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