Biography
Ignaz Kirchner (born Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs; 13 July 1946 – 26 September 2018) was a German actor who made a career on German-speaking stages, especially at Vienna's Burgtheater where he played for 30 years. A character actor, he worked with leading stage directors. He often played opposite Gert Voss, both in classical drama such as Shakespeare's Antonio, with Voss as Shylock, and as Jago, with Voss as Othello, and especially in black comedies, such as Goldberg in Tabori's Die Goldberg-Variationen (with Voss as Mr. Jay), and in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, Beckett's Endspiel and Genet's Die Zofen. Kirchner and Voss were named Schauspielerpaar des Jahres twice, in 1992 and 1998.
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Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Victor Semlitsch
Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! (2009)
Movie
Mr. Miller
Kabale und Liebe (2005)
Movie
Hauptfeldwebel Futterknecht
NVA (2005)
Movie
Richard - sein Diener
Elisabeth II. (2003)
Movie
Actor
Die Wasserfälle von Slunj (2002)
Movie
Onkel Heinz
Sun Alley (1999)
Movie
Murrmann
Männerpension (1996)
Movie
Hjalmar Ekdal
Die Wildente (1994)
Movie
Rudolf
Hanna Monster, Darling (1989)
Movie
Othello
Hauptsache: Leben.. (1983)
Movie
Lohberg - Zigarettenhändler
Esch oder Die Anarchie (1979)
Movie
Die Brüder (1977)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.01
Based on 11.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1977
1989
1999
2005
2009
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-07-13
Deathday2018-09-26 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceWuppertal, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Honour, Kainz Medal
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