Jürgen Peter Vogel (; born 29 April 1968, in
Hamburg
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) is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer.
One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in ''
Little Sharks''.
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Biography
Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich
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drama school for one day.Berlin
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, where he shared a flat with German actor Richy Müller. He states that he was inspired by the movie ''Taxi Driver
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'', starring Robert De Niro
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. He became famous with the movie '' Little Sharks'' (German: ''Kleine Haie'') in 1992. He won the Silver Bear
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award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film '' The Free Will'' (German: ''Der freie Wille''). Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria Vogel (born 1988), from a previous relationship. He married Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, adopted her two sons and the couple had a daughter (born 1999). After their divorce, he had another son (born 2009) with assistant director Michelle Gornick. Vogel had his 6th child, a daughter, (born 2019) with his fiancée, actress Natalia Belitski.
Awards
*1989: Bayerischer Filmpreis
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– best young actor in ''Rosamunde''["Jürgen Vogel at IMdB"](_blank)
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*1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis
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– best actor in ''Kleine Haie'' ('' Little Sharks'')Deutscher Filmpreis
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– best male lead in ''Das Leben ist eine Baustelle'' ('' Life is All You Get'')Jupiter
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– best TV StarChicago International Film Festival
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– Silver Hugo Award – best actor in ''Der freie Wille'' (''The Free Will'')Bayerischer Filmpreis
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– best male lead in ''Emmas Glück'' ('' Emma's Bliss'')Jupiter
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– best actor in ''Die Welle'' ('' The Wave'')
Selected filmography
Films
Television series
References
External links
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Photographs and bibliography
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1968 births
Living people
Male actors from Hamburg
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
German Film Award winners
Musicians from Hamburg