Hans-Michael Rehberg - Friedhof Heerstraße

Hans-Michael Rehberg (2 April 1938 – 7 November 2017) was a German actor.

Biography

Rehberg, born in

Fürstenwalde Fürstenwalde/Spree (; Lower Sorbian: ''Pśibor pśi Sprjewje'') is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the glacial valley (''Urstromtal'') of the Spree river north of the ...

, Brandenburg, was one of six children. He grew up in Bavaria after the family moved to

Lake Starnberg Lake Starnberg, or ''Starnberger See'' ) — called Lake Würm, or ''Würmsee'' , until 1962 — is Germany's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area. It and its surroundings lie in three different Ba ...

. After training as an actor at the Folkwang School in Essen from 1956 to 1958, his professional career began at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach. He soon came to the

Residenztheater The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration whic ...

in Munich, where he was appointed Bavarian State Actor at the age of 30. In 1973 he moved to the Münchner Kammerspiele, in 1975 to the Schauspielhaus Hamburg. The versatile actor was present in theater, television and cinema. Rehberg was also active as a director and has received several awards for his work. He was at home on almost every major German-speaking theatre stage. Rehberg died in Berlin at the age of 79.

Awards

* 1968: Appointment to Bayerischer Staatsschauspieler * 1994: Austrian theatre award * 1999: Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring * 2000:

Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spe ...

* 2015: Award of the Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen, Actor leading role

Filmography

References

External links

* 1938 births 2017 deaths People from Fürstenwalde People from the Province of Brandenburg German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-actor-stub