Bruno Ganz
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 22, 1941 (85 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 1960. Only in 1975 after "Sommergaeste (1975)" he could show his talent as a reflexive actor with tendencies towards introspection.
Known For
| 2025 | Films to Die For(archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2022 | Bruno Ganz - The Longing RevolutionaryLui-même | |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Who the F... is Roger RossmeislNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf | |
| 2019 | A Hidden LifeRichter | |
| 2019 | The WitnessNikola Radin | |
| 2019 | The Naked King - 18 Fragments on RevolutionNarrator German (voice) | |
| 2019 | Winter JourneyGeorge Goldsmith | |
| 2018 | The House That Jack BuiltVerge | |
| 2018 | FortunaBrother Jean | |
| 2018 | The TobacconistSigmund Freud | |
| 2017 | The PartyGodfried | |
| 2017 | In Times of Fading LightWilhelm Powileit | |
| 2017 | To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke | |
| 2016 | A Jew Must DieArthur Bloch | |
| 2015 | RememberRudy Kurlander #1 | |
| 2015 | Giovanni Segantini - Magie des LichtsVoice of Segantini | |
| 2015 | HeidiAlpöhi | |
| 2015 | AmnesiaBruno | |
| 2015 | Spiel für dein LandSelf | |
| 2014 | In Order of DisappearancePapa | |
| 2014 | Dancing ArabsSelf (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | The CounselorDiamond Dealer | |
| 2013 | Night Train to LisbonOlder Jorge O'Kelly | |
| 2013 | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Governor | |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Of Women and HorsesFranz Mann | |
| 2011 | UnknownErnst Jürgen | |
| 2011 | Colors in the DarkFred | |
| 2011 | Das Geheimnis unseres WaldesNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Der Kleine PrinzGeograph | |
| 2010 | The Day of the CatKater | |
| 2010 | The End Is My BeginningTiziano Terzani | |
| 2010 | TaxiphoneStranger | |
| 2009 | Julia's DisappearanceJohn | |
| 2008 | The ReaderProfessor Rohl | |
| 2008 | The Dust of TimeJacob | |
| 2008 | Ein starker AbgangHeinz Kilian | |
| 2008 | The Baader Meinhof ComplexHorst Herold | |
| 2008 | CopacabanaHerbert Schubert | |
| 2008 | One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early YearsSelf | |
| 2007 | Youth Without YouthProfessor Stanciulescu | |
| 2007 | Coda: Thirty Years LaterSelf | |
| 2006 | VitusGrandfather | |
| 2006 | Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul IICardinal Stefan Wyszynski | |
| 2006 | The Ode to JoyKurt Heinrich | |
| 2005 | Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"Self | |
| 2005 | Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusionesPeter (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Alias Kurban SaïdNarrator | |
| 2004 | DownfallAdolf Hitler | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidateDelp | |
| 2004 | Bruno Ganz - Ein europäischer SchauspielerSelf | |
| 2004 | KulturplatzSelf | |
| 2003 | LutherJohann von Staupitz | |
| 2003 | Wings of Desire: The Angels Among UsSelf | |
| 2003 | Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf | |
| 2003 | Our BestSelf | |
| 2002 | The Power of the PastBogliasco | |
| 2002 | Epsteins NachtAdam Rose | |
| 2002 | Das Jahrhundert des TheatersSelf | |
| 2001 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IIFaust | |
| 2001 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IFaust | |
| 2000 | Bread and TulipsFernando Girasoli | |
| 2000 | The End of an EternitySelf | |
| 2000 | Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | WhoAfraidWolf | |
| 1999 | You Can't Go Home AgainNarrator (voice) | |
