Ulrich Mühe
Acting • Born 1953-06-20 – Died 2007-07-22
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. 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.
Filmography
80 credits
The Lives of Others
Movie • 2006
Gerd Wiesler
Funny Games
Movie • 1997
Georg
Benny's Video
Movie • 1992
Georg, Benny's Father
Nemesis
Movie • 2010
Robert
Snowland
Movie • 2005
Knövel
Schtonk!
Movie • 1992
Dr. Wieland
My Führer
Movie • 2007
Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
Night Time
Movie • 1998
Eschbach
Amen.
Movie • 2002
The Doctor
The Castle
Movie • 1997
K
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Movie • 1995
Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
Jugend ohne Gott
Movie • 1991
Lehrer
Das Buschgespenst
Movie • 1986
Siegfried Strauch
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
Movie • 2006
Nicolas Cramer
Spider's Web
Movie • 1989
Theodor Lohse
The Last U-Boat
Movie • 1993
Gerber - Kommandant
Little Angel
Movie • 1997
Kommissar
Einfach raus
Movie • 1999
Manfred Reimann
Goebbels und Geduldig
Movie • 2001
Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
Hunger auf Leben
Movie • 2004
Jochen Hensel
… nächste Woche ist Frieden
Movie • 1995
Dr. Herbert Pieritz
Nikolaikirche
Movie • 1995
Pfarrer Ohlbaum
Peer Gynt
Movie • 2006
Der Knopfgiesser
Straight Shooter
Movie • 1999
Markus Paufler
Das tödliche Auge
Movie • 1993
Stefan Phillis
The Woman and the Stranger
Movie • 1985
Revolutionär
Die Poggenpuhls
Movie • 1984
Sohn Leutnant Leo
Hälfte des Lebens
Movie • 1985
Friedrich Hölderlin
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Movie • 1996
Dr. Jochen Schuster
Sterben ist gesünder
Movie • 1997
Hugo Wallner
36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind
Movie • 1998
Rudolph
Olle Henry
Movie • 1983
Junger Mann
The Blue One
Movie • 1994
Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
Alles Samba
Movie • 2003
Gerd Wegener
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
Movie • 1995
Sergej
Spy Sorge
Movie • 2003
Eugen Ott
Dreimal Leben
Movie • 2001
Henri
Der kleine Herr Friedemann
Movie • 1991
Johannes Friedemann
Die erste Reihe
Movie • 1987
Rudolf Schwarz
Hard Days, Hard Nights
Movie • 1990
Flimmer
Geschäfte
Movie • 1995
Sturm
Späte Ankunft
Movie • 1989
Raoul Fürstenau
Gespenster
Movie • 1983
Osvald
Hamlet_X
Movie • 2003
Claudius Müller
Todesengel
Movie • 1999
Dr. Leon Stein
Rider of the Flames
Movie • 1998
Jacob Gontard
Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
Movie • 1990
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Movie • 1987
Dr. Grote
Der Ausländer
Movie • 2004
Deadly Silence
Movie • 1997
Christian Plache
Der Mann und sein Name
Movie • 1983
Retzlow
Longing
Movie • 1990
Sieghart
Nadine, meine Liebe
Movie • 1988
Oberleutnant Stein
Die dritte Frau
Movie • 1985
Nathan der Weise
Movie • 1990
Patriarch
Jedermann Remixed
Movie • 2011
Devil (archive footage)
Imago
Movie • 1989
Die gläserne Fackel
TV • 1989
Maximilian Steinhüter
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Peter Fuchs
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Friedel Hebbel
Rosa Roth
TV • 1994
Der letzte Zeuge
TV • 1998
Robert Kolmaar
Siska
TV • 1998
Erich Branner
Polizeiruf 110
TV • 1971
Kegel
Through the Night with...
TV • 2002
Self
German Television Award
TV • 1999
Self
Im Schatten der Macht
TV • 2003
Günther Gaus
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Blauer Panther
TV • 1989
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Goldene Henne
TV • 1995
Self
Telestar
TV • 1983
Self
Volle Kanne
TV • 1999
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
Stars präsentieren
TV • 2005
Self
maybrit illner
TV • 1999
Self
Langer Samstag
TV • 2002
Self
Lebensläufe
TV • 1998
Self
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
TV • 1996
Sergej