Daniel Brühl

Daniel Brühl
Daniel Brühl
	Brühl in February 2015
Born	Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo[1]; 16 June 1978[2]; Barcelona, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Felicitas Rombold; (m. 2016)
Children	1

Daniel César Martin Brühl González Domingo (German: [ˈdaːniːɛl bʁyːl] (listen); born 16 June 1978)[2] is a Spanish-German actor. He began his work at a young age in a German soap opera called Verbotene Liebe in 1995. In 2003, his starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin! received wider recognition and critical acclaim which garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and the German Film Award for Best Actor[3]. Brühl has worked in both European and American productions in several languages[4].

He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences with his breakout role of Fredrick Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), and appeared in such films as The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Fifth Estate (2013) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush (2013). In 2016, Brühl made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016), portraying Helmut Zemo. Brühl will return to portray the role in the upcoming Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020). He also starred in the period drama television series The Alienist in 2018[5], which premiered its second seasion in 2020[6] as The Alienist: Angel of Darkness[7], where he stars as Dr. Lazlo Kreizler[8].

Early life

Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain.[9] His father was TV director Hanno Brühl, who was born in São Paulo, Brazil, of German origin.[10][11] His Spanish mother is Marisa González Domingo, a Catalan teacher. He has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up and attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium. A fluent English-speaker, he grew up speaking German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese,[12] and understands Catalan.[13]

Career

Brühl began acting at a young age, with a debut role in 1995 as street kid Benji in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). His international breakthrough role came in 2003 as Alex Kerner in the German Golden Globe-nominated tragicomedy Good Bye, Lenin!, which reached an estimated six million cinema-goers worldwide. In 2003, Brühl won the European Film Academy award trophies for Best Actor (Critics/Audience Awards) for the role. Brühl made his English-speaking film debut in 2004's Ladies in Lavender, starring alongside English actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. The same year, he won the People's Choice trophy for Best Actor for the film Love in Thoughts while at the same time, he was nominated for Best Actor (critics) for The Edukators. Brühl featured as Lieutenant Horstmayer, a central character in the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, a trilingual World War I film based on the experiences of French, German and Scottish soldiers during the Christmas truce of 1914. The film shows Brühl's linguistic ability as he ably communicates in German, French and English throughout.

In 2006, he was invited to be part of the short film and Cinéfondation juries of the Cannes Film Festival. Brühl made a cameo appearance in 2 Days in Paris, a romantic comedy film directed by French actress Julie Delpy. In September 2006, his Cannes-nominated film Salvador (Puig Antich) premiered in Spain. In the film, he played Salvador Puig Antich, a Spanish anarchist executed during the Franco era. In 2007, he appeared in a small role in the film The Bourne Ultimatum. He was in Krabat, based on a popular German children's story, which premiered in German cinemas in October 2008.

He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences in the role of Frederick Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt, which premiered at Cannes 2009. He and his co-stars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2009, he also starred in Julie Delpy's third directorial film, The Countess.

Portrait by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2015

In May 2009, Brühl decided to become active in a different field of filmmaking by launching production company Fouronfilm together with Film1.[14] Brühl starred in the 2010 British-Russian production In Transit, in which he played a young Nazi soldier opposite John Malkovich. He also co-starred with Clive Owen in the 2011 horror thriller Intruders, which was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.[15]

In 2013, he co-starred in The Fifth Estate, a film based on the founding of WikiLeaks[16]. Brühl played Daniel Domscheit-Berg, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange[17]. In the same year, Brühl portrayed former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush[18]. The film was a commercial and critical success, and for his role he received multiple award nominations, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

In 2015, he starred in Colonia, a thriller by Academy Award winner Florian Gallenberger. The film was shot October to December 2014 in South America, Germany and Luxembourg. His co-stars were Emma Watson and Michael Nyqvist, and the film was produced by Academy Award nominee Benjamin Herrmann.[19] Brühl played Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War, released in 2016, and is set to reprise his role in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.[20][21] In Niki Caro's World War II film The Zookeeper's Wife (2017), he played Nazi zoologist Lutz Heck, who forces Jan and Antonina Żabiński (Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh) to abandon the Warsaw Zoo. The film is based on Diane Ackerman's non-fiction book.

