Niki Lauda

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-02-22 (70 years old)

Deathday

2019-05-20

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Niki Lauda

Biography

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times in 1975, 1977 and 1984. Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, during which his Ferrari burst into flames and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns. However he recovered and returned to race again just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix. Scars from the injuries he suffered left him permanently disfigured. The ever-present red cap he wore from 1976 to hide the severe burns he sustained in his ...

Acting

1975

One By One

as Self

1978

1990

2013

1

as Self

1999

Screw Loose

as Se stesso

1994

1987

Top Kids

as Self

2016

1992

2017

2017

2013

Rush

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010

Senna

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Origins of the Silver War

as Self (archival footage)

2023

Transition to the Silver War

as Self (archive footage)

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