Paul Muni
Born September 21, 1895 (Age: 130)
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Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted. His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters. He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Muni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.
His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters.
He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Muni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 124
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 104
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 101
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
The Last Angry Man
1959
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as Sam Abelman
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Age: 64
Counter-Attack
1945
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as Alexei Kulkov
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Age: 49
A Song to Remember
1945
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as Professor Joseph Elsner
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Age: 49
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
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as Eric Toresen
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Age: 47
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
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as James Allen
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Age: 37
Scarface
1932
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as Antonio 'Tony' Camonte
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Age: 36