Bruno Ganz

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Nationality: Swiss
Birthdate: 03/22/1941
Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland

biography

Engaging performer who helped found Berlin's experimental theater company Schaubuhne with director Peter Stein in 1970. Ganz's screen acting career began with Eric Rohmer's "The Marquise of O" (1976) and has continued through films by some of Europe's best directors, including Wim Wenders, Claude Goretta and Alain Tanner. Best known as Damiel, the angel longing to be human, in Wenders' "Wings of Desire" (1987).

Credits

Professor Rohl
2008
Professor Stanciulescu
2007
Grandfather
2007
Adolf Hilter
2005
Johann von Staupitz
2003
Narrator
2003
Fernando Girasoli
2001
Alexander
1999
Inspector Fehleisen
1998
Narration
1991
Engeler
1991
Le Conte
1976
Henrich Grun
Actor
Steiner
Gregors
Josef
Gambler
Jonathan Harker
Raymond Forbes
Gustav
Dr Crusius
Adam Rose
Director
Bruno
Georg Laschen
Jacques Tuverlin
Georg
Jakob Nuessli
Peter Keller
Dr Berthold Hoffmann
Actor
Jules
Jonathan Zimmermann
Actor
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

milestones

Year
Milestone
1960 
First film role, in "Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone/The Man in the Black Derby"
1970 
Co-founded Schaubuhne theater company (with Peter Stein)
1972 
Performed in the Salzburg Festival premier of Thomas Bernhard’s "Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige"
1976 
Cinematic breakthrough in the film, "Sommergäste"
1976 
Appeared in Eric Rohmer's "The Marquise of O"
Continued

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