Maximilian Schell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

148

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-08

Day of death

2014-02-01 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Maximilian Schell

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 Glass Booth (1975) and for playing a man resisting Nazism in Julia (1977). Fluent in both English and German, Schell earned top billing in a number of Nazi-era themed films. He acted in films such as Topkapi (1964), The Deadly Affair (1967), Counterpoint (1968), Simón Bolívar (1969), The Odessa File (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Deep Impact (1998). On television, he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the NBC film Miss Rose White and the HBO television film Stalin (1992), the later of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He also portrayed Otto Frank in the TV film The Diary of Anne Frank (1980), the Russian emperor Peter the Great in the NBC series Peter the Great (1986), Frederick the Great in the British series Young Catherine (1991), and Brother Jean le Maistre in the miniseries Joan of Arc (1999). Schell also performed in a number of stage plays, including a celebrated performance as Prince Hamlet. Schell was an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. His elder sister was the internationally noted actress Maria Schell; he produced the documentary tribute My Sister Maria in 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maximilian Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Markus Lanz

    Markus Lanz

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Johannes B. Kerner Show

    The Johannes B. Kerner Show

  • Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

  • Riverboat

    Riverboat

  • Kölner Treff

    Kölner Treff

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • German Film Award

    German Film Award

  • Kulturzeit

    Kulturzeit

  • Menschen bei Maischberger

    Menschen bei Maischberger

  • The Odessa File

    The Odessa File

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

    alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • End of the Game

    End of the Game

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • On the Wings of Love

    On the Wings of Love

  • The Man in the Glass Booth

    The Man in the Glass Booth

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • House of the Sleeping Beauties

    House of the Sleeping Beauties

  • Heut' abend

    Heut' abend

  • Krakatoa, East of Java

    Krakatoa, East of Java

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • The Girl from Flanders

    The Girl from Flanders

  • Deep Impact

    Deep Impact

  • Return from the Ashes

    Return from the Ashes

  • G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

    G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

  • Die Alpenklinik

    Die Alpenklinik

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Stars in the Ring

    Stars in the Ring

  • Black Flowers

    Black Flowers

  • Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

  • The Castle

    The Castle

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • Simón Bolívar

    Simón Bolívar

  • Cross of Iron

    Cross of Iron

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Fifth Column

    The Fifth Column

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • Why Havel?

    Why Havel?

  • The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

    The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

  • Ripening Youth

    Ripening Youth

  • Telling Lies in America

    Telling Lies in America

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • Gero von Boehm begegnet...

    Gero von Boehm begegnet...

  • Justice

    Justice

  • Heidi

    Heidi

  • Taxichauffeur Bänz

    Taxichauffeur Bänz

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • St. Ives

    St. Ives

  • Avalanche Express

    Avalanche Express

  • The Pedestrian

    The Pedestrian

  • Julia

    Julia

  • Five Finger Exercise

    Five Finger Exercise

  • John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

    John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

  • Children, Mother, and the General

    Children, Mother, and the General

  • The Chosen

    The Chosen

  • The Young Lions

    The Young Lions

  • Players

    Players

  • Vampires

    Vampires

  • Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

    Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

  • Showgeschichten

    Showgeschichten

  • Stalin

    Stalin

  • Lebens-Künstler

    Lebens-Künstler

  • A Far Off Place

    A Far Off Place

  • Marlene

    Marlene

  • Die Liebe eines Priesters

    Die Liebe eines Priesters

  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

    The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

    In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

  • Jedermann Remixed

    Jedermann Remixed

  • Left Luggage

    Left Luggage

  • The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

  • The Brothers Bloom

    The Brothers Bloom

  • Little Odessa

    Little Odessa

  • The Day That Shook the World

    The Day That Shook the World

  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

    Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

  • Les Îles

    Les Îles

  • The Deadly Affair

    The Deadly Affair

  • Candles in the Dark

    Candles in the Dark

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • First Love

    First Love

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Reluctant Saint

    The Reluctant Saint

  • The Freshman

    The Freshman

  • Young Catherine

    Young Catherine

  • The Assisi Underground

    The Assisi Underground

  • Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

  • Semperopernball

    Semperopernball

  • Children of the Mountains

    Children of the Mountains

  • Man Under Suspicion

    Man Under Suspicion

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste

    Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste

  • The Rose Garden

    The Rose Garden

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • Abraham

    Abraham

  • Der seidene Schuh

    Der seidene Schuh

  • Ein Herz kehrt heim

    Ein Herz kehrt heim

  • Servus, Hansi Hinterseer

    Servus, Hansi Hinterseer

  • Topkapi

    Topkapi

  • The Desperate Ones

    The Desperate Ones

  • The Eighteenth Angel

    The Eighteenth Angel

  • Die sechste Frau

    Die sechste Frau

  • The Condemned of Altona

    The Condemned of Altona

  • Together?

    Together?

  • Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski

    Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski

  • Der Fürst und das Mädchen

    Der Fürst und das Mädchen

  • Der Fürst und das Mädchen

    Der Fürst und das Mädchen

  • Darkness

    Darkness

  • The Vampyre Wars

    The Vampyre Wars

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • The Shell Seekers

    The Shell Seekers

  • Alles Glück dieser Erde

    Alles Glück dieser Erde

  • I Love You, Baby

    I Love You, Baby

  • Die venezianischen Zwillinge

    Die venezianischen Zwillinge

  • Miss Rose White

    Miss Rose White

  • Festival in Cannes

    Festival in Cannes

  • Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz

    Pilawas großes Geschichts-Quiz

  • Pope Joan

    Pope Joan

  • Paulina 1880

    Paulina 1880

  • Die Rosenkönigin

    Die Rosenkönigin

  • Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

    Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

  • Zwischen Rosen

    Zwischen Rosen

  • The Return of the Dancing Master

    The Return of the Dancing Master

  • Just Messing About

    Just Messing About

  • My Sister Maria

    My Sister Maria

  • The Last Ones Shall Be First

    The Last Ones Shall Be First

  • Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

    Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

  • Les brigands

    Les brigands

  • You Can't Live Like That

    You Can't Live Like That

  • Labyrinth

    Labyrinth

  • Imperium der Päpste

    Imperium der Päpste

  • Die Bernauerin

    Die Bernauerin

  • Der Meisterdieb

    Der Meisterdieb

  • Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell

    Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell