Ulrich Mühe
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1953-06-20
- Died
- 2007-07-22
- Place of birth
- Grimma, Germany
- Also known as
- Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe
Biography
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 (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards.
Curiously, events in Mühe's life were mirrored by the plot of the film, as he allegedly discovered in a Stasi file compiled on him that he had been under surveillance by his second wife, Jenny Gröllmann. Gröllmann denied this, and after an acrimonious and highly-publicized court case she succeeded in obtaining an injunction to prevent Mühe from repeating the allegation in a book.
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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Known For
TV Shows (23)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Peter Fuchs / Friedel Hebbel
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Kegel
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
maybrit illner
1999
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Siska
1998
as Erich Branner
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Robert Kolmaar
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
German Television Award
1999
as Self
Through the Night with...
2002
as Self
Lebensläufe
1998
as Self
Goldene Henne
1995
as Self
Rosa Roth
1994
Telestar
1983
as Self
Stars präsentieren
2005
as Self
Langer Samstag
2002
as Self
Die gläserne Fackel
1989
as Maximilian Steinhüter
End of Innocence
1991
as Julian Green
Im Schatten der Macht
2003
as Günther Gaus
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
1996
as Sergej
Movies (57)
The Lives of Others
2006
as Gerd Wiesler
Amen.
2002
as The Doctor
Funny Games
1997
as Georg
Benny's Video
1992
as Georg, Benny's Father
My Führer
2007
as Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
Spider's Web
1989
as Theodor Lohse
Spy Sorge
2003
as Eugen Ott
The Last U-Boat
1993
as Gerber - Kommandant
The Castle
1997
as K
Schtonk!
1992
as Dr. Wieland
Rudy, the Racing Pig
1995
as Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
Snowland
2005
as Knövel
Straight Shooter
1999
as Markus Paufler
Rider of the Flames
1998
as Jacob Gontard
Hard Days, Hard Nights
1990
as Flimmer
Späte Ankunft
1989
as Raoul Fürstenau
Night Time
1998
as Eschbach
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
1996
as Dr. Jochen Schuster
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
1995
as Sergej
Hamlet_X
2003
as Claudius Müller
Nikolaikirche
1995
as Pfarrer Ohlbaum
The Blue One
1994
as Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1987
as Dr. Grote
Jedermann Remixed
2011
as Devil (archive footage)
Hunger auf Leben
2004
as Jochen Hensel
Goebbels und Geduldig
2001
as Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
Die erste Reihe
1987
as Rudolf Schwarz
Sterben ist gesünder
1997
as Hugo Wallner
Little Angel
1997
as Kommissar
Das Buschgespenst
1986
as Siegfried Strauch
The Woman and the Stranger
1985
as Revolutionär
36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind
1998
as Rudolph
Jugend ohne Gott
1991
as Lehrer
Todesengel
1999
as Dr. Leon Stein
Nemesis
2010
as Robert
Longing
1990
as Sieghart
Der Mann und sein Name
1983
as Retzlow
Peer Gynt
2006
as Der Knopfgiesser
Olle Henry
1983
as Junger Mann
Hälfte des Lebens
1985
as Friedrich Hölderlin
Alles Samba
2003
as Gerd Wegener
Einfach raus
1999
as Manfred Reimann
Die Poggenpuhls
1984
as Sohn Leutnant Leo
Geschäfte
1995
as Sturm
Der kleine Herr Friedemann
1991
as Johannes Friedemann
Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
1990
… nächste Woche ist Frieden
1995
as Dr. Herbert Pieritz
Nadine, meine Liebe
1988
as Oberleutnant Stein
Gespenster
1983
as Osvald
Deadly Silence
1997
as Christian Plache
Dreimal Leben
2001
as Henri
Die dritte Frau
1985
Das tödliche Auge
1993
as Stefan Phillis
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
2006
as Nicolas Cramer
Imago
1989
Der Ausländer
2004
Nathan der Weise
1990
as Patriarch
About Ulrich Mühe
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 (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. Curiously, events in Mühe's life were mirrored by the plot of the film, a… With 80 credits spanning from 1948 to 2011, Ulrich Mühe has appeared in 57 films and 23 TV shows.
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- The Lives of Others (2006) — as Gerd Wiesler
- Amen. (2002) — as The Doctor
- Funny Games (1997) — as Georg
- Benny's Video (1992) — as Georg, Benny's Father
- My Führer (2007) — as Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
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