Jürgen Vogel
Jürgen Peter Vogel (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈpeːtɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]; born 29 April 1968 in Hamburg) is a German actor and producer.[1] One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in Little Sharks.[2]
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Born | Jürgen Peter Vogel 29 April 1968 |
Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse | Natalia Belitski |
Children | 6 |
Biography
Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day.[2] In 1985, he moved to Berlin, where he shared a flat with actor Richy Müller. He states that he was inspired by the movie Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro.
Vogel became famous with the movie Little Sharks (German: Kleine Haie) in 1992. He won the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille).
Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria (born 1988), from a previous relationship. He married Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, adopted her two sons and the couple had a daughter (born 1999). After their divorce, he had another son (born 2009) with assistant director Michelle Gornick. Vogel had his 6th child, a daughter (born 2019) with his fiancée, actress Natalia Belitski.
Awards
- 1989: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best young actor in Rosamunde[3]
- 1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best actor in Kleine Haie (Little Sharks)[3]
- 1994: Telestar for Dann eben mit Gewalt (Violence: The Last Resort)[3]
- 1997: Deutscher Filmpreis – best male lead in Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life is All You Get)[3]
- 1998: Deutscher Shooting Star[3]
- 2000: Jupiter – best TV Star[3]
- 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Das Phantom (The Phantom)[3]
- 2003: Goldene Kamera – best German actor in Nackt und Scherbentanz (Shattered Glass)[3]
- 2006: 42nd Chicago International Film Festival – Silver Hugo Award – best actor in Der freie Wille (The Free Will)[3]
- 2006: Tribeca Film Festival, New York – best male lead in Der freie Wille (The Free Will)[3]
- 2006: Silberner (silver) Bär in the category of special artistic performance in Der freie Wille (The Free Will)[3]
- 2007: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best male lead in Emmas Glück (Emma's Bliss)[3]
- 2007: Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis for his roles in Ein Freund von mir (A Friend of Mine) and Wo ist Fred? (Where is Fred?)
- 2009: Jupiter – best actor in Die Welle (The Wave)[3]
- 2010: Herbert-Strate-Preis[3]
Selected filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1989 | Boomerang Boomerang | Pit Malek | Hans W. Geißendörfer | |
1990 | Rosamunde | Emil | Egon Günther | |
1992 | Little Sharks | Ingo Hermann | Sönke Wortmann | |
Blame It on the Bossa Nova | Charly | Bernd Schadewald | TV film | |
1993 | Violence: The Last Resort | Martin | Rainer Kaufmann | TV film |
Durst | Arthur | Martin Weinhart | TV film | |
Soccer Love | Lalla | Bernd Schadewald | TV film | |
Polski Crash | Piet Nickel | Kaspar Heidelbach | TV film | |
1994 | Shameless | Freddie | Horst Johann Sczerba | TV film |
Angst | Andy Demski | Bernd Schadewald | TV film | |
Constable Zumbühl | Albin | Urs Odermatt | ||
The Little Innocent | Max | Rainer Kaufmann | TV film | |
1995 | The Meds | Leo | Matthias Glasner | |
Silent Night | Frank | Dani Levy | ||
1996 | Sexy Sadie | Edgar | Matthias Glasner | |
1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Nils Jakkelsen | Bille August | |
Life is All You Get | Jan Nebel | Wolfgang Becker | ||
Buddies | Henrik | Roland Suso Richter | TV film | |
Child Murder | Andreas Menzel | Bernd Böhlich | TV film | |
The Pharmacist | Levin Graber | Rainer Kaufmann | ||
1998 | Der Pirat | Jan | Bernd Schadewald | TV film |
The Big Mambo | Gregor | Michael Gwisdek | ||
Fat World | Hagen Trinker | Jan Schütte | ||
1999 | A Big Job | Ulrich Raffcyk | Bernd Schadewald | TV film |
2000 | Das Phantom | Leo Kramer | Dennis Gansel | TV film |
Manila | Rudi | Romuald Karmakar | ||
Angry Kisses | Father Bachman | Judith Kennel | ||
2001 | Emil and the Detectives | Max Grundeis | Franziska Buch | |
Sass | Erich Sass | Carlo Rola | ||
2002 | Naked | Boris | Doris Dörrie | |
Nogo | Tom | Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl | ||
Shattered Glass | Jesko | Chris Kraus | ||
2003 | Mein Name ist Bach | Frederick the Great | Dominique de Rivaz | |
Rosenstraße | Arthur von Eschenbach | Margarethe von Trotta | ||
Good Bye Lenin! | (cameo) | Wolfgang Becker | ||
2005 | No Songs of Love | Markus Hansen | Lars Kraume | |
Barefoot | janitor | Til Schweiger | ||
2006 | The Free Will | Theo Stoer | Matthias Glasner | |
Emma's Bliss | Max | Sven Taddicken | ||
A Friend of Mine | Hans | Sebastian Schipper | ||
Where Is Fred? | Alex | Anno Saul | ||
2007 | Duel at Night | Jonas Birke | Matti Geschonneck | TV film |
Treasure Island | Israel Hands | Hansjörg Thurn | TV film | |
Rabbit Without Ears | as himself | Til Schweiger | ||
2008 | The Wave | Rainer Wenger | Dennis Gansel | |
2009 | Gravity | Vince Holland | Maximilian Erlenwein | |
12 Winter | Mike Roth[4] | Thomas Stiller | ||
This Is Love | Holger | Matthias Glasner | ||
2011 | Hotel Lux | Siggi Meyer | Leander Haußmann | |
2012 | Mercy | Niels | Matthias Glasner | |
Death of a Cop | Bruno Theweleit | Matti Geschonneck | TV film | |
2013 | Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga | Siegfried von Tennen | Uli Edel | TV miniseries |
Sources of Life | Erich Freytag | Oskar Roehler | ||
2014 | High Tide Is Dead on Time | Tom Larson | Thomas Berger | TV film |
Stereo | Erik | Maximilian Erlenwein | ||
Tour de Force | ||||
Wrecked | Georg Kiehl | Sönke Wortmann | ||
2016 | Family! | Lennart Behrwaldt | Dror Zahavi | TV film |
2017 | Iceman |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Tatort: Rendezvous | Daniel | |
1991 | Tatort: Blutwurstwalzer | Alex | |
1996 | Polizeiruf 110: Kleine Dealer, große Träume | Atze Pöhlein | |
2002 | Tatort: Flashback | Rudi Eltmann | |
2004 | Tatort: Der vierte Mann | Harry Wolter | |
2005 | Tatort: Wo ist Max Gravert? | Roman Mielcke | |
2009–2011 | Schillerstraße | Himself | 35 episodes |
2016 | Nachtschicht: Ladies First | Jacky Herbst | |
2018 | The Team | Gregor Weiss | 8 episodes |
References
- Faine, Jon (6 May 2008). "Jurgen Vogel and Lorna Crozier and Sam Hamill – ABC Melbourne". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- Jürgen Vogel in "German Who is Who"
- "Jürgen Vogel at IMdB"
- Thomann, Jörg (5 January 2009). "de:Wer will fleißige Bankräuber sehen?" [Who wants to see a hardworking bank robber?]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014 – via English translation of original by Google Translate found here.
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