Alexander Held
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Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Schindler's List (1993)
as SS Bureaucrat
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Downfall (2004)
as Walter Hewel
The Wave (2008)
as Tim's Vater
Pope Joan (2009)
as King Lothar
Before the Fall (2004)
as Friedrich's Father
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
as Siegfried Buback
Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
as Dr. Buttcock
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
as Robert Mohr
Manitou's Shoe (2001)
as Karl May
A Minute’s Silence (2016)
as Rektor Block
Anatomy (2000)
as Polizist
Leo & Claire (2002)
as Gauleiter
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
as Fried
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine (2010)
as Valerius (age 75)
Sanctuary (2015)
as Hausvater Brockmann
Nanga Parbat (2010)
as Dr. Franz Burda
The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
4 Days in May (2011)
as Oberstleutnant
Der Prediger (2014)
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
Crash Point: Berlin (2009)
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Geheimkommando Familie (2023)
as Klaus Gremme
Maria Mafiosi (2017)
as Jürgen Moosandl
Sau sticht (1995)
Actor
Schwarzes Blut (1999)
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Im Netz (2013)
as Brinkmann
Life Actually (2007)
as Vater Krüger
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008)
as Alois Kugler
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha (2000)
as Schlutz
Todesengel (1999)
as Dr. Henning
Die Musterknaben (1997)
as Wempe
Between Today and Tomorrow (2009)
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel (1996)
as Philipp Spieker
Schon wieder Henriette (2013)
as Hartmut Ille
Franziskas Gespür für Männer (2006)
as Niklas Rüders
Trau niemals deiner Frau (2012)
as Arnold Ettmayr
Getting a Life (2003)
Actor
Die Spesenritter (1999)
Actor
Alleingang (2012)
as Josef Zuckmaier
Wholetrain (2006)
as Polizist Steinbauer
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
as Abt Kuno
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben (2015)
as Janis Kortschak
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
Actor
Strange Gardens (2003)
as SS officer
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006)
as Leopold Mozart
Im Tal des Schweigens (2004)
as Stadlhuber
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss (2021)
as Tadeusz von Breska
OA jagt Oberärztin (1999)
Actor
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (2002)
as Vincenzo Bracconi
Burning Souls (2014)
as Weihbischof Förner
Friends of Friends (2002)
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (1999)
Actor
Das Geheimnis des Lebens (2002)
as Roderick van Hof
Deathline (1996)
as Inspector
Der große Schwindel (2013)
as Dr. Blamberger
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen (2013)
as Tom Brandauer
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa (2012)
as Mr. Truckenbrot
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen (2013)
as Christian Fenn
Romeo (2001)
as Robert
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin (2008)
as Josef Kolb
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann (2004)
as Dr. Lehner
In einem anderen Leben (2005)
as Hauptfeldwebel
Unverschämtes Glück (2015)
as Harry Hindenach
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt (2000)
as Kommissar Falkowski
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben (2010)
as Georg Ametsrieder
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt (2007)
as Hubertus Müller
Ich wollte nicht töten (2007)
as Martin Kehl
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze (2011)
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Storno: Todsicher versichert (2015)
as Bruno
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1997)
as 2. Jungbauer
Alaska Johansson (2013)
as E. L. Johansson
Genug ist nicht genug (2009)
as Landrat Wieshuber
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4 (2008)
as Stadlhuber
Zur Sache, Lena! (2008)
as Staber
Treibjagd (2003)
as Schreinereibesitzer
Emilia – Familienbande (2005)
as Hubert Seilinger
Mali (1997)
as Simmerl
Alle haben geschwiegen (1996)
as Staatsanwalt
Bezaubernde Marie (2007)
as Dr. Hans Weber
Heimlicher Tanz (1999)
as Frank Baumann
Jagd auf Amor (1999)
as Peter Bohlmann
Public Enemies (2014)
as Siegfried Buback
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund (2001)
as Max Loibl