Peter Fitz
Acting
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.
Born: August 8, 1931
Place of Birth: Kaiserslautern, Germany
Known For
Filmography
as Rocher aka Günter Steiner
as Dr. Goerden
as Ludwig von Auerbach
as Jens Herder
as Galust
as Herr Scherer
as John O'Hanlon
as Dr.Kessler
as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
as Narrator
as Hermann Jansen
as Harry Severin
as Narrator (voice)
as Jakob
as Dr. Friedrich Goerne
as Graf von Köhne-Jasky
as Mond (voice)
as Narrator
as Martin Hinrich
as Theo Böhlen
as Claudius 2
as Generaladjutant von Borg
as Erich
as Roland Daarling
as Professor Dr. Dr. Best
as György Eszter
as Conte Orazio Falier
as Kommisar Richter
as Margas Vater
as Karl-Heinz 'Der Aap' Arpers
as Brückner
as Bernie Schwarz
as Narrator
as Karl Riemeister
as Pater Ignatius
as Direktor
as Dr. Segebrecht
as Marcel Moureau
as Philipp Baldinger
as Reinhold Schünzel
as Doctor
as Kurt Vosswinkel
as Matzner
as Ulis Vater
as Pastor Justus Bauernfeind
as Bleichert
as Hotte
as Karl Gebeler
as Rudolf Portmann
as von Sell
as Schnyder
as Veidt
as Der Regisseur
as Muller
as Gast
as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
as Voice
as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
as Schmidt
as Schmitz
as Herr Lachmann
as Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
as Thomas Schuster
as Karl März
as Bruder Emanuel
as Dr. Hoffmann
as Herbert Krolikowski
as Professor Santos
as Jahnke
as Filialleiter Steinhoff
as Norbert's Father