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Biography
Klaus Maria Brandauer (born June 22, 1944) is an actor and director.
Klaus Maria Brandauer, spring 2003 in Biberach/Riß
Christened Klaus Georg Steng in Bad Aussee, Austria. Maria Brandauer was his mother's maiden name.
Brandauer began acting in 1962. After working in national theatre and television, his starring and award winning role in Istvan Szabo's Mephisto (1981) launched his international career. He followed this with parts in Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985) and Szabo's Oberst Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988).
He directed his first film in 1989, Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland, with himself in the title role. His other film roles have been in The Lightship (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), Burning Secret (1988), The Russia House (1990), White Fang (1991), Becoming Colette (1992), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) and Everyman's Feast (2002).
He has acted in four languages: German, Hungarian, English and French.
Trivia
Was originally cast as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October. That role eventually went to Oscar winner Sean Connery, who played James Bond to Brandauer's Largo in Never Say Never Again (1983). He co-starred with Connery again in The Russia House, released in 1990.
