Ulrich Mühe
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| Born |
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe 20 June 1953 Grimma, Saxony, German Democratic Republic (East Germany) |
| Died | 22 July 2007 (aged 54) Walbeck, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor and director |
| Years active | 1979–2007 |
| Spouse(s) | Annegret Hahn Jenny Gröllmann (m. 1984–90) Susanne Lothar (m. 1997–2007) (his death) |
| Children | Andreas Mühe Konrad Mühe Anna Maria Mühe (b. 1985) Sophie Marie Mühe Jakob Mühe |
| Awards |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards) (2006) |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Gold, Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards) (2006)
Best Actor, Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Awards) (2006)
Golden Swan for Best Actor, Copenhagen International Film Festival (2006)
Best Actor, European Film Awards (2006)
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (German: [ˈʊlʁɪç ˈmyːə]; 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 gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, at the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards.
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).
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