Falk Hentschel is a German actor, dancer and choreographer. He is mostly involved in American productions and has had supporting roles in movies such as ''

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'' and '' Transcendence''. He played superhero

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, which he portrayed in the

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shows ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Hentschel was born in Leipzig, East Germany. With his parents, Jörg and Martina, and his brother Uwe, he escaped

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seven months before the

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came down. He was raised bilingually, English and German, and moved around the world all his life.

Career

Hentschel worked in London as a professional

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for artists such as

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and others. Later he was hired as a choreographer and worked on many music videos and tours in Canada and Asia. In 2003, Falk decided to stay in

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for good and pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He made his acting debut in the

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-winning show ''

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'' in 2005. Small parts in ''

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'' and numerous low-budget films followed. In 2008, Hentschel decided to create his own projects and wrote the short film ''Who is Bobby Domino'', where he met his production partner Jesse Grace. The two of them went on to write and produce more short films, of which many entered some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world and won numerous accolades. In 2009, Hentschel worked as a

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in the piece "Untitled (Go-Go Dancing Platform)" by the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. In 2009, Falk landed his first big-budget feature film role as Bernhard the assassin, co-starring next to

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and

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in ''

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''. The following year, Falk played the role of drug addict Richard Conway on TNT’s ''

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'', starring

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. In 2011, Hentschel played opposite singer

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in the ''

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'' episode "Targets of Obsession". He also starred in the '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' episode "Archangel". In ''

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'' (2012), he played a major role as Ash, the leader of a street dance crew that performed at a championship in Paris against a rival crew called Invincible. In 2014 Hentschel Guest starred in the episode "

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" of the second season of ''

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'' as Hydra mercenary Marcus Scarlotti aka

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. In 2015, Hentschel portrayed the

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version of

in the 2016 show DC's ''

'', and also ''

'' and ''

''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hentschel, Falk Living people German male film actors German male television actors Actors from Leipzig German emigrants to the United States Dancers from Saxony 1982 births