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Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Actor · Born 1953-06-20 · Grimma, Germany

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Biography

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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Lives of Others (2006) — Gerd Wiesler
  2. Funny Games (1997) — Georg
  3. Benny's Video (1992) — Georg, Benny's Father
  4. Amen. (2002) — The Doctor
  5. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Peter Fuchs
  6. My Führer (2007) — Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
  7. Schtonk! (1992) — Dr. Wieland
  8. The Castle (1997) — K
  9. Polizeiruf 110 (1971) — Kegel
  10. Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995) — Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
  11. Straight Shooter (1999) — Markus Paufler
  12. Spider's Web (1989) — Theodor Lohse
  13. The Last U-Boat (1993) — Gerber - Kommandant
  14. Spy Sorge (2003) — Eugen Ott
  15. Snowland (2005) — Knövel
  16. Night Time (1998) — Eschbach
  17. Peer Gynt (2006) — Der Knopfgiesser
  18. The Woman and the Stranger (1985) — Revolutionär
  19. The Blue One (1994) — Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
  20. Der letzte Zeuge (1998) — Robert Kolmaar
  21. Volle Kanne (1999) — Self
  22. Hälfte des Lebens (1985) — Friedrich Hölderlin
  23. Einfach raus (1999) — Manfred Reimann
  24. Hamlet_X (2003) — Claudius Müller
  25. Todesengel (1999) — Dr. Leon Stein
  26. Rosa Roth (1994)
  27. Hunger auf Leben (2004) — Jochen Hensel
  28. Nikolaikirche (1995) — Pfarrer Ohlbaum
  29. Olle Henry (1983) — Junger Mann
  30. Little Angel (1997) — Kommissar
  31. Das tödliche Auge (1993) — Stefan Phillis
  32. Alles Samba (2003) — Gerd Wegener
  33. Geschäfte (1995) — Sturm
  34. Deadly Silence (1997) — Christian Plache
  35. Siska (1998) — Erich Branner
  36. Through the Night with... (2002) — Self
  37. The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) — Self
  38. End of Innocence (1991) — Julian Green
  39. Nemesis (2010) — Robert
  40. Jugend ohne Gott (1991) — Lehrer

Directed

  1. Der Auftrag (2004) — Director