Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series ''

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'' (1997–2001), which has been aired on television in numerous countries around the world, or as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki in the 2009 film ''

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''. He is also well recognised for his role as Chris Ritter in the long-running series ''

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''.

Life and career

Gedeon Burkhard was born in Munich,

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, the son of Wolfgang Burkhard and German actress Elisabeth von Molo (then Burkhard) who is the granddaughter of Alessandro Moissi, a famous Albanian actor of the 20th century. Gedeon was educated at a boarding school in England and began his acting career in 1979 in the German TV film ''Tante Maria''. During the 1990s, he lived in the United States, working in several productions, but without much recognition. Burkhard married

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, then divorced three months later. After that, he lived in Vienna for ''Kommisar Rex'' for more than five years, then moved to Berlin. Burkhard was working in Cologne on the TV series ''Alarm für Cobra 11'' as the detective Chris Ritter until November 2007. His character Chris Ritter had a heroic death. He then returned to Berlin to be close to his daughter and to work on projects. He said "For the moment I will dedicate myself again fully to my artistic vagabond life in Berlin". Burkhard appeared in the

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movie ''

''. In February 2009, he was shooting the film ''Massel'', made for German television. In 2011, he was in Rome, shooting thr Italian miniseries ''

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''. In 2011, he competed in ''

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'', the Italian version of "

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", accompanied by professional Italian dancer Samanta Togni, in which he danced with his "daughter" Laura Glavan. In 2016, Burkhard played Gustav Froehlich, a German actor and UFA star, in the international movie ''The Devil's Mistress'' by Czech director

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. The biographical film is about the life of actress

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and her relationship with

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. The film was released in January 2016 in Prague.

Selected filmography

* ''Und ab geht die Post'' (1981, TV movie) (segment "Des isch die Poscht") * ''Tante Maria'' (1981, TV movie) as Andreas Büdenbender * '' Blut und Ehre: Jugend unter Hitler'' ( ''Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler'' (USA)) (1982, TV series) as Hartmut Keller * ''Nordlichter: Geschichten zwischen Watt und Wellen'' (1983, TV series) * '' Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany'' ( ''The Passenger – Welcome to Germany'', ''Welcome to Germany'' (USA)) (1988) as Janko * ''

Der Fahnder ''Der Fahnder'' is a German television crime drama series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985. Cast ; Klaus Wennemann: Hannes Faber (episodes 1–91) ; Jörg Schüt ...

'' (1988, TV series) as Hendrik Roloff * ''

Forsthaus Falkenau ''Forsthaus Falkenau'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für C ...

'' (1989, TV series) as Konrad 'Konni' Frank * '' Zwei Frauen'' ( ''Silence Like Glass'' (USA)) (1989) as Bud * ''Sekt oder Selters'' (1990, TV series) * ''Šípková Ruženka'' ( ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Europe: English title)) (1990) as Princ Viliam / Johan * ''The New Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1990-1992, TV series) as Manfred * ''Náhrdelník'' ( ''The Necklace'' (Europe: English title)) (1992, TV series) as Julius * '' Kleine Haie'' ( ''Acting It Out'', ''Little Sharks'') (1992) as Ali * ''Sommerliebe'' (1993, TV movie) as Matthias * ''

Abgeschminkt! ''Abgeschminkt!'' ( en, Making Up!) is a German film directed by Katja von Garnier Katja von Garnier (born 15 December 1966, in Wiesbaden) is a German film director. Biography From 1989 to 1994, she studied at the University of Television and ...

'' ( ''Making Up!'' (USA)) (1993) as Rene * ''Mein Mann ist mein Hobby'' (1993, TV movie) as Franz Ferdinand * ''Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet'' (1994, TV series) * ''Affären'' (1994) as Thomas Prinz * '' La piovra - '' (1994, TV miniseries) as Daniele Rannisi, the pirate reporter * ''

Der König ''Der König'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cobra 11 � ...

'' (1994, TV series) as Markus Bassermann * ''

Ein Fall für zwei ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (''"A case for two"'') is a German television series, which premiered on 11 September 1981 on ZDF. The series, set in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private inves ...

