Ulrich Matthes

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Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes bei der Verleihung zur Auszeichnung 2015.JPG
Ulrich Matthes (2015)
Born (1959-05-09) 9 May 1959 (age 62)
West Berlin, West Germany
OccupationActor, voice actor
Years active1969–present
Notable work
Downfall, The Ninth Day

Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor, best known for his role as Joseph Goebbels in the film Downfall.

Life and work[]

Ulrich Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He studied acting in the early 1980s in Berlin under Else Bongers. In the 2004 movie Downfall he plays Joseph Goebbels. In the 2004 movie The Ninth Day, he plays Fr. Henri Kremer, a Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau. He is also the standard German voice for Kenneth Branagh along with Martin Umbach. In February 2021, Matthes outed himself as gay.[1]

Awards[]

Film[]

  • 1969: An einem Tag im September (Short) – Max
  • 1970: Die Wesenacks (TV film) – Fränzchen
  • 1973: Artur, Peter und der Eskimo (TV film) – Peter
  • 1989: Henry V – Henry V (German version)
  • 1992: Herr Ober! – TV game show host
  • 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Victor Frankenstein (German version)
  • 1995: Ein falscher Schritt (TV film) – Georg Klein
  • 1995: Der Mörder und sein Kind (TV film) – Rainer Dreyer
  • 1995: Nikolaikirche (TV film) – Alexander ‘Sascha’ Bacher
  • 1995: Othello – Iago (German version)
  • 1996: Hamlet – Prince Hamlet (German version)
  • 1997: Todesspiel (TV film) – Jan-Carl Raspe
  • 1997: Winter Sleepers – Rene
  • 1998: Abgehauen (TV film) – Eberhard E.
  • 1998: Fire Rider – Baron Isaac von Sinclair
  • 1999: Aimée & Jaguar – Eckert (SS)
  • 1999: Framed (Short) – Beck
  • 2000: Der Hahn ist tot (TV film) – Kommissar Steiner
  • 2002: Mörderherz (TV film) – Dr. Graf
  • 2004: Mitfahrer – Jede Begegnung ist eine Chance – Peter
  • 2004: The Ninth Day – Abbé Henri Kremer
  • 2004: Downfall – Joseph Goebbels
  • 2006: Wer war Kafka? (Documentary) (voice)
  • 2006: Vineta – Dr. Leonhard
  • 2008: Novemberkind – Robert von der Mühlen
  • 2010:  [de] (TV film) – Hauptmann
  • 2011: Cracks in the Shell – Ben Kästner
  • 2011: Calm at Sea (TV film) – Ernst Jünger
  • 2012: A Little Suicide (Short) – The Cockroach (voice)
  • 2012: Kunduz: The Incident at Hadji Ghafur – Grewe
  • 2013: The Notebook – Apa
  • 2014: Bornholmer Straße (TV film) – Hartmut Kummer
  • 2016: Pelnu Sanitorija (Exiled) (Latvian film) – Ulrihs
  • 2016: Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya – Helmuth James von Moltke
  • 2016: Die Vierte Gewalt (TV film) – Publisher
  • 2017: Gift (TV film) – Matteo Kälin
  • 2017: Krieg (TV film) – Arnold
  • 2017: Die Puppenspieler (TV film) – Rodrigo Borgia
  • 2019: A Hidden Life – Lorenz Schwaninger
  • 2021: The Story of My Wife – the psychiatrist

Television[]

  • 1995: Wolffs Revier: Sommersprossen – Danzer
  • 1987–1997: Derrick (4 episodes) – Harald Breuer / Robert Lohmann / Holger Küster / Ulrich Huberti
  • 1997: The Old Fox: Der Tod der Eltern – Andreas Gobel
  • 1997–1999: Polizeiruf 110 (2 episodes) – Psychologe / Tanjas Partner
  • 2000: Ein Fall für zwei: Blutiges Pfand – Michael Strobel
  • 2008: The Bill: Proof of Life – Victor Hauptmann (crossover story with Leipzig Homicide)
  • 2011: Tatort:  [de] – Günther Kremer
  • 2014: Tatort:  [de] – Richard Harloff
  • 2019: Sarah Kohr: Das verschwundene Mädchen – Artem Lasarew
  • 2020: Das Boot

References[]

  1. ^ «Wir sind schon da». in: SZ-Magazin, 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ Ulrich Matthes in: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
  3. ^ "Ulrich Matthes". Goldene Kamera (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ^ Antanoviča, Agnija (13 October 2016). "Feature film Mellow Mud and documentary Under the Sun win Lielais Kristaps awards". LETA. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

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