---
name: "George Bartenieff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-bartenieff"
fi1m_id: "george-bartenieff"
imdb_id: "nm0058496"
tmdb_id: 171242
wikidata_id: "Q16093568"
roles: []
born: "24 January 1933"
died: "30 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:51:52.038407+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# George Bartenieff

## Identity

George Bartenieff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-bartenieff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-bartenieff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058496
- **TMDB ID:** 171242
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16093568
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bartenieff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16093568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171242

Actor. Born 24 January 1933 in Berlin, Germany. Died 30 July 2022.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 January 1933, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 30 July 2022
- **Also known as:** George Michael Bartenieff
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bartenieff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16093568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/171242

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Julie & Julia*](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md) (72)

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## Biography

George Bartenieff was an American stage and screen actor. Born in Berlin in 1933, he made his Broadway debut at the age of 14 in the 1947 production *The Whole World Over*. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and appeared in nine Broadway shows and numerous Off-Broadway productions over a career spanning more than seven decades.

Bartenieff was a co-founder of the experimental Theatre for the New City in 1971 and received two Obie Awards and a Drama Desk Award. His film and television credits include *Hercules in New York* (1970), *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), *Julie & Julia* (2009) as Chef Max Bugnard, *The Dictator* (2012) and multiple appearances on *Law & Order*. He died in Brooklyn in 2022.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Julie & Julia* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Chef Max Bugnard — [page](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Scientist's Guide to Living and Dying* (2018), as Watts
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Jurgi
- *The Dictator* (2012), as Romanian Accountant
- *Julie & Julia* (2009), as Chef Max Bugnard — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Douglas Templeton — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Conviction* (2006), series, as Nelson Beckman
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as John Nemetz
- *W.I.S.O.R.* (2001), Actor
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Judge Horn — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, as Hugh Dryden
- *Anima* (1998), as Sam
- *Girls Night Out* (1997), as Father
- *Joey Breaker* (1993), as Dean Milford
- *Sadness at Leaving* (1992), as Hubert Cleaver
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Judge Shawn MacNamara, Jerome, Judge Eric Goodloe, Stefan Anders — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Cookie* (1989), as Andy O'Brien
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), as Huddelston
- *Dead End Kids* (1986), Actor
- *Strong Medicine* (1981), Actor
- *The Hot Rock* (1972), as Museum Guard #2
- *Paradise Lost* (1971), as Dave
- *Hercules in New York* (1970), as Nitro
- *Zero in the Universe* (1966), as Steinmetz
- *The Brig* (1964), as Prisoner No.8

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