Martin Wuttke
Martin Wuttke (born 8 February 1962) is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, which won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, shared with the ensemble cast.
Martin Wuttke

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- Name
- Martin Wuttke
- Born
- 8 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- Germany
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Martin Wuttke (born 8 February 1962) is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, which won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, shared with the ensemble cast.
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• Name — Martin Wuttke • Born — 8 February 1962 • Birthplace — Gelsenkirchen, West Germany • Occupation — * Actor • director • Years Active — 1991–present
Early life and education
Early life and education
Wuttke began his actor training at the college theatre in Bochum, before switching to the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum (later renamed Schauspielschule Bochum).
Career
Career
Wuttke has performed on numerous German-speaking stages: Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Schiller Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Theater des Westens Berlin, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg, Stuttgart State Theater, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt am Main, and Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland. When the Berliner Ensemble performed at the United States in 1999, Wuttke portrayed Hitler as a petty Chicago gangster in Heiner Müller's adaptation of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in a performance praised by critics. In 2009 Wuttke was appointed director of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, where he also became a member of the ensemble. He has also starred in many films, achieving international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, and German TV series, notably Babylon Berlin from 2020 to 2022. In 2023 he played Reinhard Gehlen in Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.
Television
Television
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1991 — Moskau – Petuschki — Jerofejev Venedikt • 1997 — Die Bernauerin — Mönch • 1998–2015 — Tatort — Andreas Keppler — 21 episodes • 1998 — Geiselfahrt ins Paradies • 2000 — Dämonen — Nikolai Wsewolodowitsch Stawrogin • Bella Block — Wolfgang Krauss — 1 episode • 2001 — Hand in Hand — Peter Plachotny • 2002 — Liebesau – die andere Heimat — Schorsch Schönstein — 3 episodes • 2006 — Die Tote vom Deich — Manuel Bove • 2013 — George (2013 film) — Joseph Goebbels • 2015 — Homeland — BND officer Adler • 2016–2017 — Sense8 — Volker Bohm • 2017 — Maximilian — Ulrich Fugger the Elder — TV miniseries • 2020—2022 — Babylon Berlin — Gustav Heymann — 14 episodes • 2023 — Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde — Reinhard Gehlen — TV miniseries
Identity
Identity
Martin Wuttke is recorded with the occupation theatre director. Recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as stage actor, film actor, television actor and actor.

Martin Wuttke als Leipziger Ermittler Keppler bei einem WDR-Pressefototermin zum Kölner Tatort "Ihr Kinderlein kommet"
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1962
Martin Wuttke was born on 8 February 1962.
Films
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2000 — No Place to Go — Fast food seller • 2002 — Delusion — Robert Bergmann • 2003 — Rosenstrasse — Joseph Goebbels • Hamlet X — Claudius • 2006 — Call Me Agostino — Agostino Stone • Detektive oder Die glücklosen Engel der inneren Sicherheit • 2007 — Silent Resident — Hauks • 2008 — Delta • 2009 — Inglourious Basterds — Adolf Hitler • 2011 — Hanna — Knepfler • 2012 — Cloud Atlas — Mr. Boerhaave/Guard/Leary the Healer • 2014 — A Most Wanted Man • Fever • 2015 — Colonia Dignidad • 2016 — The Duelist — German Baron • 2019 — A Hidden Life • 2020 — Berlin Alexanderplatz
Awards
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture -Inglourious Basterds – Won
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- 1.Martin Wuttke. munzinger.de ,.
- 2.Petra Paterno. Martin Wuttke - "Überforderung kann durchaus produktiv sein". Wiener Zeitung. 22 mai 2015 lire en.
- 3.Robert Hurwitt. A Brecht of fresh air. San Francisco Chronicle SFGate. 2 juillet 1999 .
- 4.Dog Eat Dog - Martin Wuttke as Arturo Ui. www.stephenlegawiec.com. 16 février 2021.
- 5.Brigitte Salino. Un lourd héritage pour Martin Wuttke à la tête du Berliner Ensemble. Le Monde. 6 mars 1996 lire en.
- 6.Théâtre : Martin Wuttke a démissionné de son poste de directeur du Berliner Ensemble. Le Monde. 6 décembre 1996 lire en.
