Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 22 June 1944) is an Austrian actor, film director, and pedagogue.
Brandauer was born as Klaus Georg Steng in Bad Aussee, Austria. He was the son of Maria Brandauer and Georg Stenj, a civil servant. He subsequently took his mother's maiden name as part of his stage name, Klaus Maria Brandauer. He was married to Karin Brandauer from 1963 until her death in 1992; they had one son.
Brandauer began acting onstage in 1962. A...
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Klaus Maria Brandauer (born 22 June 1944) is an Austrian actor, film director, and pedagogue.
Brandauer was born as Klaus Georg Steng in Bad Aussee, Austria. He was the son of Maria Brandauer and Georg Stenj, a civil servant. He subsequently took his mother's maiden name as part of his stage name, Klaus Maria Brandauer. He was married to Karin Brandauer from 1963 until her death in 1992; they had one son.
Brandauer began acting onstage in 1962. After working in national theatre and television, he made his film debut in 1972. His starring and award-winning role in István Szabó's Mephisto (1981) as a self-absorbed actor playing an actor, launched his international career.
He followed this with parts in Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe), and Szabó's Oberst Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988). Brandauer was originally cast as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October. That role eventually went to Oscar winner Sean...
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