Maximilian Schell Net Worth
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Updated on January 15, 2026
Maximilian Schell net worth is
$16 Million
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Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian and Swiss film and stage actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. His parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by acting and literature. While he was a child, his family was forced to flee Vienna in 1938 when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany, and they settled in Zurich, Switzerland. After World War II ended, Schell took up acting or directing full-time. He appeared in numerous German films, often anti-war, before moving on to Hollywood.Schell was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films, as he could speak both English and German. Among those were two films for which he received Oscar nominations: The Man in the Glass Booth (1975; best actor), where he played a character with two identities, and Julia (1977; best supporting actor), where he helps the underground in Nazi Germany.His range of acting went beyond German characters, however, and during his career, he also played personalities as diverse as Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar, Russian emperor Peter the Great, and scientist Albert Einstein. For his role as Vladimir Lenin in the television film, Stalin (1992), he won the Golden Globe Award. On stage, Schell acted in a number of plays, and his was considered "one of the greatest Hamlets ever."In Schell's private life, he was an accomplished pianist and conductor, performing with Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, and with orchestras in Berlin and Vienna. His elder sister, Maria Schell, was also a noted Hollywood actress, about whom he produced the documentary, My Sister Maria, in 2002. | Full Name | Maximilian Schell |
| Net Worth | $16 Million |
| Date Of Birth | December 8, 1930 |
| Died | February 1, 2014, Innsbruck, Austria |
| Death Cause | sudden and serious illness |
| Place Of Birth | Vienna, Austria |
| Height | 1.8 m |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, production manager |
| Profession | Actor, Film producer, Film director, Playwright, Screenwriter, Pianist, Conductor, Theatre Director |
| Work Position | Awards for Maximillian Schell |
| Education | University of Zurich |
| Spouse | Iva Mihanovic, Natalya Andrejchenko |
| Children | Nastassja Schell |
| Parents | Margarete Schell Noé, Hermann Ferdinand Schell |
| Siblings | Maria Schell, Carl Schell, Immy Schell |
| Nicknames | Maximilian Schell, Schell, Maximilian |
| IMDB | |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, German Film Award - Honorary Award, Bambi - Lifetime Achievement, German Film Award for Best Over... |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a... |
| Movies | Judgment at Nuremberg, The Young Lions, The Man in the Glass Booth, Cross of Iron, A Bridge Too Far, Deep Impact, The Black Hole, The Odessa File, Topkapi, Julia, The Freshman, My Sister Maria, The Pedestrian, Little Odessa, The Condemned of Altona, The Brothers Bloom, The Deadly Affair, Return from... |
| TV Shows | Coast to Coast, Joan of Arc, The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years, Abraham, Young Catherine, Wiseguy, Peter the Great, Heidi, Der Fürst und das Mädchen, The Three Musketeers |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes. |
| 2 | When asked by journalists in Vienna (his family's home) what I enjoy most about living and working in North America, I answered, "Freedom." The reporters told me, "We're sorry, Mr. Schell; but it needs to be something else, because we can't print that." So I rest my case. |
| 3 | [on directing movies] It's more fulfilling than acting, but it's also more wounding to get bad reviews as a director than an actor. |
| 4 | [on Marlene Dietrich] You won't believe it, but the lady is extremely funny. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He directed 2 films that were Oscar nominated for Foreign Language Film: First Love (1970) and The Pedestrian (1973). |
| 2 | He only appeared in one film with his elder sister Maria Schell: The Odessa File (1974). |
| 3 | He directed his mother Margarete Schell Noé in two films: The Pedestrian (1973) and End of the Game (1975). |
| 4 | At the Academy Awards presentation for 1961 (1962), Joan Crawford presented Schell with his "Best Actor" Oscar; the following year, Schell, as presenter of the "Best Actress" award, presented the Oscar to Joan Crawford, who was accepting for absent winner Anne Bancroft. |
| 5 | He dubbed himself in the English version of Hamlet (1960). |
