Bruno Ganz
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1941-03-22
- Died
- 2019-02-16
- Place of birth
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Also known as
- برونو گانتس
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.
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Bombadil
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Josef
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Zur Person
1963
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Crusius
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
Spiel für dein Land
2015
as Self
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
as Heinrich Beck
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Count Perregaux
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
as Tassilo
Movies (132)
Heidi
2015
as Alpöhi
The Reader
2008
as Professor Rohl
Downfall
2004
as Adolf Hitler
Unknown
2011
as Ernst Jürgen
The House That Jack Built
2018
as Verge
The Counselor
2013
as Diamond Dealer
Wings of Desire
1987
as Damiel
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
as Narrator
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Delp
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Jonathan Harker
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Professor Bruckner
A Hidden Life
2019
as Richter
Luther
2003
as Johann von Staupitz
In Order of Disappearance
2014
as Papa
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Eternity and a Day
1998
as Alexandros
The Party
2017
as Godfried
The American Friend
1977
as Jonathan Zimmermann
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Damiel
Bankomatt
1989
as Bruno
Youth Without Youth
2007
as Professor Stanciulescu
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Horst Herold
Lumière & Company
1995
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Governor
Vitus
2006
as Grandfather
Bread and Tulips
2000
as Fernando Girasoli
In Times of Fading Light
2017
as Wilhelm Powileit
Strapless
1989
as Raymond Forbes
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
as Thomas Rosemund
In the White City
1983
as Paul
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
as Self
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Perregaux
Amnesia
2015
as Bruno
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Dust of Time
2008
as Jacob
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
as Bruno
The Tobacconist
2018
as Sigmund Freud
Summer Guests
1976
as Jakov Shalimov
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Circle of Deceit
1981
as Georg Laschen
Winter Journey
2019
as George Goldsmith
Especially on Sunday
1991
as Vittorio
Dancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Lumière
1976
as Heinrich Grun
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
as Narrator German (voice)
The Ode to Joy
2006
as Kurt Heinrich
Success
1991
as Jacques Tüverlin
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
Fortuna
2018
as Brother Jean
Lost and Found
1980
as Werner
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Tiziano Terzani
Saint-Ex
1996
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Ezra Pound
Copacabana
2008
as Herbert Schubert
The Witness
2019
as Nikola Radin
Knife in the Head
1978
as Hoffmann
The Inventor
1980
as Jakob Nüssli
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
as Ulrich Braeker
Il Grande Fausto
1995
as Biagio Cavanna
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as J.P.
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prague
1992
as Josef
The Marquise of O
1976
as Der Graf
Children of Nature
1991
as Engill
El río de oro
1986
as Peter
Epsteins Nacht
2002
as Adam Rose
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
Night on Fire
1992
as Peter Keller
Killer aus Florida
1983
Julia's Disappearance
2009
as John
Die Bakchen
1974
as Pentheus
Chikita
1962
as Jazzfan
Colors in the Dark
2011
as Fred
Closed Circuit
1983
as Faber
Return to the Beloved
1979
as Dr. Stephan Kern
Love of a Woman
1988
as Franco Bassani
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004
as Self
A Jew Must Die
2016
as Arthur Bloch
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
La provinciale
1981
as Rémy Muller
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
The Absence
1993
as Player
Die Unberatenen
1966
The Architecture of Doom
1989
as German narrator (voice)
The Wild Duck
1976
as Gregers Werle
War and Peace
1982
Eine große Familie
1970
as Heinz Hallasch
The End of an Eternity
2000
as Self
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (German voice)
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
as Voice of Segantini
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998
as Fehleisen
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
as Faust
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
as Faust
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
as Self
The Soft Course
1967
as Bernhard Krahl
Ein starker Abgang
2008
as Heinz Kilian
Taxiphone
2010
as Stranger
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
as George Garga
Die Mutter
1971
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
as Peter (archive footage)
Deadly Silence
1997
as Hans Plache
Private Resistance
1985
as Gustav
The Day of the Cat
2010
as Kater
Der Spaßvogel
1964
as Johnny
Polenta
1980
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Frühlings Erwachen
1966
as Moritz Stiefel
Of Women and Horses
2012
as Franz Mann
A Roof Over Your Head
1962
as Fred Weber
The Power of the Past
2002
as Bogliasco
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
Diario senza date
1995
5% de risque
1980
as David
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
About Bruno Ganz
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. With 153 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Bruno Ganz has appeared in 132 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruno Ganz Movies
- Heidi (2015) — as Alpöhi
- The Reader (2008) — as Professor Rohl
- Downfall (2004) — as Adolf Hitler
- Unknown (2011) — as Ernst Jürgen
- The House That Jack Built (2018) — as Verge
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