Jonas Dassler (born March 22, 1996) is a German stage and film actor.

Life

Dassler was born on March 22, 1996, in

Remscheid Remscheid () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south ...

, Germany. Beginning in the eighth grade he participated in the theatre club at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt high school. After graduating in 2014, he started studying acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin. During the 2016 season he performed the lead role in

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

's ''

Danton's Death ''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'') was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution. History Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Realism in the so-called Vormärz era in German hi ...

'' at the

Schaubühne The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designe ...

in Berlin. Since the 2017/18 season he has been a permanent cast member at the

Maxim Gorki Theatre The Maxim Gorki Theatre (german: Maxim Gorki Theater) is a theatre in Berlin- Mitte named after the Soviet writer, Maxim Gorky. In 2012, the Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit named Şermin Langhoff as the artist director of the theatre. History I ...

and appeared in several productions. Reviewing his film performance in ''LOMO–The Language of Many Others'', ''

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

'' wrote that Dassler "show dstrong heartthrob potential". In June 2018, it was announced that Dassler would star in

Fatih Akin Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head- ...

's '' Der goldene Handschuh'' (''The Golden Glove'') portraying the lead character, serial killer

Fritz Honka Friedrich Paul "Fritz" Honka (31 July 1935 – 19 October 1998) was a German serial killer. Between 1970 and 1975 he killed at least four women from Hamburg's Reeperbahn, red light district, keeping three of the bodies in his flat. Youth Honka ...

. His work earned him a

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nomination for Best Actor.

Theater engagements

* 2016: ''Dantons Tod'' by

, Direction: Peter Kleinert ( Schaubühne Berlin, Berlin) * 2017: ''Nach uns das All – Das innere Team kennt keine Pause'' by

Sibylle Berg Sibylle Berg (born 2 June 1962) is a Swiss contemporary author and playwright. They write novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and columns. Their 15 books have been translated into 30 languages. They have won numerous awards, inclu ...

, Direction: Sebastian Nübling (

, Berlin) * 2017: ''Alles Schwindel'' by

Mischa Spoliansky Mischa Spoliansky (28 December 1898 – 28 June 1985) was a Russian-born composer who made his name writing cabaret and revue songs in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early 1930s, before he was forced to emigrate to London in 1933 when Hi ...

, Marcellus Schiffer, Direction: Christian Weise (

, Berlin) * 2018: ''A Walk on the Dark Side'' by Yael Ronen, Direction: Yael Ronen ( Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Berlin) * 2018: ''Die Gerechten'' by

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

, Direction: Sebastian Baumgarten (

, Berlin)

Filmography

* 2015: ''Uns geht es gut'' * 2017: ''LOMO – The Language of Many Others'' * 2018: '' The Silent Revolution'' * 2018: ''

Never Look Away ''Never Look Away'' (german: Werk ohne Autor, lit=Work Without Author) is a 2018 German epic coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Inte ...

'' "Werk ohne Autor" * 2018: ''Die Protokollantin'' (TV-miniseries) * 2019: ''

The Golden Glove ''The Golden Glove'' (german: Der Goldene Handschuh) is a 2019 internationally co-produced horror drama film directed by Fatih Akin. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is an a ...

'' * 2021: ''

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'' * 2022: '' Skin Deep''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dassler, Jonas Living people 1996 births 21st-century German male actors People from Remscheid