Stefan Jürgens (born 26 February 1963) is a

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and

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Career

Jürgens was born in

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on 26 February 1963. In 1983, he began training at the Westfälische Schauspielschule in

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. After three and a half years he completed his acting training. He lives in

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and

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and has four children. Afterwards he was hired by the

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, the

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and the

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in Berlin as well as other theaters. He also appeared in German TV and film productions. He was a member of the TV comedy series '' RTL Samstag Nacht'' (1993–1998). He appeared as ''Robert Hellmann'' in ''

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'' and as ''Carl Ribarski'' in the OFR/

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series '' SOKO Donau'' (in Germany ''SOKO Wien'') until his departure in 2020. He made an appearance as

Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland (; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–16 ...

in the documentary ''

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''. In 2002, Jürgens released his first solo album called ''Langstreckenlauf''. Since then he released six more albums: ''Heldenzeiten'', ''Alles aus Liebe'', ''Alles immer möglich'', ''Grenzenlos Mensch'', ''Was zählt'' and ''So viele Farben''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurgens, Stefan 1963 births German actors German musicians Living people People from Unna 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors