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| 3 | Klaus Georg Steng (born June 22, 1943 in Bad Aussee, Styria), [[StageNames better known as]] Klaus Maria Brandauer, is an UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}n actor and director. |
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| 5 | He is best known for his roles in several Hungarian films directed by István Szabó in TheEighties such as ''Film/{{Mephisto}}'', ''Film/ColonelRedl'' and ''Film/{{Hanussen}}'', as well as ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', ''Film/OutOfAfrica'', ''Burning Secret'' and the 1991 film adaptation of ''Literature/WhiteFang''. |
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| 7 | For his supporting role in ''Out of Africa'', he was nominated for the [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Academy Award]] and won a MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}. He's been nominated for many other awards (and won quite a few) from 1982 up until 2000. |
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| 9 | !!Selected filmography: |
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| 11 | * ''Film/{{Mephisto}}'' (1981) as Hendrik Höfgen |
| 12 | * ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' (1983) as Maximilian Largo |
| 13 | * ''Film/ColonelRedl'' (1985) as Colonel Alfred Redl |
| 14 | * ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' (1985) as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke |
| 15 | * ''Literature/QuoVadis'' (1985 MiniSeries) as UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Hanussen}}'' (1988) as Erik Jan Hanussen |
| 17 | * ''Spider's Web'' (1989) as Benjamin Lenz |
| 18 | * ''The French Revolution'' (1989) as [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures Georges Jacques Danton]] |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheRussiaHouse'' (1990) as Dante/Yakov Saveleyev |
| 20 | * ''Literature/WhiteFang'' (1991) as Alex Larson |
| 21 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Felidae}}'' (1994) as Pascal (German voice) |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'' (2000) as Joe (German dub) |
| 23 | * ''Druids'' (2001) as UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar |
| 24 | * ''Tetro'' (2009) as Carlo Tetrocini |
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| 26 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 28 | * {{Omniglot}}: He speaks at least five languages: German, Italian, Hungarian, English and French; and has acted in each. |
| 29 | * [[invoked]]StarMakingRole: Hendrik Höfgen in ''Mephisto'' marked his rise to fame. |
| 30 | * [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was originally cast as Marko Ramius in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' before the part went to Creator/SeanConnery. |
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