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
Abendschau
2000
as self
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Leo Biller / Brandner / Alexander Bosco / Maurer / Carsten Geyer / Winfried Poller / Heinz Schneider / Frieder Lott / Jochen Reuter / Peter Bachinger
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
as Sebastian Huter
The Old Fox
1977
as Hans Litz / Ralf Lenhard / Herbert Stiegl / Oswald Stengele
TV Shows (75)
Abendschau
2000
as self
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Leo Biller / Brandner / Alexander Bosco / Maurer / Carsten Geyer / Winfried Poller / Heinz Schneider / Frieder Lott / Jochen Reuter / Peter Bachinger
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
as Sebastian Huter
The Old Fox
1977
as Hans Litz / Ralf Lenhard / Herbert Stiegl / Oswald Stengele
SOKO Wismar
2004
as Prof. Dr. Nick Kahlow
SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Ferdinand Hauser
A Case For Two
1981
as Arndt von Mayenberg / Jürgen Engel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Alexander 'Zar' Millberg
Derrick
1974
as Georg
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
SOKO Köln
2003
as Harald Pützer
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
SOKO München
1978
as Alfons Küfner / Max Lüdersdorf
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Palm / Melzer
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Murder in the Mountains
2001
as Bernd Stuchlik / Jakob Zech / Franz Wegener / Dr. Robert Simma
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
as Jakob Bauer / Anton Bahr
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Alfred Hammer
Der Fahnder
1984
as Mackenrath
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
as Kai Middeldorf
For Heaven's Sake
2002
as Philipp Diebold
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Stefan Arndt
Die Chefin
2012
as Karl-Walter von Stetten / Wilfried Koch
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Hans Zoche
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Brigadegeneral Werner Opitz
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Kurt Rückert
SK Kölsch
1999
as Jürgen Honig
Schnell ermittelt
2009
as Roland Anwatter
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Dr. Uwe Falk / Dr. Klaus Reinhardt
Donna Leon
2000
as Marcello Filippi
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
as Werner Hofstetter
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Wolfgang Hartmann
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
1998
as Hans Breitner
Bella Block
1993
as Dr. Klaus Rückert
Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Joseph Kürten / Richter Huber
Das Duo
2002
as Pathologe Holzmann
Der Ermittler
2001
as Edmund Strehle
Rosa Roth
1994
as Dr. Jakob Robran
Nachtschicht
2003
as Justizvollzugsbeamter Vierlande / Boris Quante
München Mord
2014
as Ludwig Schaller
Line of Separation
2015
as Franz Schober
Pfarrer Braun
2003
as Joseph Köpplinger
Under Suspicion
2002
as Robert Mertens / Dr. Robert Mertens / Dr. Mertens
Faust
1994
as Lothar Kruse
Genial oder Daneben?
2020
as Self
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Trost
Ärzte
1994
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998
as Bert Nitschke
Flemming
2009
as Dr. Arnulf Rand
Zwei Brüder
1994
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
1994
as Waldemar Schickinger
Stralsund
2009
as Karl Hidde
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008
as Viktor Toller
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
as Bernd Zeisinger / Johann Mantler
Die Sitte
2003
as Werner Jacobi
Movies (82)
Schindler's List
1993
as SS Bureaucrat
Downfall
2004
as Walter Hewel
The Wave
2008
as Tim's Vater
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
as Siegfried Buback
Before the Fall
2004
as Friedrich's Father
Life Actually
2007
as Vater Krüger
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
as Robert Mohr
Bibi Blocksberg
2002
as Dr. Buttcock
Nanga Parbat
2010
as Dr. Franz Burda
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
2006
as Leopold Mozart
Manitou's Shoe
2001
as Karl May
Geheimkommando Familie
2023
as Klaus Gremme
Schon wieder Henriette
2013
as Hartmut Ille
Todesengel
1999
as Dr. Henning
Between Today and Tomorrow
2009
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Leo & Claire
2002
as Gauleiter
Anatomy
2000
as Polizist
Der Prediger
2014
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
Pope Joan
2009
as King Lothar
Sanctuary
2015
as Hausvater Brockmann
My Blind Date with Life
2017
as Fried
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
2000
as Schlutz
Heimlicher Tanz
1999
as Frank Baumann
Die Spesenritter
1999
Sau sticht
1995
Getting a Life
2003
Jagd auf Amor
1999
as Peter Bohlmann
Crash Point: Berlin
2009
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
2010
as Valerius (age 75)
Deathline
1996
as Inspector
Strange Gardens
2003
as SS officer
Trau niemals deiner Frau
2012
as Arnold Ettmayr
A Minute’s Silence
2016
as Rektor Block
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
2006
as Niklas Rüders
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2009
as Abt Kuno
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
1999
Friends of Friends
2002
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Der große Schwindel
2013
as Dr. Blamberger
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
2000
as Kommissar Falkowski
The Girl with Nine Wigs
2013
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
Wholetrain
2006
as Polizist Steinbauer
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1997
as 2. Jungbauer
4 Days in May
2011
as Oberstleutnant
Schwarzes Blut
1999
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
OA jagt Oberärztin
1999
Emilia – Familienbande
2005
as Hubert Seilinger
Ich wollte nicht töten
2007
as Martin Kehl
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
2007
as Hubertus Müller
Public Enemies
2014
as Siegfried Buback
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996
as Philipp Spieker
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Alois Kugler
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
2010
as Georg Ametsrieder
In einem anderen Leben
2005
as Hauptfeldwebel
Die Musterknaben
1997
as Wempe
Alleingang
2012
as Josef Zuckmaier
Genug ist nicht genug
2009
as Landrat Wieshuber
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
2012
as Mr. Truckenbrot
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
2002
as Roderick van Hof
Maria Mafiosi
2017
as Jürgen Moosandl
Alaska Johansson
2013
as E. L. Johansson
Burning Souls
2014
as Weihbischof Förner
Mali
1997
as Simmerl
Alle haben geschwiegen
1996
as Staatsanwalt
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
2015
as Janis Kortschak
Unverschämtes Glück
2015
as Harry Hindenach
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
2021
as Tadeusz von Breska
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
2011
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
2001
as Max Loibl
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002
as Vincenzo Bracconi
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
2013
as Tom Brandauer
Im Tal des Schweigens
2004
as Stadlhuber
Im Netz
2013
as Brinkmann
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
2013
as Christian Fenn
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
2004
as Dr. Lehner
Storno: Todsicher versichert
2015
as Bruno
Zur Sache, Lena!
2008
as Staber
Romeo
2001
as Robert
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
2008
as Josef Kolb
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
2008
as Stadlhuber
Bezaubernde Marie
2007
as Dr. Hans Weber
Treibjagd
2003
as Schreinereibesitzer
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
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) — as Siegfried Buback
- Before the Fall (2004) — as Friedrich's Father
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