Benedict XVI

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-04-16 (95 years old)

Deathday

2022-12-31

Place of Birth

Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]

Benedict XVI

Biography

Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ʔaˈlɔʏzi̯ʊs ˈʁatsɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation. Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger embarked on an academic career and established himself as a highly...

Acting

2006

Deliver Us from Evil

as Himself (archive footage)

2012

Die Lage

as Himself

2010

Con Artist

as Self

2019

Drawn This Way

as Self - Pope Emeritus (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013

Propaganda

as Self (archive footage)

2016

Hostage to the Devil

as Self (archive footage)

2012

Love Alien

as Himself (archive footage)

2019

The Two Popes

as Himself (archive footage)

2020

Francesco

as Self

2011

2014

Francis: One Year of Pontificate

as Self (archive footage)

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