Ignaz Kirchner
German stage and film actor, active at major stages including Vienna's Burgtheater (1946-2018)
Ignaz Kirchner (born Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs; 13 July 1946 – 26 September 2018) was a German actor.
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 Kirchner acting, in Tolstoy's Die Macht der Finsternis at the Akademietheater, in 2015 | |
| Born | Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs 13 July 1946 Wuppertal, Germany |
| Died | 26 September 2018 (aged 72) Vienna, Austria |
| Education | Schauspielschule Bochum |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
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He was best known for his roles in Shakespeare's Antonio, with Voss as Shylock, and Jago, with Voss as Othello, and especially in black comedies, such as Goldberg (and Mr. Jay) in George Tabori's Goldbergvariationen, in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, Samuel Beckett's Endspiel and Genet's Die Zofen.
Kirchner was named Schauspielerpaar des Jahres twice, in 1992 and 1998.
Kirchner died on 26 September 2018 after a long illness in Vienna, aged 72.[1]
References change
- ↑ Pohl, Ronald (27 September 2018). "Publikumsliebling Ignaz Kirchner gestorben". Der Standard (in German). Vienna. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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