| Dominique Horwitz | |
| Birth Date: | 1957 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1979–present |
Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer.
Horwitz was born on 23 April 1957 in Paris, France, to German Jewish refugee parents, who had both fled Nazi Germany.[1] [2] In 1971 the family moved to Berlin. He attended a Franco-German grammar-school. He has a sister and a brother. For about twenty years, Horwitz was located in Hamburg where he was married. From his first marriage with his wife Patricia he has two children, the actress Miriam and Laszlo. He currently lives with his second wife Anna and the children Mick and Marlene in Tiefengruben, Bad Berka, a village near Weimar in Thuringia. He is a prominent supporter of social institutions in Weimar, where he helps unemployed youths in a boxing club. He also organises boxing tournaments and links them with culture. Between the boxing matches musical newcomers can perform their music.
He has appeared in over thirty films and over fifty television productions. His first screen role was appearing as Leo Singer in the film David (1979).
In 1992, Horwitz received the Golden Lion Award for the Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival.[3]
He played the role of the Devil (pegleg) in the theatre production The Black Rider (William S. Burroughs, Robert Wilson, Tom Waits).
Horwitz is perhaps best known for playing Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser in Stalingrad (1993).
| Year | Film | Role | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | David | Leo Singer | war drama |
| 1987 | Flamm | crime | |
| 1988 | Willi | comedy | |
| Martha Jelleneck | Zivi Thomas | drama | |
| 1990 | The Black Rider | Pegleg | drama musical fantasy |
| 1991 | Hausmänner | - | comedy |
| Anna Goldin, the Last Witch | Kubli | historical drama | |
| 1992 | Dead Flowers | Willy De Ville | drama |
| 1993 | Stalingrad | Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser | war drama |
| 1998 | The Little Girl Who Fell from the Tree | Ben | thriller |
| Women Don't Lie | Xavier | romantic comedy | |
| 1999 | Nightshapes | Victor | |
| 2001 | Hans Goslar | mini-series | |
| 2003 | Fitzgerald Daume | comedy | |
| 2005 | Kommissar Poulsen | romantic comedy | |
| Shooting Dogs | Capitaine Charles Delon | drama | |
| 2006 | Strike | Kazimierz Walczak | drama |
| Year | Title | Role | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Rote Erde | Rudi Schickert | TV series | |
| 1986 | TV miniseries | |||
| 1993 | The Secret of Coach 13 | Valentin | drama, television film | |
| 1997 | Trickser | Erik | crime | |
| 2007 | Krauses Fest | Forstarbeiter Leibmann | Weihnachtskomodie, Fernseh film |