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.

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Known For

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Au Revoir les Enfants

Conversation with the Beast

Soundless

Werckmeister Harmonies

Laura's Star

Fragment

Dr. M

The Wannsee Conference

Silent Resident

Filmography

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 Die Anwälte

as Herr Scherer

2007 Die Blüten der Sehnsucht

as John O'Hanlon

2007 Fragment

2007 Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette

as Dr.Kessler

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 Kanzleramt

as Dr. Friedrich Goerne

2005 Die Konferenz

as Dr. Roman Branzger

2005 Waves

as Graf von Köhne-Jasky