Gastronomy

Since 2011, Brühl has been the joint operator of a tapas bar in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin called Bar Raval[22]. From February to October 2017, he was also joint operator of a similar bar in Prenzlauer Berg, named Bar Gracia after Barcelona's nightlife district Gràcia, but the bar closed in October 2017 because of little economic success.[23][24]

Personal life

In 2006, Brühl separated from his longtime girlfriend and later fiancée, actress Jessica Schwarz, whom he had met on the set of the 2001 film No Regrets.[25] Since 2010, he has been in a relationship with practicing psychologist and former model Felicitas Rombold.[26] They have a son together, Anton Hanno (b. October 2016),[27] and married sometime between then and early 2018.[28] In 2020, it was annouced the couple was expecting their second child.

Filmography

Film and television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes and awards
1999	Paradise Mall	Checo	German title: Schlaraffenland
2000	No More School	Markus	German title: Schule
2000	Deeply	Jay
2001	No Regrets	Daniel	Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role New Faces Award for Best Actor
2001	The White Sound	Lukas	Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role German Film Critics Award for Best Actor
2001	Honolulu	Marek
2002	Vaya con Dios	Arbo	Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role German Film Critics Award for Best Actor
2002	Elephant Heart	Marko	German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2003	Good Bye, Lenin!	Alexander Kerner	Bambi Award for Best Ensemble European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Audience Award for Best Actor German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role'
2004	Love in Thoughts (Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken)	Paul	European Film Audience Award for Best Actor
2004	Ladies in Lavender	Andrea Marowski
2004	Farland	Frank
2004	The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)	Jan	Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor
2005	Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël)	Horstmayer
2006	Cargo	Chris
2006	Cars	Lightning McQueen	German version
2006	Salvador (Puig Antich)	Salvador Puig Antich	Barcelona Film Award for Best Actor Seattle International Film Festival, Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Goya Award for Best Actor Nominated – Butaca Award for Best Film Actor Nominated – Cinema Writers Circle from Spain Award for Best Actor Nominated – Fotogramas de plata Award for Best Film Actor Nominated – Spanish Actors Union Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2006	A Friend of Mine (Ein Freund von mir)	Karl
2007	2 Days in Paris	Lukas
2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	Martin Kreutz
2008	In Transit (In Tranzit)	Klaus
2008	Krabat	Tonda
2008	A Bit of Chocolate (Un poco de chocolate)	Marcos
2009	John Rabe	Dr. Georg Rosen
2009	Las madres de Elna	Amaro
2009	The Countess	István Thurzó
2009	Dinosaurier	Tobias Hardmann
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Fredrick Zoller	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Acting Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2009	Lila, Lila	David Kern	Nominated – Lima International Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Actor
2010	King's Road (Kóngavegur 7)	Rupert
2010	The Coming Days (Die kommenden Tage)	Hans Krämer
2011	Eva	Álex Garel	Nominated – Goya Award for Best Actor Nominated – Cinema Writers Circle from Spain Award for Best Actor Nominated – Gaudí Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2011	Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz große Traum)	Konrad Koch
2011	2 Days in New York	The Oak Fairy
2011	All Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?)	Dirk
2011	Intruders	Father Antonio
2012	Winning Streak (The Pelayos)	Iván Pelayo
2012	7 Days in Havana	Spanish Businessman
2013	Rush	Niki Lauda	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013	The Fifth Estate	Daniel Domscheit-Berg
2013	A Most Wanted Man	Max
2014	The Face of an Angel	Thomas
2015	Me and Kaminski	Sebastian Zöllner
2015	Woman in Gold	Hubertus Czernin
2015	Colonia	Daniel
2015	Burnt	Tony Balerdi
2016	Alone in Berlin	Escherich
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Helmut Zemo	Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
2016	Killing for Love	Jens Söring
2017	The Zookeeper's Wife	Lutz Heck
2018–present	The Alienist	Dr. Laszlo Kreizler	TV series; Main role
2018	The Cloverfield Paradox	Ernst Schmidt
2018	Entebbe	Wilfried Böse
2019	My Zoe	Thomas
2020	The King's Man	Felix Yusupov	Filming
2020	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Helmut Zemo	TV series; Filming