| 6 | Was among the actors in the running for Dr. Hans Fallada in the science fiction horror film Lifeforce (1985). Frank Finlay was cast instead. |
| 7 | He appeared in four films with Liv Ullmann: Pope Joan (1972), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Players (1979) and The Rose Garden (1989). |
| 8 | He appeared in four films with Vanessa Redgrave: Julia (1977), Young Catherine (1991), Little Odessa (1994) and Deep Impact (1998). |
| 9 | His interest in acting began at early age. When age 11, he appeared in a professional production of "William Tell" and the same year wrote a play which was produced by his school. |
| 10 | Received the "Actor of the Millennium" award at The Baltic Pearl Film Festival in Latvia. He collapsed at the festival and has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis which is related to his diabetes. [August 2000] |
| 11 | In 1990, he refused to receive the Honorary German Film Award because he felt too young to be awarded with an award for lifetime achievement. |
| 12 | Had appeared in the Old Vic's early 2006 production of the Arthur Miller play "Resurrection Blues", which was directed by Robert Altman in his London theatrical debut, The play was widely panned by critics, partly due to the divergent acting styles of the eclectic cast assembled by Altman, which included the urbane Englishman James Fox playing the intellectual cousin of Schell's Germanic dictator. |
| 13 | In later life, he began directing operatic productions. His first foray in the musical medium was a Swiss production of Verdi's "La Traviata". This passion was triggered when he was performing in the play "Jedermann" (or "Everyman") in Salzburg, Austria from 1978-1982, and he came into contact with several musical conductors including Leonard Bernstein, James Levine and Claudio Abbado. |
| 14 | A part-time director, his compelling documentary Marlene (1984) was nominated for an Oscar in 1985 and his last film Meine Schwester Maria (2002) chronicled the life, career and eventual diminished capacity of his noted actress sister Maria Schell. |
| 15 | Godfather of actress Angelina Jolie |
| 16 | He was the first actor to win an Oscar (for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)) for a role he originally performed on television (in a 1959 episode of Playhouse 90 (1956)). The only other actor to accomplish that feat was Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for Charly (1968) after first playing the role in "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" on The United States Steel Hour (1953). |
| 17 | Son of actress Margarete Schell Noé. |
| 18 | Father of Nastassja Schell (born in 1989). |
| 19 | Uncle of Oliver Schell and Marie Theres Relin. |
| 20 | Brother of Maria Schell, Carl Schell and Immy Schell. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Les brigands | 2015 | Mr. Escher | |
| T.M.A. | 2009 | Old Man (uncredited) | |
| Flores negras | 2009 | Jacob Krinsten | |
| The Brothers Bloom | 2008 | Diamond Dog | |
| Die Rosenkönigin | 2007 | TV Movie | Karl Friedrich Weidemann |
| Giganten | 2007 | TV Series | Albert Einstein |
| Der Fürst und das Mädchen | 2003-2007 | TV Series | Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald Fürst Friedrich von Thorwald Fürst Thorwald |
| The Shell Seekers | 2006 | TV Movie | Lawrence Sterne |
| House of the Sleeping Beauties | 2006 | Kogi | |
| Die Alpenklinik | 2006 | TV Movie | Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf |
| Die Liebe eines Priesters | 2005 | TV Movie | Pater Christoph |
| The Return of the Dancing Master | 2004 | TV Movie | Fernando Hereira |
| Alles Glück dieser Erde | 2003 | TV Movie | Xaver Schönborn |
| Coast to Coast | 2003 | TV Movie | Casimir |
| Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch | 2002 | TV Movie | Karl Steingraf |
| Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Franz Steininger |
| Festival in Cannes | 2001 | Viktor Kovner | |
| The Song of the Lark | 2001 | TV Movie | Wunsch |
| Fisimatenten | 2000 | Poser | |
| I Love You, Baby | 2000 | Walter Ekland | |
| Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... | 1999 | Hochberg | |
| Joan of Arc | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | Brother Jean le Maistre |
| Deep Impact | 1998 | Jason Lerner | |
| Vampires | 1998 | Cardinal Alba | |
| Left Luggage | 1998 | Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father | |
| The Song of the Lark | 1997 | Short | Wunsch |
| The Eighteenth Angel | 1997 | Father Simeon | |
| Telling Lies in America | 1997 | Dr. Istvan Jonas | |
| Biography | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Hans Rolfe |
| Through Roses | 1997 | Carl Stern | |
