Ulrich Mühe
Known for
Acting
Born
June 20, 1953
Birthplace
Grimma, Germany
Died
July 22, 2007 (aged 54)
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 th...
Best known work
The Lives of Others
2006
Funny Games
1997
Benny's Video
1992
Amen.
2002
Scene of the Crime
1970
My Führer
2007
Schtonk!
1992
The Castle
1997
Polizeiruf 110
1971
Rudy, the Racing Pig
1995Filmography
2011
Jedermann Remixedas Devil (archive footage)
2010
Nemesisas Robert
2007
My Führeras Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
2006
Peer Gyntas Der Knopfgiesser
2006
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambroseas Nicolas Cramer
2006
The Lives of Othersas Gerd Wiesler
2005
2005
Snowlandas Knövel
2004
2004
Hunger auf Lebenas Jochen Hensel
2004
Der AuftragDirector
2003
Alles Sambaas Gerd Wegener
2003
2003
Hamlet_Xas Claudius Müller
2003
Spy Sorgeas Eugen Ott
2002
2002
Amen.as The Doctor
2002
2001
Goebbels und Geduldigas Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
2001
Dreimal Lebenas Henri
1999
1999
1999
1999
Einfach rausas Manfred Reimann
1999
Straight Shooteras Markus Paufler