Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/03/1941

Day of Death

16/02/2019
(78) years old

Place of Birth

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 19... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Films to Die For

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020

Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Winter Journey

as George Goldsmith

2019

The Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolut...

as Narrator German (voice)

2019

A Hidden Life

as Richter

2019

The Witness

as Nikola Radin

2018

The Tobacconist

as Sigmund Freud

2018

Fortuna

as Brother Jean

2017

The Party

as Godfried

2017

In Times of Fading Light

as Wilhelm Powileit

2016

A Jew Must Die

as Arthur Bloch

2015

Heidi

as Alpöhi

2015

Remember

as Rudy Kurlander #1

2015

Amnesia

as Bruno

2015

Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts

as Voice of Segantini

2014

Dancing Arabs

as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredit...

2013

The Counselor

as Diamond Dealer

2013

Night Train to Lisbon

as Older Jorge O'Kelly

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012

Of Women and Horses

as Franz Mann

2011

Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes

as Narrator (voice)

2011

Unknown

as Ernst Jürgen

2010

The End Is My Beginning

as Tiziano Terzani

2010

Taxiphone

as Stranger

2010

The Day of the Cat

as Kater

2008

The Reader

as Professor Rohl

2008

The Dust of Time

as Jacob

2008

The Baader Meinhof Complex

as Horst Herold

2008

Ein starker Abgang

as Heinz Kilian

2008

Copacabana

as Herbert Schubert

2007

Youth Without Youth

as Professor Stanciulescu

2006

The Ode to Joy

as Kurt Heinrich

2006

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul...

as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

2006

Vitus

as Grandfather

2005

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusion...

as Peter (archive footage)

2005

Alias Kurban Saïd

as Narrator

2004

Downfall

as Adolf Hitler

2003

Luther

as Johann von Staupitz

2002

Epsteins Nacht

as Adam Rose

2002

The Power of the Past

as Bogliasco

2000

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Bread and Tulips

as Fernando Girasoli

1999

You Can't Go Home Again

as Narrator (voice)

1998

Eternity and a Day

as Alexandros

1998

Gegen Ende der Nacht

as Fehleisen

1997

St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral

as Narrator (German voice)

1997

Deadly Silence

as Hans Plache

1996

Saint-Ex

as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1995

Lumière & Company

as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

1995

Il Grande Fausto

as Biagio Cavanna

1993

Faraway, So Close!

as Damiel

1993

The Absence

as Player

1992

Night on Fire

as Peter Keller

1992

Prague

as Josef

1991

Especially on Sunday

as Vittorio

1991

Children of Nature

as Engill

1991

Success

as Jacques Tüverlin

1989

The Architecture of Doom

as German narrator (voice)

1989

Strapless

as Raymond Forbes

1989

Bankomatt

as Bruno

1988

Love of a Woman

as Franco Bassani

1987

Wings of Desire

as Damiel

1986

El río de oro

as Peter

1985

Private Resistance

as Gustav

1985

Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

1981

Circle of Deceit

as Georg Laschen

1981

Lady of the Camelias

as Count Perregaux

1981

La provinciale

as Rémy Muller

1980

The Inventor

as Jakob Nüssli

1980

5% de risque

as David

1980

Lost and Found

as Werner

1979

Return to the Beloved

as Dr. Stephan Kern

1979

Nosferatu the Vampyre

as Jonathan Harker

1978

Knife in the Head

as Hoffmann

1978

The Boys from Brazil

as Professor Bruckner

1977

The American Friend

as Jonathan Zimmermann

1976

The Wild Duck

as Gregers Werle

1976

The Marquise of O

as Der Graf

1976

Lumière

as Heinrich Grun

1976

Summer Guests

as Jakov Shalimov

1974

Die Bakchen

as Pentheus

1973

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg

1970

Eine große Familie

as Heinz Hallasch

1969

Torquato Tasso

as Torquato Tasso

1968

Im Dickicht der Städte

as George Garga

1968

Die Schlacht bei Lobositz

as Ulrich Braeker

1967

Der sanfte Lauf

as Bernhard Krahl

1966

Frühlings Erwachen

as Moritz Stiefel

1964

Der Spaßvogel

as Johnny

1962

Chikita

as Jazzfan

1962

A Roof Over Your Head

as Fred Weber