Ulrich Mühe
Known for: Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulrich Mühe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Peter Fuchs
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Friedel Hebbel
1970
Series
Polizeiruf 110
Kegel
1971
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Series
maybrit illner
Self
1999
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
German Film Award
Self
1951
Film
The Lives of Others
Gerd Wiesler
2006
Series
Through the Night with...
Self
2002
Series
Siska
Erich Branner
1998
Blauer Panther
Self
1989
Series
Der letzte Zeuge
Robert Kolmaar
1998
Lebensläufe
Self
1998
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Film
Funny Games
Georg
1997
German Television Award
Self
1999
Film
Deadly Silence
Christian Plache
1997
Series
Rosa Roth
1994
Film
My Führer
Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
2007
Film
Amen.
The Doctor
2002
Goldene Henne
Self
1995
Film
Benny's Video
Georg, Benny's Father
1992
… nächste Woche ist Frieden
Dr. Herbert Pieritz
1995
Sterben ist gesünder
Hugo Wallner
1997
Series
End of Innocence
Julian Green
1991
Telestar
Self
1983
Das tödliche Auge
Stefan Phillis
1993
Film
Der Ausländer
2004
Film
Nemesis
Robert
2010
Film
Spy Sorge
Eugen Ott
2003
Stars präsentieren
Self
2005
Film
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
1995
Die gläserne Fackel
Maximilian Steinhüter
1989
Geschäfte
Sturm
1995
Film
Straight Shooter
Markus Paufler
1999
Todesengel
Dr. Leon Stein
1999
Dreimal Leben
Henri
2001
Film
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Dr. Grote
1987
Film
The Castle
K
1997
Film
The Last U-Boat
Gerber - Kommandant
1993
Langer Samstag
Self
2002
Hunger auf Leben
Jochen Hensel
2004
Film
Einfach raus
Manfred Reimann
1999
Film
Night Time
Eschbach
1998
Film
Schtonk!
Dr. Wieland
1992
Film
Spider's Web
Theodor Lohse
1989
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
Sergej
1996
Gespenster
Osvald
1983
Film
Rider of the Flames
Jacob Gontard
1998
Film
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Dr. Jochen Schuster
1996
Film
Peer Gynt
Der Knopfgiesser
2006
Nadine, meine Liebe
Oberleutnant Stein
1988
Film
Die Poggenpuhls
Sohn Leutnant Leo
1984
Film
Hard Days, Hard Nights
Flimmer
1990
Film
Snowland
Knövel
2005
Film
Jedermann Remixed
Devil (archive footage)
2011
Film
Olle Henry
Junger Mann
1983
Film
Little Angel
Kommissar
1997
Film
Alles Samba
Gerd Wegener
2003
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
Nicolas Cramer
2006
Film
The Blue One
Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
1994
Film
The Woman and the Stranger
Revolutionär
1985
Film
36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind
Rudolph
1998
Series
Im Schatten der Macht
Günther Gaus
2003
Film
Hälfte des Lebens
Friedrich Hölderlin
1985
Film
Goebbels und Geduldig
Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
2001
Film
Der kleine Herr Friedemann
Johannes Friedemann
1991
Film
Jugend ohne Gott
Lehrer
1991
Film
Späte Ankunft
Raoul Fürstenau
1989
Film
Nikolaikirche
Pfarrer Ohlbaum
1995
Der Mann und sein Name
Retzlow
1983
Film
Das Buschgespenst
Siegfried Strauch
1986
Nathan der Weise
Patriarch
1990
Film
Hamlet_X
Claudius Müller
2003
Film
Die dritte Frau
1985
Film
Die erste Reihe
Rudolf Schwarz
1987
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
Sergej
1995
Film
Longing
Sieghart
1990
Imago
1989
Film
Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
1990