Ulrich Noethen

Noethen has won various awards for his acting, including the German Film Award, the Bavarian Film Award, the Adolf Grimme Award and the Golden Camera.

• Name — Ulrich Noethen • Birth Name — Ulrich Schmidt • Born — 18 November 1959 • Birthplace — Munich, West Germany • Education — State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1995-present • Organization — German Acting Association • Notable Works — Der Untergang

Noethen grew up as the youngest of five children in a clergyman's family. The family initially lived in Neu-Ulm on the Danube, where his father, Klaus-Peter Schmid (1920-2018), was dean of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Later the family moved to Augsburg, where he graduated from the Gymnasium bei St. Anna. Ulrich initially studied law for a short time, but later he followed an acting course at the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Ulrich Schmidt adopted his mother's birth name (Noethen) as his stage name. He married the actress Friederike Wagner, with whom he has a daughter. The couple separated in 2005, after thirteen years of marriage, and divorced in 2009. Ulrich Noethen lives with Alina Bronsky and the three children from her first marriage in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The couple also have a daughter together.

From 1985 to 1987 he was a member of the ensemble of the Theater Freiburg. He then worked at the Zelt-Ensemble Birach until 1988 and then moved to the Schauspiel Köln for two years, where he worked under the direction of Frank Castorf and Max Färberböck, among others. He then moved to the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin. There he drew attention to himself through his performances in productions of Faust, Death and Devil and A Midsummer Night's Dream. When the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin closed, he switched to film acting.

• Comedian Harmonists (1997) - Harry Frommermann • Viehjud Levi (1999) - Ingenieur Kohler • Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (1999) - Dr. Alfred Waldvogel • Grüne Wüste (1999) - Detlef • Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000) - Hans von Dohnanyi • Gripsholm (2000) - Kurt • Heirate mir! (2001) - Eugen Schafmeyer • Vera Brühne (2001, TV miniseries) - Prosecutor Böck • ' (2001) - Bruno Taschenbier • Francisca (2002) - Helmut Busch / Bruno Müller • I'm the Father (2002) - Nico Ellermann • Bibi Blocksberg (2002) - Bernhard Blocksberg • The Flying Classroom (2003 film) (2003) - Dr. Johann 'Justus' Bökh • Sams in Gefahr (2003) - Bruno Taschenbier • Jargo (2004) - Schuldirektor • Downfall (2004) - Heinrich Himmler • Off Beat (2004) - Prof. Olivari • ' (2004) - Bernhard Blocksberg • Polly Blue Eyes (2005) - Herbert Pinn • The Airlift (2005, TV film) - Dr. Alexander Kielberg • TKKG: The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine (2006) - Herr Manek • Life Actually (2006) - Roland Spatz • My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler (2007) - Heinrich Himmler • Runaway Horse (2007) - Helmut Halm • ' (2008) - Joachim Hellwig • Long Shadows (2008) - Bernd Widmer • Henri 4 (2010) - Charles IX • Rumpe & Tuli (2010) - Therapeut • Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011, TV film) - Kapitän Lehmann • The Man with the Bassoon (2011, TV film) - Rudi Bockelmann • Cracks in the Shell (2011) - Kaspar Friedmann • The Invisible Girl (2011 film) (2011, TV film) - Wilhelm Michel • Sams im Glück (2012) - Bruno Taschenbier • Moon Man (2012) - The Father (voice, German version) • A Coffee in Berlin (2012) - Walter Fischer • Hannah Arendt (2012) - Hans Jonas • Eine Hand wäscht die andere (2012, TV film) - Chlodwig Pullmann • Broken Glass Park (film) (2013) - Volker Trebur • Pettson & Findus: Fun Stuff (2014) - Pettson • Deutschland 83 (2015, TV series, 8 episodes) - General Wolfgang Edel • The General Case (2016, TV film) - Fritz Bauer • Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016) - Otto Frank • NSU German History X: NSU German History X: The Investigators (2016, TV film) - Helmut Roewer • Charité (2019, TV series, 6 episodes) - Ferdinand Sauerbruch • The German Lesson (2019 film) (2019) - Jens Ole Jepsen