Bruno Ganz

1941–2019 · Swiss actor

Bruno Ganz 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).

Bruno Ganz, in order

1. 1967 The Smooth Career: acted · directed by Haro Senft
2. 1976 Die Wildente: acted · directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer
3. 1976 Lumière: acted · directed by Jeanne Moreau
4. 1976 The Marquise of O: acted · directed by Éric Rohmer
5. 1977 The American Friend: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 87%, audiences 80%
6. 1977 The Left-Handed Woman: acted · directed by Peter Handke
7. 1978 Knife in the Head: acted · directed by Reinhard Hauff
8. 1978 Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte: acted · directed by Wolfgang Petersen
9. 1978 The Boys from Brazil: acted · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
10. 1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre: acted · directed by Werner Herzog
11. 1979 Return to the Beloved: acted · directed by Jean-François Adam
12. 1980 5% de risque: acted · directed by Jean Pourtalé
13. 1980 La provinciale: acted · directed by Claude Goretta
14. 1980 Oggetti smarriti: acted · directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci
15. 1980 The Inventor: acted · directed by Kurt Gloor
16. 1981 Circle of Deceit: acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
17. 1981 Hands Up!: acted · directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
18. 1981 The Lady of the Camellias: acted · directed by Mauro Bolognini
19. 1982 In the White City: acted · directed by Alain Tanner
20. 1982 Polenta: acted · directed by Maya Simon
21. 1983 Closed Circuit: acted · directed by Rudolf Thome
22. 1985 Private Resistance: acted · directed by Dimitri Frenkel Frank
23. 1986 Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy (TV movie): acted · directed by Bernhard Sinkel
24. 1987 Wings of Desire: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max
25. 1988 Un Amore di Gide: acted · directed by Nelo Risi
26. 1989 Bankomatt: acted · directed by Villi Hermann
27. 1989 Strapless: acted · directed by David Hare
28. 1991 Children of Nature: acted · directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
29. 1991 Especially on Sunday: acted · directed by Francesco Barilli and Giuseppe Bertolucci
30. 1991 Success: acted · directed by Franz Seitz Jr.
31. 1992 Prague: acted · directed by Ian Sellar
32. 1992 The Absence: acted · directed by Peter Handke
33. 1992 The Last Days of Chez Nous: acted · directed by Gillian Armstrong
34. 1993 Faraway, So Close!: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 54%, audiences 87%
35. 1993 Night on Fire: acted · directed by Markus Fischer
36. 1995 Lumière and Company: acted · directed by Abbas Kiarostami and Alain Corneau · critics 100%, audiences 77%
37. 1996 Saint-Ex: acted · directed by Anand Tucker · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
38. 1996 Tatort: Schattenwelt (TV movie): acted · directed by Josef Rödl
39. 1998 Eternity and a Day: acted · directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos
40. 2000 Bread and Tulips: acted · directed by Silvio Soldini
41. 2000 WhoAfraidWolf: acted · directed by Clemens Klopfenstein
42. 2002 Epstein's Night: acted · directed by Urs Egger
43. 2002 The Power of the Past: acted · directed by Piergiorgio Gay
44. 2003 Luther: acted · directed by Eric Till and Hans Kyser
45. 2004 Downfall: acted · directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel · critics 90%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
46. 2004 The Manchurian Candidate: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 79%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
47. 2005 Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (TV movie): acted · directed by Jeff Bleckner
48. 2006 Baruto no Gakuen: acted · directed by Masanobu Deme
49. 2006 Vitus: acted · directed by Fredi M. Murer
50. 2007 One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years: acted · directed by Marcel Wehn · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV
51. 2007 Youth Without Youth: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
52. 2008 The Baader Meinhof Complex: acted · directed by Uli Edel
53. 2008 The Dust of Time: acted · directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos
54. 2008 The Reader: acted · directed by Stephen Daldry
55. 2009 Julia's Disappearance: acted · directed by Christoph Schaub
56. 2010 Colors in the Dark: acted · directed by Sophie Heldman
57. 2010 The Day of the Cat: acted · directed by Wolfgang Panzer
58. 2010 The End Is My Beginning: acted · directed by Jo Baier
59. 2011 Sport de filles: acted · directed by Patricia Mazuy
60. 2011 Unknown: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · critics 56%, audiences 55%
61. 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen: acted · directed by György Pálfi
62. 2013 Michael Kohlhaas: acted · directed by Arnaud des Pallières
63. 2013 Night Train to Lisbon: acted · directed by Bille August · critics 41%, audiences 61% · streaming on Prime Video, Plex, Prime Video (free)
64. 2013 The Counselor: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 34%, audiences 24% · streaming on Hulu
65. 2014 Dancing Arabs - A Borrowed Identity: acted · directed by Eran Riklis
66. 2014 In Order of Disappearance: acted · directed by Hans Petter Moland
67. 2015 Amnesia: acted · directed by Barbet Schroeder
68. 2015 Heidi: acted · directed by Alain Gsponer
69. 2015 Remember: acted · directed by Atom Egoyan · critics 68%, audiences 79% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
70. 2016 A Jew Must Die: acted · directed by Jacob Berger
71. 2017 In Times of Fading Light: acted · directed by Matti Geschonneck
72. 2017 The Party: acted · directed by Sally Potter
73. 2018 The House That Jack Built: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
74. 2018 The Tobacconist: acted · directed by Nikolaus Leytner
75. 2019 A Hidden Life: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
76. 2019 Winter Journey: acted · directed by Anders Østergaard and Erzsébet Rácz