Maximilian Schell
Born
1930-12-08
Place of birth
Vienna, Austria
Died
2014-02-01
Biography
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his family fled to Switzerland in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zürich. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting and directing full-time. Schell won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing a lawyer in the legal drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). He was Oscar-nominated for playing a character with multiple identities in The Man in the ...
Known for
Deep Impact
Jason Lerner
Vampires
Cardinal Alba
Judgment at Nuremberg
Hans Rolfe
A Bridge Too Far
General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
The Brothers Bloom
Diamond Dog
The Black Hole
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Cross of Iron
Hauptmann Stransky
The Freshman
Larry London
Little Odessa
Arkady Shapira
Topkapi
Walter Harper
The Odessa File
Eduard Roschmann
Julia
Johann
The Young Lions
Capt. Hardenberg
The Deadly Affair
Dieter Frey
The Oscars
Self