ACTOR

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 Oscar-nominated film Downfall (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruno Ganz has received more than 3,099,761 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Bruno Ganz is the 133rd most popular actor (up from 136th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Actor.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bruno Ganz ranks 133 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Forster, Joe Pesci, Lee Van Cleef, Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest, and Salman Khan. After him are Donald Sutherland, Irene Papas, Gary Cooper, Gene Hackman, Ben Kingsley, and Pierce Brosnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Bruno Ganz ranks 15. Before him are Bernardo Bertolucci, Cesária Évora, Václav Klaus, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Robert Forster, and Plácido Domingo. After him are Richard Dawkins, Lee Myung-bak, Martha Argerich, Fethullah Gülen, Mahmoud Darwish, and Franco Nero. Among people deceased in 2019, Bruno Ganz ranks 10. Before him are Niki Lauda, Agnès Varda, Robert Mugabe, Jeffrey Epstein, Rutger Hauer, and Robert Forster. After him are Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mohamed Morsi, Nuon Chea, Peter Fonda, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and Karel Gott.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bruno Ganz ranks 24 out of 1,015. Before him are Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861), Johann Bernoulli (1667), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Albert Hofmann (1906), Carl Spitteler (1845), and Élie Ducommun (1833). After him are Arnold Böcklin (1827), Conrad Gessner (1516), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Erich von Däniken (1935), and Jacques Necker (1732).

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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), Mario Adorf (1930), Marthe Keller (1945), Michel Simon (1895), Vincent Perez (1964), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Daniel Bernhardt (1965), David Bennent (1966), Sofia Milos (1969), and Lukas Ammann (1912).

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