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Ulrich Mühe, born Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe on 20 June 1953 in Grimma, was a German theatrical director, stage actor, film actor, and television actor holding citizenship of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. He was educated at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, spoke German, and was a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the Academy of Arts of the GDR, and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He was married to Jenny Gröllmann and Susanne Lothar, and his child was Anna Maria Mühe.
His career ran from 1979 to 2007. He was nominated for, and received, the European Film Award for Best Actor. He died in Walbeck on 22 July 2007, of stomach cancer.
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Film & TV
Grimma, Germany
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…
Known for
- Jedermann Remixed — Devil (archive footage)2011
- Nemesis — Robert2010
- My Führer — Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum2007
- The Lives of Others — Gerd Wiesler2006
- Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose — Nicolas Cramer2006
- Peer Gynt — Der Knopfgiesser2006
- Snowland — Knövel2005
- Stars präsentieren — Self2005
- Hunger auf Leben — Jochen Hensel2004
- Der Ausländer2004
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Key facts
- Born
- Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe , ( 1953-06-20 ) 20 June 1953, Grimma , East Germany
- Died
- 22 July 2007 (2007-07-22) (aged 54), Walbeck , Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Occupations
- Actor theatre director
- Years active
- 1979–2007
- Spouses
- Annegret Hahn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Jenny Gröllmann ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1990 ) Susanne Lothar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
- Children
- 5, including Anna Maria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ulrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Grimma
- Place of death
- Walbeck
- Spouse
- Susanne Lothar
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- UlrichMuhe-20051205.jpg
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- Ulrich Mühe
- date of birth
- 1953-06-20
- date of death
- 2007-07-22
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- name in native language
- Ulrich Mühe
- birth name
- Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe
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Encyclopedic overview
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe ( German pronunciation: [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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