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Bavarian Film Awards	Best Young Actor	Das Weisse Rauschen	Won
	Deutscher Filmpreis	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Das Weisse Rauschen	Won
	New Faces Awards	Best Actor	Nichts bereuen	Won
2003	Bambi Awards	Best Film - National	Good Bye, Lenin!	Won
	Shooting Stars Award	Top Young Actor		Won
	European Film Awards	European Film Award for Best Actor		Won
	European Film Awards	Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor		Won
	Deutscher Filmpreis	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role		Won
	Deutscher Filmpreis	Audience Award for Best German Actor		Won
	Preis der deutschen Filmkritik	Best Actor	Das Weisse Rauschen	Won
2004	European Film Awards	European Film Award for Best Actor	Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei	Won
2004	European Film Awards	Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor	Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken	Won
2006	Barcelona Film Awards	Best Actor	Salvador (Puig Antich)	Won
2007	Butaca Awards	Best Catalan Film Actor		Nominated
	Cinema Writers Circle Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Movie Actor		Nominated
	Goya Awards	Best Lead Actor		Nominated
	Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actor	Cargo	Nominated
	Seattle International Film Festival	Best Actor	Salvador (Puig Antich)	Won
	Spanish Actors Union	Best Male Lead Performance	Salvador (Puig Antich)	Nominated
2009	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Cast Ensemble	Inglourious Basterds	Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Acting Ensemble		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble Performance		Won
2010	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards	Best Ensemble		Won
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
2012	Cinema Writers Circle Awards	Best Actor	Eva	Nominated
	Gaudí Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Goya Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2013	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Rush	Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2014	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	British Academy Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Empire Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	International Online Cinema Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Jupiter Award	Best German Actor		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Online Film & Television Association Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance: Male		Nominated
	Romy Gala	Favorite Actor		Nominated
	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Virtuoso Award		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Award	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Seattle Film Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Won
2016	Jupiter Award	Best German Actor	Ich und Kaminski	Nominated
2016	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Villain	Captain America: Civil War	Nominated
2019	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	The Alienist	Nominated

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References

"A most wanted actor: Daniel Brühl on his rush to stardom". The Independent. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
"Daniel Brühl". Munzinger-Archiv. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
"How Daniel Bruhl Became Hollywood's Every Countryman". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
Cieply, Michael (2013-08-28). "All Around the World in Just Two Film Roles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
Starr, Michael (2020-07-14). "Why Daniel Bruhl was hypnotized for Season 2 of 'The Alienist'". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
Blistein, Jon; Blistein, Jon (2020-07-29). "The First Time With Actor Daniel Brühl". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Hallemann, Caroline (2020-07-20). "This Season of The Alienist Gave Daniel Bruhl Nightmares". Town & Country. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Gilcrease, Grayson (2020-07-24). "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's Daniel Brühl Isn't Your Typical Actor". POPSUGAR Celebrity. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Goitia, Fernando. "Tenemos Angela Merkel para rato" (in Spanish). XL Semanal. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
Filmportal.de (2012-04-05). "Daniel Brühl". Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
Kahlschlag: das Drehbuch zum Film - Dieter Bongartz - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-05-29 – via Google Books.
"Polyglot Actor Daniel Brühl Speaks of His Love for Language", Ginanne Brownell Mitic; 17 March 2015, WSJ
"Daniel Brühl: Wie sein spanisches Herz leidet", Focus, 30-10-2017, (in German). [Consulted 30-07-2019].
Meza, Ed (2009-05-16). "Daniel Bruehl launches fouronfilm". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
"Clive Owen to Star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders". DreadCentral.
"WikiLeaks Gets A Hollywood Gloss In 'Fifth Estate'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
Collin, Robbie (2013-10-10). "The Fifth Estate, review". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
"Daniel Bruhl underwent hours of makeup to play Formula One racer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
"Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl to Star in Thriller 'Colonia'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
"Daniel Bruhl Cast in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War". Marvel. November 15, 2014.
Fleming, Jr, Mike (November 14, 2014). "Daniel Bruhl To Play Villain In 'Captain America: Civil War'". Deadline.
Müller, Enrique (2014-11-14). "Daniel Brühl brings a serving of Barcelona to Berlin". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
"Daniel Brühl eröffnet zweite Tapas-Bar in Berlin" (in German). tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
"Prenzlauer Berg: Daniel Brühls Tapas-Bar muss schließen" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
Biography for Daniel Brühl on IMDb
Kelley, Laura (2018-01-23). "Felicitas Rombold, Daniel Brühl's Wife: Five Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
Bunte (2016-12-14). "Daniel Brühl: Er ist Papa geworden! Und das Baby heißt..." Bunte. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
Jones, Tashara (2018-01-21). "Daniel Brühl drove his wife psycho for 'The Alienist'". New York Post.