- 7.Lorraine Millot. Interview. « Cela n'aurait plus de sens de rester au Berliner Ensemble ». Libération (journal) Libération lire en. 13 décembre 1996.
- 8.Thomalla und Wuttke. Darum wurden sie gefeuert. Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine lire en. 22 janvier 2014.
- 9.Tatort- Kommissar spielt Hitler. Der Spiegel. 4 novembre 2008 lire en.
- 10.Martin Wuttke. Schauspieler, Regisseur, Intendant. Akademie der Künste.
- 11.René Solis. Quartett, un duo de bêtes féroces. À Bobigny, une pièce célèbre d'Heiner Müller, avec la «diva prussienne» Marianne Hoppe. Libération (journal) Libération. 13 décembre 1996 lire en.
- 12.Brigitte Salino. Martin Wuttke. Le Monde. 4 juillet 1996 lire en.
- 13.La Résistible Ascension d’Arturo Ui - 1995-2012. Les Archives du spectacle.
- 14.René Solis. Arturo Ui, baudruche nazie. Au Festival d’automne, la pièce de Brecht montée par Heiner Müller avec le Berliner Ensemble. Libération (journal) Libération. 25 septembre 2012 lire en.
- 15.Philippe Chevilley. Le grandiose opéra du mal. Les Échos. 27 septembre 2012 lire en.
- 16.Iphigenie auf Tauris - 1998. Les Archives du spectacle.
- 17.Mathilde La Bardonnie. Théâtre. À Bobigny, Klaus Michael Grüber offre avec la pièce de Goethe un moment de pure poésie. Tout le génie d ' Iphigénie. Libération (journal) Libération lire en. 17 novembre 1998.
- 18., puis Berliner Ensemble.
- 19.Making of Dämonen. Alexander Verlag, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. 2001. 978-3-8958-1072-5.
- 20.Brigitte Salino. Frank Castorf, l'esthétique de la démolition. Le Monde. 13 janvier 2001 lire en.
- 21.Martin Wuttke, le théâtre de consumation. Le Monde. 24 mars 2004 lire en.
- 22.Mathilde La Bardonnie. Un Marthaler recommandé. Libération (journal) Libération lire en. 27 mars 2004.
- 23.'Les Dix Commandements - 2001-2007. Les Archives du spectacle.
- 24.Brigitte Salino. L'errance du prince Mychkine dans une ville qu'il ne reconnaît pas. Le Monde lire en. 27 octobre 2002.
- 25.Sur une île, les illusions perdues de Frank Castorf. Le Monde. 12 mars 2004 lire en.
- 26.Schmeiß dein Ego weg. Volksbühne Berlin.
- 27.Brigitte Salino. La scène est la vraie patrie de Simon Stone. Le metteur en scène présente aux Wiener Festwochen John Gabriel Borkman, qu’il a adaptée d’Ibsen. Le Monde. 3 juin 2015 lire en.
- 28.John Gabriel Borkman - 2015-2017. Les Archives du spectacle.
- 29.Fabienne Darge. Au Centquatre, The Making of Berlin brouille les cartes du document et de la fiction. Le Monde. 24 avril 2024 lire en.
- 30.The Making of Berlin - 2022-2026. Les Archives du spectacle.
- 31.René Solis. Solaris, embarquement immédiat. Libération (journal) Libération. 6 octobre 2004 lire en.
- 32.Tobias Becker. Bühnentrip mit Ernst Jünger. Der Spiegel. 6 juin 2009 lire en.
- 33.Christina Kaindl-Hönig. Die Apathie der Bourgeoisie : Martin Wuttke "übermalt" am Wiener Burgtheater Luis Bunuels Würgeengel. Der Tagesspiegel. 20. 15 février 2012 lire en.
- 34.Nestroys: Simon Stone ist "Bester Regisseur". Martin Wuttke gewinnt den Preis als "Bester Schauspieler". Kleine Zeitung .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Martin Wuttke : Theaterarbeit mit Schleef, Müller, Castorf, Pollesch. Alexander. 2006. 978-3-89581-164-7.
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Career and activity. He was employed by Schauspiel Frankfurt, Thalia Theater, Berliner Ensemble and Akademietheater. He belonged to Academy of Arts, Berlin.
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