Maximilian Schell
Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor (1930–2014)
- Born December 8, 1930
- 5 movies
Maximilian Schell was a Swiss and Austrian actor, filmmaker and theatre director, born in Vienna and raised in Zurich after his family fled the Nazi annexation of Austria. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing a lawyer in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and earned later Oscar nominations for The Man in the Glass Booth and Julia.
Maximilian Schell appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 1958 to 1998. Most of that work is in drama, history and war. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Montgomery Clift (2).
Known for
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). He played a lawyer in this legal drama, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Topkapi (1964). A mid-1960s film credit that sits among his international screen roles.
- Cross of Iron (1977). One of his screen roles in the 1970s, alongside his later Oscar-nominated work.
- Julia (1977). A 1977 film in which he appeared, in the period of his Oscar-nominated work.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Maximilian Schell been in?
- Maximilian Schell appears in Deep Impact (1998), Julia (1977), Topkapi (1964), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and The Young Lions (1958) on The Remote.
- When was Maximilian Schell born?
- Maximilian Schell was born on 8 December 1930.
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