Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Known for
Acting
Born
March 22, 1941
Died
February 16, 2019 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Zürich, Switzerland

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

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Films to Die For poster

Films to Die For

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary poster

Bruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary

Movie · as Self

2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado poster

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl poster

Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2019
A Hidden Life poster

A Hidden Life

Movie · as Richter

2019
The Witness poster

The Witness

Movie · as Nikola Radin

2019
The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution poster

The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution

Movie · as Narrator German (voice)

2019
Winter Journey poster

Winter Journey

Movie · as George Goldsmith

2018
The House That Jack Built poster

The House That Jack Built

Movie · as Verge

2018
Fortuna poster

Fortuna

Movie · as Brother Jean

2018
The Tobacconist poster

The Tobacconist

Movie · as Sigmund Freud

2017
The Party poster

The Party

Movie · as Godfried

2017
In Times of Fading Light poster

In Times of Fading Light

Movie · as Wilhelm Powileit

2017
To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke poster

To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke

Movie

2016
A Jew Must Die poster

A Jew Must Die

Movie · as Arthur Bloch

2015
Remember poster

Remember

Movie · as Rudy Kurlander #1

2015
Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts poster

Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts

Movie · as Voice of Segantini

2015
Heidi poster

Heidi

Movie · as Alpöhi

2015
Amnesia poster

Amnesia

Movie · as Bruno

2015
Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra poster

Beethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Movie

2015
Spiel für dein Land

Spiel für dein Land

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
In Order of Disappearance poster

In Order of Disappearance

Movie · as Papa

2014
Dancing Arabs poster

Dancing Arabs

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)

2013
The Counselor poster

The Counselor

Movie · as Diamond Dealer

2013
Night Train to Lisbon poster

Night Train to Lisbon

Movie · as Older Jorge O'Kelly

2013
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas poster

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Movie · as The Governor

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2012
Of Women and Horses poster

Of Women and Horses

Movie · as Franz Mann

2011
Unknown poster

Unknown

Movie · as Ernst Jürgen

2011
Colors in the Dark poster

Colors in the Dark

Movie · as Fred

2011
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes

Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Der Kleine Prinz poster

Der Kleine Prinz

Movie · as Geograph

2010
The Day of the Cat poster

The Day of the Cat

Movie · as Kater

2010
The End Is My Beginning poster

The End Is My Beginning

Movie · as Tiziano Terzani

2010
Taxiphone poster

Taxiphone

Movie · as Stranger

2009
Julia's Disappearance poster

Julia's Disappearance

Movie · as John

2008
The Reader poster

The Reader

Movie · as Professor Rohl

2008
The Dust of Time poster

The Dust of Time

Movie · as Jacob

2008
Ein starker Abgang

Ein starker Abgang

Movie · as Heinz Kilian

2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex poster

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Movie · as Horst Herold

2008
Copacabana poster

Copacabana

Movie · as Herbert Schubert

2008
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years poster

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

Movie · as Self

2007
Youth Without Youth poster

Youth Without Youth

Movie · as Professor Stanciulescu

2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later

Coda: Thirty Years Later

Movie · as Self

2006
Vitus poster

Vitus

Movie · as Grandfather

2006
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II poster

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

Movie · as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

2006
The Ode to Joy poster

The Ode to Joy

Movie · as Kurt Heinrich

2005
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall' poster

Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'

Movie · as Self

2005
Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones poster

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones

Movie · as Peter (archive footage)

2005
Alias Kurban Saïd poster

Alias Kurban Saïd

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Downfall poster

Downfall

Movie · as Adolf Hitler

2004
The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie · as Delp

2004
Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler poster

Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler

Movie · as Self

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Luther poster

Luther

Movie · as Johann von Staupitz

2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us poster

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Movie · as Self

2003
Behind Me poster

Behind Me

Movie · as Self

2003
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence poster

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence

Movie · as Self

2003
Menschen bei Maischberger

Menschen bei Maischberger

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Our Best

Our Best

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Power of the Past poster

The Power of the Past

Movie · as Bogliasco

2002
Epsteins Nacht poster

Epsteins Nacht

Movie · as Adam Rose

2002
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters poster

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II poster

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II

Movie · as Faust

2001
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I poster

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I

Movie · as Faust

2000
Bread and Tulips poster

Bread and Tulips

Movie · as Fernando Girasoli

2000
The End of an Eternity poster

The End of an Eternity

Movie · as Self

2000
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor poster

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
WhoAfraidWolf

WhoAfraidWolf

Movie

2000
Antipasto Umbro

Antipasto Umbro

Movie

1999
You Can't Go Home Again

You Can't Go Home Again

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1998
Eternity and a Day poster

Eternity and a Day

Movie · as Alexandros

1998
Gegen Ende der Nacht poster

Gegen Ende der Nacht

Movie · as Fehleisen

1998
Sternstunde Kunst

Sternstunde Kunst

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral poster

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

Movie · as Narrator (German voice)

1997
Deadly Silence poster

Deadly Silence

Movie · as Hans Plache

1997
Leute heute poster

Leute heute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Saint-Ex poster

Saint-Ex

Movie · as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1995
Diario senza date poster

Diario senza date

Movie

1995
Lumière & Company poster

Lumière & Company

Movie · as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

1995
Il Grande Fausto poster

Il Grande Fausto

TV · as Biagio Cavanna · 2 eps

1993
Faraway, So Close! poster

Faraway, So Close!

