Walter Hess (actor)
Walter Hess (born March 8, 1939 in Lucerne , Switzerland ) is a Swiss actor .
Life
Walter Hess studied acting with Linde Strube from 1961 to 1963 and passed his stage maturity examination in Stuttgart in 1963. After his first engagement at the theater in Konstanz (1963–1968), further engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1970–1971) and at the Theater Basel (1972–1980). He later moved to Germany, where he worked at the Bonn Theater in the late 1980s and at the Hanover Theater from 1997 . Since 2002 he has been a member of the Münchner Kammerspiele . At the same time, he has been in front of the camera more and more in recent years and has been in feature films such as Sophie Scholl - The Last Days (2005), Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (2008), Obendrüber, da snowing (2012) and The Dog Buried (2016) see.
In autumn 2014 he took part in the filming of the novel by Peter Stamms Agnes , directed by Johannes Schmid , in which he played the role of Professor Kutasov . The film was released in theaters in 2016 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: force of law
- 1970: Prometheus from the side street
- 1978: Ursula
- 1980: The boat is full
- 1981: the inventor
- 1982: The old lady's visit
- 1983: The black spider
- 1996: torn hearts
- 1996: Police Call 110: Little Dealers, Big Dreams (TV series)
- 1999: dark days
- 2003: cat and dog
- 2005: Sophie Scholl - The last days
- 2006: Grounding - The last days of Swissair
- 2008: Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
- 2009: Dr. Hope - A woman doesn't give up
- 2010: The last beautiful autumn day
- 2010: Sunday foursome
- 2011: Can love be a sin?
- 2011: Police call 110: Cassandra's warning
- 2012: Over there, it's snowing
- 2013: The blind spot
- 2013: SOKO 5113 - A life in dignity
- 2016: Agnes
- 2016: In the evening of all days
- 2016: the dog buried
- 2018: The Undertaker (TV series)
- 2019: Bella Germania
- 2019: Crime scene: liquorice
- 2019: Now or Never
Awards
Web links
- Walter Hess in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Walter Hess at filmportal.de
- Walter Hess at swissfilms.ch
- Jean Grädel: Walter Hess . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 835.
- Walter Hess at the Münchner Kammerspiele
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne , Switzerland |