Alexander Beyer (born 24 June 1973) is a German actor. He was born in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. He has appeared in such films as

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's '' The Legend of Rita'' (''Die Stille nach dem Schuss'', 1999),

Leander Haußmann Leander Haußmann (sometimes Haussmann) (; born 26 June 1959, Quedlinburg) is a German theatre and film director. The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, he attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin. Hau ...

's ''Sun Alley'' (''

Sonnenallee ''Sonnenallee'' (''Sun Avenue'' or ''Sun Alley'') is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, ''Am kürzere ...

'', 2000), Johannes Kiefer's ''Gregor's Greatest Invention'' (''Gregors groesste Erfindung'', 2001), which was nominated for an

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for Live Action Short Film in 2002 and Wolfgang Becker's ''

Good Bye Lenin! ''Good Bye Lenin!'' is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, directed by Wolfgang Becker. The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon. The story follows a family in East Germany (GDR); the mother (Sass) is dedica ...

'' (2003), among others. Beyer lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.

Filmography

*2022: ''

Dalíland ''Dalíland'' is a 2022 American film directed by Mary Harron, from a screenplay by John C. Walsh. It is based on the true of the tempestuous marriage between surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and his wife and muse Gala in their later years durin ...

'' directed by

Mary Harron Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter, and former entertainment critic. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1996), ''Ame ...

*2022: ''

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'' directed by

John Madden John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, who he led to eight pla ...

*2020: ''

Persian Lessons ''Persian Lessons'' (german: Persischstunden) is a 2020 Russian-Belarusian war drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The film was partially inspired by the short story ''Erfindung einer Sprache'' by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was sel ...

'' directed by

Vadim Perelman Vadim Perelman ( ukr, Вадим Перельман; born 8 September 1963) is a Ukrainian-Canadian-American film director. Perelman made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with '' House of Sand and Fog'', following a successful career as ...

*2018: '' The Little Drummer Girl'' directed by

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. H ...

*2018: ''

Deutschland 86 ''Deutschland 86'' () is a 2018 German television series starring Jonas Nay as an agent of East Germany in 1986, in relation to the Angolan Civil War. It is a sequel to the 2015 series ''Deutschland 83'' and precedes the 2020 series ''Deutschl ...

'' directed by Florian Cossen *2018: '' Styx'' directed by Wolfgang Fischer *2016: '' Burg Schreckenstein'' directed by Ralf Huettner *2016: '' Berlin Station'' directed by

Michaël R. Roskam Michaël R. Roskam (; born 1972, in Sint-Truiden) is a Belgium, Belgian film director. Career Roskam attended St. Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he studied painting and contemporary art, and the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam ...

*2015: ''

3 Türken und ein Baby or (English: 3 Turks and a baby) is a 2015 German comedy film, written and directed by Sinan Akkuş. Starring the German rapper Eko Fresh and the actors Kida Khodr Ramadan and Kostja Ullmann, the film tells the story of the three Yildiz brothe ...

'' directed by

Sinan Akkuş Sinan Akkuş (born 17 December 1971) is a Turkish-German director, writer and actor. Life and work Sinan Akkuş was born in Turkey. As a child he moved to Germany in 1973. After graduating from high school in Kassel, he studied philosophy, German ...

*2015: ''

Deutschland 83 ''Deutschland 83'' is a 2015 German television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who, in 1983, is sent to West Germany as an undercover spy for the HVA, the foreign intelligence agency of the Stasi. It is a co-pr ...

'' directed by

Edward Berger Edward Berger (born 1970 in Wolfsburg, West Germany) is a German director and screenwriter. Life and work Edward Berger graduated from Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium (Wolfsburg), Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Wolfsburg. He attended the Hochschule für Bi ...

*2013: '' The Fifth Estate'' directed by

Bill Condon William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American director and screenwriter. Condon is known for writing and/or directing numerous successful and acclaimed films including '' Gods and Monsters'', ''Chicago'', '' Kinsey'', ''Dreamgirls'', ' ...

*2012: ' directed by *2010: ''

A Film Unfinished ''A Film Unfinished'' (Hebrew title: ''שתיקת הארכיון'' ''Shtikat haArkhion'', German title: ''Geheimsache Ghettofilm'') is a 2010 documentary film by Yael Hersonski. Summary The film re-examines the making of an unfinished 1942 Germ ...

'' directed by Yael Hersonski *2010: '' The Whore'' *2009: ' *2008: ''

Miracle at St. Anna ''Miracle at St. Anna'' is a 2008 AmericanItalian epic war film directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride, based on McBride's 2003 novel of the same name. The film stars Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfra ...

'', directed by

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut ...

*2007: ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

'', as Count

Pierre Bezukhov Count Pyotr "Pierre" Kirillovich Bezukhov (; russian: Пьер Безу́хов, Пётр Кири́ллович Безу́хов) is the fictional protagonist of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace''. He is the favourite out of several illeg ...

