Friedrich Ernst Peter Paul Maria Thun-Hohenstein (born 30 June 1942) is an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films since 1958.

Biography

Friedrich von Thun was born on 30 June 1942 in Kvasice,

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(now the

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). A descendant of an ancient

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ean noble House of Thun und Hohenstein, Friedrich von Thun grew up in

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, Austria, as the youngest son of Count Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein (1905–1985) and his wife, Baroness Maria Theresia Wiedersperger von Wiedersperg (born 1911).https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00207401&tree=LEO He began his acting career in 1958 and mainly works in Germany, where he lives in

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. His son Max von Thun is also an actor.

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thun, Friedrich von 1942 births Living people Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors 20th-century Austrian male actors 21st-century Austrian male actors Austrian expatriates in Germany Friedrich People from Kroměříž District Austrian people of Moravian-German descent People from Leoben Male actors from Munich