Biography
Maximilian Schell was a Swiss actor, theatre director, filmmaker, and musician of Austrian origin. He was one of the most internationally acclaimed German-speaking actors of his generation, earning accolades for his work on both screen and stage. Born and initially raised in Vienna, where his parents were involved in the arts, he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zürich. After the Second World War, Schell took up acting and directing full-time.
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Awards & recognition
- Bernhard Wicki Award · 2011
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1993
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1962
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1962
- Austrian Decoration — Science and Art
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- Mary Pickford Award
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Romy
- Steiger Award
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1978 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1962 · nominated
Filmography37 titles
Judgment at Nuremberg
A Bridge Too Far
The Chosen
Cross of Iron
Coast to Coast
The Shell Seekers
The Dick Cavett Show
The Young Lions
My Sister Maria
The Rose Garden
The Brothers Bloom
Wiseguy
The Odessa File
Little Odessa
Julia
Topkapi
Festival in Cannes
Vampires
The Freshman
Heidi
The Deadly Affair
Deep Impact
Counterpoint
Return from the Ashes
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Day That Shook the World
Candles in the Dark
Young Catherine
Telling Lies in America
The Black Hole
Krakatoa: East of Java
John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums
St. Ives
First Love
House of the Sleeping Beauties
The Assisi Underground
Darkness