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Bruno Ganz

Awards

Bruno Ganz

32 wins & 19 nominations

Grimme Award

  • Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998)
    1999 Winner Adolf Grimme Award
    • Fiction/Entertainment
    • Gegen Ende der Nacht
    Shared with: Oliver Storz · Karoline Eichhorn · Stefan Kurt

Australian Film Institute

  • The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
    1992 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Actor in a Lead Role
    • The Last Days of Chez Nous

Bambi Awards

  • Downfall (2004)
    2004 Winner Bambi
    • Film - National
    • Downfall
    Shared with: Bernd Eichinger · Oliver Hirschbiegel · Alexandra Maria Lara · Heino Ferch

Barcelona International Television Festival

  • Anwalt Abel (1988)
    1997 Winner Official Screening Award
    • Best Male Acting
    • Anwalt Abel
    For episode "Ein Richter in Angst".

Bavarian Film Awards

  • Bruno Ganz
    2017 Winner Honorary Award
  • Downfall (2004)
    2005 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Actor (Darstellerpreis)
    • Downfall

Bremen Film Award

  • Bruno Ganz
    1999 Winner Bremen Film Award

International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers

  • Bruno Ganz
    2015 Winner Special Award "Golden Camera 300" for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Art
    Shared with: Aleksey Serebryakov

David di Donatello Awards

  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    2000 Winner David
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Bread and Tulips
  • Isabelle Huppert in Lady of the Camelias (1981)
    1981 Nominee David
    • Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore non Protagonista)
    • Lady of the Camelias

European Film Awards

  • Bruno Ganz
    2010 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
    For many memorable and compelling screen performances which have added permanent luster to the art of acting.
  • Downfall (2004)
    2004 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Downfall
  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    2000 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Bread and Tulips

German Film Awards

  • Bruno Ganz in In Times of Fading Light (2017)
    2017 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)
    • In Times of Fading Light
  • Downfall (2004)
    2005 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)
    • Downfall
  • Wings of Desire (1987)
    1988 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)
    • Wings of Desire
  • Circle of Deceit (1981)
    1982 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)
    • Circle of Deceit
  • The Marquise of O (1976)
    1976 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle)
    • The Marquise of O

Golden Camera, Germany

  • Bruno Ganz
    2014 Winner Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement
    • National

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Wings of Desire (1987)
    1988 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
    • Wings of Desire

Locarno Film Festival

  • Bruno Ganz
    2011 Winner Leopard Career Award

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Downfall (2004)
    2006 Winner ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Downfall

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Bruno Ganz
    2006 Winner Grand Prix Special des Amériques

Munich Film Festival

  • Bruno Ganz in Knife in the Head (1978)
    1979 Winner Chaplin Shoe
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • Knife in the Head

Pula Film Festival

  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    2001 Winner International Competition
    • Best Actor
    • Bread and Tulips

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • Downfall (2004)
    2005 Winner Special Jury Award
    • International Film
    • Downfall
    For best performance by an actor

Swiss Film Prize

  • A Jew Must Die (2016)
    2017 Winner Swiss Film Prize
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • A Jew Must Die
  • Bruno Ganz
    2017 Winner Honorary Award
    For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the swiss film over the years.
  • Heidi (2015)
    2016 Nominee Swiss Film Prize
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • Heidi
  • Julia's Disappearance (2009)
    2010 Nominee Swiss Film Prize
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • Julia's Disappearance
  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    2001 Winner Swiss Film Prize
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • Bread and Tulips

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Private Resistance (1985)
    1985 Winner Silver Mask
    • Private Resistance
    Shared with: Renée Soutendijk · Gerard Thoolen

Schwerin Art of Film Festival

  • Bruno Ganz
    2006 Winner Golden Ox

Sant Jordi Awards

  • The American Friend (1977)
    1979 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Performer
    • The American Friend

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Downfall (2004)
    2006 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Downfall

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

  • Bruno Ganz
    2017 Winner Grand Acting Award

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Downfall (2004)
    2006 2nd Place ICS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Downfall
    2nd place

Jupiter Award

  • Colors in the Dark (2010)
    2012 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best German Actor
    • Colors in the Dark
  • Downfall (2004)
    2005 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best German Actor
    • Downfall
  • Circle of Deceit (1981)
    1982 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Circle of Deceit
  • Bruno Ganz in Knife in the Head (1978)
    1979 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Knife in the Head

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Bruno Ganz
    2015 Winner Tribute Award

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Downfall (2004)
    2006 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)
    • Downfall

Golden Ciak Awards

  • Bread and Tulips (2000)
    2000 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Bread and Tulips

International Independent Film Awards

  • Heller Tag (1994)
    2025 Winner Leading Actor
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Heller Tag

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Downfall (2004)
    2006 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Actor
    • Downfall

20/20 Awards

  • Wings of Desire (1987)
    2008 Nominee Felix
    • Best Actor
    • Wings of Desire

Blogos de Oro

  • Matt Dillon in The House That Jack Built (2018)
    2019 Nominee Palmarés blogos de oro
    • Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor de reparto)
    • The House That Jack Built

Sweden Film Awards

  • Heller Tag (1994)
    2025 Winner June Award
    • Best Actor
    • Heller Tag

Bangkok Movie Awards

  • Heller Tag (1994)
    2025 Winner July Award
    • Best Actor
    • Heller Tag

Indian Independent Film Festival [IIFF]

  • Heller Tag (1994)
    2025 Winner Best Actor
    • Best Actor
    • Heller Tag

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