Samuel Finzi

Samuel Finzi (Bulgarian: Самуел Финци) (born 20 January 1966) is a Bulgarian actor, of Bulgarian-Jewish descent. Since his start in the late 1980s, he has hundreds of film, television, and theatrical credits. Between 1993 and 2011, he received ten acting awards.

Samuel Finzi
Born (1966-01-20) 20 January 1966
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
OccupationActor
Years active1989-present

Born in Plovdiv, he is the son of actor Itzhak Fintzi and performed in his first theater and film roles while still a student. Very early on, he came into contact with directors who have had a major influence on European theater and film. He has worked in the theater with directors such as Benno Besson, Dimiter Gotscheff, Frank Castorf, Jürgen Gosch, and Robert Wilson. In film, his collaborations with Michael Glawogger, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Peter Popzlatev, Sönke Wortmann, and Til Schweiger have extended his popularity to a wider audience. He also played the title role in the crime series Flemming.[1] Besides his theater engagements at all of the important German language theaters, Samuel Finzi has performed in many film and television productions. He has captivated audiences in popular successes such as Kokowääh, as well as in independent films such as Die Besucherin ("The Visitor"), Même Dieu est venu nous voir ("Even God Came to See Us"), and Vaterspiele ("Father Games").

Finz shapes his figures as smart, associative character studies, which bear witness to a detailed and intelligent acting strategy. Audiences and the press celebrate his intensive images of human motivation that are almost craving for transformation and his effortless precision when performing. In 2014, he played six leading roles at the Deutsches Theater,[2] the Maxim Gorki Theater, and the Volksbühne, in Berlin, and at the Schauspielhaus in Leipzig.

