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Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is a
Swiss-Austrian actor. His late elder sister, Maria
Schell, was also an actress, as are his two other
far less well-known siblings, Carl and Immy
(Immaculata) Schell. 

Born in Vienna and raised in Zurich, Switzerland,
he made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in film|1958
in the World War II film The Young Lions. In 1961,
he took the role of the defense attorney in
Judgment at Nuremberg, for which he won the
Academy Award for Best Actor, a role he had
initiated in a live television performance. 
1974's The Pedestrian, which Schell wrote,
produced, directed, and starred in, was nominated
for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
Film|Best Foreign Language Film.

Schell has refused to be typecast. Although he was
top billed in a number of Nazi Germany|Nazi-era
themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth, A
Bridge Too Far, Cross of Iron, Julia (movie)|Julia
and Judgment at Nuremburg, he has also appeared in
Topkapi (movie)|Topkapi, The Black Hole, The
Freshman, Stalin (movie)|Stalin and Candles in the
Dark.

Schell has also served as a writer, producer and
director for a variety of films. In 2002 he
released My Sister Maria, a documentary about the
career of and his relationship with Maria Schell.

In 2000, he collapsed and was diagnosed with
pancreas|pancreatitis related to his diabetes. At
the time, he was starring on Broadway in the
premiere of the stage version of Judgment at
Nuremberg, changing roles from the defense lawyer
to the lead judge on trial for crimes against
humanity.

Since the 1990s Schell has appeared in many German
language made-for-TV films, such as the 2003 film
Alles Glück dieser Erde (All the Luck in the
World) opposite Uschi Glas and in the mini-series
The Return of the Dancing Master (2004), which was
based on Henning Mankell's novel.

He is godfather to Angelina Jolie, daughter of Jon
Voight and Micheline Bertrand.

==Academy Awards and nominations==
*1978 -  Nominated - Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role -
Julia
*1976 -  Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Man in
the Glass Booth
*1961 -  Won Academy Award for Best Actor|Best
Actor in a Leading Role - Judgment at Nuremberg