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
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
as Siegfried Buback
Manitou's Shoe (2001)
as Karl May
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
as Robert Mohr
Before the Fall (2004)
as Friedrich's Father
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
as Fried
Pope Joan (2009)
as King Lothar
Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
as Dr. Buttcock
Anatomy (2000)
as Polizist
The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
4 Days in May (2011)
as Oberstleutnant
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
Actor
Sanctuary (2015)
as Hausvater Brockmann
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel (1996)
as Philipp Spieker
Geheimkommando Familie (2023)
as Klaus Gremme
Nanga Parbat (2010)
as Dr. Franz Burda
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
as Abt Kuno
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha (2000)
as Schlutz
A Minute’s Silence (2016)
as Rektor Block
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008)
as Alois Kugler
Burning Souls (2014)
as Weihbischof Förner
Between Today and Tomorrow (2009)
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Der Prediger (2014)
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1997)
as 2. Jungbauer
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben (2015)
as Janis Kortschak
Sau sticht (1995)
Actor
Crash Point: Berlin (2009)
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch (2002)
as Vincenzo Bracconi
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine (2010)
as Valerius (age 75)
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen (2013)
as Tom Brandauer
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben (2010)
as Georg Ametsrieder
Todesengel (1999)
as Dr. Henning
Trau niemals deiner Frau (2012)
as Arnold Ettmayr
Friends of Friends (2002)
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Franziskas Gespür für Männer (2006)
as Niklas Rüders
Heimlicher Tanz (1999)
as Frank Baumann
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen (2013)
as Christian Fenn
Das Geheimnis des Lebens (2002)
as Roderick van Hof
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (1999)
Actor
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt (2000)
as Kommissar Falkowski
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4 (2008)
as Stadlhuber
OA jagt Oberärztin (1999)
Actor
Strange Gardens (2003)
as SS officer
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin (2008)
as Josef Kolb
Ich wollte nicht töten (2007)
as Martin Kehl
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss (2021)
as Tadeusz von Breska
Leo & Claire (2002)
as Gauleiter
Die Spesenritter (1999)
Actor
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann (2004)
as Dr. Lehner
Im Tal des Schweigens (2004)
as Stadlhuber
Life Actually (2007)
as Vater Krüger
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006)
as Leopold Mozart
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa (2012)
as Mr. Truckenbrot
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund (2001)
as Max Loibl
Die Musterknaben (1997)
as Wempe
Genug ist nicht genug (2009)
as Landrat Wieshuber
Deathline (1996)
as Inspector
Getting a Life (2003)
Actor
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze (2011)
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
In einem anderen Leben (2005)
as Hauptfeldwebel
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt (2007)
as Hubertus Müller
Der große Schwindel (2013)
as Dr. Blamberger
Schon wieder Henriette (2013)
as Hartmut Ille
Schwarzes Blut (1999)
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Wholetrain (2006)
as Polizist Steinbauer
Public Enemies (2014)
as Siegfried Buback
Im Netz (2013)
as Brinkmann
Emilia – Familienbande (2005)
as Hubert Seilinger
Romeo (2001)
as Robert
Maria Mafiosi (2017)
as Jürgen Moosandl
Unverschämtes Glück (2015)
as Harry Hindenach
Treibjagd (2003)
as Schreinereibesitzer
Jagd auf Amor (1999)
as Peter Bohlmann
Zur Sache, Lena! (2008)
as Staber
Storno: Todsicher versichert (2015)
as Bruno
Mali (1997)
as Simmerl
Alle haben geschwiegen (1996)
as Staatsanwalt
Alaska Johansson (2013)
as E. L. Johansson
Alleingang (2012)
as Josef Zuckmaier
Bezaubernde Marie (2007)
as Dr. Hans Weber