Jonas Dassler

Jonas Dassler (born March 22, 1996) is a German stage and film actor.[1]

Jonas Dassler at the Berlin Film Festival, 2019

Life

Dassler was born on March 22, 1996, in Remscheid, Germany.[1] Beginning in the eighth grade he participated in the theatre club at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt high school. After graduating in 2014, he started studying acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin.[2]

During the 2016 season he performed the lead role in Georg Büchner's Danton's Death at the Schaubühne in Berlin.[3] Since the 2017/18 season he has been a permanent cast member at the Maxim Gorki Theatre and appeared in several productions.[4]

Reviewing his film performance in LOMO–The Language of Many Others, Variety wrote that Dassler "show[ed] strong heartthrob potential".[5] In June 2018, it was announced that Dassler will star in Fatih Akin's Der goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove) portraying the lead character, serial killer Fritz Honka.[6] His work earned him a German Film Awards nomination for Best Actor.[7]

Theater engagements

Filmography
  • 2015: Uns geht es gut
  • 2017: LOMO – The Language of Many Others
  • 2017: Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
  • 2018: Never Look Away "Werk ohne Autor"
  • 2018: Die Protokollantin (TV-miniseries)
  • 2019: The Golden Glove

References
  1. "Jonas Dassler". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. Krekeler, Elmar (12 July 2018). "Der deutsche Film hat wieder ein Gesicht" (in German). WELT. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. "Jonas Dassler". Schaubühne (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. "Jonas Dassler". Gorki Theatre (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. Kiang, Jessica (3 July 2017). "Film Review: 'LOMO – The Language of Many Others'". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. "Fatih Akin shoots Thriller: 22-year-old shootingstar Jonas Dassler plays murderer Fritz Honka". Focus Online. 29 June 2018.
  7. Roxborough, Scott (20 March 2019). "Andreas Dresen's 'Gundermann' Leads German Film Awards With 10 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. Clarke, Kevin (17 December 2017). "A Star Is Born: Jonas Dassler In Spoliansky's "Alles Schwindel" At Gorki Theater". Operetta Research Center. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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