Dominique Horwitz

Dominique Horwitz
Dominique Horwitz in February 2010
Born	(1957-04-23) 23 April 1957 (age 64) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979 present

Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer.

Life[]

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.

Career[]

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 also 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).

Selected filmography[]

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Television work[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Dominique Horwitz at IMDb