Alexander Held
Known for Acting · 157 credits
- Born
- 1958-10-19
- Died
- 2026-05-12
- Place of birth
- Munich, Germany
Biography
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex.
During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed.
In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party".
In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord.
Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014).
Known For
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Leo Biller / Brandner / Alexander Bosco / Maurer / Carsten Geyer / Winfried Poller / Heinz Schneider / Frieder Lott / Jochen Reuter / Peter Bachinger
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Hans Litz / Ralf Lenhard / Herbert Stiegl / Oswald Stengele
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
Derrick
1974
as Georg
TV Shows (75)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Leo Biller / Brandner / Alexander Bosco / Maurer / Carsten Geyer / Winfried Poller / Heinz Schneider / Frieder Lott / Jochen Reuter / Peter Bachinger
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Hans Litz / Ralf Lenhard / Herbert Stiegl / Oswald Stengele
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
Derrick
1974
as Georg
Abendschau
2000
as self
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Palm / Melzer
SOKO München
1978
as Alfons Küfner / Max Lüdersdorf
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Alexander 'Zar' Millberg
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
as Sebastian Huter
SOKO Wismar
2004
as Prof. Dr. Nick Kahlow
SOKO Köln
2003
as Harald Pützer
SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Ferdinand Hauser
A Case For Two
1981
as Arndt von Mayenberg / Jürgen Engel
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
SOKO Kitzbühel
2001
as Bernd Stuchlik / Jakob Zech / Franz Wegener / Dr. Robert Simma
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Stefan Arndt
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
as Jakob Bauer / Anton Bahr
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Alfred Hammer
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Der Fahnder
1984
as Mackenrath
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Kurt Rückert
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Hans Zoche
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
as Kai Middeldorf
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Brigadegeneral Werner Opitz
For Heaven's Sake
2002
as Philipp Diebold
Die Chefin
2012
as Karl-Walter von Stetten / Wilfried Koch
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
SK Kölsch
1999
as Jürgen Honig
Bella Block
1993
as Dr. Klaus Rückert
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
as Werner Hofstetter
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Wolfgang Hartmann
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Dr. Uwe Falk / Dr. Klaus Reinhardt
Donna Leon
2000
as Marcello Filippi
Nachtschicht
2003
as Justizvollzugsbeamter Vierlande / Boris Quante
Schnell ermittelt
2009
as Roland Anwatter
Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Joseph Kürten / Richter Huber
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
1998
as Hans Breitner
Faust
1994
as Lothar Kruse
Rosa Roth
1994
as Dr. Jakob Robran
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
München Mord
2014
as Ludwig Schaller
Pfarrer Braun
2003
as Joseph Köpplinger
Das Duo
2002
as Pathologe Holzmann
Ärzte
1994
Stralsund
2009
as Karl Hidde
Der Ermittler
2001
as Edmund Strehle
Under Suspicion
2002
as Robert Mertens / Dr. Robert Mertens / Dr. Mertens
Genial oder Daneben?
2020
as Self
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
as Bert Nitschke
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Trost
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
2004
as Lothar Frick
Flemming
2009
as Dr. Arnulf Rand
Line of Separation
2015
as Franz Schober
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
1998
as Franz
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
1994
as Waldemar Schickinger
Zwei Brüder
1994
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
as Bernd Zeisinger / Johann Mantler
Movies (82)
Schindler's List
1993
as SS Bureaucrat
Downfall
2004
as Walter Hewel
The Wave
2008
as Tim's Vater
Pope Joan
2009
as King Lothar
A Minute’s Silence
2016
as Rektor Block
Before the Fall
2004
as Friedrich's Father
Anatomy
2000
as Polizist
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Siegfried Buback
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
as Robert Mohr
Strange Gardens
2003
as SS officer
Manitou's Shoe
2001
as Karl May
Bibi Blocksberg
2002
as Dr. Buttcock
4 Days in May
2011
as Oberstleutnant
My Blind Date with Life
2017
as Fried
Schon wieder Henriette
2013
as Hartmut Ille
Nanga Parbat
2010
as Dr. Franz Burda
Romeo
2001
as Robert
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Alois Kugler
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
as Valerius (age 75)
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
1999
Wholetrain
2006
as Polizist Steinbauer
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2009
as Abt Kuno
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
2006
as Leopold Mozart
Maria Mafiosi
2017
as Jürgen Moosandl
Sanctuary
2015
as Hausvater Brockmann
Crash Point: Berlin
2009
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
2000
as Schlutz
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
2006
as Niklas Rüders
Getting a Life
2003
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
Life Actually
2007
as Vater Krüger
Deathline
1996
as Inspector
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
2015
as Janis Kortschak
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
2002
as Roderick van Hof
The Girl with Nine Wigs
2013
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
Trau niemals deiner Frau
2012
as Arnold Ettmayr
Die Musterknaben
1997
as Wempe
Between Today and Tomorrow
2009
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Storno: Todsicher versichert
2015
as Bruno
Der Prediger
2014
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
In einem anderen Leben
2005
as Hauptfeldwebel
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
2013
as Tom Brandauer
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002
as Vincenzo Bracconi
Burning Souls
2014
as Weihbischof Förner
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
2001
as Max Loibl
Unverschämtes Glück
2015
as Harry Hindenach
Alaska Johansson
2013
as E. L. Johansson
Alle haben geschwiegen
1996
as Staatsanwalt
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1997
as 2. Jungbauer
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
2013
as Christian Fenn
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
2008
as Josef Kolb
Leo & Claire
2002
as Gauleiter
Bezaubernde Marie
2007
as Dr. Hans Weber
Friends of Friends
2002
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Geheimkommando Familie
2023
as Klaus Gremme
Ich wollte nicht töten
2007
as Martin Kehl
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
2010
as Georg Ametsrieder
Im Tal des Schweigens
2004
as Stadlhuber
Sau sticht
1995
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
2011
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Todesengel
1999
as Dr. Henning
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996
as Philipp Spieker
Public Enemies
2014
as Siegfried Buback
Genug ist nicht genug
2009
as Landrat Wieshuber
Alleingang
2012
as Josef Zuckmaier
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
2021
as Tadeusz von Breska
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
2012
as Mr. Truckenbrot
Im Netz
2013
as Brinkmann
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
2007
as Hubertus Müller
Der große Schwindel
2013
as Dr. Blamberger
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
2008
as Stadlhuber
Die Spesenritter
1999
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
2004
as Dr. Lehner
Schwarzes Blut
1999
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Emilia – Familienbande
2005
as Hubert Seilinger
OA jagt Oberärztin
1999
Treibjagd
2003
as Schreinereibesitzer
Zur Sache, Lena!
2008
as Staber
Heimlicher Tanz
1999
as Frank Baumann
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
2000
as Kommissar Falkowski
Mali
1997
as Simmerl
Jagd auf Amor
1999
as Peter Bohlmann
About Alexander Held
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of… With 157 credits spanning from 1970 to 2023, Alexander Held has appeared in 82 films and 75 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alexander Held Movies
- Schindler's List (1993) — as SS Bureaucrat
- Downfall (2004) — as Walter Hewel
- The Wave (2008) — as Tim's Vater
- Pope Joan (2009) — as King Lothar
- A Minute’s Silence (2016) — as Rektor Block
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