Acting · Zürich, Switzerland · Born March 22, 1941
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.
MovieFilms to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBruno Ganz - The Longing Revolutionary
2022
as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
MovieWho the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWinter Journey
2019
as George Goldsmith
MovieThe Naked King - 18 Fragments on Revolution
2019
as Narrator German (voice)
MovieA Hidden Life
2019
as Richter
MovieThe Witness
2019
as Nikola Radin
MovieThe Tobacconist
2018
as Sigmund Freud
MovieThe House That Jack Built
2018
as Verge
MovieFortuna
2018
as Brother Jean
MovieTo Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke
2017
MovieThe Party
2017
as Godfried
MovieIn Times of Fading Light
2017
as Wilhelm Powileit
MovieA Jew Must Die
2016
as Arthur Bloch
MovieHeidi
2015
as Alpöhi
Spiel für dein Land
2015
as Self
MovieRemember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #1
MovieAmnesia
2015
as Bruno
MovieGiovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts
2015
as Voice of Segantini
MovieBeethoven - Egmont, Mozart - Symphony 35 - Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2015
MovieDancing Arabs
2014
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
MovieIn Order of Disappearance
2014
as Papa
MovieThe Counselor
2013
as Diamond Dealer
MovieAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as The Governor
MovieNight Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older Jorge O'Kelly
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieOf Women and Horses
2012
as Franz Mann
Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDer Kleine Prinz
2011
as Geograph
MovieUnknown
2011
as Ernst Jürgen
MovieColors in the Dark
2011
as Fred
MovieThe End Is My Beginning
2010
as Tiziano Terzani
MovieTaxiphone
2010
as Stranger
MovieThe Day of the Cat
2010
as Kater
MovieJulia's Disappearance
2009
as John
MovieThe Reader
2008
as Professor Rohl
MovieThe Dust of Time
2008
as Jacob
MovieThe Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Horst Herold
Ein starker Abgang
2008
as Heinz Kilian
MovieCopacabana
2008
as Herbert Schubert
MovieOne Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
2008
as Self
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
MovieYouth Without Youth
2007
as Professor Stanciulescu
MovieThe Ode to Joy
2006
as Kurt Heinrich
MovieHave No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
2006
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
MovieVitus
2006
as Grandfather
MoviePablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones
2005
as Peter (archive footage)
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
as Self
MovieAlias Kurban Saïd
2005
as Narrator
MovieDownfall
2004
as Adolf Hitler
TVKulturplatz
2004
as Self
MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Delp
MovieBruno Ganz - Ein europäischer Schauspieler
2004
as Self
Our Best
2003
as Self
MovieLuther
2003
as Johann von Staupitz
MovieBehind Me
2003
as Self
MovieClaudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
2003
as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
MovieWings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
2003
as Self
MovieEpsteins Nacht
2002
as Adam Rose
MovieThe Power of the Past
2002
as Bogliasco
TVDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
MovieJohann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II
2001
as Faust
MovieJohann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I
2001
as Faust
MovieThe End of an Eternity
2000
as Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBread and Tulips
2000
as Fernando Girasoli
WhoAfraidWolf
2000
Antipasti Umbro
2000
You Can't Go Home Again
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self
MovieEternity and a Day
1998
as Alexandros
MovieGegen Ende der Nacht
1998
as Fehleisen
MovieSt. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
as Narrator (German voice)
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
MovieDeadly Silence
1997
as Hans Plache
MovieSaint-Ex
1996
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
MovieLumière & Company
1995
as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
MovieIl Grande Fausto
1995
as Biagio Cavanna
MovieDiario senza date
1995
MovieFaraway, So Close!
1993
as Damiel
MovieThe Absence
1993
as Player
MovieNight on Fire
1992
as Peter Keller
MovieThe Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as J.P.
MoviePrague
1992
as Josef
MovieLe Quatuor des possibles
1992
as Narrateur
MovieEspecially on Sunday
1991
as Vittorio
TVBoulevard Bio
1991
as Self
MovieChildren of Nature
1991
as Engill
Success
1991
as Jacques Tüverlin
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
1991
as Tassilo
MovieThe Architecture of Doom
1989
as German narrator (voice)
MovieStrapless
1989
as Raymond Forbes
MovieBankomatt
1989
as Bruno
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Crusius
MovieLove of a Woman
1988
as Franco Bassani
MovieThe Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Ezra Pound
MovieWings of Desire
1987
as Damiel
TVFathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
as Heinrich Beck
MovieThomas Bernhard – Ein Widerspruch. »Die Ursache bin ich selbst«
1986
as Narrator
MovieEl río de oro
1986
as Peter
MoviePrivate Resistance
1985
as Gustav
MovieHands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
TVScreen Two
1985
as Josef
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MovieClosed Circuit
1983
as Faber
Killer aus Florida
1983
MovieIn the White City
1983
as Paul
Logik des Gefühls
1982
MovieWar and Peace
1982
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
1982
as Self
MovieBefore Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
MovieCircle of Deceit
1981
as Georg Laschen
MovieLady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Perregaux
TVLa Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
1981
as Count Perregaux
MovieLa provinciale
1981
as Rémy Muller
MovieThe Inventor
1980
as Jakob Nüssli
MoviePolenta
1980
Movie5% de risque
1980
as David
MovieLost and Found
1980
as Werner
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Nosferatu'
1979
as Self
MovieReturn to the Beloved
1979
as Dr. Stephan Kern
MovieNosferatu the Vampyre
1979
as Jonathan Harker
MovieKnife in the Head
1978
as Hoffmann
MovieBlack and White Like Day and Night
1978
as Thomas Rosemund
MovieThe Boys from Brazil
1978
as Professor Bruckner
MovieThe Left-Handed Woman
1978
as Bruno
MovieThe American Friend
1977
as Jonathan Zimmermann
MovieThe Wild Duck
1976
as Gregers Werle
MovieThe Marquise of O
1976
as Der Graf
MovieLumière
1976
as Heinrich Grun
MovieSummer Guests
1976
as Jakov Shalimov
Die Bakchen
1974
as Pentheus
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1973
as Prinz Friedrich Arthur von Homburg
The Ignoramus and the Madman
1972
Die Mutter
1971
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Bombadil
Eine große Familie
1970
as Heinz Hallasch
Torquato Tasso
1969
as Torquato Tasso
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
as George Garga
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
as Ulrich Braeker
MovieThe Soft Course
1967
as Bernhard Krahl
Die Unberatenen
1966
Frühlings Erwachen
1966
as Moritz Stiefel
Der Spaßvogel
1964
as Johnny
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
TVZur Person
1963
as Self
Chikita
1962
as Jazzfan
MovieA Roof Over Your Head
1962
as Fred Weber
MovieDer Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
1960
as Kammerdiener
German Film Award
1951
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self
