Klaus Maria Brandauer

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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Klaus Maria Brandauer, spring 2003 in Biberach/Riß
Born	Klaus Georg Steng June 22, 1944 (1944-06-22) (age 63) Bad Aussee, Austria
Years active	1962-present
Spouse(s)	Karin Braundauer (1963-1992);Natalie Krenn ( July 2007 - present)
Awards won Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1986 Out of Africa

Klaus Maria Brandauer (born June 22, 1944) is an Austrian actor, film director, and pedagogue.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Private life 3 Selected filmography 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born as Klaus Georg Steng in Bad Aussee, Austria, he subsequently took his mother's maiden name - Maria Brandauer - as part of his stage name, Klaus Maria Brandauer. He began acting onstage in 1962. After working in national theatre and television, he made his film debut in 1972. His starring and award-winning role in István Szabó's Mephisto (1981) as a self-absorbed actor playing an actor, launched his career, internationally.

He followed this with parts in Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985, for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and Szabó's Oberst Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988). Brandauer was originally cast as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October. That role eventually went to Oscar winner Sean Connery, who played James Bond to Brandauer's Largo in Never Say Never Again (1983). He co-starred with Connery again in The Russia House, released in 1990.

Brandauer directed his first film in 1989, Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland, with himself in the title role. His other film roles have been in The Lightship (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), Burning Secret (1988), The Russia House (1990), White Fang (1991), Becoming Colette (1992), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) and Everyman's Feast (2002).

In August 2006, Brandauer's much-awaited production of The Threepenny Opera got a mixed reception. Brandauer had resisted questions about how his production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's classic musical comedy about the criminal MacHeath would differ from earlier versions, and his production featured Mack the Knife in a three-piece suit and white gloves, stuck to Brecht's text, and avoided any references to contemporary politics or issues. Some at Friday night's premiere apparently found it too conventional and there were boos after the curtain for Brandauer when he took his bow.^{[citation needed]}

Brandauer is fluent in four languages: German, Hungarian, English and French and has acted in each, and is a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. He won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for his performance as Bror Blixen in Out of Africa.

[edit] Private life

He was married to Karin Brandauer from 1963 until her death in 1992; they had one son.

[edit] Selected filmography

Awards
Preceded by Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1986 for Out of Africa	Succeeded by Tom Berenger for Platoon

[edit] External links

• Klaus Maria Brandauer at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Brandauer, Klaus Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Steng, Klaus Georg
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Austrian actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH	June 22, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Aussee, Austria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH