Matthias Paul (born 15 July 1964 in

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) is a German actor, singer and director.

Life and career

Matthias Paul has been living in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

since 1972. After school, he completed an apprenticeship as an

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at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. Later he went to the television of the

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and worked as the first

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. From 1987 to 1991 he studied at the

Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts The Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (German: ''Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch'', ''HFS''), based in the Niederschöneweide district of Berlin, Germany, was founded in 1951 as the National Theatre School in Berlin with the stat ...

, Berlin. In 1996, he attended the ''Actors Workshop'' with Eric Morris in

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. Paul works as an actor and presenter. He also speaks audiobooks and was on stage as a singer of chansons and love ballads. In 1999, he played a major role in the action series "'". Since 2009 he works as a director for television, increasingly for

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s, and has directed some 300 episodes (up to 2019). He is married since September 2006, lives in

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and Berlin and has 3 children.

Theatre

* 1994: ''

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'' ( Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) * 1993: ''

Michael Kohlhaas ''Michael Kohlhaas'' is a novella by the German author Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Kleist published fragments of the work in volume 6 of his literary journal ''Phöbus'' in June 1808. The complete work wa ...

'' (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) * 1993: ' (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) * 1993: ''Exekutor 14'' (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) * 1992: '' Leonce & Lena'' (Theater

Kampnagel Kampnagel is a theatre in Hamburg, Germany. It is Germany's biggest independent production venue for the performing arts. It is based on the premises of a former mechanical engineering factory in Winterhude, founded in 1865. History Since 198 ...

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) * 1992: ''Der Cassernower'' (Kleine Bühne ''Das Ei'' at

Friedrichstadt-Palast The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue in the Berlin district of Mitte (district center). The term Friedrichstadt-Palast designates both the building itself, and the revue theater as a body with his ensemble. The p ...

Berlin) * 1992: ''

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'' (Kleist-Theater Frankfurt (Oder)) * 1992: '' Frühlingserwachen'' () * 1991: '' Das Wintermärchen'' (

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz 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 ...

Berlin) * 1989: ''Der Lohndrücker'' (

Deutsches Theater Berlin The Deutsches Theater is a theater in Berlin, Germany. It was built in 1850 as Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtisches Theater, after Frederick William IV of Prussia. Located on Schumann Street (Schumannstraße), the Deutsches Theater consists of two ad ...

)

Filmography

Actor

* 1991: ' * 1992: ''Zorc-Tim'' * 1993: ''Fahrschule Kampmann'' * 1994: ''Feuerbach'' * 1995: ''Coeur pour coeur, dent pour dent'' * 1995: ' * 1995: ''Eine Frau wird gejagt'' * 1995: ''Kinder der Nacht'' * 1996: ''Boom Baby Boom'' * 1996: ' * 1996: ''Hollister'' * 1997: ''Die Geliebte'' (television series): ''Jedes Ende ist ein neuer Anfang'' * 1997: ''Lisa Falk, Anwältin'' * 1997: ''Ritter der Lüfte'' * 1998: ''Einfach Klasse…'' * 1998: ''

Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt "''Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt“ (English: Medicopter 117 – Every life counts)'' is a German language television series that RTL and ORF broadcast. ''Medicopter 117'' has seven seasons in 81 episodes and a pilot movie. ''Medicop ...

'' (television series): ' * 1998: ''

SK-Babies ''SK-Babies'' 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 � ...

'' (television series): ''Der Ausbrecher'' * 1999–2000: ' (television series, 23 episodes) * 1999: ''

In aller Freundschaft (''In all friendship'') is a German television soap opera that began airing in 1998 every Tuesday. The series follows the staff of the fictional Sachsenklinik hospital in the city of Leipzig. The series is produced by Degeto (a subsidiary of ...

'' (television series, 5 episodes, ) * 1999–2002: ''

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ("Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police") is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police (Autobahnpolizei), originally set in Berlin and since 1999 i ...

'' (television series, 3 episodes, including ''Vater und Sohn'') * 2003: ''Der Zauberstein'' * 2003: ''Ei verbibbsch'' * 2003: ''

Die Rosenheim-Cops ''Die Rosenheim-Cops'' is a German television series set in Chiemgau, mainly in Rosenheim. It is produced by the Bavaria Film GmbH for the ZDF public TV network. The cost per episode is estimated at 425,000 euros. Concept The series' main ...

'' (television series): ''Die sündige Sennerin'' * 2004: ' * 2004: '' Sabine!'' (television series, 7 episodes) * 2004: ''Sharia-Gods Law'' * 2004: '' Siska'' (television series): ''Zuerst kommt die Angst'' * 2006–2007: ''

Schmetterlinge im Bauch ''Schmetterlinge im Bauch'' 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 ...

'' (soap, 82 episodes) * 2007: '' Spielzeugland'' * 2007–2008: ''

Rote Rosen ''Rote Rosen'' (Red Roses) is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since 6 November 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, which tells one love story every season about women in their ...

'' (soap, 16 episodes, ) * 2008–2009:

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: ' (series, 6 episodes) * 2010–2011: ''

Schloss Einstein ''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10 ...

'' (television series, 53 episodes, ) * 2014–2015: ' * 2015: ': ' * 2017: '' Professor T.'': ''Der perfekte Mord'' * 2017: ' * 2017–2018: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'': ' * 2018: ''Happiness is a warm gun'' (

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)

Director

* 1998: ''The Real Psycho'' (short film) * 1997: ''Schrei leise'' (short film) * 2009: ''

Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's ...

'' (soap, RTL) * 2009–2010: ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

'' (soap, ARD) * 2010–2011: ''

Anna und die Liebe Anna und die Liebe (''Anna and (the) Love'') is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since 25 August 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1. Summary In its first season, Anna Polauke is extremely shy. In front ...

'' (soap,

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, 14 episodes) * 2010–2013: ''

Alles was zählt ''Alles was zählt'' ("All That Matters") is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on 4 September 2006. Plot The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Jul ...

'' (soap, RTL, 107 episodes)

References

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