Francis Fulton-Smith (born 25 April 1966) is a
British-
German television actor.
Life
Fulton-Smith was born in
Munich,
Germany, the son of a German mother and an English father.
After graduating school he trained as an actor at the
Otto-Falckenberg-Schule
The Otto Falckenberg Schule – Fachakademie für darstellende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München, or Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts, is a higher education academy in Munich training actors and directors, affiliated to the Münc ...
in Munich . Since 1991 he has performed in theater and has appeared in more than 150 films, mostly as a leading man. In 2013 he played the former Bavarian Prime Minister
Franz-Josef Strauß in '. In 2014 he won the “BAMBI” and the “German Acting Award” for this part. In 2016 he played Hermann Goering in “The Good Goering.”
He has two daughters (born 2009, 2012) living in Munich. In 2011 he founded a production company called Little Door Films and produced film “Murder in Athens” for the German broadcaster ARD. After winning the Special Jury Distinction Award and the Audience Award at EIFF in Canada, his short film “Someone” was qualified for an Academy Award.
Acting career
Television, Movies
Theatre
* 1988–1990:
Münchner Kammerspiele
The Munich Kammerspiele (German: Münchner Kammerspiele) is a state-funded German-language theater company based at the ''Schauspielhaus'' on Maximilianstraße (Munich), Maximilianstrasse in the Bavarian capital. The company currently has three ...
* 1990–1993:
Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen
Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen is a theatre in Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country ...
* 1993–1995:
Staatstheater Braunschweig
The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts.
The ''Staatstheate ...
* 1995/1996:
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
* 2012/2013:
Jedermann im
Berliner Dom[TrendJam Magazin]
''Berliner Jedermann Festspiele 2012 mit Francis Fulton-Smith, Barbara Wussow, Ursula Karusseit und Herbert Köfer''
8. Oktober 2012
References
External links
Official Homepage*
Francis Fulton-Smith at the Agentur Fischer & Partner
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1966 births
Living people
Male actors from Munich
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
German people of English descent