Ulrich Mühe
Born
June 20, 1953
Died
July 22, 2007 (54 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Grimma, Germany
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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Jedermann Remixed
Devil (archive footage)
2011
Nemesis
Robert
2010
My Führer
Prof. Adolf Israel Grünbaum
2007
Peer Gynt
Der Knopfgiesser
2006
Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose
Nicolas Cramer
2006
The Lives of Others
Gerd Wiesler
2006
Stars präsentieren
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Snowland
Knövel
2005
Der Ausländer
2004
Hunger auf Leben
Jochen Hensel
2004
Alles Samba
Gerd Wegener
2003
Im Schatten der Macht
Günther Gaus · (2 episodes)
2003
Hamlet_X
Claudius Müller
2003
Spy Sorge
Eugen Ott
2003
Through the Night with...
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Amen.
The Doctor
2002
Langer Samstag
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Goebbels und Geduldig
Goebbels bzw. Geduldig
2001
Dreimal Leben
Henri
2001
maybrit illner
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
German Television Award
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Volle Kanne
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Einfach raus
Manfred Reimann
1999
Straight Shooter
Markus Paufler
1999
Todesengel
Dr. Leon Stein
1999
Siska
Erich Branner · (1 episode)
1998
36 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein Kind
Rudolph
1998
Rider of the Flames
Jacob Gontard
1998
Night Time
Eschbach
1998
Der letzte Zeuge
Robert Kolmaar · (73 episodes)
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Lebensläufe
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The Castle
K
1997
Little Angel
Kommissar
1997
Funny Games
Georg
1997
Deadly Silence
Christian Plache
1997
Sterben ist gesünder
Hugo Wallner
1997
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Dr. Jochen Schuster
1996
Nikolaikirche
Pfarrer Ohlbaum
1995
Geschäfte
Sturm
1995
… nächste Woche ist Frieden
Dr. Herbert Pieritz
1995
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Dr. Heinrich Gützkow
1995
Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde
Sergej
1995
Goldene Henne
Self · (1 episode)
1995
Rosa Roth
(1 episode)
1994
The Blue One
Karl 'Kalle' Kaminski
1994
Das tödliche Auge
Stefan Phillis
1993
The Last U-Boat
Gerber - Kommandant
1993
Benny's Video
Georg, Benny's Father
1992
Schtonk!
Dr. Wieland
1992
Jugend ohne Gott
Lehrer
1991
Der kleine Herr Friedemann
Johannes Friedemann
1991
Hard Days, Hard Nights
Flimmer
1990
Longing
Sieghart
1990
Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
1990
Nathan der Weise
Patriarch
1990
Die gläserne Fackel
Maximilian Steinhüter · (7 episodes)
1989
Spider's Web
Theodor Lohse
1989
Späte Ankunft
Raoul Fürstenau
1989
Imago
1989
Blauer Panther
Self · (1 episode)
1989
Nadine, meine Liebe
Oberleutnant Stein
1988
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Dr. Grote
1987
Die erste Reihe
Rudolf Schwarz
1987
Das Buschgespenst
Siegfried Strauch
1986
Die dritte Frau
1985
Hälfte des Lebens
Friedrich Hölderlin
1985
The Woman and the Stranger
Revolutionär
1985
Die Poggenpuhls
Sohn Leutnant Leo
1984
Olle Henry
Junger Mann
1983
Gespenster
Osvald
1983
Der Mann und sein Name
Retzlow
1983
Telestar
Self · (1 episode)
1983
Bayerischer Filmpreis
Self · (2 episodes)
1979
Polizeiruf 110
Kegel · (1 episode)
1971
Scene of the Crime
Peter Fuchs · (1 episode)
1970
Scene of the Crime
Friedel Hebbel · (1 episode)
1970
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (1 episode)
1951
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948