Henry Hübchen
Henry Hübchen is a German actor. He is known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker!), for which he won a Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola).
Henry Hübchen
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- Name
- Henry Hübchen
- Birthplace
- East Berlin, East Germany
- Occupation
- actor
- Awards
- Deutscher Filmpreis, Best Actor 2005 Alles auf Zucker!
- Born
- 1947 · Charlottenburg.
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Education
- Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Known for
- Alles auf Zucker! · Whiskey with Vodka · Stasikomödie
- Honours
- German Film Award for Best Actor · Berliner Bär · Askania Award
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Biography
Hübchen plays Gregor Klein in the 2026 Netflix spy drama series Unfamiliar.
Henry Hübchen studied at Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. The recorded working language is German. Works named in the authority record are Alles auf Zucker!, Whiskey with Vodka and Stasikomödie. Distinctions recorded are German Film Award for Best Actor, Berliner Bär and Askania Award.
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Henry Hübchen (born 20 February 1947) is recorded as an actor, narrator, composer and director. The birth of Henry Hübchen is recorded on 20 February 1947 in Berlin.
German actor Henry Hübchen, arriving at the after show opening party of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Henry Hübchen • Birthplace — East Berlin, East Germany • Years Active — 1971?–present • Occupation — actor • Awards — Deutscher Filmpreis, Best Actor 2005 Alles auf Zucker!
Early life and education
Early life and education
Henry Hübchen was born raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany. Before coming to film, he was a failed physics student, wrote songs for the 1970s East German rock group City, and was twice East German windsurfing champion (in 1980 and 1981). He studied drama in Berlin and Magdeburg.
Career
Career
In 2004, Hübchen was best known in Germany for a role on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110. Hübchen plays Gregor Klein in the 2026 Netflix spy drama series Unfamiliar.
Personal life
Personal life
He has two daughters with his wife Sanna Hübchen.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Pauline In Between (1993) • The Big Mambo (1998) • Waiting Means Death (1999, TV film) • Sonnenallee (1999) • Sass (film) (2001) • Polizeiruf 110 (2003–2005, TV series, 5 episodes) • C(r)ook (2004) • Go for Zucker (2004) • The News (2005 film) (2005, TV film) • Mordshunger (2008, TV film) • Age and Beauty (2008) • Whiskey with Vodka (2009) • Lila, Lila (2009) • Young Goethe in Love (2010) • Easter Goes Polish (2011) • Jesus Loves Me (2012) • Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake (2013) • Quality Time (2013 film) (2013) • The Interpreter of Silence (2023)
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1947
Henry Hübchen born at Charlottenburg.
Recognition and awards
He won the Berlin Theater Award (Theaterpreis Berlin) in 2000. Hübchen's performance in Go for Zucker! was praised by critic David Denby and Stephen Holden of The New York Times, and earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar.
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