Michael Gielen was born on July 20, 1927 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Godzilla (2014), Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik (2005) and Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag) (1992). He was married to Helga Gielen. He died on March 8, 2019 in Mondsee, Upper Austria, Austria.
