About

Known credits:
59
Birthday:
1953-06-20
Place of birth:
Grimma, Germany
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Ulrich Mühe

Overview

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

Acting
2011 Jedermann Remixed Actor Devil (archive footage) N/A
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2010 Nemesis Actor Robert 58
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2007 My Führer Actor Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum 58
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2006 Peer Gynt Actor Der Knopfgiesser 58
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2006 Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose Actor Nicolas Cramer N/A
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2006 The Lives of Others Actor Gerd Wiesler 77
Good
2005 Snowland Actor Knövel 58
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2004 Der Ausländer Actor N/A
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2004 Hunger auf Leben Actor Jochen Hensel 58
Average
2003 Alles Samba Actor Gerd Wegener 58
Average
2003 Hamlet_X Actor Claudius Müller 59
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2003 Spy Sorge Actor Eugen Ott 59
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2002 Amen. Actor SS-Arzt 63
Fair
2001 Goebbels und Geduldig Actor Goebbels bzw. Geduldig 59
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2001 Dreimal Leben Actor Henri N/A
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1999 Einfach raus Actor Manfred Reimann 58
Average
1999 Straight Shooter Actor Markus Paufler 58
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1999 Todesengel Actor Dr. Leon Stein 59
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1998 36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind Actor Rudolph N/A
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1998 Rider of the Flames Actor Jacob Gontard N/A
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1998 Night Time Actor Eschbach 59
Average
1998 Der letzte Zeuge Actor Robert Kolmaar 69
Fair
1997 The Castle Actor K 59
Average
1997 Little Angel Actor Kommissar 58
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1997 Funny Games Actor Georg 69
Fair
1997 Deadly Silence Actor Christian Plache N/A
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1997 Sterben ist gesünder Actor Hugo Wallner N/A
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1996 Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles Actor Dr. Jochen Schuster 58
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1995 Nikolaikirche Actor Pfarrer Ohlbaum 58
Average
1995 Geschäfte Actor Sturm N/A
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1995 … nächste Woche ist Frieden Actor Dr. Herbert Pieritz N/A
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1995 Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde Actor Sergej N/A
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1995 Rudy, the Racing Pig Actor Dr. Heinrich Gützkow 58
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1994 The Blue One Actor Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski 58
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1993 Das tödliche Auge Actor Stefan Phillis 58
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1993 The Last U-Boat Actor Gerber - Kommandant 58
Average
1992 Benny's Video Actor Georg, Benny's Father 63
Fair
1992 Schtonk! Actor Dr. Wieland 60
Fair
1991 Jugend ohne Gott Actor Lehrer 59
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1991 Der kleine Herr Friedemann Actor Johannes Friedemann N/A
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1990 Hard Days, Hard Nights Actor Flimmer N/A
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1990 Longing Actor Sieghart N/A
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1990 Nathan der Weise Actor Patriarch N/A
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1990 Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen Actor N/A
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1989 Die gläserne Fackel Actor Maximilian Steinhüter N/A
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1989 Spider's Web Actor Theodor Lohse 59
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1989 Späte Ankunft Actor Raoul Fürstenau N/A
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1988 Nadine, meine Liebe Actor Oberleutnant Stein N/A
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1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund Actor Dr. Grote N/A
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1987 Die erste Reihe Actor Rudolf Schwarz N/A
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1986 Das Buschgespenst Actor Siegfried Strauch N/A
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1985 Die dritte Frau Actor N/A
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1985 Hälfte des Lebens Actor Friedrich Hölderlin 58
Average
1985 The Woman and the Stranger Actor Revolutionär 58
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1984 Die Poggenpuhls Actor Sohn Leutnant Leo 58
Average
1983 Olle Henry Actor Junger Mann 59
Average
1983 Gespenster Actor Osvald 59
Average
1983 Der Mann und sein Name Actor Retzlow N/A
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Directing
2004 Der Auftrag Directing Director N/A
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