Frank Giering
Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind.
Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.
The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.
Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany).
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Acted in
Jerry Cotton
2010
as Receptionist
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010
as Hans Sittler
Keine Angst
2009
as Thomas
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009
as Thomas Schaller
Der Tote in der Mauer
2008
as Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Esperanza
2008
as Franz
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008
as Oberst Sprüngli
Free to Leave
2007
as Thomas Hudetz
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Kommissar Henry Weber
Tod einer Freundin
2006
as Dieter Wittmann
Black Sheep
2006
as Doorman #1 of KitKat-Club
A Pirate's Heart
2006
as Jan Broderson
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
2006
as Prinz Hohlholm von Sülzenstein
Die Spielerin
2005
as Dietrich Schröder
Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst
2005
as Tom Walden
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004
as Alan Shaye
Die Kirschenkönigin
2004
as Colonel Stone
Großglocknerliebe
2004
as Uwe Ringelmann
Nightsongs
2004
as Junger Mann
Klassentreffen
2004
as Stüze
Anatomy 2
2003
as Sven
Dirty Sky
2003
as Philosoph
A Birthday to Remember
2003
as Paul
Der Mörder ist unter uns
2003
as Kai Wegner
One Hell of a Night
2003
as Rudi (Wurstverkäufer)
Gangster
2002
as Vincent
Baader
2002
as Andreas Baader
Im Visier der Zielfahnder
2002
as Norman Bleich
Hannas Baby
2002
as Junger Mann
Clowns
2001
as Nick
SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Dr. Fischer
Ein mörderischer Plan
2001
as Psychopath Mark Stettner
Marmor, Stein & Eisen
2000
as Nicki
Der Himmel kann warten
2000
as Alex Feldkamp
Die Aufschneider
2000
as Nick
Der Gerechte Richter
2000
as Jan
Gran Paradiso
2000
as Edwin
Kaliber Deluxe
2000
as Rochus
Ebene 9
2000
as Gregor
Gigantic
1999
as Floyd
Und alles wegen Mama
1999
as Benny Zucker
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998
as Locke
Siska
1998
as Sven Gardener
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
1998
as Henrik Jr.
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
1998
as Frank Wolters
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Helmut Kluge
Opera ball
1998
as Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
Opernball
1998
as Jörg Blahacek, Ingenieur
Die Cleveren
1998
as Siegfried Schwender
Hundert Jahre Brecht
1998
Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
1998
as Self
Sentimental Education
1998
as Minaichmis
Die Kids von Berlin
1997
as Alexander Bürkel
The Castle
1997
as Artur
Funny Games
1997
as Peter
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Philipp Armbruster
Die Halbstarken
1996
as Günther
Wolkenstein
1996
as Stefan Zeranski
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Hans-Joachim Schneider
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Ziegler
Zwei Brüder
1994
as Joseph Herzfeld
Rosa Roth
1994
as Wolf Gotschlich
Der König
1994
as Jens Wohlbrück
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Ulrich Baring
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Stefan Träger
A Case For Two
1981
as Albert Becker
A Case For Two
1981
as Rolf Fürst
Der Alte
1977
as Joachim Horst
Polizeiruf 110
1971
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Gregor Karolewski
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Louis
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Herr Heymann
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Markus Engel
Deutscher Filmpreis
1951
as Self