August Diehl
August Diehl | |
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Born |
Berlin, Germany | 4 January 1976
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Julia Malik (1999–present; 1 child) |
Children | Elsa Augusta (b. 2009) |
August Diehl (born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing SS-Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt, as well as for his leading role in the Academy Award-winning Austrian film The Counterfeiters (2007). He plays the title role in Raoul Peck's The Young Karl Marx (2017).
Life and career
Diehl was born in Berlin. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer and his brother is a composer. His family was frequently moving around, while he grew up: the Diehls lived in Hamburg, Vienna, Düsseldorf, Bavaria and France. Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of 18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller. After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin.
In 2000, he was named one of European film's "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion. In 2006, Gala magazine named him "the most important German actor of today."
Diehl is married to actress Julia Malik. On 23 May 2009 the couple had a daughter, Elsa Augusta. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.
Filmography
Actor
- 1998: 23 - Karl Koch
- 1999: Die Braut - Fritz von Stein
- 2000: Kalt ist der Abendhauch - Hugo Wimmer (jung)
- 2001: Love the Hard Way - Jeff
- 2002: Tattoo - Marc Schrader
- 2002: Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 - A.M. Kaiser
- 2003: Anatomy 2 - Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs
- 2003: Distant Lights - Philip
- 2003: The Birch-Tree Meadow - Oskar
- 2004: Love in Thoughts - Günther Scheller
- 2004: The Ninth Day - Untersturmführer Gebhardt
- 2005: Mouth to Mouth - Tiger
- 2006: Slumming - Sebastian
- 2006: I Am the Other Woman - Robert Fabry
- 2006: Nothing But Ghosts - Felix
- 2007: The Counterfeiters - Burger
- 2007: Head Under Water - Martin Wegner
- 2008: Dr. Alemán - Marc
- 2008: Mr. Kuka's Advice - Lothar
- 2008: A Woman in Berlin - Gerd
- 2008: Buddenbrooks - Christian Buddenbrook
- 2009: Inglourious Basterds - Major Hellstrom
- 2010: Salt - Mike Krause
- 2010: The Coming Days - Konstantin Richter
- 2011: If Not Us, Who? - Bernward Vesper
- 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century - Desgenais
- 2012: Wir wollten aufs Meer - Andreas Hornung
- 2012: The Adventures of Huck Finn - Der Alte Finn
- 2013: Layla Fourie - Eugene Pienaar
- 2013: Night Train to Lisbon - Young Jorge O'Kelly
- 2013: The Husband - Karl 'Rusty' Rost
- 2013: Frau Ella - Klaus
- 2015: Dirk Ohm - Illusjonisten som forsvant - Dirk Ohm
- 2016: Dark Inclusion - Gabi Ulmann
- 2016: En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait - Hans
- 2016: Close to the Enemy - (2016, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff), TV Mini-Series) - Dieter Koehler
- 2016: Allied - Hobar
- 2017: The Young Karl Marx - Karl Marx
- 2018: Radegund - Franz Jägerstätter
Writer
- Der Atemkünstler (2000)
Awards
Won
- 1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor, for his performance in 23[1]
- 1999 German Film Awards (in Gold), Best Actor, for his performance in 23
- 2004 Undine Awards, Best Young Actor - Feature Film, for his performance in Love in Thoughts
- 2005 German Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor, for his performance in Love in Thoughts
- 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, for his performance in Inglourious Basterds
Nominated
- 2005 - German Film Award (in Gold): Best Actor for his performance in The Ninth Day
References
- ↑ "Bayerische Filmpreisträger" (PDF). Bavarian Film Awards. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to August Diehl. |
- August Diehl on IMDb
- "August Diehl - Porträt 500". cineastentreff.de (in German). Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.