Alexander Held
82 movies · 66 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 19, 1958
- Died
- May 12, 2026 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Munich, Germany
Biography
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.
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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).
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Alexander Held: movies and TV shows
Acting (148)
- 2023 Geheimkommando Familie
as Klaus Gremme
- 2021 Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
as Tadeusz von Breska
- 2020
- 2018
- 2017 Maria Mafiosi
as Jürgen Moosandl
- 2017 My Blind Date with Life
as Fried
- 2016 A Minute’s Silence
as Rektor Block
- 2015 Sanctuary
as Hausvater Brockmann
- 2015 Storno: Todsicher versichert
as Bruno
- 2015 Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
as Janis Kortschak
- 2015 Unverschämtes Glück
as Harry Hindenach
- 2015
- 2014 Burning Souls
as Weihbischof Förner
- 2014 Public Enemies
as Siegfried Buback
- 2014
- 2014 Der Prediger
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
- 2013 Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
as Christian Fenn
- 2013 Alaska Johansson
as E. L. Johansson
- 2013 Schon wieder Henriette
as Hartmut Ille
- 2013 Im Netz
as Brinkmann
- 2013 The Girl with Nine Wigs
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
- 2013 Der große Schwindel
as Dr. Blamberger
- 2013 Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
as Tom Brandauer
- 2012 Trau niemals deiner Frau
as Arnold Ettmayr
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012 Alleingang
as Josef Zuckmaier
- 2012 Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
as Mr. Truckenbrot
- 2011 Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
- 2011 4 Days in May
as Oberstleutnant
- 2010 Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
as Georg Ametsrieder
- 2010 Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
as Valerius (age 75)
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Nanga Parbat
as Dr. Franz Burda
- 2009
- 2009 Pope Joan
as King Lothar
- 2009 Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
as Abt Kuno
- 2009 Crash Point: Berlin
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
- 2009 Genug ist nicht genug
as Landrat Wieshuber
- 2009 Between Today and Tomorrow
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
as Josef Kolb
- 2008 Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
as Alois Kugler
- 2008 The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Siegfried Buback
- 2008
- 2008 Zur Sache, Lena!
as Staber
- 2008 The Wave
as Tim's Vater
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
as Stadlhuber
- 2007 Ich wollte nicht töten
as Martin Kehl
- 2007 Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
as Hubertus Müller
- 2007 Bezaubernde Marie
as Dr. Hans Weber
- 2007 Life Actually
as Vater Krüger
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006 Franziskas Gespür für Männer
as Niklas Rüders
- 2006
- 2006 Wholetrain
as Polizist Steinbauer
- 2006 Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
as Leopold Mozart
- 2005
- 2005 Emilia – Familienbande
as Hubert Seilinger
- 2005 Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
as Robert Mohr
- 2005 In einem anderen Leben
as Hauptfeldwebel
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Downfall
as Walter Hewel
- 2004 Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
as Dr. Lehner
- 2004 Before the Fall
as Friedrich's Father
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Im Tal des Schweigens
as Stadlhuber
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Treibjagd
as Schreinereibesitzer
- 2003
- 2003 Strange Gardens
as SS officer
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
as Vincenzo Bracconi
- 2002 Das Geheimnis des Lebens
as Roderick van Hof
- 2002 Bibi Blocksberg
as Dr. Buttcock
- 2002
- 2002 Friends of Friends
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
- 2002 Leo & Claire
as Gauleiter
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Murder in the Mountains · TV
as Bernd Stuchlik / Jakob Zech / Franz Wegener / Dr. Robert Simma · 4 episodes
- 2001
- 2001 Manitou's Shoe
as Karl May
- 2001 Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
as Max Loibl
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Romeo
as Robert
- 2000 Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
as Schlutz
- 2000
- 2000 Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
as Kommissar Falkowski
- 2000 Anatomy
as Polizist
- 1999
- 1999 Heimlicher Tanz
as Frank Baumann
- 1999 Jagd auf Amor
as Peter Bohlmann
- 1999
- 1999 Schwarzes Blut
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
- 1999 Todesengel
as Dr. Henning
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 Die Musterknaben
as Wempe
- 1997
- 1997 It Happened in Broad Daylight
as 2. Jungbauer
- 1997 Mali
as Simmerl
- 1996 Alle haben geschwiegen
as Staatsanwalt
- 1996 Deathline
as Inspector
- 1996
- 1996 Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
as Philipp Spieker
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Schindler's List
as SS Bureaucrat
- 1993
- 1992
- 1988
- 1984
- 1984
- 1981
- 1981
- 1978
- 1977
- 1974
- 1971
- 1970 Scene of the Crime · TV
as Leo Biller / Brandner / Alexander Bosco / Maurer / Carsten Geyer / Winfried Poller / Heinz Schneider / Frieder Lott / Jochen Reuter / Peter Bachinger · 10 episodes
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2020 Genial oder Daneben?
1 episode
- 2015 Wer weiß denn sowas?
2 episodes
- 2008 Markus Lanz
1 episode
- 2000 Abendschau
1 episode
- 1999 Volle Kanne
3 episodes
- 1991 DAS!
3 episodes
- 1989 Blauer Panther
1 episode
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1976 Kölner Treff
2 episodes