Rufus Beck

Biography

Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014). In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre. In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 199…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sapphire Blue (2014) — Xemerius (voice)
2. Emerald Green (2016) — Xemerius (voice)
3. The Wild Soccer Bunch (2003) — Willi
4. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Mickey
5. Maybe... Maybe Not (1994) — Waltraud
6. Bibi Blocksberg (2002) — Maribor (voice)
7. Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls (2004) — Maribor (voice)
8. The Meerkats (2008) — Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
9. Derrick (1974) — Benno Hauke
10. Emil and the Detectives (2001) — Hotelportier
11. Little Sharks (1992) — Woyczek
12. The Robber Hotzenplotz (2006) — Petrosilius Zwackelmann
13. The Wild Soccer Bunch 6 (2016) — Willi
14. The Old Fox (1977) — Erich Kapuste
15. Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) — Self
16. Das Traumschiff (1981) — Magnus Tennstett
17. Ice Princess Lily (2018) — Kolk (voice)
18. Hamburg Dockland (2007) — Markus Herold
19. Germanikus (2004) — Prefect
20. Inga Lindström (2004) — Herzog Anders von Köping
21. Der Bergdoktor (1992) — Guido Mooslechner
22. Liebling Kreuzberg (1986)
23. München Mord (2014) — Oliver Papst
24. SOKO Stuttgart (2009) — Felix Zink
25. Der letzte Zeuge (1998) — Tom Burkhardt
26. SOKO Köln (2003) — Thomas Lambrecht
27. SOKO München (1978) — Kühn
28. Volle Kanne (1999) — Self
29. RTL Samstag Nacht (1993)
30. Jasper: Journey to the End of the World (2009) — Kakapo (voice)
31. Brazilero (2001) — Alex
32. Edel & Starck (2002) — Britz
33. DAS! (1991) — Self
34. Klick ins Herz (2009) — Alexander Randow
35. The Visible and the Invisible (2007) — Leo Barnstein
36. Kiss Me, Frog (2000) — Hofzauberer Gorm
37. Hamlet_X (2003) — Insurance Salesman
38. Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht (2018)
39. Leute heute (1997) — Self
40. NDR Talk Show (1979) — Self

Directed

1. Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück (2004) — Director