Klaus Maria Brandauer
Biography
Klaus Maria Brandauer (born Klaus Georg Steng; 22 June 1943) is an Austrian actor and director. He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
Brandauer is known internationally for his roles in The Russia House (1990), Mephisto (1981), Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Hanussen (1988), Burning Secret (1988), and White Fang (1991). For his supporting role as Bror von Blixen-Finecke in the drama film Out of Africa (1985), Brandauer was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award.
Brandauer has a working knowledge of at least five languages: German, Italian, Hungarian, English, and French, and has acted in each.
In 1987, he was the Head of the Jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.[7] In 1988 he appeared in Hanussen opposite Erland Josephson and Ildikó Bánsági. Brandauer was originally cast as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October. That role eventually went to Sean Connery, who played James Bond to Brandauer's Largo in Never Say Never Again.
He co-starred with Connery again in The Russia House (1990). His other film roles have been in The Lightship (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), Burning Secret (1988), White Fang (1991), Becoming Colette (1991), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999, as director Otto Preminger), and Everyman's Feast (2002).
In 1989, he participated in TF1's two-part historical film La Révolution française, playing the role of Georges Danton. He also appeared as King Nebuchadnezzar II in 1998, in Time Life's Jeremiah, from The Bible Collection: The Old Testament.
