Rufus Beck
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1957-07-23 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Worms, Germany
Biography
Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014).
In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre.
In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 1991 with G.E. Lessing's *Miss Sara Sampson*. In 1994, he toured Germany with Peter Maffay's *Tabaluga*.
Beck's breakthrough in film came in 1994 with Sönke Wortmann's *The Most Desired Man*, for which he received a Bambi Award for his role as Waltraut. In 1999, he was nominated for the German Film Award for *Jimmy the Kid*. He has appeared in more than 70 television and 14 feature films (as of 2018). In the children's film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* (2003), he played the role of "Coach Willi." He reprised this role in *The Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives!* (2016).
Rufus Beck is the narrator and producer of more than 200 audiobooks, including the Harry Potter novels. He gives each of the many characters a distinct voice, employing various dialects and accents. His audiobooks have received numerous awards.
Known For
TV Shows (46)
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Mickey / Gereon / Stefan Stoll / Alex / Udo Retzlaff / Johannes Anders
The Old Fox
1977
as Erich Kapuste
Tigerenten Club
1996
as Self
Derrick
1974
as Manfred Georg / Benno Hauke
Riverboat
1992
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
SOKO Köln
2003
as Thomas Lambrecht
SOKO München
1978
as Kühn / Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sundt
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Hamburg Dockland
2007
as Markus Herold
Bambi
1948
as Self
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Magnus Tennstett / Paul Gassner
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
SOKO Stuttgart
2009
as Felix Zink
Hart aber fair
2001
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Inga Lindström
2004
as Herzog Anders von Köping / Marvin Blom
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Der Bergdoktor
1992
as Guido Mooslechner
Versteckte Kamera
1995
as Self
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Tom Burkhardt
Peter Strohm
1989
as Tommy Schneider
Café Meineid
1990
as Ralf Hagedorn
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007
as Self
München 7
2004
as Erich Schlicker
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
1990
as himself
Edel & Starck
2002
as Britz
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986
München Mord
2014
as Oliver Papst
0511 TV Lokal
2007
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self - Moderator
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
as Marcel Dante
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
2002
as Self
Der König
1994
Drehkreuz Airport
2001
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008
as Sergio Spinosa
Reschke Fernsehen
2023
as Self
Die Straßen von Berlin
1995
as Waldemar 'Waldi' Schmitz
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
1999
as Kurt Bojarski
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
2020
as Self
Inspektor Rolle
2002
as Inspektor Rolle
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
1996
as Günter Dorn
Movies (63)
Blütenträume
2015
as Ulf
Vorübergehend verstorben
1998
as Schubert
Bibi Blocksberg
2002
as Maribor (voice)
The Robber Hotzenplotz
2006
as Petrosilius Zwackelmann
Sapphire Blue
2014
as Xemerius (voice)
Emerald Green
2016
as Xemerius (voice)
Es wird etwas geschehen
2003
as Benno
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
2004
as Magier
The Meerkats
2008
as Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
Emil and the Detectives
2001
as Hotelportier
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994
as Waltraud
Ice Princess Lily
2018
as Kolk (voice)
Germanikus
2004
as Prefect
The Wild Soccer Bunch
2003
as Willi
Klick ins Herz
2009
as Alexander Randow
The Visible and the Invisible
2007
as Leo Barnstein
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
1998
as Guido Sprüngli
Kiss Me, Frog
2000
as Hofzauberer Gorm
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004
as Maribor (voice)
An Impossible Wedding
as Freddi
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Scheidung auf Kroatisch
2024
as Branko Novak
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
2016
as Willi
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
1996
as Nikolaus
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
1996
as Peter Hackmann
Going Public
2005
as Bruno
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
2009
as Kakapo (voice)
Frauen lügen besser
2000
as Markus Kopf
Little Sharks
1992
as Woyczek
King Laurin
2016
as König Dietrich
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
2017
Ein tödliches Vergehen
1996
as David
Hamlet_X
2003
as Insurance Salesman
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996
as Dr. Carlo van Rees
Heimliche Zeugen
1995
as Peter Dähnert
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
2012
as Andreas von Weissenfels
Split Homicide: Dead Wives from Brac
2024
as Branko Novak
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Split vergisst nie
2023
as Branko Novak
Im Innern des Bernsteins
1995
as Thomas Kast
Alarm auf Station 2
1993
as Dr. Hartenstein
Die Sterntaler
2011
as Caspar
Jimmy the Kid
1999
as Kelp
Der Preis der Schönheit
2000
as Guido Sprüngli
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Der Todesritt
2023
as Branko Novak
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Vor Mitternacht
2022
as Branko Novak
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Tod im roten Kleid
2022
as Branko Novak
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
2018
Mr. Bluesman
1993
as Lentz
Geheimsache Kopernikus
2023
as Kopernikus
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
1999
as Dieter Barth
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
2012
as Magier
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Jagd auf einen Toten
2021
as Branko Novak
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
1997
as Einbrecher Paul Paul
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
1994
as Franz
Gangster
2002
as Kevin
Cloud Study
as Hanni
Brazilero
2001
as Alex
Zwei allein
2014
as Linus Gobert
Tabaluga und Lilli
2006
as Magier
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
2017
as Magier & Glückskäfer
Tödliche Dienstreise
1994
as Ali
Die rote Waschmaschine
1997
Children Of The Wild
2017
as Narrator (voice)
About Rufus Beck
Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagem… With 109 credits spanning from 1948 to 2024, Rufus Beck has appeared in 63 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rufus Beck Movies
- Blütenträume (2015) — as Ulf
- Vorübergehend verstorben (1998) — as Schubert
- Bibi Blocksberg (2002) — as Maribor (voice)
- The Robber Hotzenplotz (2006) — as Petrosilius Zwackelmann
- Sapphire Blue (2014) — as Xemerius (voice)
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