German actor (born 1930)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mueller-Stahl in October 2007
Born (1930-12-17 ) 17 December 1930 (age 93) Occupation(s) Actor, writer, director Years active 1956–2015
Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German film actor, painter and author, who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Shine . In 2011, he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear .
Early life The birthplace of Armin Mueller-Stahl in Tilsit (now Sovetsk), which has been a listed building since 2010 Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit , East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia ). His mother, Editta, was from an upper-class family and became a university professor in Leipzig . His father, Alfred Müller, was a bank teller who changed the family's surname to "Mueller-Stahl".[1] [2] The rest of the family moved to Berlin while his father fought on the Eastern Front in World War II .[1] Mueller-Stahl was a concert violinist while he was a teenager and enrolled at an East Berlin acting school in 1952.[1]
Career Mueller-Stahl was a film and stage actor in East Germany , performing in such films as Her Third and Jacob the Liar . For that country's television, he played the main character of the popular series Das unsichtbare Visier from 1973 to 1979, a spy thriller program designed, in co-operation with the Stasi , as a counterpart to the James Bond films. After protesting against Wolf Biermann 's denaturalization in 1976 he was blacklisted by the government. Emigrating in 1980 to West Germany,[1] he found regular work in films. These included Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's Lola (1981) and Veronika Voss (1982), Andrzej Wajda 's A Love in Germany (1984), Angry Harvest and the Academy Award nominated Hungarian -West German film Colonel Redl (both 1985), the latter about the scandal surrounding Austro-Hungarian Army Colonel Alfred Redl .
Mueller-Stahl played the Soviet general in charge of the occupied United States in the 1987 ABC television miniseries Amerika . He made his American feature film debut as Jessica Lange 's character's father in Music Box (1989). His performance as a Jewish immigrant to the United States in the 1990 film Avalon was widely praised. He subsequently took character roles in Kafka by Steven Soderbergh and Night on Earth by Jim Jarmusch (both 1991).
Armin Mueller-Stahl in Hamburg in 2022 in front of the poster for the film Utz (1992), his favorite film. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in Utz (1992).[3] Mueller-Stahl was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the abusive father of pianist David Helfgott in the 1996 film Shine . Mueller-Stahl was also in A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995) and the 1997 remake of the film 12 Angry Men . Conversation with the Beast (1996) was his first film as director. In 1998, he played the German scientist and syndicate member, Conrad Strughold , in the feature film The X-Files . In 1999 he played the mastermind of a criminal gang opposite Ray Liotta and Gloria Reuben in Pilgrim , also distributed under the title Inferno .
In the early 2000s, Mueller-Stahl received a positive response for his portrayal of Thomas Mann in a German miniseries about the Mann family called Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman . In 2004, Mueller-Stahl made a foray into American television, guest-starring in four episodes on the television drama series The West Wing as the Prime Minister of Israel . In 2006, he played the role of reclusive Russian artist Nikolai Seroff in Local Color . He had a villainous role in David Cronenberg 's crime drama Eastern Promises (2007) and the thriller The International (2009), both of which co-starred British-Australian actress Naomi Watts . In 2008, he won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Eastern Promises . Mueller-Stahl played the role of Cardinal Strauss, Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Papal conclave, in Angels & Demons (2009).
