August Diehl
August Diehl (born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. He is also known for his leading roles in the films The Counterfeiters (2007), The Young Karl Marx (2017), and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (2019).
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Born | |
Alma mater | Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Julia Malik (1999–2016) |
Children | 2 |
Life and career
Diehl was born in West Berlin. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer and his brother is a composer. His family was frequently moving around. Diehl spent his childhood in Auvergne, France and moved back to Germany when he was nine years old.[1] The family lived in Hamburg, Vienna, and Düsseldorf.[2] Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of 18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller.[3] After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin.
In 2000, he was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion.[4] In 2006, Gala magazine named him "the most important German actor of today."
Personal life
Diehl was married to actress Julia Malik.[5] He has two children with Malik: a daughter born in May 2009 and a son born in 2012. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.[6]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | 23 | Karl Koch | |
1999 | Entering Reality | Leon | Short |
Die Braut | Fritz von Stein | ||
Poppen | Alex | Short | |
2000 | Kalt ist der Abendhauch | Hugo Wimmer (jung) | |
Der Atemkünstler | — | Writer | |
2001 | Love the Hard Way | Jeff | |
2002 | Tattoo | Marc Schrader | |
Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 | A.M. Kaiser | ||
2003 | Anatomy 2 | Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs | |
Distant Lights | Philip | ||
The Birch-Tree Meadow | Oskar | ||
2004 | Love in Thoughts | Günther Scheller | |
The Ninth Day | Untersturmführer Gebhardt | ||
2005 | Mouth to Mouth | Tiger | |
Wattläufer | Robert | Short | |
2006 | Slumming | Sebastian | |
I Am the Other Woman | Robert Fabry | ||
Nothing But Ghosts | Felix | ||
2007 | The Counterfeiters | Burger | |
Lichtblick | Perpetrator | Short | |
Head Under Water | Martin Wegner | ||
2008 | Dr. Alemán | Marc | |
Mr. Kuka's Advice | Lothar | ||
A Woman in Berlin | Gerd | ||
Buddenbrooks | Christian Buddenbrook | ||
2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Major Hellstrom | |
2010 | Salt | Mike Krause | |
The Coming Days | Konstantin Richter | ||
2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Bernward Vesper | |
2012 | Confession of a Child of the Century | Desgenais | |
Wir wollten aufs Meer | Andreas Hornung | ||
The Adventures of Huck Finn | Der Alte Finn | ||
2013 | Layla Fourie | Eugene Pienaar | |
Night Train to Lisbon | Young Jorge O'Kelly | ||
The Husband | Karl 'Rusty' Rost | ||
Frau Ella | Klaus | ||
2015 | Dirk Ohm - Illusjonisten som forsvant | Dirk Ohm | |
En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait | Hans | ||
2016 | Dark Inclusion | Gabi Ulmann | |
Allied | Hobar | ||
2017 | The Young Karl Marx | Karl Marx | |
Midnight Confession | Kurt | Short | |
2018 | Kursk | Anton Markov | |
L'Empereur de Paris | Nathanaël | ||
The Bird Catcher | Herman | ||
2019 | A Hidden Life | Franz Jägerstätter | |
The Last Vermeer | Alex De Klerks | ||
2020 | The King's Man |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | Feuer in der Nacht | Lukas Stein | Television film |
Kabale und Liebe | Ferdinand von Walter | Television film | |
2016 | Close to the Enemy | Dieter Koehler | Miniseries; 7 episodes |
2018 | Parfum | Moritz de Vries | Series; 6 episodes |
2019 | Bauhaus - A New Era | Walter Gropius | Series |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Location | Ref(s) |
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1998 | Don Carlos | Maxim Gorki Theater | ||
1998-1999 | Cleansed | Robin | Hamburg Kammerspiele | [7] |
1999 | Life Is a Dream | Theater Dortmund | ||
2000 | The Seagull | Burgtheater | [8] | |
2001 | Roberto Zucco | Roberto Zucco | Burgtheater | |
2001-2003 | The Jew of Malta | Burgtheater | ||
2003 | Oedipus at Colonus | Polyneikes | Burgtheater | [9] |
2003-2005 | Don Carlos | Don Carlos | Deutsches Schauspielhaus | [10] |
2006-2007 | Zur schönen Aussicht | Deutsches Schauspielhaus | ||
2008-2010 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Tyrone | Nationaltheater Luxemburg | |
Ruhrfestspiele | ||||
Renaissance Theater | ||||
2009 | Major Barbara | Adolphus Cusins | Schauspielhaus Zürich | |
2012-2015 | The Prince of Homburg | Burgtheater | [11] | |
Salzburg Festival | [12] | |||
2013-2016 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Burgtheater | [13] |
2013-2017 | Das Geisterhaus | Esteban Trueba | Burgtheater | [14] |
2015-2018 | Diese Geschichte von Ihnen | Baxter | Burgtheater | [15] |
2018-2019 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Edmund | Burgtheater | [16] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1999 | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 23 | Won |
Bavarian Film Awards | Best Young Actor | Won | ||
2000 | Berlin International Film Festival | Shooting Stars | — | Won |
2005 | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | The Ninth Day | Nominated |
German Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Love in Thoughts | Won | |
2007 | Bambi Awards | Best Actor | Nothing But Ghosts | Nominated |
2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Inglourious Basterds | Won |
2011 | German Film Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | If Not Us, Who? | Nominated |
German Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | The Coming Days | Nominated | |
2012 | Nestroy Theatre Prize | Best Actor | The Prince of Homburg | Nominated |
2013 | German Screen Actors Awards | Best Leading Actor | Wir wollten aufs Meer | Nominated |
2014 | Jupiter Awards | Best German Actor | Frau Ella | Nominated |
Nestroy Theatre Prize | Best Actor | Hamlet | Won | |
2016 | Diese Geschichte von Ihnen | Nominated |
References
- "August Diehl: "Andere Kulturen sind das Allerwichtigste"". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "August Diehl - Porträt 500". cineastentreff.de (in German). 3 October 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- "August Diehl: "Ich habe noch nie Fernsehen gemacht"". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 10 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- "August Diehl, Germany". European Film Promotion. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- "Diese neue Liebe ist ganz großes Kino". Bild (in German). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "August Diehl, Germany". European Film Promotion. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ""Liebe oder töte mich"". Spiegel Online (in German). 14 December 1998. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Viel Applaus für "Möwe"- Inszenierung von Luc Bondy". swissinfo.ch (in German). 15 May 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Premiere am Wiener Burgtheater: Ödipus in Kolonos". kultur-channel.at (in German). 11 May 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Hier spricht der Dichter!". Spiegel Online (in German). 6 March 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: Kleist im Burgtheater". Die Presse (in German). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Kampf um Macht". deutschlandfunkkultur.de (in German). 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "August Diehl ist ein Hamlet für sechs Stunden". Welt (in German). 29 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "In der Mitte entspringt kein Erzählfluss". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ""Diese Geschichte von Ihnen": Ein Mörder namens Johnny spielt auf". Der Standard (in German). 29 January 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Burgtheater: Mit der Dramenharpune auf Menschenfang". Der Standard (in German). 15 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
External links
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- August Diehl on IMDb
- "August Diehl - Porträt 500". cineastentreff.de (in German). Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.