Klaus Maria Brandauer

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Klaus Maria Brandauer (born Klaus Georg Steng) is an Austrian actor and producer who appeared on television and film.

He is also a professor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.

Brandauer is best known for his appearances in Mephisto (1981), Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985), Hanussen (1988), and Wilhelm Reich's Strange Case (2013). Brandauer was nominated for an Academy Award and received a Golden Globe Award for his support role as Bror von Blixen-Finecke in the drama film Out of Africa (1985).

Personal life

In Bad Aussee, Austria, Brandauer was born as Klaus Georg Steng. He is the son of Maria Brandauer and Georg Steng (or Stenj), a public servant. He incorporated his mother's first name as part of his work name, Klaus Maria Brandauer.

Karin Katharina Müller, an Austrian film and television producer and screenwriter, from 1963 to 1992, aged 47, died of cancer. Both were teenagers when they married in 1963. Christian, one of their sons, was born. In 2007, Brandauer married Natalie Krenn.

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Career

Brandauer began acting on stage in 1962. After working in national theatre and television, he made his film debut in English in 1972, in The Salzburg Connection. In 1975 he played in Derrick – in Season 2, Episode 8 called "Pfandhaus". His starring and award-winning role in István Szabó's Mephisto (1981) playing a self-absorbed actor, launched his international career. (He would later act in Szabó's Oberst Redl (1985).)

Following his role in Mephisto, Brandauer appeared as Maximillian Largo in Never Say Never Again (1983), a remake of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. Roger Ebert said of his performance: "For one thing, there's more of a human element in the movie, and it comes from Klaus Maria Brandauer, as Largo. Brandauer is a wonderful actor, and he chooses not to play the villain as a cliché. Instead, he brings a certain poignancy and charm to Largo, and since Connery always has been a particularly human James Bond, the emotional stakes are more convincing this time." He starred in Out of Africa (1985), opposite Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Brandauer was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for the performance.

In 1987, he was the Head of the Jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. 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 the great production film for the bicentennial of the French Revolution by the French television channel TF1, La Révolution française: He played the role of Georges Danton.

Brandauer first work as movie director was, in 1989, Seven Minutes, with himself in the title role.

In August 2006, Brandauer's much-awaited production of The Threepenny Opera gained a mixed reception. Brandauer had resisted questions about how his production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's classic musical comedy about the criminal MacHeath would differ from earlier versions, and his production featured Mack the Knife in a three-piece suit and white gloves, stuck to Brecht's text, and avoided any references to contemporary politics or issues.

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Awards

• 1982: BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles – Mephisto (nominated)
• 1985: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor – Out of Africa (won)
• 1985: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor – Out of Africa (won)
• 1985: NYFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor – Out of Africa (won)
• 1986: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture – Out of Africa (won)
• 1986: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Out of Africa (nominated)
• 1987: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Out of Africa (nominated)
• 1988: European Film Award for Best Actor – Hanussen (nominated)
• 1988: Golden Ciak for Best Actor – Hanussen (won)
• 1989: Bavarian Film Awards for Best Actor – Burning Secret (won)
• 1995: Andrei Tarkovsky Award for Mario and the Magician (won)
• 1995: Golden St. George for Mario and the Magician (nominated)
• 2000: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (nominated)
• 2000: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (nominated)