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Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Acting

June 20, 1953 – July 22, 2007 (died at 54)
Grimma, Germany
Male
58 Movies
24 TV Shows

Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, at Germany's most prestigious film awards, the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. Curiously, events in Mühe's life were mirrored by the plot of the film, as he allegedly discovered in a Stasi file compiled on him that he had been under surveillance by his second wife, Jenny Gröllmann. Gröllmann denied this, and after an acrimonious and highly-publicized court case she succeeded in obtaining an injunction to prevent Mühe from repeating the allegation in a book. After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. He then turned to acting, and from the late 1970s into the 1980s appeared in numerous plays, becoming a star of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. He was active in politics and denounced Communist rule in East Germany in a memorable address at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989 shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After German reunification he continued to appear in a large number of films, television programmes and theatre productions. In Germany he was particularly known for playing the lead role of Dr. Robert Kolmaar in the long-running forensic crime series Der letzte Zeuge (The Last Witness, 1998–2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulrich Mühe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006 8.0

as Gerd Wiesler

Age 52 (now 54)
Funny Games
Funny Games

Funny Games

1997 7.3

as Georg

Age 44 (now 54)
Benny's Video
Benny's Video

Benny's Video

1992 6.9

as Georg, Benny's Father

Age 39 (now 54)
Amen.
Amen.

Amen.

2002 7.0

as The Doctor

Age 48 (now 54)
The Castle
The Castle

The Castle

1997 6.1

as K

Age 44 (now 54)
My Führer
My Führer

My Führer

2007 5.6

as Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum

Age 53 (now 54)
Schtonk!
Schtonk!

Schtonk!

1992 6.9

as Dr. Wieland

Age 38 (now 54)
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Rudy, the Racing Pig

Rudy, the Racing Pig

1995 6.0

as Dr. Heinrich Gützkow

Age 41 (now 54)
Spider's Web
Spider's Web

Spider's Web

1989 6.2

as Theodor Lohse

Age 36 (now 54)
The Last U-Boat
The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

1993 5.7

as Gerber - Kommandant

Age 39 (now 54)
Der letzte Zeuge
Der letzte Zeuge

Der letzte Zeuge

1998 5.0

as Robert Kolmaar

Age 44 (now 54)
73 eps
Straight Shooter
Straight Shooter

Straight Shooter

1999 4.9

as Markus Paufler

Age 45 (now 54)
Hälfte des Lebens
Hälfte des Lebens

Hälfte des Lebens

1985 4.4

as Friedrich Hölderlin

Age 31 (now 54)
Night Time
Night Time

Night Time

1998 5.4

as Eschbach

Age 44 (now 54)
The Blue One
The Blue One

The Blue One

1994 4.1

as Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski

Age 40 (now 54)
Todesengel
T

Todesengel

1999 4.6

as Dr. Leon Stein

Age 45 (now 54)