Rufus Beck
Known for: Acting
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. During the 2006 and 2007 festival seasons, Beck played Mephisto in Goethe's *Faust* at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. Under the artistic direction of Dieter Wedel, he played Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in Jehoschua Sobol's *The Story of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Called Jud Süß* at the 2011 Worms Nibelungen Festival. In 2004, he directed the dance spectacular for the world tour of *Night of the Sultans – Pandora's Legend* in Istanbul. In 2003, 2012, and 2016, he was responsible for directing, writing, and playing the magician and the beetle in the musical Tabaluga. Rufus Beck wrote several stage adaptations for his own shows. In 2006, he published the anthology *Stories for Us Children*. His non-fiction book *Children Love Fairy Tales and Discover Values* was published in 2007. He appeared with his son Jonathan Beck in the film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* and toured with him in 2014/15 with the play *Zorn*. Jonathan Beck also played the role of 0815 in his father's Tabaluga productions in 2012 and 2016 and was also his assistant director. Since 2018, he has starred in the television series *Deutsch-Les-Landes*. His daughters Sarah Beck and Natalie Spinell also work as actors. Rufus Beck lives in Munich.
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Mickey
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Gereon
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Stefan Stoll
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Alex
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Udo Retzlaff
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Johannes Anders
1970
Series
The Old Fox
Erich Kapuste
1977
Series
SOKO München
Kühn
1978
Series
SOKO München
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sundt
1978
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Series
Derrick
Benno Hauke
1974
Series
Derrick
Manfred Georg
1974
Series
SOKO Köln
Thomas Lambrecht
2003
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
SOKO Stuttgart
Felix Zink
2009
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Das Traumschiff
Magnus Tennstett
1981
Series
Das Traumschiff
Paul Gassner
1981
Series
Riverboat
Self
1992
Series
Inga Lindström
Herzog Anders von Köping
2004
Series
Inga Lindström
Marvin Blom
2004
German Film Award
Self
1951
Series
Hamburg Dockland
Markus Herold
2007
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Series
Der Bergdoktor
Guido Mooslechner
1992
Series
Der letzte Zeuge
Tom Burkhardt
1998
Blauer Panther
Self - Moderator
1989
Series
Tigerenten Club
Self
1996
Series
Hart aber fair
Self
2001
Series
Café Meineid
Ralf Hagedorn
1990
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
2007
Series
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Series
München 7
Erich Schlicker
2004
Series
Edel & Starck
Britz
2002
Series
Peter Strohm
Tommy Schneider
1989
Series
München Mord
Oliver Papst
2014
Versteckte Kamera
Self
1995
Series
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986
Series
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
Marcel Dante
1998
Series
Reschke Fernsehen
Self
2023
Film
Sapphire Blue
Xemerius (voice)
2014
Film
Emerald Green
Xemerius (voice)
2016
Series
Die Straßen von Berlin
Waldemar 'Waldi' Schmitz
1995
Der König
1994
Series
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
himself
1990
Film
Bibi Blocksberg
Maribor (voice)
2002
Film
Brazilero
Alex
2001
Series
Drehkreuz Airport
2001
Film
Blütenträume
Ulf
2015
Vorübergehend verstorben
Schubert
1998
Series
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
Sergio Spinosa
2008
Film
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
Magier
2004
Film
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Petrosilius Zwackelmann
2006
Series
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
Kurt Bojarski
1999
Inspektor Rolle
Inspektor Rolle
2002
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
Self
2002
Film
Ice Princess Lily
Kolk (voice)
2018
Film
The Wild Soccer Bunch
Willi
2003
0511 TV Lokal
Self
2007
Film
Germanikus
Prefect
2004
Film
The Visible and the Invisible
Leo Barnstein
2007
Film
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Peter Hackmann
1996
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
Self
2020
Film
Emil and the Detectives
Hotelportier
2001
Film
The Meerkats
Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
2008
Ein tödliches Vergehen
David
1996
Film
Maybe... Maybe Not
Waltraud
1994
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
Günter Dorn
1996
Film
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Maribor (voice)
2004
Film
Kiss Me, Frog
Hofzauberer Gorm
2000
Film
King Laurin
König Dietrich
2016
Film
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
Film
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
Nikolaus
1996
Film
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
2017
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
Guido Sprüngli
1998
Film
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
Willi
2016
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Dr. Carlo van Rees
1996
Film
Little Sharks
Woyczek
1992
Es wird etwas geschehen
Benno
2003
Film
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
Kakapo (voice)
2009
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Scheidung auf Kroatisch
Branko Novak
2024
Film
Zwei allein
Linus Gobert
2014
An Impossible Wedding
Freddi
Film
Klick ins Herz
Alexander Randow
2009
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Der Todesritt
Branko Novak
2023
Film
Die Sterntaler
Caspar
2011
Im Innern des Bernsteins
Thomas Kast
1995
Film
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
2018
Film
Hamlet_X
Insurance Salesman
2003
Film
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
Magier
2012
Der Preis der Schönheit
Guido Sprüngli
2000
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Tod im roten Kleid
Branko Novak
2022
Film
Mr. Bluesman
Lentz
1993
Frauen lügen besser
Markus Kopf
2000
Der bewegte Mann – Reloaded
Waltraud
Gangster
Kevin
2002
Film
Split Homicide: Dead Wives from Brac
Branko Novak
2024
Film
Going Public
Bruno
2005
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Jagd auf einen Toten
Branko Novak
2021
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Vor Mitternacht
Branko Novak
2022
Film
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
Magier & Glückskäfer
2017
Film
Tabaluga und Lilli
Magier
2006
Die rote Waschmaschine
1997
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
Franz
1994
Film
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Split vergisst nie
Branko Novak
2023
Film
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
Andreas von Weissenfels
2012
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
Einbrecher Paul Paul
1997
Film
Cloud Study
Hanni
Alarm auf Station 2
Dr. Hartenstein
1993
Film
Children Of The Wild
Narrator (voice)
2017
Heimliche Zeugen
Peter Dähnert
1995
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
Dieter Barth
1999
Tödliche Dienstreise
Ali
1994
Geheimsache Kopernikus
Kopernikus
2023
Film
Jimmy the Kid
Kelp
1999