| 1998 | Eternity and a DayAlexandros | |
| 1998 | Gegen Ende der NachtFehleisen | |
| 1997 | St. Stephen's: The Living CathedralNarrator (German voice) | |
| 1997 | Deadly SilenceHans Plache | |
| 1997 | Leute heuteSelf | |
| 1996 | Saint-ExAntoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
| 1995 | Diario senza date | |
| 1995 | Lumière & CompanyDamiel (segment "Wim Wenders") | |
| 1995 | Il Grande FaustoBiagio Cavanna | |
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close!Damiel | |
| 1993 | The AbsencePlayer | |
| 1992 | The Last Days of Chez NousJ.P. | |
| 1992 | PragueJosef | |
| 1992 | Night on FirePeter Keller | |
| 1992 | Le Quatuor des possiblesNarrateur | |
| 1991 | Children of NatureEngill | |
| 1991 | Especially on SundayVittorio | |
| 1991 | SuccessJacques Tüverlin | |
| 1991 | Tassilo - Ein Fall für sichTassilo | |
| 1991 | Boulevard BioSelf | |
| 1989 | The Architecture of DoomGerman narrator (voice) | |
| 1989 | StraplessRaymond Forbes | |
| 1989 | BankomattBruno | |
| 1988 | The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayEzra Pound | |
| 1988 | Love of a WomanFranco Bassani | |
| 1988 | Anwalt AbelCrusius | |
| 1987 | Wings of DesireDamiel | |
| 1986 | El río de oroPeter | |
| 1986 | Thomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«Narrator | |
| 1986 | Fathers and Sons: A German TragedyHeinrich Beck | |
| 1985 | Hands Up!Self (1981 footage) | |
| 1985 | Private ResistanceGustav | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1983 | In the White CityPaul | |
| 1983 | Closed CircuitFaber | |
| 1983 | Killer aus Florida | |
| 1982 | Remembrance: Film for Curt BoisSelf | |
| 1982 | War and Peace | |
| 1982 | Logik des Gefühls | |
| 1982 | Before Your Eyes - Vietnam | |
| 1981 | Circle of DeceitGeorg Laschen | |
| 1981 | Lady of the CameliasCount Perregaux | |
| 1981 | La provincialeRémy Muller | |
| 1981 | La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle CamelieCount Perregaux | |
| 1980 | Lost and FoundWerner | |
| 1980 | Polenta | |
| 1980 | The InventorJakob Nüssli | |
| 1980 | 5% de risqueDavid | |
| 1979 | Nosferatu the VampyreJonathan Harker | |
| 1979 | Return to the BelovedDr. Stephan Kern | |
| 1979 | The Making of 'Nosferatu'Self | |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film AwardsSelf | |
| 1978 | Knife in the HeadHoffmann | |
| 1978 | The Boys from BrazilProfessor Bruckner | |
| 1978 | Black and White Like Day and NightThomas Rosemund | |
| 1978 | The Left-Handed WomanBruno | |
| 1977 | The American FriendJonathan Zimmermann | |
| 1976 | The Marquise of ODer Graf | |
| 1976 | LumièreHeinrich Grun | |
| 1976 | The Wild DuckGregers Werle | |
| 1976 | Summer GuestsJakov Shalimov | |
| 1974 | Die BakchenPentheus | |
| 1973 | Prinz Friedrich von HomburgPrinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg | |
| 1972 | The Ignoramus and the Madman | |
| 1971 | Die Mutter | |
| 1970 | Eine große FamilieHeinz Hallasch | |
| 1970 | Scene of the CrimeBombadil | |
| 1969 | Torquato TassoTorquato Tasso | |
| 1968 | Die Schlacht bei LobositzUlrich Braeker | |
| 1968 | Im Dickicht der StädteGeorge Garga | |
| 1967 | The Soft CourseBernhard Krahl | |
| 1966 | Die Unberatenen | |
| 1966 | Frühlings ErwachenMoritz Stiefel | |
| 1964 | Der SpaßvogelJohnny | |
| 1964 | Grimme AwardSelf | |
| 1963 | Zur PersonSelf | |
| 1962 | A Roof Over Your HeadFred Weber | |
| 1962 | ChikitaJazzfan | |
| 1960 | Der Herr mit der schwarzen MeloneKammerdiener | |
| 1951 | German Film AwardSelf | |
| 1948 | BambiSelf |
| 1982 | Remembrance: Film for Curt BoisDirector |