Selected filmography
  • 1989: Moi, la Comtesse (Director: Petar Popzlatev)
  • 1989: Parcheta lyubov (Director: Ivan Tscherkelov)
  • 1989: Razvodat predi i Razvodat sega (Director: Georgi Jacky Stoev)
  • 1989: Razvodi, razvodi... (Director: Kosta Bikov)
  • 1990: Das Lager (Director: Georgi Djulgerov)
  • 1990: Nemirnata ptitza lyubov (Director: Rangel Vulchanov)
  • 1994: Die verbotene Frucht (Director: Krasimir Krumov)
  • 1998: Die Unschuld der Krähen (Director: Horst Johann Sczerba)
  • 1998: Sofia – Sick of it all (Director: Nils Willbrandt)
  • 1998: Und alles wegen Mama (Director: Hermine Huntgeburth)
  • 2000: Abschied. Brechts letzter Sommer (Director: Jan Schütte)
  • 2000: Deutschlandspiel (Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg)
  • 2000: Jetzt oder nie – Zeit ist Geld (Director: Lars Büchel)
  • 2000: Stunde der Wahrheit (Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher)
  • 2000: Tolle Lage – Director (Sören Voigt)
  • 2001: Auf Herz und Nieren (Director: Thomas Jahn)
  • 2001: The Devil’s Tail (Director: Dimitar Petkov)
  • 2001: Même Dieu est venu nous voir (Director: Peter Popzlatev)
  • 2001: Posseteni ot gospoda (Director: Peter Popzlatev)
  • 2001: Santa ein Weihnachtsmärchen (Director: Jophi Ries)
  • 2001: Studers erster Fall (TV film) (Director: Sabine Boss)
  • 2002: Am Ende der Hochzeitsnacht (TV film) (Director: Olaf Kreinsen)
  • 2002: Blueberry Hill (Director: Aleksandr Morfov)
  • 2002: Gebürtig (Director: Lukas Stepanik und Norbert Schindel)
  • 2002: Rapsodiya v byalo (Director: Tedi Moskov)
  • 2003: Schimanski: Asyl (TV series) (Director: Edward Berger)
  • 2003: Das Wunder von Bern (Director: Sönke Wortmann)
  • 2003: Hamlet X (Director: Herbert Fritsch)
  • 2003: In schlechter Gesellschaft (Director: Michael Karen)
  • 2004: Delphinsommer (Director: Jobst Oetzmann)
  • 2005: Aller Tage Abend (Director: Andreas Schimmelbusch)
  • 2005: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Jude (Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel)
  • 2005: Weltverbesserungsmaßnahmen (Director: Jakob Hüfner and Jörn Hintzer)
  • 2006–2012: Tatort (TV series)
  • 2006: Kunstfehler (TV film) (Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller)
  • 2007: Der Totenwächter (Director: Ilian Simeonov)
  • 2007: Geburtstag (Director: Lawrence Tooley)
  • 2007: Wir sagen Du! Schatz (Director: Marc Meyer)
  • 2008: Die Besucherin (Director: Lola Randl)
  • 2008: Helden aus der Nachbarschaft (Director: Jovan Arsenic)
  • 2008: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst: Letzte Chance (Director: Andreas Prochaska)
  • 2009: Das Vaterspiel (Director: Michael Glawogger)
  • 2009: Die Liebe und Viktor (Director: Patrick Banush)
  • 2009: Ein Sommer mit Paul (TV film) (Director: Claudia Garde)
  • 2009: Lackschaden (Director: Michael Schneider)
  • 2009: Pink (Director: Rudolf Thome)
  • 2009: Sieben Tage (TV film) (Director: Petra K. Wagner)
  • 2009–2012: Flemming (TV series)
  • 2010: Aghet – Ein Völkermord (Director: Eric Friedler)
  • 2010: Die Akte Golgatha (TV film, Director: Zoltan Spirandelli)
  • 2010: Headshots (Director: Lawrence Tooley)
  • 2010: Holy Light (Director: Georgi Tenev)
  • 2010: Mondwärts (Director: Aron Lehmann)
  • 2011: Männerherzen ... und die ganz ganz große Liebe (Director: Simon Verhoeven)
  • 2011: Kokowääh (Director: Til Schweiger)
  • 2011: Short for Vernesa B. (Director: Jons Vukorep)
  • 2012: Alexander Granach – Da geht ein Mensch (Director: Angelika Wittlich)
  • 2012: Die Libelle und das Nashorn (Director: Lola Randl)
  • 2012: Ludwig II (Director: Peter Sehr)
  • 2012: Rückkehr von den Sternen (Director: Franz Müller)
  • 2012: The Color of the Chameleon (Director: Emil Hristow)
  • 2013: Aschenbrödel und der gesteifelte Kater (Director: Thorsten Künstler)
  • 2013: George (Director: Joachim A. Lang)
  • 2013: Kokowääh 2 (Director: Til Schweiger)
  • 2013: Oktober/November (Director: Götz Spielmann)
  • 2013: Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter) (Director: Philipp Kadelbach)
  • 2014: Die Erfindung der Liebe (Director: Lola Randl)
  • 2014: The Bridges of Sarajevo (Director: Kamen Kalev)
  • 2014: Worst Case Scenario (Director: Franz Müller)
  • 2016: Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (Director: Marie Noëlle)
  • 2017: The Captain (Der Hauptmann) (Director: Robert Schwentke)
  • 2018: Meine teuflisch gute Freundin (Director: Marco Petry)
  • 2018: Klassentreffen 1.0 (Director: Til Schweiger)
  • 2018: Herrliche Zeiten (Director: Oskar Roehler)
  • 2020: Die Hochzeit (Director: Til Schweiger)

Theatrography (Selection)

Awards
  • 1993: Critics’ Prize for Best New Actor in Nordrhein-Westfalen for The Seagul
  • 1994: 13th Theater Festival NRW: Prize for Best New Actor for The Seagul
  • 1995: Critics’ Prize: Best Actor of the Year in Nordrhein-Westfalen for The Cherry Orchard and Swan Songs
  • 1996: Advancement Award for Dramatic Arts of the city of Düsseldorf for Ein Monat in Dachau (A Month in Dachau)
  • 2001: Golden Chest, Best Male Performer, International Television Festival Plovdiv, Bulgaria for Devil’s Tail
  • 2009: Best Actor at the Mess Theater Festival Sarayevo for Ivanov
  • 2010: Best Actor at the MOT Theater Festival Skopje for Diary of a Madman
  • 2011: Best Actor at the Skena Up Theater Festival Pristina for Diary of a Madman
  • 2011: German Comedy Prize in the Category Film Comedy for Kokowääh
  • 2011: Theater Prize Berlin 2011, Prussian Maritime Trading Foundation, for his entire work in the theater

References
  1. Jüttner, Julia. "Finzi: The woman whisperer" Spiegel Online Panorama, 13 May 2011
  2. Samuel Finzi at Deutsches Theater Berlin {in German}
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