Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor, possibly best-known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film Downfall.

Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes (2015)
Born (1959-05-09) 9 May 1959
OccupationActor, voice actor
Years active1969–present
Notable work
Downfall, The Ninth Day

Life and work

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 came out 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 VHenry V (German version)
  • 1992: Herr Ober! – TV game show host
  • 1994: Mary Shelley's FrankensteinVictor 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: OthelloIago (German version)
  • 1996: HamletPrince 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: DownfallJoseph Goebbels
  • 2006: Wer war Kafka? (Documentary) (voice)
  • 2006: Vineta – Dr. Leonhard
  • 2008: Novemberkind – Robert von der Mühlen
  • 2010: Neue Vahr Süd (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 – FreyaHelmuth 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
  • 2022: Munich - The Edge of War - Adolf Hitler

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: Stille Wasser – Günther Kremer
  • 2014: Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren – 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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