Peter Fitz
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-08-08
Day of Death
2013-01-10 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Kaiserslautern, Germany
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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Acting
(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
(2007)
Prater
as Narrator
(2007)
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
as John O'Hanlon
(2007)
(2007)
Heimweh nach drüben
as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
(2006)
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
Mörderische Erpressung
as Hermann Jansen
(2006)
Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September
as Harry Severin
(2005)
Waves
as Graf von Köhne-Jasky
(2005)
Die Braut von der Tankstelle
as Jakob
(2005)
Die Konferenz
as Dr. Roman Branzger
(2004)
Laura's Star
as Mond (voice)
(2004)
Soundless
as Martin Hinrich
(2004)
Twelve Chairs
as Narrator
(2003)
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
as Generaladjutant von Borg
(2003)
Liebe zartbitter
as Theo Böhlen
(2003)
September
as Isidor Krantz
(2003)
Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter
as Pater Gregor
(2003)
Der Seerosenteich
as Erich
(2003)
Hamlet_X
as Claudius 2
(2001)
Werckmeister Harmonies
as György Eszter
(2001)
Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2
as Herr Kranz
(2001)
Planet der Kannibalen
as Professor Dr. Dr. Best
(1999)
Dunckel
as Kommisar Richter
(1999)
Die Mörderin
as Margas Vater
(1998)
23
as Brückner
(1998)
Black Sun
as Narrator
(1998)
Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!
as Bernie Schwarz
(1998)
Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher
as Adrian Philipp
(1997)
14 Days to Life
as Direktor
(1997)
Champagner und Kamillentee
as Jürgen Flohse
(1997)
Null Risiko und reich
as Starnberg
(1997)
Conversation with the Beast
as Dr. Segebrecht
(1997)
Blutige Scheidung
as Georg
(1997)
Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit
as Pater Ignatius
(1996)
Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder
as Reinhold Schünzel
(1996)
(1996)
(1996)
(1995)
Flirt
as Doctor
(1995)
Zu treuen Händen
as Generalstaatsanwalt
(1995)
Die Grube
as August Haefner
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
The Denunciation
as Anwalt
(1993)
Ich und Christine
as Hotte
(1992)
Everything's a Lie
as Rudolf Portmann
(1991)
All Out
as Schnyder
(1991)
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?
as von Sell
(1991)
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
as Kommissar Arendt
(1990)
Dr. M
as Veidt
(1990)
Wilhelm Tell
as Werner Stauffacher
(1988)
Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit
as Weyler
(1988)
The Case of Mr. Spalt
as Der Regisseur
(1987)
Au Revoir les Enfants
as Muller
(1987)
Dragon Chow
as Gast
(1986)
Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod
as Anton Webern
(1986)
Betrogene Liebe
as Fritz
(1984)
Wundkanal
as Voice
(1984)
The Wannsee Conference
as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
(1984)
(1983)
The Oppermanns
as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
(1982)
Der Auslöser
as Piet Kuhn
(1982)
Faust
as Mephistopheles
(1981)
Der Mann im Pyjama
as Herr Lachmann
(1981)
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
(1980)
(1979)
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
as Moritz
(1978)
The Indecent Profit
as Bernd
(1978)
(1977)
The Brothers
as Dr. Hoffmann
(1977)
(1974)
Die Bakchen
as Cadmus
(1974)
Wages and Love
as Betriebsarzt
(1973)
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Rittmeister von der Golz
(1972)
Der Held
as Beutelmann
(1971)
(1970)
Stückgut
as Pfarrer
(1967)
Mike Blaubart
as Geschäftsführer
(1962)
Bluthochzeit
as Lumberjack
(1960)
Ein Fingerhut voll Mut
as Freddie
(1954)
Zwei oder drei Ehen
as Junger Bräutigam