
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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39Credits9 TV · 30 films
1970–2007Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedSpäte Ankunft
7.3 Average ratingacross 37 titles
Top TV shows 9best Ulrich Mühe shows
- 1Die gläserne FackelMaximilian Steinhüter · 7 eps · 1989
- 2
SiskaErich Branner · 1 ep · 1998 - 3
Scene of the CrimePeter Fuchs · 1 ep · 1970 - 4
Polizeiruf 110Kegel · 1 ep · 1971 - 5
End of InnocenceJulian Green · 2 eps · 1991 - 6
Der letzte ZeugeRobert Kolmaar · 73 eps · 1998 - 7
Rosa Roth1 ep · 1994 - 8
Im Schatten der MachtGünther Gaus · 2 eps · 2003 - 9Nadja – Heimkehr in die FremdeSergej · 2 eps · 1996
Top movies 30best Ulrich Mühe movies
- 1
Späte AnkunftRaoul Fürstenau · 1989 - 2… nächste Woche ist FriedenDr. Herbert Pieritz · 1995
- 3Nadine, meine LiebeOberleutnant Stein · 1988
- 4
Die erste ReiheRudolf Schwarz · 1987 - 5
Rider of the FlamesJacob Gontard · 1998 - 6
Der kleine Herr FriedemannJohannes Friedemann · 1991 - 7
Das BuschgespenstSiegfried Strauch · 1986 - 8Sterben ist gesünderHugo Wallner · 1997
- 9
The Lives of OthersGerd Wiesler · 2006 · Drama - 10
Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen1990 - 11Dreimal LebenHenri · 2001
- 12GespensterOsvald · 1983
- 13Der Mann und sein NameRetzlow · 1983
- 14
Sansibar oder Der letzte GrundDr. Grote · 1987 - 15
Funny GamesGeorg · 1997 - 16
Die PoggenpuhlsSohn Leutnant Leo · 1984 - 17
Goebbels und GeduldigGoebbels bzw. Geduldig · 2001 - 18
Jugend ohne GottLehrer · 1991 - 1936 Stunden Angst - Ein Vater kämpft um sein KindRudolph · 1998
- 20Nadja – Heimkehr in die FremdeSergej · 1995
- 21
Amen.The Doctor · 2002 - 22
Benny's VideoGeorg, Benny's Father · 1992 - 23
Schtonk!Dr. Wieland · 1992 - 24
Spy SorgeEugen Ott · 2003 - 25
Spider's WebTheodor Lohse · 1989 - 26
The CastleK · 1997 - 27
Rudy, the Racing PigDr. Heinrich Gützkow · 1995 - 28
Alles SambaGerd Wegener · 2003 - 29
The Last U-BoatGerber - Kommandant · 1993 - 30
My FührerProf. Adolf Israel Grünbaum · 2007