Austrian actor, Peter Simonischek has been reported dead. Several German and Austrian news outlets reported his death on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, however, no cause of death was revealed. He was 76 years old.
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He was a celebrated stage performer and had been a regular ensemble member of the Burgtheatre since 1999. He often appeared at the Salzburg Festival and had played the title role in the play Jedermann so many times.
Some of his latest movies before his passing include Kursk, The Interpreter, Crescendo, Army of Thieves (2021), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Measures of Men (2023).
Tributes have been pouring in from across several social media platforms after his death was announced.
“It was an honor to know you, spend time with you, talk to you, laugh with you, and share the screen with you,” Actor Daniel Donskoy wrote.
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“So sad to hear that the Austrian actor, Peter Simonischek has died. Had the pleasure to work with him in Salzburg during a TV show. It was so interesting to meet him and his wife Brigitte. RIP,” actor Jan Aage Fjortoft also wrote.
“Really, really sad to read of the death of Peter Simonischek, the actor who played “Toni Erdmann.” I’ll never forget the first time I saw it – the hotel bar reveal surpassed the vomit scene in Team America as the hardest I’ve ever laughed in a cinema,” Ashley Clark shared.
“Rest in peace, Peter Simonischek, who gave one of the greatest performances of wounded gravity this side of Welles in TONI ERDMANN,” Ryan Swen.
“A great actor and a wonderful colleague. The death of Peter Simonischek makes me very sad right now. Just recently I saw “Oktober, November” with him again. At the film’s premiere party, we were talking about his death scene and he asked me if he had overplayed it there. Of course, I said no, although I had no idea about the last rebellion of dying. At least I believed him,” actor Wolfgang Zarnack said.
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