Wotan Wilke Möhring (born 23 May 1967) is a German actor.

Biography

Möhring was born in

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near

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and grew up in Herne. His father was an army officer and his mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister and two brothers. One of them,

Sönke Möhring Sönke Möhring (born 12 October 1972) is a German actor. Life and work He grew up in Herne. His father was an army officer and his mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister and two brothers. After his brother Wotan Wilke Möhring became ...

, is also an actor. After receiving a

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in Herne and finishing high school with the ''

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'' diploma, Möhring took vocational training to become an electrician, but then worked as a club owner, doorman, and model. He studied communication at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universit ...

, joined actors workshops in Cologne and Los Angeles, and lived for two years in New York City. He was also an army officer for two years. Together with

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, Möhring founded the band DAF/DOS. Furthermore, he has produced soundtracks. Möhring had his first screen appearance in the 1998

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', a bio-pic about a German boxer, which also featured

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and Götz George. Since then he has played in over 90 German film and television productions and has received numerous prizes, including the German Television Prize as Best Actor in 2012. He starred in the German film ''Der letzte schöne Tag'' which was awarded a Grimme Prize in 2013. He played the lead role in a short film directed by Max Zähle, which won a Student Academy Award in 2011 and was nominated for an Oscar in 2012. He had a small role in the international film production of 2008 titled ''

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'' about the plot to assassinate Hitler on 20 July 1944. Since 2013, Möhring has played the detective Thorsten Falke in seventeen episodes as of June 2022 of the long-running crime television series ''

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'', after previously playing guest roles four times in the series. In 2016, he played the part of

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, the blood brother of Winnetou, in the German film production '' Winnetou'' based on three novels by Karl May. Möhring plays the main character, Ludvig Licht, in the 2018 Swedish television thriller series ''West of Liberty'', based on the novel by

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Filmography (selection)

*1998: ' (TV film) *1999: ''Zoe'' – Ted *1999: ''

Bang Boom Bang ''Bang Boom Bang – A Sure Thing'' (german: Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding) is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia. It was filmed in Unna as well as in Dortmund. Plot The part-time criminal Keek has los ...

'' – Fußballspieler – Kellerbar (scenes deleted) *1999: ' *2000: ''8 Grad Celsius'' – Mark *2000: ''Otto – Der Katastrofenfilm'' – Brock *2000: ''Hat er Arbeit?'' (TV film) – Karl Hansen *2001: ''

Das Experiment ''Das Experiment'' (English: ''The Experiment'') is a 2001 German drama thriller film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. It is based on Mario Giordano's novel ''Black Box'' and deals with a social experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stan ...

'' – Joe Maier Nr. 69 *2001: ''Ein göttlicher Job'' – Gangster *2001: '' Lammbock'' – Frank *2001: ''Julietta'' – Castor *2002: '' Olgas Sommer'' – Paul *2002: ''Himmelreich auf Erden'' (TV film) – Roland *2002: ''La mer'' *2002: ' (TV film) *2003: ''

Anatomy 2 ''Anatomy 2'' (german: Anatomie 2) is a 2003 German thriller film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. It is the sequel to the 2000 film ''Anatomy'', that starred Franka Potente. The story moves to Berlin for this film. Plot The Heidelb ...

'' – Gregor *2003: ''

Eierdiebe ''Eierdiebe'' (''The Family Jewels'' in United States) is a 2003 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. The film deals with testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of ...

'' – Martin Schwarz *2003: ''Echte Männer?'' (TV film) – Mike Krieger *2004: ''Die Konferenz'' (TV film) – Karsten Graf *2004: ''Zwischen Liebe und Tod'' (TV film) – Max *2004: ''Cowgirl'' – Max *2005: ''Küss mich, Hexe!'' (TV film) – Harry Tänzel *2005: ''

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'' – Michael Martens *2005: ' – Carlo *2005: ' – Jan (35) *2005: ''Heimliche Liebe – Der Schüler und die Postbotin'' (TV film) – Peter Wörner *2006: ''

Goldene Zeiten ''Goldene Zeiten'' (''Out of Bounds'') is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by ''Bang Boom Bang'' (1999) and '' If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' (200 ...

