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(born March 22 1941 in Zurich) is a Swiss actor.

Before taking his Matura exams (in Switzerland, the general qualification for university entrance), Ganz had decided to become an actor. In 1960, aged 19, he played his first movie role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone ("The Man in the Black Derby"). Gustav Knuth, one of the main actors, believed in Ganz's qualification as an actor.

Bruno Ganz was a member of the ensemble of the Berliner Schaubühne. In 1972 he made his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele under Claus Peymann as director in the first performances of Thomas Bernhard's Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige.

In 1979, Ganz starred opposite Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, directed by Werner Herzog.

In 1990-1991 Ganz voiced two characters in the German radio adaptation of Douglas Adams's novel Life, the Universe and Everything (Judiciary Pag and Prak), produced by Südwestfunk (now Südwestrundfunk) and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

In 2000 Ganz played the star role in Peter Stein's 13-hour performance of Goethe's Faust I and Faust II.

In 2004 he was the first German-speaking actor to play Adolf Hitler, in a main role in Bernd Eichinger's picture Der Untergang (The downfall). Before this picture, in German films Hitler was played in only very short scenes or from behind.

Bruno Ganz is separated from his wife, with whom he has a son named Daniel. Apart from his hometown of Zürich, Ganz lives in Venice and Berlin.

Awards

In 1996 he received the Iffland-Ring. Further awards:

Schauspieler des Jahres 1973 -- awarded by the German magazine Theater heute
Deutscher Darstellerpreis (Chaplin-Schuh)
Bundesfilmpreis
Hans-Reinhart-Ring der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft f. Theaterkultur
Schweizer Filmpreis 2000
Officier dans l’ordre des arts et des lettres
David di Donatello 2000
Berliner Filmpreis 2001

Filmography

"Der Untergang - Hitler und das Ende des Dritten Reichs" ("The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich"), 2004, Adolf Hitler, starring Heino Ferch, Ulrich Matthes
, Corinna Harfouch
, Birgit Minichmayr, Juliane Köhler
"The Manchurian Candidate", 2004, Richard Delp
"Luther", 2003, Johann von Staupitz, starring Joseph Fiennes
, Alfred Molina
, Peter Ustinov
, Uwe Ochsenknecht
, Mathieu Carrière
"Behind Me - Bruno Ganz", 2002
"Epsteins Nacht" ("Epstein's Night"), 2002, Adam Rose, starring Mario Adorf
, Otto Tausig
"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust", 2001 TV, Faust
"Pane e tulipani" ("Bread and Tulips"), 2000, Fernando Girasoli
"Mia aioniotita kai mia mera" ("Eternity and a Day"), 1998, Alexandre, directed by: Theo Angelopoulos
"Saint-Ex", 1997, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"L'Absence" ("The Absence"), 1994, Player, screen-play and directed by: Peter Handke
"In weiter Ferne, so nah!" ("Faraway, So Close!"), 1993, Damiel, directed by: Wim Wenders
"Brandnacht" ("Night on Fire"), 1992, Peter Keller, starring Suzanne von Borsody
, Dietmar Schönherr
"La Domenica specialmente" ("Especially on Sunday"), 1991, Vittorio, starring Nicoletta Braschi
, Ornella Muti
"Erfolg" ("Success"), 1991, starring Franziska Walser, Peter Simonischek, Mathieu Carrière
, Thomas Holtzmann, Jutta Speidel
, Gustl Bayrhammer
"Strapless", 1989, Raymond Forbes, starring Blair Brown
, Bridget Fonda
Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)
, 1987, Damiel, directed by: Wim Wenders
"Krieg und Frieden" ("War and Peace"), 1983
"Die Fälschung" ("Circle of Deceit"), 1981, Georg Laschen, screen-play: Nicolas Born, directed by: Volker Schlöndorff, starring Hanna Schygulla
, Gila von Weitershausen
"La Dame aux camélias" ("Lady of the Camelias"), 1980, Count Perregaux, starring Isabelle Huppert
, Clio Goldsmith
"Der Erfinder" ("The Inventor"), 1980, Jakob Nüssli
"5% de risques", 1980, David, starring Jean-Pierre Cassel
"Retour à la bien-aimée" ("Return to the Beloved"), 1979, Dr. Stephan Kern, starring Isabelle Huppert
(Jeanne Kern)
"Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht" ("Nosferatu the Vampyre
"), 1979, Jonathan Harker, directed by: Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski
, Isabelle Adjani
(Lucy Harker), Roland Topor
"The Boys from Brazil", 1978, Professor Bruckner, starring Gregory Peck
, Laurence Olivier
, Lilli Palmer
"Die Linkshändige Frau" ("The Left-Handed Woman"), 1977, Bruno, screen-play and directed by: Peter Handke, starring Edith Clever, Michael Lonsdale
, Angela Winkler, Bernhard Wicki
, Bernhard Minetti, Gérard Depardieu
"Der Amerikanische Freund" ("The American Friend"), 1977, Jonathan Zimmermann, directed by: Wim Wenders, screen-play: Patricia Highsmith, co-starring: Dennis Hopper
"Die Wildente" ("Wild Duck"), 1976, Gregors, with Anne Bennent
"Die Marquise von O..." ("The Marquise of O..."), 1976, The Count, directed by: Eric Rohmer, starring Edith Clever, Otto Sander
, Ruth Drexel
"Lumière" ("Lumiere"), 1976, Heinrich Grün, screen-play and directed by: Jeanne Moreau
"Sommergäste" ("Summer Guests"), 1976, screen-play: Botho Strauß, directed by: Peter Stein, starring Edith Clever, Jutta Lampe
"Chikita", 1961
"Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone" ("The Man in the Black Derby"), 1960

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