Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film awards, the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. Curiously, events in Mühe's life were mirrored by the plot of the film, as he allegedly discovered in a Stasi file compiled on him that he had been under surveillance by his second wife, Jenny Gröllmann. Gröllmann denied this, and after an acrimonious and highly-publicized court case she succeeded in obtaining an injunction to prevent Mühe from repeating the allegation in a book. After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. He then turned to acting, and from the late 1970s into the 1980s appeared in numerous plays, becoming a star of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. He was active in politics and denounced Communist rule in East Germany in a memorable address at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After German reunification he continued to appear in a large number of films, television programmes and theatre productions. In Germany he was particularly known for playing the lead role of Dr. Robert Kolmaar in the long-running forensic crime series Der letzte Zeuge (The Last Witness, 1998–2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulrich Mühe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · Jedermann Remixed as Devil (archive footage)
- 2010 · Nemesis as Robert
- 2007 · My Führer as Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
- 2006 · Peer Gynt as Der Knopfgiesser
- 2006 · Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose as Nicolas Cramer
- 2006 · The Lives of Others as Gerd Wiesler
- 2005 · Stars präsentieren as Self
- 2005 · Snowland as Knövel
- 2004 · Der Ausländer as
- 2004 · Hunger auf Leben as Jochen Hensel
- 2003 · Alles Samba as Gerd Wegener
- 2003 · Im Schatten der Macht as Günther Gaus
- 2003 · Hamlet_X as Claudius Müller
- 2003 · Spy Sorge as Eugen Ott
- 2002 · Through the Night with... as Self
- 2002 · Amen. as SS-Arzt
- 2002 · Langer Samstag as Self
- 2001 · Goebbels und Geduldig as Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
- 2001 · Dreimal Leben as Henri
- 1999 · Maybrit Illner as Self
- 1999 · German Television Award as Self
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1999 · Einfach raus as Manfred Reimann
- 1999 · Straight Shooter as Markus Paufler
- 1999 · Todesengel as Dr. Leon Stein
- 1998 · Siska as Erich Branner
- 1998 · 36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind as Rudolph
- 1998 · Rider of the Flames as Jacob Gontard
- 1998 · Night Time as Eschbach
- 1998 · Der letzte Zeuge as Robert Kolmaar
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1998 · Lebensläufe as Self
- 1997 · The Castle as K
- 1997 · Little Angel as Kommissar
- 1997 · Funny Games as Georg
- 1997 · Deadly Silence as Christian Plache
- 1997 · Sterben ist gesünder as Hugo Wallner
- 1996 · Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles as Dr. Jochen Schuster
- 1995 · Nikolaikirche as Pfarrer Ohlbaum
- 1995 · Geschäfte as Sturm
- 1995 · … nächste Woche ist Frieden as Dr. Herbert Pieritz
- 1995 · Goldene Henne as Self
- 1995 · Rudy, the Racing Pig as Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
- 1995 · Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde as Sergej
- 1994 · Rosa Roth as
- 1994 · The Blue One as Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
- 1993 · Das tödliche Auge as Stefan Phillis
- 1993 · The Last U-Boat as Gerber - Kommandant
- 1992 · Benny's Video as Georg, Benny's Father
- 1992 · Schtonk! as Dr. Wieland
- 1991 · Jugend ohne Gott as Lehrer
- 1991 · Der kleine Herr Friedemann as Johannes Friedemann
- 1990 · Hard Days, Hard Nights as Flimmer
- 1990 · Longing as Sieghart
- 1990 · Nathan der Weise as Patriarch
- 1990 · Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen as
- 1989 · Die gläserne Fackel as Maximilian Steinhüter
- 1989 · Spider's Web as Theodor Lohse
- 1989 · Späte Ankunft as Raoul Fürstenau
- 1989 · Blauer Panther as Self
- 1988 · Nadine, meine Liebe as Oberleutnant Stein
- 1987 · Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund as Dr. Grote
- 1987 · Die erste Reihe as Rudolf Schwarz
- 1986 · Das Buschgespenst as Siegfried Strauch
- 1985 · Die dritte Frau as
- 1985 · Hälfte des Lebens as Friedrich Hölderlin
- 1985 · The Woman and the Stranger as Revolutionär
- 1984 · Die Poggenpuhls as Sohn Leutnant Leo
- 1983 · Olle Henry as Junger Mann
- 1983 · Gespenster as Osvald
- 1983 · Der Mann und sein Name as Retzlow
- 1983 · Telestar as Self
- 1979 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Kegel
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Peter Fuchs
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Friedel Hebbel
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self