'' – Ingo Schmitz *2006: ''Mord auf Rezept'' (TV film) – Noah Becker *2006: ''Freundinnen fürs Leben'' (TV film) – Meier *2006: ' – Jonas *2006: ''Bettis Bescherung'' (TV film) – Fabian Fuchs *2007: ' – Horst *2007: ''Gegenüber'' – Michael Gleiwitz *2007: ''Copacabana'' (TV film) – Harald *2007: ''Neben der Spur'' – Johannes *2008: ''Hardcover'' – Dominik 'Nick' 'Dom' Adler *2008: '' KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst'' (TV series) – Fred Steiner *2008: ''Ein riskantes Spiel'' (TV film) – Andreas *2008: ''In jeder Sekunde'' – Christoph Zach *2008: ''

'' – Sergeant Kolbe *2008: ''Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben'' – Tortes Vater *2009: ''Kinder des Sturms'' (TV film) – Harald Bergmann *2009: '' Soul Kitchen'' – Thomas Neumann *2009: '' Pandorum'' – Young Bower's Father *2009: '' Men in the City'' – Roland Feldberg *2010: ''Wie Matrosen'' – Dennis Koch *2010: ''Henri IV'' – Henri de Guise *2010: '' The Silence'' – Timo Friedrich *2011: ' – Ralph Nester *2011: ''Gegengerade'' – Fan Steiger *2011: ''

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'' (short) – Jan *2011: ' (TV film) – Karl Erdmann *2011: ''Black Brown White'' – Doc *2011: ''Homevideo'' (TV film) – Claas Moormann *2011: ' – Roland Feldberg *2011: ''The Last Fine Day'' (TV film) – Lars Langhoff *2012: ''Elmo: Wort des Tages'' – Wotan *2012: '' Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' – Markus *2012: ''

Men Do What They Can ''Men Do What They Can'' (german: Mann tut was Mann kann) is a 2012 German movie directed by Marc Rothemund. With 746,017 admissions it was the sixth most successful film in Germany in 2012. Cast *Wotan Wilke Möhring: Paul Schuberth * Jasmin Ger ...

'' – Paul Schuberth *2013: ' (TV miniseries) – Friedrich Loewe *2013: ''

– Feuerteufel'' (TV series) – Thorsten Falke *2014: ''

– Kaltstart'' (TV series) – Thorsten Falke *2014: ' – Carsten Rasmus *2014: '' Who Am I – No System is Safe'' – Stephan *2014: ' – Hannes *2015: ' – Paul *2015: ' – Jakob *2016: ''Sex & Crime'' – Valentin *2016: ''Seitenwechsel'' – Alex Paschke *2016: ''Unsere Zeit ist jetzt'' – Basti *2016: '' Winnetou'' – Old Shatterhand *2017: '' Lommbock'' – Frank *2018: '' Don't. Get. Out!'' – Karl Brendt *2018: ''

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'' – Prosecutor Grünberg

Awards and nominations

*''Hat er Arbeit?'' (2000) ** 2002:

German Television Award The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...

nomination for ''Best Actor'' *''Liebe und Verrat'' (2002) ** 2002: German Television Award nomination for ''Best Actor'' *''Antikörper'' (2005) ** 2005: Málaga Spanish Film Festival Award for ''Best Actor'' *''The Fire'' (2011) ** 2011: Thessaloniki Film Festival Award for ''Best Actor'' *''Homevideo'' (2011) ** 2011: German Television Award *''The Last Fine Day'' (2011) ** 2012: German Television Award for ''Best Actor'' ** 2013: Grimme Award * ''Winnetou'' (2016) **2017 Goldene Kamera Award for ''Best German Actor''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohring, Wotan Wilke 1967 births 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Actors from North Rhine-Westphalia Berlin University of the Arts alumni German male film actors German male television actors Living people People from Detmold