About
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...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
SOKO MünchenSeries • 1978
Polizeiruf 110Series • 1971
A Case For TwoSeries • 1981
Inspector RexSeries • 1994
WilsbergSeries • 1995
Wolffs RevierSeries • 1992
Schlosshotel OrthSeries • 1996
SK KölschSeries • 1999
Der letzte ZeugeSeries • 1998
Bella BlockSeries • 1993
Donna LeonSeries • 2000
Peter StrohmSeries • 1989
Edel & StarckSeries • 2002
Au Revoir les EnfantsMovie • 1987
FlirtMovie • 1996
Werckmeister HarmoniesMovie • 2001
Laura's StarMovie • 2004
SoundlessMovie • 2004
23Movie • 1998
The Wannsee ConferenceMovie • 1984