Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz (10 August 193221 June 2020) was a German actor on stage and in film, and an artist and author. On stage he played leading roles in East Berlin, including with the Berliner Ensemble, and from 1983 in the West, in both classics such as Shakespeare and Brecht, whose Galileo he played at age 86, and contemporary theatre, such as the title role in the premiere of ''Moritz Tassow'' by Peter Hacks. In film, he played leading roles such as Egon Schultz in Ari Folman's ''Made in Israel''. He received several awards including the Theaterpreis Berlin and the Konrad Wolf Prize. Provided by Wikipedia