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