– Dir.

Robert Dornhelm Robert Dornhelm (born 17 December 1947 in Temesvár, Romania) is an Austrian film and television director. Biography Dornhelm is of Jewish descent. He has worked on numerous television programmes and has also released such movies as ''Echo Pa ...

*2007: ''

Attack on Leningrad ''Attack on Leningrad'', or just ''Leningrad'', is a 2009 war film written and directed by Aleksandr Buravsky, set during the Siege of Leningrad. Plot In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and their troops besieged the city of Lening ...

'' – Dir. Aleksandr Buravsky (starring

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German film actor, painter and author, who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role i ...

Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ...

Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, and author. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's s ...

) *2006: ''Mary on Water'' (original title: Maria am Wasser) – Dir. Thomas Wendrich (starring Annika Blendl and Hermann Beyer) *2005: ' (original title: 3° kälter) – Dir.

Florian Hoffmeister Florian Hoffmeister, (born 1970), is a German cinematographer and director, best known for his work on ''Tár'', which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Projects he has worked on include ''Five Days'', ''House o ...

(starring

Meret Becker Meret Becker (; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer. Life and career Meret Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker but she was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather Ot ...

and

Bibiana Beglau Bibiana Beglau (born 16 July 1971) is a German actress. Life Born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Bibiana Beglau is the daughter of a border guard and a nurse. After training as an actor at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, she wor ...

) *2005: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'' – Nur ein Spiel – Dir. Manuel Siebenmann (starring , ) *2005: ''

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

'' – Dir.

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...

(starring

Eric Bana Eric Banadinović, (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (), is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' before gaining notice in the comedy drama '' The Castle'' (19 ...

Daniel Craig Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English-American actor who gained international fame playing the secret agent James Bond in the film series, beginning with '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and in four further instalments, up to '' ...

Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They ...

Hanns Zischler Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor known for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film ''Munich''. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. He is known in Sweden for his r ...

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy ...

) *2004: ''

Hierankl ''Hierankl'' is a German award-winning family drama which premiered on 1 July 2003 at the Munich Film Festival. The modern ''Heimatfilm'', named after a district in Surberg, Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director Hans Steinbichl ...

'' – Dir.

Hans Steinbichler Hans Sebastian Steinbichler (born 1 November 1966) is a German film director and screenwriter. Biography Steinbichler grew up in Kothöd in Upper Bavaria. He got his Abitur at the Ludwig-Thoma-Gymnasium Prien am Chiemsee. Then he studied jur ...

(starring

Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa (; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival ...

, Johanna Wokalek,

Josef Bierbichler Josef Bierbichler (born 26 April 1948) is a German actor. Filmography * 1976: '' Heart of Glass'' – director: Werner Herzog * 1976: ''Die Atlantikschwimmer'' * 1977: '' Bierkampf'' – director: Herbert Achternbusch * 1977: ''Servus Bayern'' ...

) *2003: ''

'' – Dir. Wolfgang Becker (starring

Katrin Sass Katrin Sass (, for a time Katrin Saß) is a German actress. She became known internationally for playing the idealistic socialist mother Christiane Kerner in the 2003 tragicomedy ''Good Bye, Lenin!'' Biography She was born in Schwerin, in th ...

Daniel Brühl Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (; born 16 June 1978) is a Spanish-German actor and filmmaker. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound)'' (2001), ''Nichts ...

Chulpan Khamatova Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theat ...

) *2003: ''

Eierdiebe ''Eierdiebe'' (''The Family Jewels'' in United States) is a 2003 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. The film deals with testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of ...

'' – Dir.

Robert Schwentke Robert Schwentke (; born 15 February 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and career Schwentke was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. He graduated from Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood Columbia College Holl ...

(starring

Julia Hummer Julia Hummer (born 24 April 1980) is a German actress and singer. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hummer, Julia 1980 births Living people People from Ha ...

Wotan Wilke Möhring Wotan Wilke Möhring (born 23 May 1967) is a German actor. Biography Möhring was born in Augustdorf near Detmold and grew up in Herne. His father was an army officer and his mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister and two brothers. On ...

) *2003: ''Hamlet_X'' – Dir. Herbert Fritsch (starring

Christoph Schlingensief Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010) was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals ...

und Milan Peschel) *2002: ''Half the Rent'' (original title: Halbe Miete) – Dir. Marc Ottiker *2002: ''Sophiiiie!'' – Dir. Michael Hofmann (starring Katharina Schüttler) *2002: ''

'' – Schlaraffenland – Dir.

Nina Grosse Nina Grosse (born 11 August 1958) is a German film director and screenwriter. She has directed 14 films since 1983. Her 2004 film '' Olga's Summer'' was entered into the 26th Moscow International Film Festival The 26th Moscow International Fi ...

