Max Tidof (born 1960 in Polch) is a German actor.

Life

Born 1960 in Polch, he grew up in

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and moved to

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

in 1979 where he started acting in the Theater. His first experiences in TV he made 1983 with the famous German TV series ''

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''. This series was followed by many films in television and cinema. One of his biggest successes was the role Ari Leschnikoff in the German movie ''

Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. The group consisted of Harry Fromm ...

'' which won many awards. In 1994-1995 he lived three months in Australia to shoot three episodes of the Australian series '' The Feds'' ('' Terror'', ''

Betrayal Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...

'', '' Deadfall'') Max Tidof is one of Germany's most versatile actors.

Family

Since 1996 Max Tidof is married to Lisa Seitz, they are living in

together with their daughter Luzie.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1983, TV series) * ''

Forget Mozart ''Forget Mozart'' (german: Vergeßt Mozart) is a 1985 West German-Czechoslovak mystery film directed by Miloslav Luther and starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Max Tidof and Wolfgang Preiss. Following the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a number o ...

'' (1985), as Mozart * ' (1987, TV film), as Konrad Stromberg * ''

Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue ''Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue'' is a series of four large-scale paintings by Barnett Newman painted between 1966 and 1970. Two of them have been the subject of vandalistic attacks in museums. The series' name was a reference to '' Who's ...

'' (1991), as Matthias Bamuscher * '' Making Up!'' (1993), as Mark * '' Ludwig 1881 ''(1993), as Josef Kainz * '' Burning Life '' (1994), as Pauli * '' Surprise! '' (1995, Short) * ''

'' (1997), as Ari Leschnikoff * ' (2004), as Pfarrer * '' Reality XL '' (2012), as Robin Spector BFI.org
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* 1960 births Living people People from Mayen-Koblenz German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub