Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting)
The Bavarian Film Awards () have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany. They are among the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany. There are several categories for actors and actresses. Table of winners Best Actor *1983 Gustl Bayrhammer, Joachim Bernhard *1985 Jürgen Prochnow *1988 Uwe Bohm, Klaus Maria Brandauer *1989 Ulrich Mühe *1990 Manfred Krug *1992 Jürgen Vogel, Kai Wiesinger *1994 Herbert Knaup, Joachim Król *1995 Götz George *1996 Heiner Lauterbach *1997 Michael Mendl, Kai Wiesinger *1998 August Diehl, Ulrich Matthes *1999 Uwe Ochsenknecht *2000 Benno Fürmann *2001 Ulrich Noethen *2002 Axel Prahl *2003 Christian Ulmen *2004 Bruno Ganz *2005 Ulrich Mühe *2006 Jürgen Vogel *2007 Elmar Wepper *2008 Ulrich Tukur *2009 Mark Waschke *2010 Edgar Selge *2011 Milan Peschel *2012 Tom Schilling *2013 Tobias Moretti *2014 Alexander Fehling *2015 Burghart Klaußner *2016 Jörg Schüttauf *2017 David Kross ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bayerischer Filmpreis
The Bavarian Film Awards () are film awards given to German films in the state of Bavaria, awarded by the state government. Background and description The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany for "exceptional achievement in German filmmaking." Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany. The Bavarian Film Awards gala takes place in mid-January at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich to honour films released in the previous year, and is one of the most glamorous highlights in the German film calendar. These awards are endowed with a cash disbursement totalling €400,000. The largest endowment, at €200,000, is given with the award for Best Producing, for "the single most exceptional German film that leaves the greatest overall impression." The other awards are each given with endowments of €10,000–25,000. Award winners are also given a por ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (; born 7 January 1956) is a German actor and singer. Career Films Ochsenknecht has starred in include ''Das Boot'' (1981), '' Schtonk!'' (1992), and the TV miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' (2000). In the early 1990s, he gained a second foothold in music. He has since released several albums; he is a singer in the band The Screen, while Mick Rogers (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) and Thomas Blug are guitar players. The two ex-musicians of Gary Moore's band Pete Rees (bass) and Graham Walker (drums) are also represented. Ochsenknecht stars in the television film series ''Der Bulle und das Landei'', playing a police commissioner who was transferred to the rural Eifel area, at irregular intervals since 2009. Personal life Ochsenknecht was married to Natascha Ochsenknecht until 2012 and has three children with her: sons Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht (b. 1990) and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht (b. 1991), who are both actors, and daughter Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenk ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Fehling
Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds'', and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series '' Homeland'' as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison. Early life and education Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981, in East Berlin, East Germany. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007. Career Fehling won the OE Hasse Prize from the Academy of Arts, Berlin, for his role as Prince in the stage production of ' ('' Snow White''). He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film '' And Along Come Tourists''. Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds''. He also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti (; born Tobias Bloéb; 11 July 1959) is an Austrian actor. Biography Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers, including Thomas, Christoph and fellow actor Gregor Bloéb. Since 1997, he has been married to Julia Moretti (née Wilhem), an oboist. They have three children, Antonia (born August 1998), Lenz Valentino (born February 2000) and Rosa Cäcilia (born February 2011). His professional surname comes from his mother, who is of Italian descent. Moretti studied composition at the Vienna University of Music and Applied Arts, then went to Munich to train for the stage at the renowned Otto-Falckenberg-Schule. After graduation he was a permanent member of the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel ensemble (Frank Baumbauer) and played at the Munich Kammerspiele ( Dieter Dorn) from 1985 to 1995 where he earned critical praise in a sweeping variety of productions, appearing in Bertolt Brecht's ''Man is Man'', Achternbusch's ''Der Frosch'' (''T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Schilling
Tom Schilling (born 10 February 1982) is a German film and television actor. Life and acting career Schilling grew up in the formerly East German borough of Berlin Mitte. He was discovered at the age of 12 by stage director Thomas Heise, and cast in the stage play ''Im Schlagschatten des Mondes'' (Under the shadow of the Moon) at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, which he stayed with for the next four years to play in other productions as well. Acting jobs earned him enough money to move out of his parents' home when he was 18 and still at school. He left school with an Abitur certificate. Schilling's screen acting debut was in 1996, when he appeared in the Sat.1 TV series '' Hallo, Onkel Doc!'' at the age of 14. He was later cast in the theatrical film ' (1999) where he played alongside Franka Potente, Daniel Brühl and Heiner Lauterbach, but the breakthrough for him came with his performance in '' Crazy'' (2000, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid), for which he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Milan Peschel
Milan Peschel (born in 1968) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1968 births Living people German male film actors Actors from East Berlin Male actors from Berlin {{Germany-film-actor-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edgar Selge
Edgar Selge (born 27 March 1948) is a German actor and writer. Selge was born in Brilon in 1948, the son of a prison warden, grew up in Herford Herford (; ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is situated in the cultural region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) and the Detmold (administrat .... He studied philosophy and German in Munich and Dublin as well as classical piano in Vienna. He graduated in 1975 from the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. Launched in October 2021, his first book, the autobiographical "Hast du uns endlich gefunden" became a bestseller on the German language book market. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selge, Edgar 1948 births Living people People from Herford German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Peopl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Waschke
Mark Waschke (born 10 March 1972) is a German theatre, film and television actor who has been performing since 2005. Early life and education Waschke was born the second of three sons in Wattenscheid, a district of the German city of Bochum. His father was a surgeon and his mother a nurse. In 1980, Waschke's father was hired as head of surgery at a hospital in Sulzbach, Saarland, and the family moved to Friedrichsthal. Waschke joined the local children's theater and later an amateur theater group. In 1991, Waschke moved to Berlin. After completing his mandatory civil service, he began to study philosophy, which he later quit in order to focus on acting. From 1995 until 1999, he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.Mark Waschke in der Hörbar Rust radioeins, 22 March 2015 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke's ''The White Ribbon'', Steven Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh's ''Solaris (2002 film), Solaris'', the docudrama ''North Face (film), North Face'' based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster in Switzerland, and as Wilhelm Uhde in Martin Provost, Martin Provost's biographical film, biopic ''Seraphine (film), Séraphine''. Early life and education Tukur spent his youth near Hannover where he finished his final secondary school examinations in 1977. He also earned a high school diploma in Boston, Massachusetts during a student exchange, where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he has two daughters, Marlene and Lilian. While Tukur and Wood were dating, he finished his time with the army and began to study German language, German, English language, English and history at the University of Tübingen. He worked as a musician for ext ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elmar Wepper
Elmar Wepper (16 April 1944 – 31 October 2023) was a German actor. Life and career Elmar Wepper was born in Augsburg and grew up in Munich. After his ''Abitur'', he studied German language and literature and theatre studies. His television credits include '' Der Kommissar'', '' Unsere schönsten Jahre'' and . He was also known for dubbing Mel Gibson's voice since the 1980s. In 2008, Wepper played the main role in '' Cherry Blossoms'' directed by Doris Dörrie. Wepper was a supporter of FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association foo .... Elmar Wepper died on 31 October 2023, at the age of 79. He was the younger brother of actor Fritz Wepper. Awards * 2007 Bavarian Film Award (Best actor) * 2008 German Film Award (Best Actor) * 2019 Bavarian Film Award (tog ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos and Wim Wenders, earning widespread recognition with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in '' The American Friend'' (1977), Jonathan Harker in '' Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (1979) and Damiel the Angel in ''Wings of Desire'' (1987). Ganz received renewed international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film '' Downfall'' (2004). He also had roles in several English-language films, including '' The Boys from Brazil'' (1978), '' Strapless'' (1989), '' The Last Days of Chez Nous'' (1992), '' Luther'' (2003), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' The Reader'' (2008), ''Unknown'' (2011), '' The Counselor'' (2013) and '' Remember'' (2015). On stage, Ganz portrayed Dr. Heinrich ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christian Ulmen
Christian Ulmen (born 22 September 1975) is a German television presenter, actor, entertainer, voice actor, narrator, filmmaker and businessman. Career Ulmen was born in Neuwied. He started his television career in 1996 as a video jockey on MTV Europe. He is known for his creative, and sometimes provocative, humour, which he displayed in TV shows such as ''Unter Ulmen'' or '' Mein neuer Freund'', the German adaptation of Channel 4's '' My New Best Friend'', and the award-winning TV series '' Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich''. Ulmen has also appeared in leading roles in successful cinema productions including '' Berlin Blues'' (2003), the screenplay '' Atomised'' (2006), based on Michel Houellebecq's novel of the same title, and '' Men in the City'' directed by Simon Verhoeven and released in October 2009. From 2013 to 2021, Ulmen and Nora Tschirner played a team of investigators who also happen to be a couple, in the Weimar-based episodes of the '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |