Bruno Ganz
Known for Acting · 155 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
Screen Two
1985
as Josef
Bambi
1948
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Kulturplatz
2004
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
Zur Person
1963
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Crusius
Spiel für dein Land
2015
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
as Heinrich Beck
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
as Tassilo
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Count Perregaux
Movies (134)
The Counselor
2013
as Diamond Dealer
Unknown
2011
as Ernst Jürgen
The Reader
2008
as Professor Rohl
The House That Jack Built
2018
as Verge
Downfall
2004
as Adolf Hitler
Deadly Silence
1997
as Hans Plache
Heidi
2015
as Alpöhi
Luther
2003
as Johann von Staupitz
Wings of Desire
1987
as Damiel
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Delp
El río de oro
1986
as Peter
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Jonathan Harker
A Hidden Life
2019
as Richter
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004
as Self
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Horst Herold
The Absence
1993
as Player
In Order of Disappearance
2014
as Papa
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
Der Spaßvogel
1964
as Johnny
Frühlings Erwachen
1966
as Moritz Stiefel
Epsteins Nacht
2002
as Adam Rose
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Circle of Deceit
1981
as Georg Laschen
Eternity and a Day
1998
as Alexandros
Polenta
1980
The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Professor Bruckner
Chikita
1962
as Jazzfan
The Architecture of Doom
1989
as German narrator (voice)
Winter Journey
2019
as George Goldsmith
Die Mutter
1971
Die Unberatenen
1966
Private Resistance
1985
as Gustav
The Party
2017
as Godfried
The American Friend
1977
as Jonathan Zimmermann
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #1
Antipasti Umbro
2000
In Times of Fading Light
2017
as Wilhelm Powileit
Copacabana
2008
as Herbert Schubert
Vitus
2006
as Grandfather
Behind Me
2003
as Self
The Day of the Cat
2010
as Kater
Killer aus Florida
1983
Taxiphone
2010
as Stranger
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
as Bruno
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
Die Bakchen
1974
as Pentheus
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Governor
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
as George Garga
Bread and Tulips
2000
as Fernando Girasoli
Youth Without Youth
2007
as Professor Stanciulescu
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Damiel
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
Fortuna
2018
as Brother Jean
Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Perregaux
Especially on Sunday
1991
as Vittorio
Il Grande Fausto
1995
as Biagio Cavanna
Bankomatt
1989
as Bruno
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
5% de risque
1980
as David
Logik des Gefühls
1982
The Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
Of Women and Horses
2012
as Franz Mann
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
as Narrator
Alias Kurban Saïd
2005
as Narrator
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003
as Self
Return to the Beloved
1979
as Dr. Stephan Kern
The End Is My Beginning
2010
as Tiziano Terzani
Colors in the Dark
2011
as Fred
Dancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Le Quatuor des possibles
1992
as Narrateur
In the White City
1983
as Paul
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Der Kleine Prinz
2011
as Geograph
The Marquise of O
1976
as Der Graf
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
as Voice of Segantini
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
A Roof Over Your Head
1962
as Fred Weber
Summer Guests
1976
as Jakov Shalimov
A Jew Must Die
2016
as Arthur Bloch
Gegen Ende der Nacht
1998
as Fehleisen
Ein starker Abgang
2008
as Heinz Kilian
The Dust of Time
2008
as Jacob
The Tobacconist
2018
as Sigmund Freud
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as J.P.
Love of a Woman
1988
as Franco Bassani
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Saint-Ex
1996
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
The Witness
2019
as Nikola Radin
Amnesia
2015
as Bruno
Knife in the Head
1978
as Hoffmann
Lumière & Company
1995
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
The Soft Course
1967
as Bernhard Krahl
War and Peace
1982
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
as Peter (archive footage)
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
The Power of the Past
2002
as Bogliasco
Children of Nature
1991
as Engill
Julia's Disappearance
2009
as John
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
2011
as Narrator (voice)
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (German voice)
Closed Circuit
1983
as Faber
Strapless
1989
as Raymond Forbes
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Ezra Pound
Black and White Like Day and Night
1978
as Thomas Rosemund
The Wild Duck
1976
as Gregers Werle
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lumière
1976
as Heinrich Grun
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
Torquato Tasso
1969
as Torquato Tasso
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Prague
1992
as Josef
La provinciale
1981
as Rémy Muller
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
as Self
Eine große Familie
1970
as Heinz Hallasch
You Can't Go Home Again
1999
as Narrator (voice)
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 155 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Bruno Ganz has appeared in 134 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruno Ganz Movies
- The Counselor (2013) — as Diamond Dealer
- Unknown (2011) — as Ernst Jürgen
- The Reader (2008) — as Professor Rohl
- The House That Jack Built (2018) — as Verge
- Downfall (2004) — as Adolf Hitler
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