(starring

Eva Mattes __notoc__ Eva Mattes (; born 14 December 1954) is an Austrian-German actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'', ', ''Effi Briest'' and ''In a Year of 13 Moons' ...

, Michael Gwisdek) *2001: ''Gregor's Greatest Invention'' – Dir. Johannes Kiefer (

Oscar Nominee 2002, starring

Helga Göring Helga Göring (1922–2010) was a German stage, television and film actress.Brockmann p.247 Selected filmography * ''Castles and Cottages'' (1957) * '' Two Mothers'' (1957) * '' Sheriff Teddy'' (1957) * '' Erich Kubak'' (1959) * '' The Second T ...

, Doris Egbring-Kahn and Christel Peters) *2001: ''Heinrich der Säger'' – Dir. Klaus Gietinger (starring

Rolf Becker Rolf Becker (born 31 March 1935) is a German television actor and political activist. By his first wife, actress Monika Hansen, he is the father of actor Ben Becker, and actress and singer Meret Becker. Selected filmography * ''Widower with Five ...

and

Karina Krawczyk Karina Krawczyk (born 5 August 1971) is a German actress and occasionally works as a fashion model. Acting career Karina Krawczyk speaks Polish, German, English, and French fluently. She studied acting at the theater school Jacques Lecoq in Pa ...

) *2001: ''Die Hunde sind schuld'' – Dir.

Andreas Prochaska Andreas Prochaska (born 31 December 1964) is an Austrian film director and editor. He directed the 2014 film ''The Dark Valley'', the 2017 miniseries Maximilian and Marie of Bourgogne, and the 2018 series ''Das Boot'', among others. He has contr ...

(starring

Barbara Valentin Barbara Valentin (born Ursula Ledersteger; 15 December 1940 – 22 February 2002) was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Biography Valentin was born in 1940 as Ursula Ledersteger in Vienna, Austria. He ...

) *2001: ''Das Monstrum'' – Dir. Miriam Pfeiffer (starring

Corinna Harfouch Corinna Harfouch (; née Meffert; 16 October 1954) is a German actress. Life and work Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and studi ...

) *2000: '' The Legend of Rita'' (original title: Die Stille nach dem Schuss) – Dir.

Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, ...

(starring

Martin Wuttke Martin Wuttke (born 8 February 1962) is a German actor and director who achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Life and career Wuttke began his actor training at the colleg ...

and

Nadja Uhl Nadja Uhl (; born 23 May 1972, in Stralsund) is a German actress. Uhl grew up near Stralsund, in the town of Franzburg. She lived with her mother in a three-generation house, shared with aunts and her grandparents, who had moved in shortly ...

) *2000: ''Liebesau – Die andere Heimat'' – Dir. Wolfgang Panzer (starring

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The T ...

Anna Thalbach Anna Maria Joachim genannt Thalbach (born 1 June 1973), known as Anna Maria Thalbach, is a German actress. Her mother, Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a Germa ...

) *1999: ''

'' – Dir.

(starring Alexander Scheer,

Robert Stadlober Robert Stadlober (born 3 August 1982) is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress. Life and career Robert Stadlober was born on 3 August 1982 in Friesach in the Austrian province of Carinthia, and grew up in ...

Detlev Buck Detlev Buck (; born 1 December 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and work From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, ', he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working ...

) *1999: ''To the Horizon and Beyond'' (original title: Bis zum Horizont und weiter) – Dir. Peter Kahane (starring

) *1998: ''

The Big Mambo ''The Big Mambo'' (german: Das Mambospiel) is a 1998 German comedy film written and directed by Michael Gwisdek. It was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held fro ...

'' (original title: Das Mambospiel) – Dir. Michael Gwisdek (starring

Jürgen Vogel Jürgen Peter Vogel (; born 29 April 1968, in Hamburg) is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer. One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in ''Little Sharks''.Jürgen ...

und

) *1997: '' Der Hauptmann von Köpenick'' – Dir.

Frank Beyer Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era ...

(starring

Harald Juhnke Harald Juhnke () (born Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, 10 June 1929 – 1 April 2005), was a German actor, comedian, and singer. Life and career Juhnke was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His father was a police officer and his mother came from a ...

Rolf Hoppe Rolf Hoppe (6 December 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a prolific German stage, cinema, and television actor, who played in more than 400 films in a career which spanned over six decades. To international audiences Hoppe is perhaps best known f ...

Udo Samel Udo Samel (born 25 June 1953) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1994 film '' Back to Square One'', which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Se ...

Sophie Rois Sophie Rois is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in such films as ''Three (2010 film), Three'', ''180°'', ''Enemy at the Gates'' and television programmes such as ''Polizeiruf 110'' and ''Die kleine Monsterin'' (voice). In 2014, she appea ...

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