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Klaus Maria Brandauer Biography (1944-)

Born Klaus Maria Steng, June 22, 1944, in Altaussee, Austria; son of Georg Stenj (a civil servant) and Maria Brandauer; married Karin Mueller (a film andtelevision director and screenwriter), 1963; children: Christian. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, London, England.

Nationality

Austrian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, screenwriter

Birth Details

June 22, 1944

Altaussee, Austria

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Also appeared as title role, Jedermann, Burgtheatre, Salzburg Festival, Salzburg; as Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Petrucchio, The Tamingof the Shrew, in Don Carlos and Tartuffe, all Burgtheatre,Vienna.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Johann Kronsteiner, The Salzburg Connection (also known as Top Secret), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• Hendrik Hofgen, Mephisto, Analysis Films, 1982
• Oktoberi vasarnap, 1979
• Ein Sonntag im Oktober, 1979
• Emilio Largo, Never Say Never Again, Warner Bros., 1983
• German officer, Detsky sad (also known as Detskij Sad), 1983
• Captain Miller, The Lightship (also known as Killers at Sea), Castle Hill, 1985
• Alfred Redl, Obserst Redl (also known as Colonel Redl and Redl ezrede), Orion Classics, 1985
• Bror Von Blixen-Finecke/Hans Von Blixen-Finecke, Out of Africa, Universal, 1985
• The Kindergarten, International Film Exchange, 1986
• Alek Neuman, Streets of Gold, Universal, 1987
• Klaus Schneider/Erik Jan Hanussen, Hanussen, 1987
• The baron, Burning Secret, 1988
• Benjamin Lenz, Das Spinnennetz (also known as Spider's Web), 1989
• Elser, Georg Elser--Einer aus Deutschland (also known as GeorgElser and Seven Minutes), 1989
• Georges Danton, La Revolution francaise (also known as The French Revolution), 1989
• Dante, The Russia House, 1990
• Henri Gauthier-Villars, Becoming Colette (also known as Colette), 1991
• Alex, White Fang, 1991
• Voice of Pascal/Claudandus, Felidae, 1994
• Cipolla, Mario und der Zauberer (also known as Mario and the Magician), 1994
• Title role, Rembrandt, Pyramide, 1999
• Klaus Maria Brandauer: Speer in London, Pinter & Martin, Ltd.,1999
• Orlov, Dykaren (also known as Baltic Sea, The Diver,and Salvation), 2000
• Vladimir Lenin, Vera, nadezhda, krov' (also known as Belief, Hope and Blood), 2000
• Julius Ceasar, Druids (also known as Vercingetorix and Vercingetorix, la legende du druide roi), 2000
• Film Director
• Georg Elser--Einer aus Deutschland (also known as Georg Elser and Seven Minutes), 1989
• Mario und der Zauberer (also known as Mario and the Magician), 1994
• Die Wand, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Was Ihr wollt, 1973
• Petruccio, Der Widerspenstigen Zahmung, 1974
• Prinz Leonce, Leonce und Lena, 1975
• Das Konzert, 1975
• Kabale und Liebe, 1976
• Darf ich mitspielen?, 1976
• Die Babenberger in Osterreich, 1976
• Die Braute des Kurt Roidl, 1978
• Georg von Wergenthin, Der Weg ins Freie, 1983
• Der Snob, 1984
• Emperor Nero, Quo Vadis?, 1985
• King Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, PAX-TV, 1998
• Speer, 1998
• Otto Preminger, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, HBO, 1999
• Episodic
• "Pfandhaus," Derrick, 1975
• Television Director
• Movies
• Speer, 1998
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Schoenberg: Gurrelieder, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc., 1996
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Mario und der Zauberer (also known as Mario and the Magician), 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• The Observer, February 28, 1999, p. 25.