In 2011, he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival .[4]
Since the creation of the Freya von Moltke Stiftung, working out of Berlin and Krzyżowa, he has been a supporter and linked with their work.[5]
Filmography Heimliche Ehen (1956), as NorbertDie Flucht aus der Hölle (1960), as Hans RöderFive Cartridges (1960), as Pierre GireauStar-Crossed Lovers (1962), as Michael… und deine Liebe auch (1962), as Ullrich SettichNaked among Wolves (1963), as André HöfelChristine (1963)Preludio 11 (1964), as QuintanaAlaskafüchse (1964), as Sowjetischer ArztWolf Among Wolves (1965, TV series), as Wolfgang PagelEin Lord am Alexanderplatz (1967), as Dr. Achim EngelhardtWays across the Country (1968), as Jürgen LeßtorffTödlicher Irrtum (1970), as Chris HowardHer Third (1972), as The Blind ManJanuskopf (1972), as Dr. BrockDie Hosen des Ritters von Bredow (1973), as Dechant von KrummenseeKit & Co [de ] (1974), as Mr. SlavovitzJacob the Liar (1974), as Roman SchtammNelken in Aspik (1976), as Wolfgang SchmidtDas unsichtbare Visier (1973–1976, TV series), as Werner BredebuschDie Flucht (1977), as SchmidtLola (1981), as Von BohmCollin [de ] (1981, TV film), as Andreas RothVeronika Voss (1982), as Max RehbeinGod Does Not Believe in Us Anymore [fr ] (1982), as 'Gandhi'The Lite Trap [de ] (1982), as Harald LiebeWings of Night (1982), as GoedelEmbers (1983), as François Korb / Andres KorbThe Train Killer [hu ] (1983), as TetzlavUn dimanche de flic [fr ] (1983), as The LawyerThe Wounded Man (1983), as Henri's FatherA Love in Germany (1983), as MayerTrauma [fr ] (1984), as SamRita Ritter (1984)Thousand Eyes [de ] (1984), as ArnoldCrooks in Paradise (1985, TV film), as Otto FlammColonel Redl (1985), as Archduke Franz Ferdinand Angry Harvest (1985), as Leon WolnyDie Mitläufer (1985)Forget Mozart (1985), as Graf PergenThe Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985), as Blind DirectorClose-Up (1985, TV film), as DoldMomo (1986), as Leader of the Men in GreyFranza (1986, TV film), as JordanAmerika (1987, TV miniseries), as General Petya SamanovOur Man in the Jungle [de ] (1987), as Lutz KehlmannJokehnen (1987, TV miniseries), as Karl SteputatLethal Obsession (1987), as Axel BaumgartnerA Touch of Danger [de ] (1988, TV film), as Max TelliganMidnight Cop a.k.a. Killing Blue (1988), as Inspector Alex GlassSpider's Web (1989), as Baron von RastchukC*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de ] (1989), as MaxwellA hecc (1989), as Marnó, kabinos, Tamás barátjaMusic Box (1989), as Mike LaszloAvalon (1990), as Sam KrichinskyNight on Earth (1991), as Helmut GrokenbergerKafka (1991), as GrubachBronstein's Children [de ] (1991), as AaronUtz (1992), as Baron Kaspar Joachim von UtzThe Power of One (1992), as DocFar from Berlin (1992), as Otto LindnerRed Hot (1993), as DimitriThe Movie Teller [de ; cy ] (1993), as Movie TellerThe House of the Spirits (1993), as SeveroTaxandria (1994), as Karol / VirgilusHoly Matrimony (1994), as WilhelmThe Last Good Time (1994), as Joseph KoppleA Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), as Mr. LinzerTheodore Rex (1995), as Elizar KaneShine (1996), as PeterConversation with the Beast (1996), as Adolf Hitler The Ogre (1996), as Count von KaltenbornIn the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997, TV Movie), as Rabbi Adam Heller12 Angry Men (1997, TV Movie), as Juror #4The Game (1997), as Anson BaerThe Assistant (1997), as Mr. Morris BoberThe Peacemaker (1997), as Dimitri VertikoffThe Commissioner (1998), as Hans KoenigThe X-Files (1998), as StrugholdThe Thirteenth Floor (1999), as Hannon Fuller / GriersonThe Third Miracle (1999), as WernerJakob the Liar (1999), as KirschbaumJesus (1999, TV film), as JosephMission to Mars (2000), as Ray Beck (uncredited)Pilgrim (2000), as MacThe Long Run (2001), as Bertold 'Barry' BohmerDie Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries), as Thomas Mann The Story of an African Farm (2004), as OttoThe West Wing (2004, TV series, 4 episodes), as Israeli Prime Minister Efraim 'Eli' ZahavyThe Dust Factory (2004), as Grandpa RandolphLocal Color (2006), as Nicholi SeroffI Am the Other Woman [de ] (2006), as Karl WinterEastern Promises (2007), as SemyonBuddenbrooks (2008), as Johann 'Jean' BuddenbrookThe International (2009), as Wilhelm WexlerAngels & Demons (2009), as Cardinal StraussAttack on Leningrad (2009), as Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Knight of Cups (2015), as Fr. Zeitlinger Awards See also References External links
Awards for Armin Mueller-Stahl
Drama (1996–2005) Musical or Comedy (1996–2005) Motion Picture (2006–present)
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