Movie · as Damiel

1993
The Absence poster

The Absence

Movie · as Player

1992
The Last Days of Chez Nous poster

The Last Days of Chez Nous

Movie · as J.P.

1992
Prague poster

Prague

Movie · as Josef

1992
Night on Fire poster

Night on Fire

Movie · as Peter Keller

1992
Le Quatuor des possibles poster

Le Quatuor des possibles

Movie · as Narrateur

1991
Children of Nature poster

Children of Nature

Movie · as Engill

1991
Especially on Sunday poster

Especially on Sunday

Movie · as Vittorio

1991
Success

Success

Movie · as Jacques Tüverlin

1991
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich

Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich

TV · as Tassilo · 6 eps

1991
Boulevard Bio poster

Boulevard Bio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
The Architecture of Doom poster

The Architecture of Doom

Movie · as German narrator (voice)

1989
Strapless poster

Strapless

Movie · as Raymond Forbes

1989
Bankomatt poster

Bankomatt

Movie · as Bruno

1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway poster

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

Movie · as Ezra Pound

1988
Love of a Woman poster

Love of a Woman

Movie · as Franco Bassani

1988
Anwalt Abel

Anwalt Abel

TV · as Crusius · 1 ep

1987
Wings of Desire poster

Wings of Desire

Movie · as Damiel

1986
El río de oro poster

El río de oro

Movie · as Peter

1986
Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst« poster

Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«

Movie · as Narrator

1986
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy poster

Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy

TV · as Heinrich Beck · 4 eps

1985
Hands Up! poster

Hands Up!

Movie · as Self (1981 footage)

1985
Private Resistance poster

Private Resistance

Movie · as Gustav

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Josef · 1 ep

1984
Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
In the White City poster

In the White City

Movie · as Paul

1983
Closed Circuit poster

Closed Circuit

Movie · as Faber

1983
Killer aus Florida

Killer aus Florida

Movie

1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois

Movie · as Self

1982
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

Movie

1982
Logik des Gefühls

Logik des Gefühls

Movie

1982
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam poster

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam

Movie

1981
Circle of Deceit poster

Circle of Deceit

Movie · as Georg Laschen

1981
Lady of the Camelias poster

Lady of the Camelias

Movie · as Count Perregaux

1981
La provinciale poster

La provinciale

Movie · as Rémy Muller

1981
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie poster

La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie

TV · as Count Perregaux · 2 eps

1980
Lost and Found poster

Lost and Found

Movie · as Werner

1980
Polenta poster

Polenta

Movie

1980
The Inventor poster

The Inventor

Movie · as Jakob Nüssli

1980
5% de risque poster

5% de risque

Movie · as David

1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre poster

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Movie · as Jonathan Harker

1979
Return to the Beloved poster

Return to the Beloved

Movie · as Dr. Stephan Kern

1979
The Making of 'Nosferatu' poster

The Making of 'Nosferatu'

Movie · as Self

1979
Bavarian Film Awards

Bavarian Film Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1978
Knife in the Head poster

Knife in the Head

Movie · as Hoffmann

1978
The Boys from Brazil poster

The Boys from Brazil

Movie · as Professor Bruckner

1978
Black and White Like Day and Night poster

Black and White Like Day and Night

Movie · as Thomas Rosemund

1978
The Left-Handed Woman poster

The Left-Handed Woman

Movie · as Bruno

1977
The American Friend poster

The American Friend

Movie · as Jonathan Zimmermann

1976
The Marquise of O poster

The Marquise of O

Movie · as Der Graf

1976
Lumière poster

Lumière

Movie · as Heinrich Grun

1976
The Wild Duck poster

The Wild Duck

Movie · as Gregers Werle

1976
Summer Guests poster

Summer Guests

Movie · as Jakov Shalimov

1974
Die Bakchen

Die Bakchen

Movie · as Pentheus

1973
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

Movie · as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg

1972
The Ignoramus and the Madman

The Ignoramus and the Madman

Movie

1971
Die Mutter

Die Mutter

Movie

1970
Eine große Familie

Eine große Familie

Movie · as Heinz Hallasch

1970
Scene of the Crime poster

Scene of the Crime

TV · as Bombadil · 1 ep

1969
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso

Movie · as Torquato Tasso

1968
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz

Die Schlacht bei Lobositz

Movie · as Ulrich Braeker

1968
Im Dickicht der Städte

Im Dickicht der Städte

Movie · as George Garga

1967
The Soft Course poster

The Soft Course

Movie · as Bernhard Krahl

1966
Die Unberatenen

Die Unberatenen

Movie

1966
Frühlings Erwachen

Frühlings Erwachen

Movie · as Moritz Stiefel

1964
Der Spaßvogel

Der Spaßvogel

Movie · as Johnny

1964
Grimme Award

Grimme Award

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
Zur Person poster

Zur Person

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
A Roof Over Your Head poster

A Roof Over Your Head

Movie · as Fred Weber

1962
Chikita

Chikita

Movie · as Jazzfan

1960
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone poster

Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone

Movie · as Kammerdiener

1951
German Film Award

German Film Award

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self · 1 ep