Friedrich von Thun


Friedrich Ernst Peter Paul Maria Thun-Hohenstein is an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films since 1958.

Biography

Friedrich von Thun was born on 30 June 1942 in Kvasice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. A descendant of an ancient Tyrolean noble House of Thun und Hohenstein, Friedrich von Thun grew up in Leoben, Austria, as the youngest son of Count Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia Wiedersperger von Wiedersperg. He began his acting career in 1958 and mainly works in Germany, where he lives in Munich. His son Max von Thun is also an actor.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973Ein unheimlich starker AbgangDefense lawyer
1977Bier und SpieleWerner Schulze14 episodes
1978–1979The Famous FiveRogers
1980–1981RingstraßenpalaisBernhard Graf Artenberg7 episodes
1984The Devil's LieutenantArchduke Franz Ferdinand
1984'Leonidas Tachezy
1989The Play with BillionsAlbrecht Maybach
1989–1990Das Erbe der GuldenburgsHannes von Meerungen25 episodes
1991'Duke Richard
1994–1996: Dr. Schwarz und Dr. MartinDr. Wolfgang Schwarz8 episodes
1995'Stefan Struck
1996The Return of SandokanLord Parker
1997Zwei BrüderFriedrich Rhomberg
1998–2004Die Verbrechen des Professor CapellariProfessor Capellari17 episodes
2001Bargeld lachtKarl Weiss
2003Hitler: The Rise of EvilErich Ludendorff
2004'Carl Berger
2009Albert Targensee
2009SisiJoseph Radetzky von Radetz
2014SarajevoSektionsrat Wiesner