Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959, Berlin) is a German actor, known for playing Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film Downfall.

Ulrich Matthes was born in Berlin. He studied acting in the early 1980s in Berlin under Else Bongers. Ulrich Matthes studied German and English, because he really wanted to become a teacher, but also he took during his studies, private acting lessons. His first engagement brought him to the Vereinigte Bühnen in Krefeld, where he played the title role in "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg". Later he came to Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Studio Theater and the Schaubühne place. Since the 2004/2005 season, he is member of the ensemble at Deutsches Theater in Berlin. In the 2004 movie The Ninth Day, he plays Fr. Henri Kremer, a Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau.

In 2005 he was voted "Actor of the Year" by 'Theater heute' magazine for his performance in Edward Albees' "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?".

Ulrich Matthes has also dubbed many American actors such as Kenneth Braga, Malcom McDowell, Charlie Sheen, Ralph Fiennes, and Richard Thomas.

Filmography

 * Sergej in der Urne (2009) ) .... Sergej (voice)
 * Die Unsichtbare (2011) .... Ben Kästner
 * Neue Vahr Süd (2010) .... Hauptmann
 * Novemberkind (2008) .... Robert
 * Wer war Kafka? (2006) .... Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 * Geheimes Deutschland - Eine Reise zur Spiritualität der Frühromantik (2006) .... (voice)
 * Vineta (2006) .... Dr. Leonhard
 * Downfall (2004) .... Joseph Goebbels
 * Mitfahrer (2004) .... Peter
 * Neunte Tag, Der (2004) .... Abbé Henri Kremer
 * Mörderherz (2002) .... Dr. Graf
 * Hahn ist tot, Der (2000) .... Kommissar Steiner
 * Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer (2000) .... Wolfgang Harig
 * Framed (1999) .... Beck
 * Polizeiruf 110 - Mörderkind (1999) .... Psychologe
 * Aimée & Jaguar (1999) .... Eckert (SS)
 * Feuerreiter (1998) .... Baron Isaac von Sinclair
 * Abgehauen (1998) .... Eberhard E
 * Winterschläfer (1997) .... Rene
 * Todesspiel (1997) .... Jan-Carl Raspe
 * Polizeiruf 110 - Der Sohn der Kommissarin (1997) .... Partner
 * Nikolaikirche - Biserica Nikolai (1995) .... Alexander
 * Falscher Schritt, Ein (1995) .... Georg Klein
 * Mörder und sein Kind, Der (1995) .... Rainer Dreyer
 * Herr Ober! (1992) .... TV showmaster
 * Artur, Peter und der Eskimo (1973) .... Peter
 * Wesenacks, Die (1970) .... Fränzchen
 * An einem Tag im September (1969) .... Max