Peter Fitz
88 movies · 37 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 8, 1931
- Died
- Jan 10, 2013 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
Biography
Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor.
Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber.
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In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine.
Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work.
Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016.
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Known for
Peter Fitz: movies and TV shows
Acting (125)
- 2011 Ein Sommer in Paris
as Rocher aka Günter Steiner
- 2011 Der Kardinal
as Kardinal József Mindszenty
- 2009 Bis an die Grenze
as Anton Huber
- 2009 Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
as Dr. Goerden
- 2008 Silent Resident
as Ludwig von Auerbach
- 2008 Das Glück am Horizont
as Jens Herder
- 2008 Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!
as Galust
- 2008
- 2007 Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
as John O'Hanlon
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Heimweh nach drüben
as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
- 2007 Prater
as Narrator
- 2006 Mörderische Erpressung
as Hermann Jansen
- 2006 Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September
as Harry Severin
- 2006 Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 Die Braut von der Tankstelle
as Jakob
- 2005
- 2005 Die Konferenz
as Dr. Roman Branzger
- 2005 Waves
as Graf von Köhne-Jasky
- 2004 Laura's Star
as Mond (voice)
- 2004 Twelve Chairs
as Narrator
- 2004 Soundless
as Martin Hinrich
- 2003 Liebe zartbitter
as Theo Böhlen
- 2003 September
as Isidor Krantz
- 2003 Hamlet_X
as Claudius 2
- 2003 Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter
as Pater Gregor
- 2003 Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
as Generaladjutant von Borg
- 2003 Der Seerosenteich
as Erich
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001 Planet der Kannibalen
as Professor Dr. Dr. Best
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Werckmeister Harmonies
as György Eszter
- 2001 Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2
as Herr Kranz
- 2000
- 1999 Dunckel
as Kommisar Richter
- 1999 Die Mörderin
as Margas Vater
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 23
as Brückner
- 1998 Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!
as Bernie Schwarz
- 1998 Black Sun
as Narrator
- 1998 Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher
as Adrian Philipp
- 1998
- 1997 Blutige Scheidung
as Georg
- 1997
- 1997 Null Risiko und reich
as Starnberg
- 1997 Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit
as Pater Ignatius
- 1997 14 Days to Life
as Direktor
- 1997 Conversation with the Beast
as Dr. Segebrecht
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Champagner und Kamillentee
as Jürgen Flohse
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 Flirt
as Doctor
- 1996
- 1996 Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder
as Reinhold Schünzel
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995 Die Grube
as August Haefner
- 1995 Zu treuen Händen
as Generalstaatsanwalt
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Ich und Christine
as Hotte
- 1993 The Denunciation
as Anwalt
- 1992
- 1992 Everything's a Lie
as Rudolf Portmann
- 1991 Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?
as von Sell
- 1991 All Out
as Schnyder
- 1991 Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
as Kommissar Arendt
- 1990 Dr. M
as Veidt
- 1990 Wilhelm Tell
as Werner Stauffacher
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988 The Case of Mr. Spalt
as Der Regisseur
- 1988 Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit
as Weyler
- 1987 Au Revoir les Enfants
as Muller
- 1987 Dragon Chow
as Gast
- 1987
- 1986 Betrogene Liebe
as Fritz
- 1986 Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod
as Anton Webern
- 1984 The Wannsee Conference
as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
- 1984 Wundkanal
as Voice
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 The Oppermanns
as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
- 1982
- 1982 Der Auslöser
as Piet Kuhn
- 1982 Faust
as Mephistopheles
- 1981 Der Mann im Pyjama
as Herr Lachmann
- 1981 Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979 Trilogie des Wiedersehens
as Moritz
- 1978
- 1978 The Indecent Profit
as Bernd
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 The Brothers
as Dr. Hoffmann
- 1974 Die Bakchen
as Cadmus
- 1974 Lohn und Liebe
as Betriebsarzt
- 1973 Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Rittmeister von der Golz
- 1972 Der Held
as Beutelmann
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 Stückgut
as Pfarrer
- 1970 Scene of the Crime · TV
as Professor Santos / Jahnke / Filialleiter Steinhoff / Norbert's Father · 4 episodes
- 1967 Mike Blaubart
as Geschäftsführer
- 1962 Bluthochzeit
as Lumberjack
- 1960 Ein Fingerhut voll Mut
as Freddie
- 1954 Zwei oder drei Ehen
as Junger Bräutigam
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode