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Arno Frisch

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Stefan Clapczynski, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Susanne Lothar, and Ulrich Mühe in Funny Games (1997)
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To the cinema world, Arno Frisch is best known for his two first films under the direction of Michael Haneke, even though his career progressed over the years. He was born in Vienna, on November 13, 1975. Around the age of 17, he was selected by Haneke to act as lead in his second cinema feature. As the title character in Benny's Video (1992), Frisch demonstrated the right qualities in the complex role of a stoic teenage boy fascinated with what a video camera can capture to the point of registering a murder on film and involving his parents into his problems; while in Funny Games (1997) he was the leader of a perverse game of sadism and violence against a family in one of the most controversial films to be played at the Cannes Film Festival during that year; but that role was the one where audiences started to pay more attention to this gifted young actor whose character could be charming seductive and polite in one scene and then recur to brutal senseless acts.

Other credits include feature films such as Vienna Murder Mystery (1997), Angel Express (1998), Sentimental Education (1998), Julies Geist (2002), as the dealer Niko in the human-trafficking drama Masz na imie Justine (2005), Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008) and Sleeping Songs (2009); and several short films where he acted as a lead actor.
BornNovember 13, 1975
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Arno Frisch in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, and Susanne Lothar in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch and Susanne Lothar in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch and Frank Giering in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch and Frank Giering in Funny Games (1997)
Stefan Clapczynski and Arno Frisch in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch, Susanne Lothar, and Ulrich Mühe
Arno Frisch in Benny's Video (1992)
Arno Frisch in Benny's Video (1992)
Arno Frisch in Funny Games (1997)
Arno Frisch in Funny Games (1997)

Known for

Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games
7.5
  • Paul
  • 1997
Make Yourself at Home (2008)
Make Yourself at Home
4.9
  • John Waits
  • 2008
Johann von Bülow and Julie Bräuning in Die Österreichische Methode (2006)
Die Österreichische Methode
5.0
  • Sascha
  • 2006
Bedways (2010)
Bedways
4.0
  • Max König
  • 2010

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    • Completed
  • Die Ermittlung. Oratorium in elf Gesängen
    • Pre-production
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    Babylon Berlin
  • Sort Sol (2019)
    Sort Sol
  • Louis Hofmann in Prélude (2019)
    Prélude
  • Life Guidance (2017)
    Life Guidance
  • Golo Euler in Die Verwandlung (2015)
    Die Verwandlung
  • Tatort (1970)
    Tatort
  • CopStories (2013)
    CopStories
  • Rough Cut
  • Dietrich Siegl, Stefan Jürgens, Gregor Seberg, and Lilian Klebow in Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
    Vienna Crime Squad
  • Das Geschenk (2012)
    Das Geschenk
  • The Lost Oldenburg Weekend
  • Revertigo
  • Long Distance Call (2011)
    Long Distance Call
  • Pihla Viitala in Fallin Inside (2010)
    Fallin Inside
  • Glückliche Fügung (2010)
    Glückliche Fügung

Director

  • The Aristofrogs (2010)
    The Aristofrogs

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  • Revertigo

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    • November 13, 1975
    • Vienna, Austria

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