Bruno Ganz

Before taking his Matura exams (in Switzerland, the general qualification for university entrance), Ganz had decided to become an actor. In 1960, aged 19, he played his first movie role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone ("The Man in the Black Derby"). Gustav Knuth, one of the main actors, believed in Ganz's qualification as an actor.

Related Topics:
Matura - Switzerland - 1960 - Gustav Knuth

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Bruno Ganz is a member of the ensemble of the Berliner Schaubühne. In 1972 he made his debut at the Salzburger Festspiele under Claus Peymann as director in the first performances of Thomas Bernhard's Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige.

Related Topics:
Berliner Schaubühne - 1972 - Salzburger Festspiele - Claus Peymann - Thomas Bernhard

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He played Karl Liebknecht in the film Rosa Luxemburg in the late 1980s.

Related Topics:
Karl Liebknecht - Rosa Luxemburg

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In 1990-1991 Ganz voiced two characters in the German radio adaptation of Douglas Adams's novel Life, the Universe and Everything (Judiciary Pag and Prak), produced by Südwestfunk (now Südwestrundfunk) and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Related Topics:
Douglas Adams - Life, the Universe and Everything - Südwestrundfunk - Bayerischer Rundfunk

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In 2000 Ganz played the star role in Peter Stein's 13-hour performance of Goethe's Faust I and Faust II.

Related Topics:
2000 - Peter Stein - Goethe - Faust I - Faust II

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In 2004 he was the first German-speaking actor to play Adolf Hitler, in a main role in Bernd Eichinger's picture Der Untergang (The downfall). Before this picture, in German films Hitler was played in only very short scenes or from behind.

Related Topics:
2004 - Adolf Hitler - Bernd Eichinger - Der Untergang

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Bruno Ganz lives separated from his wife, and has a son named Daniel. He lives in his hometown Zürich, and also in Venice and Berlin.

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