Clemens Schick (born 15 February 1972) is a German actor, model, political activist and human rights advocate. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1998, including leading roles in both German and international productions. He has appeared in various major German and international TV productions and series. He has also played several leading theatre roles in classical plays like

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’s ''Don Carlos'' and

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.'' Schick is openly politically active and an active member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He is an active champion of human rights issues and is a committee member of the German

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chapter.

Life

Clemens was born in

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, Germany. The son of a teacher and a prosecutor, he has four siblings, including a sister and an older brother. He studied at the Hölderlin High School in

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, from where he graduated in 1992. After his graduation, he enrolled at the Academy of Performing Arts (AdK) in

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. Following one year of studies, the then 22-year-old Clemens decided to leave

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and headed for

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, where he intended to join the

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of the

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. After an eight-month stay, however, he returned to Germany, where he enrolled at the Berlin School of Drama. He completed his studies in 1996, having financed his student time with part-time jobs as

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, bouncer and waiter in restaurants and pubs in

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and

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. In an interview with ''

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'' magazine in September 2014, Schick came out as a

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. He stated that he is not interested in either "gay" or "heterosexual" labels and falls in love with both men and women, but only dates men. In the past he had a few girlfriends, including German actress

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, who he briefly dated in 2010. Today, he lives in Kreuzberg in central Berlin.

Theatre career

An actor with a confessed love for life on the classical stage, Clemens has a long track record of engagements and leading roles in both modern and classic theatre plays, primarily with German theaters. His career include engagements at Staatsschauspiel Dresden,

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, Sophiensaelen,

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's directorial work of

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, in a leading role in

under the direction of Christina Paulhofer, in leading roles in

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under the direction of Sebastian Baumgarten, as well as the title role in

’s ''Don Carlos'', under the direction of Wilfred Minks. In the summer of 2007 and again in 2008, Schick was also to be seen in the role as 'Death' at the

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in Hofmannsthal's ''Jedermann''. His first solo show, ''Windows or: Let's imagine Bill Gates as a happy person'', a monologue written by Mathias Greffrath, was staged by the Schauspielhaus Hannover in 2010. The play saw Schick in the role as Bill Gates musing with the audience about

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and life’s moral questions. He later performed in the solo show in the Sophiensäle theatre, and again for German soldiers stationed in

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Cinema and television

In addition to his theatre work, Schick has acted extensively in both German and international film and TV productions with roles in more than 70 movies and TV series. His work spans from roles in

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productions to independent cinema. Arguably, his international breakthrough role came in the 21st

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movie, ''Casino Royale'' (2006), where Schick played alongside

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and

Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green (, ; born ) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003). She achieved international reco ...

in the role as the bodyguard 'Kratt' of the movie villain '

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' (

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). The opening film of the "Perspective German Cinema" at the

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was ''Upright Standing'' by Hannah Schweier, in which Schick plays the main role of 'Joe'. In 2008, Schick played alongside

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and

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the role of the detective 'Marco Lorenz' in the television series ''

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.'' In 2008, he appeared in the French movie ''

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,'' playing alongside

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and

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, in the role as the villain Dragan Lazarevic. In 2011, Schick with

Saralisa Volm Saralisa Volm (born 24 June 1985 in Hechingen, West Germany) is a Germans, German actress, famous, among other things for her starring role in ''Finale'', a film by . Volm grew up in Freising, where she also went to high school. Part of her school ...

performed in the mainly

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ed financed erotic film ''

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''. The film features scenes of Volm and Schick engaging in

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. In 2013, Schick played in the French two-part TV Mini-Series ''Le vol des cigognes'' (or '' Flight of the Storks''), an adaptation of the

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of the same name by

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. He took the role of the policeman 'Hervé Dumaz', who speaks French, English and German. It was directed by

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. In other roles were

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and

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. It was aired in January 2013 by

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. In 2014, Schick joined the cast of

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’ Brazilian-German drama '' Praia do Futuro'', playing among others alongside

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and Jesuita Barbosa. Later that same year, he also appeared in Austrian-German mystery western ''

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,'' directed by

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, featuring

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and

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. Soon after, in 2015, Schick appeared in Theresa von Eltz’ German drama ''4 Könige,'' alongside

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and

. Also in 2015, he performed in

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’s action thriller ''

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,'' with among others

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and

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. In 2018 he performed in the Finnish-German crime drama series ''

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.'' Playing alongside Maximillian Brückner,

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and

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among others, Schick is seen in the role of Marcus Eiben, a multimillionaire CEO of a pharmaceutical company. The series is directed by Hannu Salonen, a Finnish director based in Germany. More recently, Schick has appeared in the

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-produced bio-pic ''Sergio'' (2019) about the life of controversial diplomat

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, alongside

and

Ana de Armas Ana Celia de Armas Caso (; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba and had a leading role in the romantic drama '' Una rosa de Francia'' (2006). At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in t ...

. In 2019, he appeared in a leading role in the first german Netflix Original ''Kidnapping Stella'' (2019)'','' directed and written by Thomas Sieben and featuring leading roles from Schick,

and

Max von der Groeben Maximilian "Max" von der Groeben (born 15 January 1992) is a German actor. His father Alexander von der Groeben is a former judoka, sports journalist and also an actor. His mother Ulrike von der Groeben is also a sports journalist. He has o ...

. In 2022 he appears in

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sit-com for the BBC '' Stuck''.

Volunteer work and political engagement

Clemens Schick is openly politically engaged and has been an active member of the

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(SPD), since 2016. He was actively supporting the

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-initiated "My Voice for Reason" campaign in 2016. In 2008, he visited the German contingent

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at the locations Masar-e Sharif (

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and Feyzabad in

. Here he performed his solo show ''Windows'' for the troops, and was accompanied by a camera crew, for a documentary by Jobst Knigge which was titled ''"The Trooper: Clemens Schick plays theatre in Afghanistan"''. Schick visited the troops again in 2011 and 2012, supporting the German soldiers at Afghan military sites of the German

troops through theatre performances in Masar-i-Sharif and

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. Schick also participated in the "Alliance Against Castor 2010" and signed a call for artists in numerous newspapers, calling on the population to take part in

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against the Castor transport and the extension of the term of German nuclear power plants. Schick is a member of

, and sits on the charter's Berlin committee. He is a member of the Bundesverband Schauspiel (BFFS or Federal Association of Acting), and an ambassador for the Hugo Tempelmann Stiftung, a non-profit working to battle

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. In 1996 and again in 2009, Schick modelled in

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and

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for US photographer

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. In 2018, he was named as a brand ambassador for German luxury brand Montblanc.

Filmography

Film

Television

Other work

In 2016, he was the main actor in the music video for

Fritz Kalkbrenner Fritz Kalkbrenner (born 1981) is a German disc jockey, DJ and music producer. He is a grandson of the East Germany, East German artist Fritz Eisel and younger brother of Paul Kalkbrenner. Discography Albums * ''Here Today Gone Tomorrow'' ...

's track "In This Game".

References

External links

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