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
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Josef
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
Zur Person
1963
as Self
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Crusius
Spiel für dein Land
2015
as Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Count Perregaux
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
as Heinrich Beck
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
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
The Counselor
2013
as Diamond Dealer
Unknown
2011
as Ernst Jürgen
The House That Jack Built
2018
as Verge
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Wings of Desire
1987
as Damiel
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Jonathan Harker
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Professor Bruckner
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Delp
A Hidden Life
2019
as Richter
Eternity and a Day
1998
as Alexandros
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Youth Without Youth
2007
as Professor Stanciulescu
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Horst Herold
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
Luther
2003
as Johann von Staupitz
The Party
2017
as Godfried
The American Friend
1977
as Jonathan Zimmermann
In Order of Disappearance
2014
as Papa
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Damiel
Bankomatt
1989
as Bruno
Bread and Tulips
2000
as Fernando Girasoli
Lumière & Company
1995
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Governor
In the White City
1983
as Paul
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Strapless
1989
as Raymond Forbes
Amnesia
2015
as Bruno
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
The Dust of Time
2008
as Jacob
Vitus
2006
as Grandfather
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Circle of Deceit
1981
as Georg Laschen
Summer Guests
1976
as Jakov Shalimov
Night on Fire
1992
as Peter Keller
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
as Thomas Rosemund
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
as Self
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Perregaux
The Ode to Joy
2006
as Kurt Heinrich
In Times of Fading Light
2017
as Wilhelm Powileit
The Tobacconist
2018
as Sigmund Freud
A Jew Must Die
2016
as Arthur Bloch
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Ezra Pound
Winter Journey
2019
as George Goldsmith
Especially on Sunday
1991
as Vittorio
Lumière
1976
as Heinrich Grun
The Marquise of O
1976
as Der Graf
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
Julia's Disappearance
2009
as John
Dancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Knife in the Head
1978
as Hoffmann
Saint-Ex
1996
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Colors in the Dark
2011
as Fred
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as J.P.
The Architecture of Doom
1989
as German narrator (voice)
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
The Absence
1993
as Player
Epsteins Nacht
2002
as Adam Rose
La provinciale
1981
as Rémy Muller
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
as Narrator German (voice)
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
as Narrator
El río de oro
1986
as Peter
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Tiziano Terzani
Children of Nature
1991
as Engill
Success
1991
as Jacques Tüverlin
The Wild Duck
1976
as Gregers Werle
Return to the Beloved
1979
as Dr. Stephan Kern
Lost and Found
1980
as Werner
Prague
1992
as Josef
The Day of the Cat
2010
as Kater
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
as Bruno
The Power of the Past
2002
as Bogliasco
Ein starker Abgang
2008
as Heinz Kilian
Love of a Woman
1988
as Franco Bassani
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
as Self
Fortuna
2018
as Brother Jean
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (German voice)
Die Mutter
1971
Die Bakchen
1974
as Pentheus
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Closed Circuit
1983
as Faber
Il Grande Fausto
1995
as Biagio Cavanna
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
as Ulrich Braeker
War and Peace
1982
Private Resistance
1985
as Gustav
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
as Peter (archive footage)
Taxiphone
2010
as Stranger
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998
as Fehleisen
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
The End of an Eternity
2000
as Self
Of Women and Horses
2012
as Franz Mann
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
as George Garga
The Witness
2019
as Nikola Radin
Copacabana
2008
as Herbert Schubert
Polenta
1980
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
as Faust
Diario senza date
1995
Chikita
1962
as Jazzfan
The Soft Course
1967
as Bernhard Krahl
The Inventor
1980
as Jakob Nüssli
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960
as Kammerdiener
Eine große Familie
1970
as Heinz Hallasch
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
Die Unberatenen
1966
5% de risque
1980
as David
Killer aus Florida
1983
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
as Faust
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
You Can't Go Home Again
1999
as Narrator (voice)
A Roof Over Your Head
1962
as Fred Weber
Der Spaßvogel
1964
as Johnny
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
as Voice of Segantini
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
- The Counselor (2013) — as Diamond Dealer
- Unknown (2011) — as Ernst Jürgen
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