1948 | Served in the Swiss Army, achieving the rank of corporal |
1953 | Began acting at the Basel Theater |
1955 | First film appearance, "Kinder, Mütter und ein General" |
1958 | Made American stage debut in Ira Levin's "Interlock" |
1958 | Made Hollywood debut in Edward Dmytryk's "The Young Lions"; starred Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin |
1959 | Played defense attorney, Hans Rolfe in the Playhouse 90 television production of "Judgment at Nuremberg" (CBS) |
1961 | Reprised role of defense attorney for Stanley Kramer's film adaptaion of "Judgment at Nuremberg" |
1962 | Cast as an insane Nazi war criminal in Vittorio De Sica's "The Condemned of Altona" |
1962 | Re-teamed with Dmytryk for "The Reluctant Saint" |
1964 | Co-starred as a gentleman thief in the heist film, "Topkapi" |
1965 | Made London stage debut in John Osborne's "A Patriot for Me" |
1968 | Made debut as writer/producer, "Das Schloss/The Castle"; also starred in the title role of 'K' |
1969 | Reprised stage role in John Osborne's "A Patriot for Me" on Broadway |
1970 | Made directorial debut with "First Love"; also co-produced, co-adapted and starred in; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film |
1973 | Directed "The Pedestrian"; again produced, scripted and acted; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film |
1975 | Starred in Arthur Hiller's adaptation of "The Man in the Glass Booth"; earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination |
1976 | Co-starred with Charles Bronson in J. Lee Thompson's "St. Ives" |
1977 | First film with Vanessa Redgrave, "Julia"; earned a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination |
1977 | Played Captain Stransky in Sam Peckinpah's only war film, "Cross of Iron" |
1979 | Starred in the sci-fi feature, "The Black Hole" |
1980 | Played the part of Anne Frank's father (played by Melissa Gilbert) in the NBC TV-movie, "The Diary of Anne Frank" |
1983 | Starred in the CBS TV-move remake of "The Phantom of the Opera" |
1984 | Directed the documentary film "Marlene," based on his tape-recorded interview with Marlene Dietrich who refused to appear onscreen; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature |
1986 | Played the title role in the NBC miniseries, "Peter the Great"; also starred Vanessa Redgrave and Laurence Olivier |
1990 | Acted opposite Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick in the comedy, "The Freshman" |
1990 | Joined the final season of CBS' "Wiseguy" as wealthy businessman Amado Guzman |
1991 | Played 'Frederick the Great' opposite Redgrave's Empress Elizabeth in the TNT miniseries, "Young Catherine" |
1992 | Cast as Lenin, opposite Robert Duvall in the title role of "Stalin" (HBO) |
1992 | Received an Emmy nomination for his performance in the NBC movie, "Miss Rose White" |
1993 | Directed and acted in the Family Channel movie, "Candles in the Dark"; also starred with wife Natasha |
1994 | Once again collaborated with Redgrave in "Little Odessa" |
1998 | Appeared as a concentration camp survivor in Jeroen Krabbe's directorial debut, "Left Luggage" |
1998 | Once again acted with Redgrave in Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" |
1998 | Played Catholic clergymen in both "The Eighteenth Angel" and "John Carpenter's Vampires" |
2001 | Acted in a Broadway production of "Judgment at Nuremberg" |
2001 | Co-starred in the PBS production, "The Song of the Lark" |
2001 | Directed a Los Angeles Opera production of "Lohengrin" |
2002 | Filmed "My Sister Maria," a documentary about the career of and his relationship with Maria Schell |
2003 | Appeared in the German TV series, "Der Fürst und das Mädchen" |
2004 | Cast in the German mini-series, "The Return of the Dancing Master," based on Henning Mankell's novel |
2009 | Acted in the comedy caper film, "The Brothers Bloom" |