'' (1995, TV series) as Michael Marten * ''

'' ( ''Inspector Rex'' (Austria), ''Rex: A Cop's Best Friend'' (UK)) (1995-2001, TV series) as Alexander Brandtner / Stefan Lanz * ''Wem gehört Tobias?'' ( ''In the Wrong Hands'' (USA)) (1996, TV movie) as Thomas Urban * ''

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'' (1996, TV series) as Philip Steger * ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

'' (1996, TV series) as Louis * ''Magenta'' (1996) as Roy * '' 2 Männer, 2 Frauen – 4 Probleme!?'' ( ''Four for Venice'', ''Two Women, Two Men'' (USA)) (1998 as Luis * ''The Brylcreem Boys'' (1998) as Krach * ''Gefährliche Lust – Ein Mann in Versuchung'' (1998, TV movie) as Leon Heflin * ''Superfire'' (2002, TV movie) as Reggie * ''Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit'' (2002, TV movie) as Jan Richter * ''We'll Meet Again'' (2002, TV movie) as Dr. Peter Gaynes * '' Yu'' (2003) as Tom * ''Das bisschen Haushalt'' (2003, TV movie) as Reinhard Burger * ' (2004, TV miniseries) as Steve Kammer * ''Der Vater meines Sohnes'' (2004, TV movie) as Ricardo Potero * ''Utta Danella – Eine Liebe in Venedig'' (2005, TV series) as Francesco di Selari * ''

Der Todestunnel ''Der Todestunnel'', known in Italian as ''1200º: La Verità della Tunnel della Morte'' is a joint production television movie filmed in Austria and Italy, and has both Austrian and Italian actors speaking in their native languages. Plot The fi ...

'' (2005, TV movie) as Andrea Sala * ''

Leipzig Homicide ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leip ...

'' (2005, TV series) as Ralph Kessler * ''

Goldene Zeiten ''Goldene Zeiten'' (''Out of Bounds'') is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by '' Bang Boom Bang'' (1999) and ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer ''I ...

'' (2006) as Mischa Hahn * ''

Der letzte Zug ''The Last Train'' (german: Der letzte Zug) is a 2006 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and Dana Vávrová, and starring Gedeon Burkhard, Lale Yavas, and Lena Beyerling. The film depicts the fate of some of the last remaining Jews in Berl ...

'' (2006) as Henry Neumann * ''

'' (2007-2008, TV series) as Chris Ritter / Mark Jäger * ' (2007) as Florian (lead) * ''

'' (2009, USA movie) as Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki * ''So ein Schlamassel'' (2009, TV movie) as Patrick Silberschatz * '' La Narcotici'' (2009, TV series) as Chief Daniele Piazza (lead) * ''Inga Lindström – Millionäre küsst man nicht'' (2010-2013, TV series) as Jasper Svensson / Tomas Lindberg * ' (2011, German movie) as Boris Brodsky (lead) * ''Bridges'' (2011, German animated short film-noir) as Captain Saul Bridges (lead) * ''

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'' (2012) as Graf

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* ''

Kokowääh 2 is a 2013 German film directed by Til Schweiger. It is a sequel to the 2011 film . It was released in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) on 7 February 2013. The film stars Til Schweiger, his daughter Emma Schweiger, J ...

'' (2013) as Luc * ''Ohne Gnade'' (2013, German movie) as Ronzo * ''Tränen der Sextner Dolomiten'' (2014) as Pfarrer Oberrainer * ''Unknown Heart'' (2014) as Andrew Shaw * ''Gefällt mir'' (2014) as Peter Jungbluth * ''

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'' (2015, by Liana Marabini (Condor Pictures), as Father Roberto * ''Lída Baarová'' (''Devil's Mistress'') (2016, Czech film) as

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* ''The Key'' (2016) as Tim * ' (2016) as Schulz * ''Titanium White'' (2016) as Agent Buckley * ''Schneeflöckchen'' (2017) as Winter * ''Rhein-Lahn Krimi: Jammertal'' (2017) as Peter Löber * ''Ronny & Klaid'' (2018) as Bouncer * ''Sauerkrautkoma'' (2018) as Karl-Heinz Fleischmann

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burkhard, Gedeon 1969 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors German people of Italian descent German people of Albanian descent Male actors from Munich