Paul Muni

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Muni born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund September 22 1895 August 25 1967 was an AustrianHungarianborn 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 characters 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 80yearold 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia