See full bio » Bruno Ganz was an acclaimed Swiss actor who was a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004). Ganz was born in Zürich, to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He decided to pursue an ... Born: March 22, 1941 in in Zürich-Seebach, Switzerland Died: February 16, 2019 (age 77) in (age 77) in Zürich, Switzerland