Ulrich Mühe(1953-2007)

Actor
Director

Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.

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Amen. (2002)

Ulrich Mühe was a German film, television, and theater actor renowned for his role as Captain Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film "The Lives of Others" (2006). His performance earned him the Best Actor award at the 2006 European Film Awards. Before his film success, Mühe was a prominent stage actor in East Germany, notably at the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. He was also known for his political activism, publicly opposing Communist rule in East Germany during the Alexanderplatz demonstration on November 4, 1989. After German reunification, he continued to work extensively in theater, film, and television, including the series "Der letzte Zeuge" (1998-2007). Mühe was married to actresses Jenny Gröllmann and later Susanne Lothar, and had five children, including actress Anna Maria Mühe. He passed away in 2007.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 17 wins & 9 nominations total

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Known for

The Lives of Others

8.4

Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler

2006

Funny Games

7.5

Georg

1997

Der letzte Zeuge

7.4

TV Series

Dr. Robert Kolmaar

Schtonk

7.1

Dr. Wieland

1992

Credits

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Actor

Nemesis
6.8
- Robert
- 2010
Der letzte Zeuge
7.4
TV Series
- Dr. Robert Kolmaar
- 1998–2007
Verwehte
7.5
Short
- Mann
- 2007
My Führer
5.5
- Adolf Grünbaum
- 2007
Peer Gynt
6.1
TV Movie
- Der Knopfgiesser
- 2006
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
3.0
TV Movie
- Professor Nicolas Cramer
- 2006
The Lives of Others
8.4
- Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
- 2006
Snowland
6.6
- Knövel
- 2005
Hunger auf Leben
7.2
TV Movie
- Jochen Hensel
- 2004
Alles Samba
5.4
TV Movie
- Gerd Wegener
- 2003
Boomtown Berlin
TV Series
- Nachbar
- 2003
Im Schatten der Macht
7.2
TV Movie
- Günther Gaus
- 2003
Hamlet_X
6.1
- Claudius Müller
- 2003
Spy Sorge
6.1
- Eugen Ott
- 2003
Amen.
7.2
- Doctor
- 2002

Director

Videos4

Personal details

Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- June 20, 1953
- Grimma, East Germany
Died
- July 22, 2007
- Walbeck, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany(stomach cancer)
Spouses
Children
Parents
- Hans-Günther Mühe
Publicity listings
- 5 Articles
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
In The Lives of Others (2006), he plays an agent of the Staatssicherheit, East Germany's main security and intelligence organization. The role had particular resonance for him, as he was under surveillance by the Stasi, being a noted theater actor. In a tie-in book promoting the film, he claimed that his ex-wife Jenny Gröllmann was registered as an informant during their marriage. Nevertheless, she denied those allegations until her death.