Ignaz Kirchner

Ignaz Kirchner (born Hanns-Peter Kirchner-Wierichs; 13 July 1946 – 26 September 2018) The paper wrote: "Wie Shylock und Antonio, wie Othello und Jago sind auch Mr. Jay und Goldberg ein sadomasochistisches Männerpaar – eine Kombination wie Herr und Knecht, Vater und Sohn, Laurel und Hardy." (Like Shylock and Antonio, and Othello and Jago, Mr. Jay and Goldberg are also a sadomasochistic male couple, a combination like master and servant, father and son, and Laurel and Hardy.) The two later played together in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, Beckett's Endspiel and Genet's Die Zofen. He performed again solo programs such as Walser's Der Spaziergang

Filmography 1977: (directed by Wolf Gremm) – Pfleger 1989: Hanna Monster, Liebling (directed by Christian Berger) – Rudolf 1995: Jailbirds (directed by Detlev Buck) – Mohrmann 1999: Sonnenallee (directed by Leander Haußmann) – Onkel Heinz 1999: Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland (TV Series) 2000: (TV Movie, directed by Michael Verhoeven – Rudolf 2005: NVA (directed by Leander Haußmann) – Futterknecht 2005: (TV Movie, directed by Leander Haußmann) – Herr Miller 2007: (TV Movie, directed by Hermine Huntgeburth) – Lehrer Mohren 2009: (directed by Leander Haußmann) – Victor Semlitsch (final film role)

Awards 1991 – For Jago in Othello: of Vienna 2010 – Nomination for Nestroy Prize for best leading role