Toni Erdmann Star Peter Simonischek Dies Aged 76
Channel: Biographies And History
Date: 2023-06-03

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