| The Vampyre Wars | 1996 | Rodan | |
| The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | 1996 | TV Movie | Cardinal Vittorio |
| Little Odessa | 1994 | Arkady Shapira | |
| Abraham | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Pharaoh |
| Candles in the Dark | 1993 | TV Movie | Colonel Arkush |
| Justiz | 1993 | Isaak Kohler | |
| A Far Off Place | 1993 | Col. Mopani Theron | |
| Stalin | 1992 | TV Movie | Lenin |
| Miss Rose White | 1992 | TV Movie | Mordecai Weiss |
| Young Catherine | 1991 | TV Movie | Frederick the Great |
| Wiseguy | 1990 | TV Series | Amado Guzman |
| The Freshman | 1990 | Larry London | |
| The Rose Garden | 1989 | Aaron | |
| An American Place | 1988 | Alfred Steiglitz | |
| Laughter in the Dark | 1986 | ||
| Peter the Great | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Peter the Great |
| The Assisi Underground | 1985 | Col. Müller | |
| Morgen in Alabama | 1984 | Lawyer Landau | |
| Les îles | 1983 | Fabrice | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 1983 | TV Movie | Sándor Korvin / The Phantom of the Opera |
| The Chosen | 1981 | Professor David Malter | |
| Arch of Triumph | 1980 | ||
| The Diary of Anne Frank | 1980 | TV Movie | Otto Frank |
| The Black Hole | 1979 | Dr. Hans Reinhardt | |
| Amo non amo | 1979 | Giovanni | |
| Avalanche Express | 1979 | Col. Nikolai Bunin | |
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | 1979 | Theatre Visitor (uncredited) | |
| Players | 1979 | Marco | |
| Julia | 1977 | Johann | |
| A Bridge Too Far | 1977 | Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich | |
| Cross of Iron | 1977 | Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky | |
| St. Ives | 1976 | Dr. John Constable | |
| Atentat u Sarajevu | 1975 | Djuro Sarac | |
| End of the Game | 1975 | Robert Schmied on Audiotape (voice, uncredited) | |
| The Man in the Glass Booth | 1975 | Arthur Goldman | |
| The Rehearsal | 1974 | ||
| The Odessa File | 1974 | Eduard Roschmann | |
| The Pedestrian | 1973 | Andreas Giese | |
| Pope Joan | 1972 | Adrian | |
| Paulina 1880 | 1972 | Le comte Michele Cantarini | |
| First Love | 1970 | Father | |
| Simón Bolívar | 1969 | Simón Bolívar | |
| Krakatoa: East of Java | 1968 | Captain Hanson | |
| Heidi | 1968 | TV Movie | Richard Sessemann |
| The Castle | 1968 | 'K' | |
| Counterpoint | 1967 | Gen. Schiller | |
| Beyond the Mountains | 1967 | Marek | |
| The Deadly Affair | 1967 | Dieter Frey | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1967 | TV Series | August Holland |
| Die venezianischen Zwillinge | 1966 | TV Movie | Zanetto und Tonio |
| The Doctor and the Devil | 1965 | ||
| Return from the Ashes | 1965 | Stanislaus Pilgrin | |
| Der seidene Schuh | 1965 | TV Mini-Series | Don Rodrigo |
| Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts | 1964 | Short | |
| Topkapi | 1964 | Walter Harper | |
| The Reluctant Saint | 1962 | Giuseppe | |
| I sequestrati di Altona | 1962 | Franz von Gerlach | |
| Five Finger Exercise | 1962 | Walter | |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | 1961 | Hans Rolfe | |
| Hamlet | 1960 | TV Movie | Hamlet |
| Family Classics: The Three Musketeers | 1960 | TV Movie | D'Artagnan |
| Alcoa Theatre | 1960 | TV Series | Sarrail |
| Sunday Showcase | 1960 | TV Series | Peter Gerard |
| Buick-Electra Playhouse | 1960 | TV Series | |
| The Fifth Column | 1960 | TV Movie | |
| Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste | 1959 | TV Movie | Jegor Dmitritsch Glumow |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Hans |
| Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Otto Rolfe / Gunther |
| Die sechste Frau | 1959 | TV Movie | Henry Howard |
| Die Bernauerin | 1958 | TV Movie | Herzog Albrecht von Bayern |
| Kinder der Berge | 1958 | Josef Ospel | |
| The Young Lions | 1958 | Capt. Hardenberg | |
| Der Meisterdieb | 1958 | TV Movie | |
| Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein | 1957 | Lorenz Darrandt | |
| Taxichauffeur Bänz | 1957 | Toni Schellenberg | |
| Ein Herz kehrt heim | 1956 | Wolfgang Thomas | |
| Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz | 1956 | Dr. Oswald Hauser | |
| The Girl from Flanders | 1956 | Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller | |
| Reifende Jugend | 1955 | Jürgen Sengebusch | |
| The Plot to Assassinate Hitler | 1955 | Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises | |
| Kinder, Mütter und ein General | 1955 | Deserteur |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meine Schwester Maria | 2002 | Documentary | |
| Candles in the Dark | 1993 | TV Movie | |
| An American Place | 1988 | ||
| Marlene | 1984 | Documentary | |
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | 1979 | ||
