Peter Fitz

Peter Fitz
Born	(1931-08-08)8 August 1931 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Died	10 January 2013(2013-01-10) (aged 81) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2012

Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor.

Biography

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 One More Kiss and He's Dead!. 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 is the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). He is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Die Brüder	Dr. Hoffmann
1977	Heinrich
1978	Zwischen zwei Kriegen	Ingenieur
1981	The Man in Pyjamas	Harry Lachmann
1982	Who's Crazy, Doc?	Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
1984	Der Mord mit der Schere
1987	Au revoir les enfants	Dr. Müller
1987	Dragon Chow	Guest in the Chinese Restaurant
1988	The Case of Mr. Spalt	The Director
1988	Blinde Leidenschaft
1990	Dr. M	Veidt
1990	All Out	Schnyder
1991	Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue	von Sell
1992	All Lies	Rudolf Portmann
1993	Just a Matter of Duty	Anwalt
1993	Me and Christine	Hotte
1995	Die Knickerbocker-Bande: Das sprechende Grab	Erik (Direktor)
1995	Flerte	Doctor
1995	Wo ist Erkan Deriduk
1996	One More Kiss and He's Dead!	Reinhold Schünzel
1996	Conversation with the Beast	Dr. Segebrecht
1997	14 Days to Life	Director
1998	23	Brückner
1999	Moloch	Adolf Hitler	Voice
2000	Werckmeister Harmonies	György Eszter
2001	Planet der Kannibalen	Professor Dr. Dr. Best
2003	September	Isidor Krantz
2003	Hamlet_X	Claudius #2
2004	Soundless	Martin Hinrich
2004	Zwölf Stühle	Narrator	Voice
2004	Laura's Star	Mond	Voice, Animated film
2007	Töredék
2007	Weisse Lilien	Ludwig von Auerbach
2008	Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!	Kalust

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982-1985	Schwarz Rot Gold		2 episodes
1984	The Wannsee Conference	Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart	TV movie
1988-1997	Tatort	Professor Luiz Santos / Jahnke / Branch manager Steinhoff	3 episodes
1998	Polizeiruf 110	Herbert Krolikowski	1 episode
1999	Tatort	Norbert's father	1 episode
2001	Rosmersholm	Rektor Kroll	TV movie
2004	Wilsberg	Kurt Vosswinkel	1 episode
2004	Die Konferenz	Dr. Roman Branzger	TV movie
2006	Bella Block	Pastor Justus Bauernfeind	1 episode
2011	Ein Sommer in Paris	Rocher / Günter	TV movie

Awards and recognition

• 1980, 1983: Actor of the Year, Theater heute magazine
• 1996: Nominated for German Film Award for One More Kiss and He's Dead
• 2001: Nestroy Theatre Prize for best supporting role in Rosmersholm
• 2005: Hessian TV Award as an ensemble member of the film Die Konferenz

External links

• Peter Fitz at IMDb