Toni Erdmann star Peter Simonischek dies aged 76 | Film
Austrian actor Peter Simonischek, who played a whimsical patriarch in the Oscar-nominated film Toni Erdmann, has died in Vienna aged 76, a spokeswoman for the Austrian Federal Theatres said on Tuesday.
Born in Graz in 1946, Simonischek received great acclaim in the German-speaking world for his performances, including numerous appearances at the famous Salzburg festival.
In 2016, Simonischek made his international breakthrough in film in the comedy Toni Erdmann, which was nominated for best foreign language film at the Baftas and Golden Globes, as well as the Oscars, and won the prestigious Fipresci award at Cannes. The bittersweet father-daughter tale features Sandra Hüller opposite Simonischek, who created an indelible portrait of a prank-loving retiree.
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described Simonischek’s performance as “superb”, adding: “Against all odds, the world cinema limelight was comprehensively stolen … by a 69-year-old Austrian character actor in an epic situationist romp, who dressed up in a wig, phoney teeth and sometimes dark glasses that made him look like Bingo from the Banana Splits.”
Austrian culture minister Andrea Mayer hailed Simonischek as “one of the big names of contemporary acting for decades in theatre as well as in film and television”.
“Simonischek’s death is a huge loss for the entire art and culture scene,” Mayer added.
Austrian actor Peter Simonischek, who played a whimsical patriarch in the Oscar-nominated film Toni Erdmann, has died in Vienna aged 76, a spokeswoman for the Austrian Federal Theatres said on Tuesday.
Born in Graz in 1946, Simonischek received great acclaim in the German-speaking world for his performances, including numerous appearances at the famous Salzburg festival.
In 2016, Simonischek made his international breakthrough in film in the comedy Toni Erdmann, which was nominated for best foreign language film at the Baftas and Golden Globes, as well as the Oscars, and won the prestigious Fipresci award at Cannes. The bittersweet father-daughter tale features Sandra Hüller opposite Simonischek, who created an indelible portrait of a prank-loving retiree.
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw described Simonischek’s performance as “superb”, adding: “Against all odds, the world cinema limelight was comprehensively stolen … by a 69-year-old Austrian character actor in an epic situationist romp, who dressed up in a wig, phoney teeth and sometimes dark glasses that made him look like Bingo from the Banana Splits.”
Austrian culture minister Andrea Mayer hailed Simonischek as “one of the big names of contemporary acting for decades in theatre as well as in film and television”.
“Simonischek’s death is a huge loss for the entire art and culture scene,” Mayer added.
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