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.
Awards & recognition
- Carl Zuckmayer Medal · 2015
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2010
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · 2007
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 2006
- Austrian Decoration — Science and Art · 2005
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- Bambi Award · 2004
- Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit · 2001
- Theaterpreis Berlin · 2001
- Iffland-Ring · 1996
- Swiss Grand Prix — performing arts / Hans Reinhart Ring · 1991
- David di Donatello Award — Lifetime Achievement
- Officer of Arts and Letters
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2004 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2000 · nominated
Filmography31 titles
Winter Journey
Downfall
Wings of Desire
The Reader
Remember
Vitus
The Architecture of Doom
Nosferatu the Vampyre
A Hidden Life
Heidi
The House That Jack Built
The American Friend
The Baader Meinhof Complex
In Order of Disappearance
Unknown
The Boys from Brazil
The Marquise of O
A Borrowed Identity
Night Train to Lisbon
The Manchurian Candidate
Luther
The Tobacconist
The Party
Scene of the Crime
Youth Without Youth
Knife in the Head
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Of Women and Horses
Amnesia
The Counselor
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence