Frank Giering
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1971-11-23
- Died
- 2010-06-23
- Place of birth
- Magdeburg, Germany
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (40)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Herr Heymann / Markus Engel
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Morgenmagazin
1992
as self
The Old Fox
1977
as Joachim Horst
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Gregor Karolewski / Louis
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Hans-Joachim Schneider / Ziegler
SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Dr. Fischer
A Case For Two
1981
as Albert Becker / Rolf Fürst
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Riverboat
1992
as Self
Nachtcafé
1987
as Self
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Stefan Träger
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Kommissar Henry Weber
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Ulrich Baring
Brisant
1994
as Self
Siska
1998
as Sven Gardener
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Helmut Kluge
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Rosa Roth
1994
as Wolf Gotschlich
Koschwitz
2000
as Self
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993
Die Cleveren
1998
as Siegfried Schwender
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
2006
as Prinz Hohlholm von Sülzenstein
Der König
1994
as Jens Wohlbrück
Here from Four
1997
as Self
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009
as Thomas Schaller
Zwei Brüder
1994
as Joseph Herzfeld
Wolkenstein
1996
as Stefan Zeranski
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008
as Oberst Sprüngli
Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
1998
as Self
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Philipp Armbruster
Opernball
1998
as Jörg Blahacek, Ingenieur
Die Kids von Berlin
1997
as Alexander Bürkel
Im Visier der Zielfahnder
2002
as Norman Bleich
Sachsen-Anhalt heute
2001
as Self
Die Kirschenkönigin
2004
as Colonel Stone
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004
as Alan Shaye
Movies (44)
Funny Games
1997
as Peter
Und alles wegen Mama
1999
as Benny Zucker
Dirty Sky
2003
as Philosoph
The Castle
1997
as Artur
Gigantic
1999
as Floyd
A Birthday to Remember
2003
as Paul
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010
as Hans Sittler
Ein mörderischer Plan
2001
as Mark Stettner
Sentimental Education
1998
as Minaichmis
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
1998
as Henrik Jr.
Jerry Cotton
2010
as Receptionist
Anatomy 2
2003
as Sven
A Pirate's Heart
2006
as Jan Broderson
Black Sheep
2006
as Doorman #1 of KitKat-Club
Esperanza
2008
as Franz
Baader
2002
as Andreas Baader
Keine Angst
2009
as Thomas
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
2003
as Rudi
Free to Leave
2007
as Thomas Hudetz
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004
as Alan Shaye
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998
as Locke
Gran Paradiso
2000
as Edwin
Clowns
2001
as Nick
Opera ball
1998
as Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
Die Spielerin
2005
as Dietrich Schröder
Der Mörder ist unter uns
2003
as Kai Wegner
Hannas Baby
2002
as Junger Mann
Der Tote in der Mauer
2008
as Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Die Aufschneider
2000
as Nick
Klassentreffen
2004
as Stüze
Gangster
2002
as Vincent
Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst
2005
as Tom Walden
Nightsongs
2004
as Junger Mann
Tod einer Freundin
2006
as Dieter Wittmann
Der Gerechte Richter
2000
as Jan
Hundert Jahre Brecht
1998
Der Himmel kann warten
2000
as Alex Feldkamp
Die Halbstarken
1996
as Günther
Ebene 9
2000
as Gregor
Großglocknerliebe
2004
as Uwe Ringelmann
Marmor, Stein & Eisen
2000
as Nicki
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
1998
as Frank Wolters
Kaliber Deluxe
2000
as Rochus
Die Kurve
as Anton
About Frank Giering
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 "Hochsch… With 84 credits spanning from 1951 to 2010, Frank Giering has appeared in 44 films and 40 TV shows.
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- Funny Games (1997) — as Peter
- Und alles wegen Mama (1999) — as Benny Zucker
- Dirty Sky (2003) — as Philosoph
- The Castle (1997) — as Artur
- Gigantic (1999) — as Floyd
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