Christoph Bantzer

Christoph Bantzer born on 4 January 1936 in Marburg in a family of artists (both father and grandfather were painters). His younger brother Claus Bantzer is a musician and composer. Bantzer studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts. His focus is the theater spectacle; he played in many important German-language theaters, such as Schiller Theater, Zürich playhouse or the Burgtheater. From 1972 to 1977 he was a member of Christoph Bantzer Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Since 1985 - the beginning of Jürgen Flimm's directorship - Bantzer belongs to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. In addition to his theater engagements, Bantzer works with many films, mainly these are television productions. As speaker, he can be heard on an audio book series and also in dubbed films.

• The Doctor's Dilemma (1963 film) (1963, TV play), as Louis Dubedat • Death of a Salesman (1968 film) (1968, TV play), as Biff Loman • We Two (1970), as Andreas • The Woman in White (1971, TV miniseries), as Walter Hartright • Die Dämonen (miniseries) (1977, TV miniseries), as Nikolai Stavrogin • Heinrich Heine (1978 film) (1978, TV film), as Heinrich Heine • Mozart (1982 miniseries) (1982, TV miniseries), as Mozart • Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990, TV film), as Egon Krenz • Funny Games (1997), as Fred