MAXIMILIAN SCHELL

'Maximilian Schell' (born December 8, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Austrian actor in over 92 film/TV roles, as well as writer, director and producer of several films (IMDB). His late elder sister, Maria Schell, was also an actress, as are his two other far less well-known siblings, Carl and Immy (Immaculata) Schell.

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Career

Partial filmography

Academy Awards and nominations

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Career

Born in Vienna and raised in Zurich, Switzerland, he made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in the World War II film ''The Young Lions''. In 1961, he took the role of the defense attorney in ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, a role he had initiated in a live television performance. Year 1974's ''The Pedestrian'', which Schell wrote, produced, directed, and starred in, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
Schell has refused to be typecast. Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as ''The Man in the Glass Booth'', ''A Bridge Too Far'', ''Cross of Iron'', ''The Odessa File'', ''Julia'', and ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', he has also appeared in ''Topkapi'', ''The Black Hole'', ''The Freshman'', ''Stalin'', ''Deep Impact'', ''Candles in the Dark'', and ''Erste Liebe''.
Among fans of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'', Schell is best known for his appearance in ''Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark'', a German language version of ''Hamlet'' screened on the show.
Schell has also served as a writer, producer and director for a variety of films, including the documentary ''Marlene'' with the participation of Marlene Dietrich that won several awards. In 2002 he released ''My Sister Maria'', a documentary about the career of and his relationship with Maria Schell.
In 2000, he collapsed and was diagnosed with pancreatitis related to his diabetes. At the time, he was starring on Broadway in the premiere of the stage version of ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', changing roles from the defense lawyer to the lead judge on trial for crimes against humanity.
Since the 1990s, Schell has appeared in many German language made-for-TV films, such as the 2003 film ''Alles Glück dieser Erde'' (''All the Luck in the World'') opposite Uschi Glas and in the mini-series ''The Return of the Dancing Master'' (2004), which was based on Henning Mankell's novel.
In addition to his international film career, Schell has been active as director, writer and actor in European theatre, making his stage debut in 1952, three years before his first cinematic role. In 1972 he starred as 'Deeley' in Peter Hall's German language premiére of Harold Pinter's ''Old Times'' at the Burgtheater in Vienna, and in 2006 he appeared in Arthur Miller's ''Resurrection Blues'' directed by Robert Altman in London at the Old Vic [1].
He is the godfather of Angelina Jolie, daughter of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand.
In the mid 1960s, Schell reportedly was engaged to marry the African American fashion model Donyale Luna, though the wedding never happened.
He did marry famous Russian actress Natalia Andreichenko, whom he met on the set of ''Peter the Great''. They have one daughter, Anastasia Schell, born in 1989.

Partial filmography

★ ''The Young Lions'' (1958)

★ ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961)

★ ''The Reluctant Saint'' (1962)

★ ''Topkapi'' (1964)

★ ''Heidi'' (1968)

★ ''Krakatoa, East of Java'' (1969)

★ ''Erste Liebe'' (1971)

★ ''The Odessa File'' (1974)

★ ''Der Richter und sein Henker'' (1975)

★ ''Cross of Iron'' (1976)

★ ''Julia'' (1977)

★ ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1977)

★ ''The Black Hole'' (1979)

★ ''The Chosen'' (1981)

★ ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1983)

★ ''The Freshman'' (1990)

★ ''Young Catherine'' (1991)

★ ''Little Odessa'' (1994)

★ ''The Eighteenth Angel'' (1996)

★ ''John Carpenter's Vampires'' (1998)

★ ''Deep Impact'' (1998)

★ ''Coast To Coast'' (2004)

Academy Awards and nominations

★ 1978 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - ''Julia''

★ 1976 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - ''The Man in the Glass Booth''

★ 1961 - Won Best Actor in a Leading Role - ''Judgment at Nuremberg''

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