Jürgen Vogel

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. 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. Vogel lives in Berlin.

1989: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best young actor in Rosamunde 1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best actor in Kleine Haie (Little Sharks) 1994: Telestar for Dann eben mit Gewalt (Violence: The Last Resort) 1997: Deutscher Filmpreis – best male lead in Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life is All You Get) 1998: Deutscher Shooting Star 2000: Jupiter – best TV Star 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Das Phantom (The Phantom) 2003: Goldene Kamera – best German actor in Nackt und Scherbentanz (Shattered Glass) 2006: 42nd Chicago International Film Festival – Silver Hugo Award – best actor in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Tribeca Film Festival, New York – best male lead in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Silberner (silver) Bär in the category of special artistic performance in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2007: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best male lead in Emmas Glück (Emma's Bliss) 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) 2010: Herbert-Strate-Preis