External links

Daniel Brühl on IMDb

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[independent2013-1] "A most wanted actor: Daniel Brühl on his rush to stardom". The Independent. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[dob-2] "Daniel Brühl". Munzinger-Archiv. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[3] "How Daniel Bruhl Became Hollywood's Every Countryman". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

[4] Cieply, Michael (2013-08-28). "All Around the World in Just Two Film Roles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[5] Starr, Michael (2020-07-14). "Why Daniel Bruhl was hypnotized for Season 2 of 'The Alienist'". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[6] Blistein, Jon; Blistein, Jon (2020-07-29). "The First Time With Actor Daniel Brühl". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[7] Hallemann, Caroline (2020-07-20). "This Season of The Alienist Gave Daniel Bruhl Nightmares". Town & Country. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[8] Gilcrease, Grayson (2020-07-24). "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's Daniel Brühl Isn't Your Typical Actor". POPSUGAR Celebrity. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[9] Goitia, Fernando. "Tenemos Angela Merkel para rato" (in Spanish). XL Semanal. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

[10] Filmportal.de (2012-04-05). "Daniel Brühl". Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

[11] Kahlschlag: das Drehbuch zum Film - Dieter Bongartz - Google Books. Retrieved 2014-05-29 – via Google Books.

[12] "Polyglot Actor Daniel Brühl Speaks of His Love for Language", Ginanne Brownell Mitic; 17 March 2015, WSJ

[13] "Daniel Brühl: Wie sein spanisches Herz leidet", Focus, 30-10-2017, (in German). [Consulted 30-07-2019].

[14] Meza, Ed (2009-05-16). "Daniel Bruehl launches fouronfilm". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

[15] "Clive Owen to Star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders". DreadCentral.

[16] "WikiLeaks Gets A Hollywood Gloss In 'Fifth Estate'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[17] Collin, Robbie (2013-10-10). "The Fifth Estate, review". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[18] "Daniel Bruhl underwent hours of makeup to play Formula One racer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[19] "Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl to Star in Thriller 'Colonia'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-11.

[Marvel-20] "Daniel Bruhl Cast in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War". Marvel. November 15, 2014.

[Deadline-21] Fleming, Jr, Mike (November 14, 2014). "Daniel Bruhl To Play Villain In 'Captain America: Civil War'". Deadline.

[22] Müller, Enrique (2014-11-14). "Daniel Brühl brings a serving of Barcelona to Berlin". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[23] "Daniel Brühl eröffnet zweite Tapas-Bar in Berlin" (in German). tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

[24] "Prenzlauer Berg: Daniel Brühls Tapas-Bar muss schließen" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

[25] Biography for Daniel Brühl on IMDb

[26] Kelley, Laura (2018-01-23). "Felicitas Rombold, Daniel Brühl's Wife: Five Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy. Retrieved 2018-06-11.

[27] Bunte (2016-12-14). "Daniel Brühl: Er ist Papa geworden! Und das Baby heißt..." Bunte. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2018-06-11.

[28] Jones, Tashara (2018-01-21). "Daniel Brühl drove his wife psycho for 'The Alienist'". New York Post.