Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 08, 1931
Died
Jan 10, 2013
Place of Birth
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Credits
126 titles
Peter Fitz
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. 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. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Ein Sommer in Paris
Rocher aka Günter Steiner
Der Kardinal
Kardinal József Mindszenty
Bis an die Grenze
Anton Huber
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
Dr. Goerden
Silent Resident
Ludwig von Auerbach
Das Glück am Horizont
Jens Herder
Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!
Galust
Die Anwälte
Herr Scherer
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
John O'Hanlon
Fragment
Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
Dr.Kessler
Heimweh nach drüben
CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
Prater
Narrator
Mörderische Erpressung
Hermann Jansen
Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September
Harry Severin
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
Narrator (voice)
Die Braut von der Tankstelle
Jakob
Kanzleramt
Dr. Friedrich Goerne
Die Konferenz
Dr. Roman Branzger
Waves
Graf von Köhne-Jasky
Laura's Star
Mond (voice)
Twelve Chairs
Narrator
Soundless
Martin Hinrich
Liebe zartbitter
Theo Böhlen
September
Isidor Krantz
Hamlet_X
Claudius 2
Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter
Pater Gregor
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
Generaladjutant von Borg
Der Seerosenteich
Erich
Der Seerosenteich
Erich
Edel & Starck
Roland Daarling
Planet der Kannibalen
Professor Dr. Dr. Best
Die Kumpel
Prof. Albrecht Weisenbach
Der Ermittler
Arthur Fleckenstein
Bronski und Bernstein
Dr. Alexander Bernstein
Werckmeister Harmonies
György Eszter
Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2
Herr Kranz
Donna Leon
Conte Orazio Falier
Dunckel
Kommisar Richter
Die Mörderin
Margas Vater
SK Kölsch
Karl-Heinz 'Der Aap' Arpers
The Shop
23
Brückner
Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!
Bernie Schwarz
Black Sun
Narrator
Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher
Adrian Philipp
Der letzte Zeuge
Karl Riemeister
Blutige Scheidung
Georg
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
Norbert Naber
Null Risiko und reich
Starnberg