Bruno Ganz - Biography

Bruno Ganz
Actor
Born: March 21st,  1941
Place: Zürich

Bruno Ganz is one of the most famous German actors of the world.  After studying Dramatic Art in the Bühnenstudio of Zurich, he travelled to Germany in 1962 where he worked in theater under the direction of Peter Zadek and Kurt Hübner. 

In 1967, Bruno met the director Peter Stein and participated in the creation of the Berliner Schaubühne, considered as one of the most important companies of European theater. 

1972, he got the leading part of "L' Ignorant et le Fou" of Thomas Bernhard in the Festival of Salzburg, under the direction of Claus Peymann. 

In 1973, he received the award of Best Actor of the year .  After that, Bruno worked under the direction of prestigious directors such as Peter Stein, Klaus, Michael Grüber, Luc Bondy et Dieter Dorn, Bruno Ganz obtained the Reinhardt Ring of the Swiss Association of Theatrical Culture in 1991.  He also won the Iffland Ring in 1996, one of the most coveted distinctions that theater actors may receive.  Since 1975, Bruno Ganz abandoned theater and started making movies. 

Among the almost sixty films in which he has acted, the most importants are THE MARQUISE D' OR of Eric Rohmer (1976), L' AMI AMERICAIN (1977) of Wim Wenders, THE FEMME GAUCHERE (1978) of Peter Handke, HIM COUTEAU DANS THE TETE (1978) of Reinhard Hauff, NOSFERATU (1979) of Werner Herzog, HIM FAUSSAIRE (1980) of Volker Schlöndorff, DANS THE VILLE BLANCHE (1983) of Alain Tanner, THEM AILES DU DESIR (1987) of Wim Wenders, etJOUR (1998) of Theo Angelopoulos, Palm of Gold in Cannes. 

Bruno Ganz also participated in the generic film PAIN, TULIPES ET COMEDIE (2000) of Silvio Soldini, and won the Award Donatello in Italy, and the prize to the best actor in Switzerland after EPSTEINS NACHT (2001) of Urs Egger and LUTHER (2002) of Eric Till, Bruno Ganz participated in a movie on Hitler called DER UNTERGANG.