Dominique Horwitz

Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer.

Dominique Horwitz
Dominique Horwitz in February 2010
Born (1957-04-23) 23 April 1957
Paris, France
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

Life

Horwitz was born on 23 April 1957 in Paris, France, to German Jewish refugee parents, who had both fled Nazi Germany.[1][2] In 1971 the family moved to Berlin. He attended a Franco-German grammar-school. He has a sister and a brother. For about twenty years, Horwitz was located in Hamburg where he was married. From his first marriage with his wife Patricia he has two children, the actress Miriam and Laszlo. He currently lives with his second wife Anna and the children Mick and Marlene in Tiefengruben, Bad Berka, a village near Weimar in Thuringia. He is a prominent supporter of social institutions in Weimar, where he helps unemployed youths in a boxing club. He also organises boxing tournaments and links them with culture. Between the boxing matches musical newcomers can perform their music.

Career

He has appeared in over thirty films and over fifty television productions. His first screen role was appearing as Leo Singer in the film David (1979).

In 1992, Horwitz received the Golden Lion Award for the Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival.[3]

He played the role of the Devil (pegleg) in the theatre production The Black Rider (William S. Burroughs, Robert Wilson, Tom Waits).

Horwitz is perhaps best known for playing Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser in Stalingrad (1993).

Selected filmography
Year Film Role Genre
1979DavidLeo Singerwar drama
1987The Madonna ManFlammcrime
1988Fifty-FiftyWillicomedy
Martha JelleneckZivi Thomasdrama
1990The Black RiderPeglegdrama musical fantasy
1991Hausmänner-comedy
Anna Goldin, the Last WitchKublihistorical drama
1992Dead FlowersWilly De Villedrama
1993StalingradObergefreiter Fritz Reiserwar drama
1998The Little Girl Who Fell from the TreeBenthriller
Women Don't LieXavierromantic comedy
1999NightshapesVictor
2001Anne Frank: The Whole StoryHans Goslarmini-series
2003Sams in GefahrFitzgerald Daumecomedy
2005A Quiet LoveKommissar Poulsenromantic comedy
Shooting DogsCapitaine Charles Delondrama
2006StrikeKazimierz Walczakdrama

Television work
Year Title Role Genre
1983Rote ErdeRudi SchickertTV series
1986The Lenz PapersAmand GoeggTV miniseries
1993The Secret of Coach 13Valentindrama, television film
1997TrickserErikcrime
2007Krauses Fest Forstarbeiter LeibmannWeihnachtskomodie, [[television film|Fernseh film)

References
  1. Peter Craven (30 August 2009). "The relaxed alleskonner: Dominique Horwitz". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. "Actor Dominique Horwitz". Deutsche Welle. 1 January 2004. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. "Internationale Künstleragentur seit 1959 – KD Schmid".
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