tag
Georg
 
1993 Brandnacht
Peter Keller
 
1993 Faraway, So Close!
Damiel
 
1993 Le quatuor des possibles
Voiceover (voice)
 
1992 The Last Days of Chez Nous
J.P.
 
1992 The Absence
Player
 
1992 Prague
Josef
 
1991 Especially on Sunday
Vittorio (segment "La domenica specialmente")
 
1991 Children of Nature
Engill
 
1991 Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (TV series)
Tassilo
– 100 Jahre Blickle (1991) … Tassilo
– Das Gespenst von Gattnau (1991) … Tassilo
– Lindauer Pietà (1991) … Tassilo
– Zorn einer Göttin (1991) … Tassilo
– Hilfe kommt aus Bregenz (1991) … Tassilo
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1991 Erfolg
Jacques Tüverlin
 
1990 Journey's End (TV movie)
Kellner
 
1990 Schrödingers kat (short)
 
1989 Strapless
Raymond Forbes
 
1989 Bankomatt
Bruno
 
1988 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
 
1988 Love of a Woman
Franco Bassani
 
1987 Wings of Desire
Damiel
 
1986 Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (TV mini-series)
Heinrich Beck
– Auf Ehre und Gewissen (1940-1947) (1986) … Heinrich Beck
– Macht und Ohnmacht (1932-1938) (1986) … Heinrich Beck
– Der Konzern (1923-1929) (1986) … Heinrich Beck
– Lieb Vaterland... (1911-1916) (1986) … Heinrich Beck
 
1986 El río de oro
Peter
 
1986 Der Pendler
 
1985 Der Park (TV movie)
 
1985 Private Resistance
Gustav
 
1983 Closed Circuit
Faber
 
1983 In the White City
Paul
 
1983 Killer aus Forida (short)
 
1982 Polenta
Jules, le narrateur
 
1982 Logik des Gefühls
 
1981 Rece do góry
 
1981 Die Fälschung
Georg Laschen
 
1981 Fermata Etna (TV movie)
Ben
 
1981 Lady of the Camelias
Count Perregaux
 
1981 La provinciale
Remy
 
1981 The Inventor
Jakob Nüssli
 
1980 5% de risque
David
 
1980 Lost and Found
Werner
 
1979 Return to the Beloved
Dr. Stephan Kern
 
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre
Jonathan Harker
 
1978 Knife in the Head
Hoffmann
 
1978 The Boys from Brazil
Professor Bruckner
 
1978 Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (TV movie)
Thomas Rosemund
 
1978 Die linkshändige Frau
Bruno
 
1978 Geschichte einer Liebe (TV movie)
 
1977 The American Friend
Jonathan Zimmermann
 
1976 The Wild Duck
Gregers
 
1976 The Marquise of O
Der Graf
 
1976 Lumiere
Heinrich Grün
 
1976 Summer Guests
Jakov Shalimov
 
1974 Die Bakchen (TV movie)
 
1973 Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (TV movie)
Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
 
1972 Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (TV movie)
Doktor
 
1971 Peer Gynt (TV movie)
Peer Gynt No. 3+8
 
1971 Die Mutter (TV movie)
 
1970 Eine große Familie (TV movie)
Heinz Hallasch
 
1969/I Torquato Tasso (TV movie)
Torquato Tasso
 
1968 Im Dickicht der Städte (TV movie)
George Garga
 
1968 Maß für Maß (TV movie)
 
1968 Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (TV movie)
Ulrich Braeker
 
1967 Der sanfte Lauf
Barnhard Kral
 
1966 Die Unberatenen (TV movie)
 
1966 Frühlings Erwachen (TV movie)
Moritz Stiefel
 
1964 Der Spaßvogel (TV movie)
Johnny
 
1962 Chikita
 
1962 A Roof Over Your Head
Fred Weber
 
1960 The Man in the Black Derby
Kammerdiener
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
2009 Sounds and Silence (artistic collaborator)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2002 Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
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Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2003 Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (30 titles)
2011 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2011 (TV documentary)
Himself - Academy President
 
2010 The 2010 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Award Recipient
 
2010 Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2010 (TV movie)
Himself - Academy President
 
2009 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Die Vitusmacher (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Lola - Der deutsche Filmpreis (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee
 
2005 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 4Pop (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Leffatähden videopäiväkirja (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film 'Der Untergang' (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Menschen bei Maischberger (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Alias Kurban Saïd (documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Unsere Besten (TV series)
Himself
– Wer ist der größte Deutsche? (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Boulevard Bio (TV series)
Himself
– Ans Licht getreten (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Epoca: The Making of History (documentary)
Narrator (voice: German version)
 
2002 Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Universum (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– St. Stephan - Der lebende Dom (1997) … Narrator (voice)
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary)
Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
 
1993 Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Återkomster (documentary) (voice)
 
1989 Undergångens arkitektur (documentary)
Narrator (German, subtitled English versions) (voice)
 
1985 El trabajo de un actor (documentary short)
Himself
 
1982 War and Peace (documentary)
 
1982 Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (documentary)
 
1981 Etwas wird sichtbar (documentary)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2012 Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2006 XX premios Goya (TV special)
Adolf Hitler
 
2005 Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
Peter
 
2000 Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1996) Provided dialogue for the scene "Es wandelt schon das Volk im Feierkleide" in a recording of Beethoven's incidental music to "The Consecration of the House" featuring the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon 447 748-2)

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Lives in his hometown Zurich with homes in Venice and Berlin. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently has played reflective, troubled characters See more »

Nickname:

Gano Brunz See more »

Star Sign:

Aries