Ulrich Mühe
58 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 20, 1953
- Died
- Jul 22, 2007 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Grimma, Germany
- Also known as
- Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe
Biography
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.
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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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Ulrich Mühe: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 2011 Jedermann Remixed
as Devil (archive footage)
- 2010 Nemesis
as Robert
- 2007 My Führer
as Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
- 2006 Peer Gynt
as Der Knopfgiesser
- 2006 Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
as Nicolas Cramer
- 2006 The Lives of Others
as Gerd Wiesler
- 2005 Snowland
as Knövel
- 2004
- 2004 Hunger auf Leben
as Jochen Hensel
- 2003 Alles Samba
as Gerd Wegener
- 2003
- 2003 Hamlet_X
as Claudius Müller
- 2003 Spy Sorge
as Eugen Ott
- 2002 Amen.
as The Doctor
- 2001 Goebbels und Geduldig
as Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
- 2001 Dreimal Leben
as Henri
- 1999 Einfach raus
as Manfred Reimann
- 1999 Straight Shooter
as Markus Paufler
- 1999 Todesengel
as Dr. Leon Stein
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Rider of the Flames
as Jacob Gontard
- 1998 Night Time
as Eschbach
- 1998
- 1997 Funny Games
as Georg
- 1997 The Castle
as K
- 1997 Little Angel
as Commissioner
- 1997 Deadly Silence
as Christian Plache
- 1997 Sterben ist gesünder
as Hugo Wallner
- 1996
- 1996 Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
as Dr. Jochen Schuster
- 1995 Nikolaikirche
as Pfarrer Ohlbaum
- 1995 Geschäfte
as Sturm
- 1995 … nächste Woche ist Frieden
as Dr. Herbert Pieritz
- 1995 Rudy, the Racing Pig
as Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
- 1995 Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
as Sergej
- 1994
- 1994 The Blue One
as Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
- 1993 Das tödliche Auge
as Stefan Phillis
- 1993 The Last U-Boat
as Gerber - Kommandant
- 1992 Benny's Video
as Georg, Benny's Father
- 1992 Schtonk!
as Dr. Wieland
- 1991 Jugend ohne Gott
as Lehrer
- 1991
- 1991 Der kleine Herr Friedemann
as Johannes Friedemann
- 1990 Hard Days, Hard Nights
as Flimmer
- 1990 Longing
as Sieghart
- 1990
- 1990 Nathan der Weise
as Patriarch
- 1989
- 1989 Spider's Web
as Theodor Lohse
- 1989 Späte Ankunft
as Raoul Fürstenau
- 1989
- 1988 Nadine, meine Liebe
as Oberleutnant Stein
- 1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
as Dr. Grote
- 1987 Die erste Reihe
as Rudolf Schwarz
- 1986 Das Buschgespenst
as Siegfried Strauch
- 1985
- 1985 Hälfte des Lebens
as Friedrich Hölderlin
- 1985 The Woman and the Stranger
as Revolutionär
- 1984 Die Poggenpuhls
as Sohn Leutnant Leo
- 1983 Olle Henry
as Junger Mann
- 1983 Gespenster
as Osvald
- 1983 Der Mann und sein Name
as Retzlow
- 1971
- 1970
Behind the camera (1)
- 2004 Der Auftrag
Director
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2005 Stars präsentieren
1 episode
- 2002 Through the Night with...
1 episode
- 2002 Langer Samstag
1 episode
- 1999 maybrit illner
2 episodes
- 1999 Deutscher Fernsehpreis
1 episode
- 1999 Volle Kanne
1 episode
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1 episode
- 1998 Lebensläufe
1 episode
- 1995 Goldene Henne
1 episode
- 1989 Blauer Panther
1 episode
- 1983 Telestar
1 episode
- 1979 Bavarian Film Awards
2 episodes
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode
- 1948 Bambi
1 episode