Frank Giering
Acting • Born 1971-11-23 – Died 2010-06-23
Biography
Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind. Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night. The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded. Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany). Description above is sections taken from IMDB.
Filmography
88 credits
Gigantic
Movie • 1999
Floyd
Anatomy 2
Movie • 2003
Sven
Funny Games
Movie • 1997
Peter
Baader
Movie • 2002
Andreas Baader
The Castle
Movie • 1997
Artur
A Birthday to Remember
Movie • 2003
Paul
Der Mörder ist unter uns
Movie • 2003
Kai Wegner
Kaliber Deluxe
Movie • 2000
Rochus
Free to Leave
Movie • 2007
Thomas Hudetz
Nightsongs
Movie • 2004
Junger Mann
Keine Angst
Movie • 2009
Thomas
Tod einer Freundin
Movie • 2006
Dieter Wittmann
Black Sheep
Movie • 2006
Doorman #1 of KitKat-Club
Der Himmel kann warten
Movie • 2000
Alex Feldkamp
Dirty Sky
Movie • 2003
Philosoph
Ebene 9
Movie • 2000
Gregor
Der Tote in der Mauer
Movie • 2008
Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Jerry Cotton
Movie • 2010
Receptionist
Die Spielerin
Movie • 2005
Dietrich Schröder
Ein mörderischer Plan
Movie • 2001
Mark Stettner
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
Movie • 2003
Rudi
Opera ball
Movie • 1998
Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst
Movie • 2005
Tom Walden
Die Rosenzüchterin
Movie • 2004
Alan Shaye
Hannas Baby
Movie • 2002
Junger Mann
Und alles wegen Mama
Movie • 1999
Benny Zucker
Der Gerechte Richter
Movie • 2000
Jan
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
Movie • 1998
Frank Wolters
Love Your Female Neighbor!
Movie • 1998
Locke
Klassentreffen
Movie • 2004
Stüze
Großglocknerliebe
Movie • 2004
Uwe Ringelmann
Marmor, Stein & Eisen
Movie • 2000
Nicki
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Movie • 2010
Hans Sittler
Die Halbstarken
Movie • 1996
Günther
Clowns
Movie • 2001
Nick
Gran Paradiso
Movie • 2000
Edwin
Hundert Jahre Brecht
Movie • 1998
Esperanza
Movie • 2008
Franz
A Pirate's Heart
Movie • 2006
Jan Broderson
Die Aufschneider
Movie • 2000
Nick
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
Movie • 1998
Henrik Jr.
Sentimental Education
Movie • 1998
Minaichmis
Gangster
Movie • 2002
Vincent
Die Kurve
Movie
Anton
Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
TV • 1998
Self
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Der letzte Zeuge
TV • 1998
Helmut Kluge
Wolffs Revier
TV • 1992
Stefan Träger
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
TV • 2009
Thomas Schaller
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Gregor Karolewski
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Louis
Der Kriminalist
TV • 2006
Kommissar Henry Weber
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
TV • 1997
Philipp Armbruster
Zwei Brüder
TV • 1994
Joseph Herzfeld
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
TV • 2006
Prinz Hohlholm von Sülzenstein
Der König
TV • 1994
Jens Wohlbrück
Rosa Roth
TV • 1994
Wolf Gotschlich
Die Cleveren
TV • 1998
Siegfried Schwender
Auf eigene Gefahr
TV • 1993
Siska
TV • 1998
Sven Gardener
Der Alte
TV • 1977
Joachim Horst
Ein starkes Team
TV • 1994
Ulrich Baring
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
TV • 2008
Oberst Sprüngli
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV • 1996
Hans-Joachim Schneider
Wolkenstein
TV • 1996
Stefan Zeranski
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Herr Heymann
Im Visier der Zielfahnder
TV • 2002
Norman Bleich
SOKO Leipzig
TV • 2001
Dr. Fischer
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Rolf Fürst
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Albert Becker
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Markus Engel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV • 1996
Ziegler
Die Kids von Berlin
TV • 1997
Alexander Bürkel
Die Kirschenkönigin
TV • 2004
Colonel Stone
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Volle Kanne
TV • 1999
Self
Opernball
TV • 1998
Jörg Blahacek, Ingenieur
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
Nachtcafé
TV • 1987
Self
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
Koschwitz
TV • 2000
Self
Riverboat
TV • 1992
Self
ZIBB
TV • 2003
Self
Thadeusz
TV • 2005
self
Morgenmagazin
TV • 1992
self
Brisant
TV • 1994
Self
Here from Four
TV • 1997
Self
Sachsen-Anhalt heute
TV • 2001
Self