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Uwe Kockisch (born 31 January 1944) in
Uwe Kockisch (born 31 January 1944) in Cottbus
Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...
, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
) is a German stage, screen and television actor.
Career
Kockisch completed his training to become an actor at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. He accepted engagements in Cottbus and Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz). He appeared in plays at theMaxim Gorki Theater
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
It ...
for over 20 years and later, for two years, 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.
Kockisch began working in the film industry in 1974. In 1981, he played the lead role in ''Dein unbekannter Bruder'' (''Your Unknown Brother''), available at Netflix, an East German film by Ulrich Weiss. Kockisch appeared in such crime series as ''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 b ...
'' and ''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 ...
'', and played an inspector in the TV series ''Zappek''. Since 2003 he has incarnated Commissario Guido Brunetti in a number of television films based on the crime novels by Donna Leon
Donna Leon (; born in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize.
Leon lived in Veni ...
. In 2010 he held one of the lead roles in the six-part miniseries ''The Weissensee Saga: A Berlin Love Story'', as the Stasi officer Hans Kupfer.
Personal life
As a youth, Kockisch attempted to escape fromEast Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
, but was caught and had to spend a year in prison.
Kockisch is married and lives in Madrid.
Awards
* 2008: Uwe Kockisch received theAdolf Grimme Award
The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.
Friedrichshainer Chronik biography
Uwe Kockisch promotional pictures
*
IMDB Commissario Brunetti character
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kockisch, Uwe 1944 births Living people People from Cottbus People from the Province of Brandenburg East German actors German male stage actors German male film actors German male television actors
Selected filmography
* 1973: Erziehung vor Verdun. Der große Krieg der weißen Männer (Education before Verdun) * 1975: Für die Liebe noch zu mager * 1975: Die schwarze Mühle (TV) * 1978: Unser Drache Kasimir (TV) * 1978: Marx und Engels – Stationen ihres Lebens (TV series) * 1979: Lachtauben weinen nicht * 1981: Unser kurzes Leben (Our Short Life) * 1981: Bürgschaft für ein Jahr * 1982: Dein unbekannter Bruder (Your Unknown Brother) * 1982: Sabine Kleist, 7 Jahre… (Sabine Kleist, Aged Seven...) * 1984: Die Zeit der Einsamkeit * 1985: Erscheinen Pflicht * 1986: Rabenvater * 1988: Treffen in Travers * 1990: Grönland * 1992: * 1992: Miraculi * 1994: : Die Narbe des Himmels (TV) * 1995: Operation Medusa (TV) * 1995–1996: Zappek (TV series) * 1996: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 ...
- Kurzer Traum (TV episode)
* 1997: Berlin – Moskau (TV)
* 1997: Rosamunde Pilcher - Stunde der Entscheidung (TV episode)
* 1998: The Big Mambo
* 1998: Abgehauen (TV)
* 1998: Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub (TV)
* 1999: Gestern ist nie vorbei (TV)
* 1999-2000: Der Clown
''Der Clown'' is a German television
Television in Germany began in Berlin on 22 March 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. It was home to the first public television station in the world, named ''Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow''.
...
(TV series)
* 2000: Rosa Roth
''Rosa Roth'' is a German television series. It consisted of 31 television films between 1994 and 2013.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Bloc ...
- Tod eines Bullen (TV episode)
* 2001: 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 ...
- Bei Klingelzeichen Mord (TV episode)
* 2001: Opferlamm - Zwischen Liebe und Haß (TV)
* 2001: Female 2 Seeks Happy End (TV)
* 2001: The Tunnel
* 2001: 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 b ...
- Kalte Wut (TV episode)
* 2002: Rotlicht - Die Stunde des Jägers (TV)
* 2004: Kleinruppin forever
''Kleinruppin forever'' is a German romantic comedy film, released in late 2004.
The film is set in 1985 and stars Tobias Schenke as Tim Winter, a West German teenager from Bremen with aspirations of being a professional tennis player. On a s ...
* 2004: Carola Stern's Double Life (TV)
* 2006: Endloser Horizont (TV)
* 2005: Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst! (TV)
* 2005: (TV)
* 2006: A City Is Blackmailed (TV)
* 2006: The Eagle - Codename: Minos (TV episode)
* 2006: The Eagle - Codename: Ithaka (TV episode)
* 2007: Unter Verdacht – Das Geld anderer Leute (TV episode)
* 2007: (TV)
* 2008: Wenn wir uns begegnen (TV)
* 2008: Eine Nacht im Grandhotel (A Night at the Grand Hotel) (TV)
* 2008: Schattenwelt (Long Shadows)
* 2009: Ein Dorf schweigt (TV)
* 2009: – (TV episode)
* 2009: Hoffnung für Kummerow (TV)
* 2009: Lutter - Mordshunger (TV episode)
* 2010: (TV)
* 2010: The Weissensee Saga: A Berlin Love Story (TV mini-series)
* 2010: Morgen musst Du sterben (TV)
* 2011: The Gold Quest: A Journey to Panama (TV)
* 2011: Spreewaldkrimi – Die Tränen der Fische, Regie (TV)
* 2011: Jorinde und Joringel (TV)
* 2011: Die Besucher
* 2013: ''Ruby Red
Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone and is a shade of red or pink.
Origins
The first recorded use of ''ruby'' as a color name in English was in 1572.
Variations
Rubine red
Displayed ...
''
Donna Leon Series
As Commissario Guido Brunetti, Kockisch has appeared in the following television films based on the crime novels by Donna Leon: * 2003: ep 5 - Venezianisches Finale (Death at La Fenice) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2003: ep 6 - Feine Freunde (Friends in High Places) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2004: ep 7 - Sanft entschlafen (The Death of Faith – aka Quietly in Their Sleep) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2004: ep 8 - Acqua alta (Acqua alta – aka Death in High Water) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2005: ep 9 - Beweise, dass es böse ist (Doctored Evidence) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2005: ep 10 - Verschwiegene Kanäle (Uniform Justice) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2006: ep 11 - Endstation Venedig (Death in a Strange Country) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2006: ep 12 - Das Gesetz der Lagune (A Sea of Troubles) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2008: ep 13 - Die dunkle Stunde der Serenissima (Wilful Behavior) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2008: ep 14 - Blutige Steine (Blood from a Stone) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2009: ep 15 - Wie durch ein dunkles Glas (Through a Glass, Darkly) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2010: ep 16 - Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen (Suffer the Little Children) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2011: ep 17 - Das Mädchen seiner Träume (The Girl of His Dreams) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2012: ep 18 - Schöner Schein (About Face) - Director: Sigi Rothemund * 2013: ep 19 - Auf Treu und Glauben (A Question of Belief) - Director: Sigi RothemundReferences
External links
*Friedrichshainer Chronik biography
Uwe Kockisch promotional pictures
*
IMDB Commissario Brunetti character
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kockisch, Uwe 1944 births Living people People from Cottbus People from the Province of Brandenburg East German actors German male stage actors German male film actors German male television actors