| End of the Game | 1975 | ||
| The Pedestrian | 1973 | ||
| First Love | 1970 | ||
| Alles zum Guten | 1967 | TV Movie theatre director |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meine Schwester Maria | 2002 | Documentary | |
| Marlene | 1984 | Documentary | |
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | 1979 | writer | |
| End of the Game | 1975 | screenplay | |
| The Pedestrian | 1973 | writer | |
| Trotta | 1971 | ||
| First Love | 1970 | ||
| The Castle | 1968 | writer | |
| Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts | 1964 | Short |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meine Schwester Maria | 2002 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Die Föhnforscher | 1985 | co-producer | |
| Les îles | 1983 | co-producer | |
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | 1979 | producer | |
| The Clown | 1976 | producer | |
| End of the Game | 1975 | producer | |
| The Pedestrian | 1973 | producer | |
| The Castle | 1968 | co-producer |
Production Manager
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Love | 1970 | production manager |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Man in the Glass Booth | 1975 | performer: "Es war ein Edelweiss" - uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2014 | TV Series in memory of - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kölner Treff | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Markus Lanz | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Kulturzeit | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wir sind Kaiser | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Imperium | 2004-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter / Himself |
| Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen | 2005-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter / Narrator / Himself - presenter / ... |
| Seitenblicke | 2002-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Maximilian Schell - Ein sehnsüchtiger Rebell | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Im Gespräch mit Teddy Podgorski | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bambi Verleihung 2009 | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself - Winner |
| Wiener Opernball | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Brando | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Salzburg Festival | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Die Johannes B. Kerner Show | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Das Bibelrätsel | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Beckmann | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Ninth November Night | 2004 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hinter den Fassaden - Die Geheimnisse der Wiener Ringstrasse | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Menschen bei Maischberger | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner |
| Leute heute | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Gero von Boehm begegnet... | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Meine Schwester Maria | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| Wetten, dass..? | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2001 World Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Working in the Theatre | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hamlet in Hollywood - Die Welten des Maximilian Schell | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
| ¿Qué apostamos? | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner (uncredited) |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Actor |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Quote Reader |
| Ein Freund, ein guter Freund - Heinz Rühmann 1902-1994 | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Lara - Meine Jahre mit Boris Pasternak | 1993 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV |
| Vision 2000 | 1993 | Documentary | Himself |
| Labyrinth | 1991 | Himself | |
| Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung in Moskau | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Tak zhit nelzya | 1990 | Documentary | German Commentator |
| Ich über mich - Autobiographische Notizen von Bernhard Wicki | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
| Showgeschichten | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 1962-1986 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Étoiles et toiles | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Marlene | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Great Hamlets | 1983 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Bernstein/Beethoven | 1982 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Commentator |
| Gespräche mit 'Jedermann' | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Himself - Host |
| Good Morning America | 1976-1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1978 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1975-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself |
| The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite Movie Actress |
| Je später der Abend... | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Die Verwandlungen des M.S. | 1974 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 43rd Annual Academy Awards | 1971 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1965-1970 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joe Namath Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Joan Rivers Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Flash 14 | 1968 | Short documentary | Himself |
| The Beautiful Blue and Red Danube | 1967 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Late Show London | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| Publicity | 1965 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums | 1965 | Documentary German narrator | |
| The 35th Annual Academy Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1962 | TV Series | Hans Rolfe - scene from 'Judgement at Nuremberg' |
| The 34th Annual Academy Awards | 1962 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| ZDF-Fernsehgarten | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 2011 | Bernhard Wicki Film Award | Munich Film Festival | Honorary Prize | |
| 2009 | Honorary Bambi | Bambi Awards | Lifetime Achievement | |
| 2006 | Honorary Award | Bavarian Film Awards | ||
| 2002 | Honorary Bambi | Bambi Awards | Lifetime Achievement | |
| 2002 | Golden Arena | Pula Film Festival | Best Director - Foreign | Meine Schwester Maria (2002) |
| 2000 | Mary Pickford Award | Satellite Awards | ||
| 1999 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Method Fest | ||
| 1999 | Platin Romy | Romy Gala, Austria | ||
| 1994 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Stalin (1992) |
| 1993 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Stalin (1992) |
| 1990 | Honorary Award | German Film Awards | For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the German film over the years. ... More | |
| 1984 | Film Award in Gold | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle) | Morgen in Alabama (1984) |
| 1977 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Julia (1977) |
| 1975 | Silver Seashell | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Der Richter und sein Henker (1975) | |
| 1970 | Silver Seashell | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Erste Liebe (1970) | |
| 1965 | Television Award | Ondas Awards | International Television: Best Actor (Internacionales de televisión: Mejor actor) | |
| 1962 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
| 1962 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor - Drama | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
| 1962 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male New Personality | |
| 1961 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Meine Schwester Maria (2002) |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Stalin (1992) |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Miss Rose White (1992) |
| 1984 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Marlene (1984) |
| 1980 | Film Award in Gold | German Film Awards | Best Direction (Beste Regie) | Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1979) |
| 1979 | Gold Hugo | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (1979) |
| 1979 | Film Award in Gold | German Film Awards | Best Direction (Beste Regie) | Der Richter und sein Henker (1975) |
| 1978 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Julia (1977) |
| 1978 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Julia (1977) |
| 1976 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) |
| 1976 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) |
| 1974 | Film Award in Gold | German Film Awards | Best Direction (Beste Regie) | Der Fußgänger (1973) |
| 1968 | Film Award in Gold | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle) | Das Schloß (1968) |
| 1962 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
| 1956 | Film Award in Silver | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle) | Ein Mädchen aus Flandern (1956) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Julia (1977) |
Known for movies
Deep Impact (1998)
as Jason Lerner
The Black Hole (1979)
as Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Hans Rolfe
Vampires (1998)
as Cardinal Alba