Ignaz Kirchner

Ignaz Kirchner (born Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs; 13 July 1946 – 26 September 2018) was a German actor. 

He was best known for his roles in Shakespeare's Antonio, with Voss as Shylock, and Jago, with Voss as Othello, and especially in black comedies, such as Goldberg (and Mr. Jay) in George Tabori's Goldbergvariationen, in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, Samuel Beckett's Endspiel and Genet's Die Zofen. 

Kirchner was named Schauspielerpaar des Jahres twice, in 1992 and 1998.

Kirchner died on 26 September 2018 after a long illness in Vienna, aged 72.

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Category:1946 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:German stage actors
Category:German television actors