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Bruno Ganz
Born March 22, 1941 (1941-03-22) (age 67)
Flag of Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland

Bruno Ganz (listen (help·info); born March 22, 1941) is a Swiss actor. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Biography

Career

Ganz had decided to pursue an acting career by the time he entered university. He was equally drawn to stage and screen but initially enjoyed greater success in the theater. In 1960, at the age of 19, he landed his first film role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (The Man in the Black Derby). Despite the support of lead actor Gustav Knuth, his cinematic debut was not particularly successful and it was only many years later that his career in film got off the ground. Ganz made his theatrical debut the following year and devoted himself primarily to the stage for almost two decades thereafter. In 1970, he helped found the Berliner Schaubühne ensemble and two years later performed in the Salzburg Festival premier of Thomas Bernhard’s Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige, under the direction of Claus Peymann. The Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele is a prominent festival of Music and Drama. Thomas Bernhard (born Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard, February 9, 1931 - February 12, 1989) was an Austrian Playwright The German magazine Theater heute (Theater Today) solidified Ganz’s reputation as a stage actor by pronouncing him Schauspieler des Jahres (Actor of the Year) in 1973. Perhaps his most breathtaking role was to perform for 13 hours straight as the lead in Peter Stein’s 2000 production of Goethe's Faust (Parts I and II). Peter Stein (born October 1, 1937) is a critically acclaimed German theatre and opera director who established himself at the Schaubühne ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes

Ganz played a professor opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in the thriller The Boys from Brazil (1978), about Nazi fugitives. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron He went on to portray Adolf Hitler in Der Untergang (2004). Downfall ( Der Untergang) is a 2004 German / Austrian Drama film depicting the final twelve days of Adolf Hitler

Ganz’s breakthrough in cinema came with a major part in the 1976 film Sommergäste. His performance launched a distinguished career that has included important roles in both European and American films, for which he has received several of Europe’s most prized accolades. He has worked with the directors Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Éric Rohmer, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim" Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German Film director, Playwright, Author, Éric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, 4 April 1920 Tulle, France) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, In 1979 he starred opposite Klaus Kinski in Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night). Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng. More recently, in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s much acclaimed film Der Untergang (2004) (The Downfall), Ganz may be the second native German speaker after Albin Skoda (in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's 1955 film Der letzte Akt) to play Adolf Hitler on screen, a role that most German directors had tended to relegate to very brief scenes or bit parts, often shot from behind. Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 26 March 1957) is a German Film director. Downfall ( Der Untergang) is a 2004 German / Austrian Drama film depicting the final twelve days of Adolf Hitler Georg Wilhelm Pabst ( August 25, 1885 - May 29, 1967) was an Austrian Film director. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately

In the United States, Ganz probably is best known for his role in Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (American title), in which he played the angel Damiel, who chooses to re-enter the world of flesh and blood. Wings of Desire is a 1987 Film by the German director Wim Wenders. Ganz's expressive, "everyman" face helps transform the chillyness of Wender's vision of eternity into a warm, thoughtful rhapsody on the joy of being human.

Alcide Nikopol, the protagonist of the "Nikopol trilogy" of graphic novels by Enki Bilal, is clearly modelled after the likeness of a young Bruno Ganz. A Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilalović on October 7, 1951) is a French Comic book creator, Comics artist and Film director

Personal life

Ganz was born in Zürich to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the A mechanic is a person who uses Tools to repair things (generally machinery or works to keep things operating properly Related categories Central Italy Southern Italy Insular Italy Northeast Italy He is separated from his wife Sabine, whom he married in 1965, and with whom he had his only son Daniel (b. 1972). When not in his hometown of Zürich, he resides in Venice and Berlin. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

Awards

In 1996 he received the Iffland-Ring. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Iffland-Ring is a ring with the picture of August Wilhelm Iffland (an actor dramatist and theatre director who played Franz Moor in the debut performance Further awards:

Filmography

External links

The American Friend ( Der Amerikanische Freund) is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel Ripley's Game by The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 Academy Award-nominated thriller made by Lew Grade 's ITC Entertainment and distributed by Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng. Wings of Desire is a 1987 Film by the German director Wim Wenders. The Last Days of Chez Nous is an Australian drama directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Helen Garner. Eternity and a Day ( Greek: Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera) is a Luther is a 2003 Biopic about the life of Martin Luther (1483-1546 The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American Film based on the 1959 Novel The Manchurian Candidate Downfall ( Der Untergang) is a 2004 German / Austrian Drama film depicting the final twelve days of Adolf Hitler The biopic Have No Fear The Life of Pope John Paul II explains in biographical form the life story of the late head of the Roman Catholic church Vitus is a Drama film written and directed by Fredi M Murer. It was released on February 2 2006, in Switzerland. Youth Without Youth is a 2007 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. The Reader is an upcoming American Drama film based on the 1995 German novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.
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