Portrait of Bruno Ganz

Acting

Bruno Ganz

Career

Active from 1960 to 2020, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
83
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heidi
Heidi
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bruno Ganz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Character Study 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Psychological Depth 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Italian Cinema 3
  • Meta-Narrative 3
  • European Cinema 3
  • Atmospheric Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Films to Die For
Films to Die For (2025)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl
Who the F... is Roger Rossmeisl (2020)

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

27 titles · average score 63
Winter Journey
Winter Journey (2019)

as George Goldsmith

The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

as Verge

Fortuna
Fortuna (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Brother Jean

The Tobacconist
The Tobacconist (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sigmund Freud

In Times of Fading Light
In Times of Fading Light (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

as Wilhelm Powileit

Heidi
Heidi (2015)
GoodWatch score 87

as Alpöhi

Remember
Remember (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Rudy Kurlander #1

Amnesia
Amnesia (2015)
GoodWatch score 54

as Bruno

In Order of Disappearance
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Papa

The Counselor
The Counselor (2013)
GoodWatch score 43

as Diamond Dealer

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

as (archive footage)

Unknown
Unknown (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ernst Jürgen

2000s

20 titles · average score 65
The Reader
The Reader (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Professor Rohl

The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jacob

Copacabana
Copacabana (2008)

as Herbert Schubert

Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

as Professor Stanciulescu

Vitus
Vitus (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Grandfather

The Ode to Joy
The Ode to Joy (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kurt Heinrich

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Downfall
Downfall (2004)
GoodWatch score 85

as Adolf Hitler

The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
GoodWatch score 71

as Delp

Luther
Luther (2003)
GoodWatch score 55

as Johann von Staupitz

Epsteins Nacht
Epsteins Nacht (2002)

as Adam Rose

Bread and Tulips
Bread and Tulips (2000)
GoodWatch score 69

as Fernando Girasoli

1990s

18 titles · average score 70
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day (1998)
GoodWatch score 86

as Alexandros

Deadly Silence
Deadly Silence (1997)

as Hans Plache

Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex (1996)
GoodWatch score 47

as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company (1995)
GoodWatch score 84

as Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

Faraway, So Close!
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
GoodWatch score 65

as Damiel

The Absence
The Absence (1993)

as Player

The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
GoodWatch score 76

as J.P.

Prague
Prague (1992)

as Josef

Night on Fire
Night on Fire (1992)

as Peter Keller

Especially on Sunday
Especially on Sunday (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Vittorio

Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991)

TV show · as Tassilo

Success
Success (1991)

as Jacques Tüverlin

1980s

22 titles · average score 68
The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom (1989)
GoodWatch score 78

as German narrator (voice)

Bankomatt
Bankomatt (1989)

as Bruno

Strapless
Strapless (1989)
GoodWatch score 43

as Raymond Forbes

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)

as Ezra Pound

Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire (1987)
GoodWatch score 84

as Damiel

El río de oro
El río de oro (1986)

as Peter

Private Resistance
Private Resistance (1985)
GoodWatch score 66

as Gustav

In the White City
In the White City (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

as Paul

Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit (1981)
GoodWatch score 84

as Georg Laschen

Lady of the Camelias
Lady of the Camelias (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

as Count Perregaux

La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie
La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie (1981)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Count Perregaux

La provinciale
La provinciale (1981)
GoodWatch score 61

as Rémy Muller

1970s

15 titles · average score 69
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

as Jonathan Harker

Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dr. Stephan Kern

The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman (1978)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bruno

Black and White Like Day and Night
Black and White Like Day and Night (1978)

as Thomas Rosemund

Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head (1978)
GoodWatch score 81

as Hoffmann

The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
GoodWatch score 62

as Professor Bruckner

The American Friend
The American Friend (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jonathan Zimmermann

The Marquise of O
The Marquise of O (1976)
GoodWatch score 67

as Der Graf

Summer Guests
Summer Guests (1976)

as Jakov Shalimov

The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck (1976)

as Gregers Werle

Lumière
Lumière (1976)
GoodWatch score 62

as Heinrich Grun

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Bombadil

1960s

9 titles
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso (1969)

as Torquato Tasso

Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968)

as Ulrich Braeker

Im Dickicht der Städte
Im Dickicht der Städte (1968)

as George Garga

The Soft Course
The Soft Course (1967)

as Bernhard Krahl

Frühlings Erwachen
Frühlings Erwachen (1966)

as Moritz Stiefel

Der Spaßvogel
Der Spaßvogel (1964)

as Johnny

A Roof Over Your Head
A Roof Over Your Head (1962)

as Fred Weber

Chikita
Chikita (1962)

as Jazzfan

Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960)

as Kammerdiener