Friedrich von Thun

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Friedrich von Thun
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Friedrich von Thun in 2012
Born
Friedrich Ernst Peter Paul Maria Thun-Hohenstein

(1942-06-30) 30 June 1942 (age 83)
OccupationActor
Years active1958–present
Children2, including Max

Friedrich Ernst Peter Paul Maria Thun-Hohenstein (born 30 June 1942) is an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films since 1958.

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Biography

Friedrich von Thun was born on 30 June 1942 in Kvasice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic). A descendant of an ancient Tyrolean noble House of Thun und Hohenstein, Friedrich von Thun grew up in Leoben, Austria, as the youngest son of Count Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein (1905–1985) and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia Wiedersperger von Wiedersperg (born 1911). [1] He began his acting career in 1958 and mainly works in Germany, where he lives in Munich. His son Max von Thun is also an actor.

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Tales of a Young Scamp  [ de ]Franz Reiser
1965 Die schwedische Jungfrau  [ de ]Anton Treuberg
The Gentlemen Graf - episode 'Die Intellektuellen'
Who Wants to Sleep? Heitzmann
Die fromme Helene  [ de ]Vetter Franz
Aunt Frieda Franz Reiser
1966 Liselotte of the Palatinate Rudo
Onkel Filser – Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten Franz Reiser
1967 When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres Franz Reiser
1968 Assignment K RolfeUncredited
1970 O.k. Sergeant Tony Meserve
Schulmädchen-Report: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten Reporter
1971 Schulmädchen-Report 2. Teil: Was Eltern den Schlaf raubt
1972 Schulmädchen-Report. 3. Teil: Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen
1976 MitGift  [ de ]Garch
1980 Sunday Children
1986 Ginger and Fred Kidnapped Industrialist
1993 The Lucona Affair  [ de ]Minister Klaus Weidenfeld
Schindler's List Rolf Czurda
1997 The Pharmacist Rolf Moormann
2002 Amen. Gerstein's Father
2011 Ein mörderisches Geschäft  [ de ]Rüdiger Siebert
2013HarmsKnauer
2015 Traumfrauen Carl Reimann
2017 Cold Hell Karl Steiner
Die Häschenschule – Jagd nach dem Goldenen EiEitelfritzVoice
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
1973Ein unheimlich starker AbgangDefense lawyer
1977Bier und SpieleWerner Schulze14 episodes
1978–1979 The Famous Five Rogers
1980–1981 Ringstraßenpalais Bernhard Graf Artenberg7 episodes
1984The Devil's Lieutenant Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1984 Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift  [ de ]Leonidas Tachezy
1989The Play with BillionsAlbrecht Maybach
1989–1990 Das Erbe der Guldenburgs Hannes von Meerungen25 episodes
1991 L'Amour maudit de Leisenbohg  [ fr ]Duke Richard
1994–1996 Ärzte  [ de ]: Dr. Schwarz und Dr. MartinDr. Wolfgang Schwarz8 episodes
1995 I Love My Daughter's Husband  [ it ]Stefan Struck
1996 The Return of Sandokan Lord Parker
1997 Zwei Brüder Friedrich Rhomberg
1998–2004 Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari Professor Capellari17 episodes
2001Bargeld lachtKarl Weiss
2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Erich Ludendorff
2004 Cold Spring  [ de ]Carl Berger
2009 Abducted  [ de ]Albert Targensee
Sisi Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
2014 Sarajevo Sektionsrat Wiesner

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