Max Schreck was born in Berlin. He worked in an apprenticeship until his father's death before enrolling into a school for acting. He toured the country with his peers and was a member of several theaters until he became a part of Max Reinhardt's group of innovative German actors. He played mostly out of the norm characters, the elderly and the ...
Nosferatu, The Grand Duke's Finances, Die Straße, Mysteries of a Barbershop, The Bartered Bride, Boo!, The Mayor of Zalamea, The Strange Case of Captain Ramper, The Pink Diamond, Fight of the Tertia, The Love Hotel, Boycott, Nightfall
Star Sign
Virgo
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An oft-told legend is that Schreck's otherworldly performance as Nosferatu was due to the fact that he was in reality a vampire. Actor Willem Dafoe portrayed him as such, playing the vampire Count Orlok in Shadow of the Vampire (2000).
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