Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz (German pronunciation: [ˈbruːno ˈɡants] ( listen); born 22 March 1941) is a Swiss actor, known for his roles as Damiel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall.

Bruno Ganz was born in Zürich to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He 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, Ganz landed his first film role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (The Gentleman 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 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. One of Ganz's most physically demanding stage portrayals was the title character in Peter Stein’s 2000 production of Goethe's Faust (Parts I and II), as he suffered injuries during rehearsals and his assumption of the role was delayed.

Ganz, Bruno Filmography

Play in Full Screen Kraftidioten

2014, role: actor
Play in Full Screen The Counselor

2013, role: actor , character name: Diamond Dealer
Play in Full Screen The Vatican

2013, role: actor , character name: The Pope
Play in Full Screen Night Train to Lisbon

2013, role: actor , character name: Jorge O'Kelly
Play in Full Screen Michael Kohlhaas

2013, role: actor , character name: The Governor
Play in Full Screen Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim

2012, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2011

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself - Academy President
Play in Full Screen Brot

2011, role: actor , character name: Mann
Play in Full Screen Sport de filles

2011, role: actor , character name: Franz Mann
Play in Full Screen Unknown

2011, role: actor , character name: Ernst Jürgen
Play in Full Screen The 2011 European Film Awards

2011, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Lola - Der Deutsche Filmpreis 2010

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Academy President
Play in Full Screen Taxiphone: El Mektoub

2010, role: actor
Play in Full Screen The 2010 European Film Awards

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Award Recipient
Play in Full Screen Der grosse Kater

2010, role: actor , character name: Kater
Play in Full Screen Das Ende ist mein Anfang

2010, role: actor , character name: Tiziano Terzani
Play in Full Screen Satte Farben vor Schwarz

2010, role: actor , character name: Fred
Play in Full Screen Giulias Verschwinden

2009, role: actor , character name: John
Play in Full Screen The Reader

2008, role: actor , character name: Professor Rohl
Play in Full Screen Stairway to Nowhere

2008, role: actor , character name: Brot Darsteller
Play in Full Screen Ein starker Abgang

2008, role: actor , character name: Heinz Kilian
Play in Full Screen Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

2008, role: actor , character name: Horst Herold
Play in Full Screen Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou

2008, role: actor , character name: Jacob
Play in Full Screen Copacabana

2007, role: actor , character name: Herbert Schubert
Play in Full Screen Coda: Thirty Years Later

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Youth Without Youth

2007, role: actor , character name: Professor Stanciulescu
Play in Full Screen XX premios Goya

2006, role: actor , character name: Adolf Hitler
Play in Full Screen Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Die Vitusmacher

2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Baruto no gakuen

2006, role: actor , character name: Kurt Heinrich
Play in Full Screen Vitus

2006, role: actor , character name: Grandfather
Play in Full Screen The Great Farrell

2006, role: actor
Play in Full Screen Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street

2005, role: actor , character name: Narrator
Play in Full Screen Lola - Der deutsche Filmpreis

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself - Nominee
Play in Full Screen Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones

2005, role: actor , character name: Peter
Play in Full Screen Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

2005, role: actor , character name: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Play in Full Screen Der Untergang

2004, role: actor , character name: Adolf Hitler
Play in Full Screen The Manchurian Candidate

2004, role: actor , character name: Delp
Play in Full Screen Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film 'Der Untergang'

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Alias Kurban Saïd

2004, role: actor , character name: Narrator
Play in Full Screen Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Luther

2003, role: actor , character name: Johann von Staupitz
Play in Full Screen La forza del passato

2002, role: actor , character name: Bogliasco
Play in Full Screen Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Epsteins Nacht

2002, role: actor , character name: Adam Rose
Play in Full Screen Epoca: The Making of History

2002, role: actor , character name: Narrator
Play in Full Screen Behind Me - Bruno Ganz

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself