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Bruno Ganz

1941 - 2019

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Bruno Ganz (Swiss Standard German: [ˈbruːnoː ˈɡants] ; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos and Wim Wenders, earning widespread recognition with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (1977), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Damiel the Angel in Wings of Desire (1987). Ganz received renewed international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004). He also had roles in several English-language films, including The Boys from Brazil (1978), Strapless (1989), The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992), Luther (2003), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Reader (2008), Unknown (2011), The Counselor (2013) and Remember (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno Ganz is the 164th most popular actor (down from 133rd in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Actor.

Bruno Ganz is most famous for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bruno Ganz ranks 164 out of 13,578. Before him are Joe Pesci, Aishwarya Rai, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gloria Stuart, Dianne Wiest, and Ben Kingsley. After him are Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Irons, Geraldine Chaplin, and Jet Li.

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Among people born in 1941, Bruno Ganz ranks 19. Before him are Lee Myung-bak, Fethullah Gülen, Robert Forster, Richard Dawkins, Bernie Sanders, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After him are George Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Martha Argerich, Harry Nilsson, Václav Klaus, and Faye Dunaway. Among people deceased in 2019, Bruno Ganz ranks 13. Before him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Robert Mugabe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, and Rutger Hauer. After him are Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, Frank Lucas, Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bruno Ganz ranks 29 out of 1,015. Before him are Albert I of Germany (1255), Johanna Spyri (1827), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), and Conrad Gessner (1516). After him are Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Joan Gamper (1877), and Carlo Maderno (1556).

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Among ACTORS In Switzerland

Among actors born in Switzerland, Bruno Ganz ranks 1. After him are Ursula Andress (1936), Emil Jannings (1884), Marthe Keller (1945), Mario Adorf (1930), Michel Simon (1895), Vincent Perez (1964), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Kate Burton (1957), Kat Graham (1989), Daniel Bernhardt (1965), and Sofia Milos (1969).

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