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Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Acting

October 19, 1958 – May 12, 2026 (died at 67)
Munich, Germany
Male
82 Movies
102 TV Shows

Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

2005 7.1

as Robert Mohr

Age 46 (now 67)
Sanctuary
Sanctuary

Sanctuary

2015 7.2

as Hausvater Brockmann

Age 56 (now 67)
Before the Fall
Before the Fall

Before the Fall

2004 7.0

as Friedrich's Father

Age 45 (now 67)
My Blind Date with Life
My Blind Date with Life

My Blind Date with Life

2017 7.5

as Fried

Age 58 (now 67)
Downfall
Downfall

Downfall

2004 7.9

as Walter Hewel

Age 45 (now 67)
The Girl with Nine Wigs
The Girl with Nine Wigs

The Girl with Nine Wigs

2013 6.6

as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard

Age 54 (now 67)
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar

Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar

2008 6.6

as Alois Kugler

Age 49 (now 67)
Bibi Blocksberg
Bibi Blocksberg

Bibi Blocksberg

2002 6.0

as Dr. Buttcock

Age 43 (now 67)
The Wave
The Wave

The Wave

2008 7.5

as Tim's Vater

Age 49 (now 67)
Manitou's Shoe
Manitou's Shoe

Manitou's Shoe

2001 6.8

as Karl May

Age 42 (now 67)
Pope Joan
Pope Joan

Pope Joan

2009 6.8

as King Lothar

Age 51 (now 67)
Wholetrain
Wholetrain

Wholetrain

2006 6.5

as Polizist Steinbauer

Age 47 (now 67)
Die Musterknaben
Die Musterknaben

Die Musterknaben

1997 7.0

as Wempe

Age 38 (now 67)
A Minute’s Silence
A Minute’s Silence

A Minute’s Silence

2016 5.5

as Rektor Block

Age 57 (now 67)
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

2010 6.6

as Dr. Franz Burda

Age 51 (now 67)
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008 7.0

as Siegfried Buback

Age 49 (now 67)