Heino Ferch | |
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Heino Ferch and his wife at the 2011 German Film Awards | |
Born |
18 August 1963 |
Known for |
Playing Albert Speer |
Height |
1.80 m |
Spouse |
Marie-Jeanette Steinle |
Heino Ferch (born 18 August 1963) is an award-winning German film and television actor, who played Albert Speer in the 2004 film Downfall and for his massive number of roles.
The son of a cargo vessel skipper, he was on stage for the first time in his life at the age of 15, while he was still attending grammar school. As a member of the stage ballet company in the musical Can-Can he performed the tumbling acrobatics acts on the stage of the City Theater in his home town of Bremerhaven. During this time, he traveled through Europe as a federal member of the National League of Gymnastics.
From 1987 until 2006 Ferch lived in the city of Berlin, a city whose division after World War II and reunification in 1989 is repeatedly reflected in his work as a movie actor („Menteurs“, „The Tunnel, Mord am Meer, The Airlift, The Wall - Berlin 1961 and upcoming in 2008 The Miracle of Berlin). After his wedding in 2005 he moved his main residence to Bavaria.
Until 1999 he was in a nine year relationship with actress Suzanne von Borsody. In 2000 he met the daughter of the former under-secretary of state for cultural affairs for the city of Berlin physician Dr. Julia von Pufendorf. From this relationship he fathered a daughter (Louisa, b.2000). In 2002, Heino Ferch met the National League Member of the military eventing squad Marie-Jeanette Steinle at the Bavarian Television Award celebration.
Today, Heino Ferch is one of the most popular and prolific actors in Germany.
Filmography[]
- Ruhm (2011) .... Ralf Tanner
- Operation Kranich (2011) .... Claas Lohmann
- Seven Heroes (2006) .... Dominik Lenau
- Vater Mutter Mörder (2011) .... Tom Wesnik
- Vincent will meer (2010) .... Robert Gellner - Vincents Vater
- Hanni & Nanni (2010) .... Georg Sullivan
- Das Leben ist zu lang (2010) .... Professor Mohr
- Max Schmeling (2010) .... Max Machon
- Jerry Cotton (2010) .... Klaus Schmidt
- Tod in Istanbul - Jeder hat seinen Preis (2010) .... Mark Kleinert
- Der Dschungel (2010) .... Henning Lohmann
- Spuren des Bösen (2010) .... Richard Brock
- Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009) .... Mönch Volmar
- Kennedys Hirn (2009) .... Holloway
- Entführt (2009) .... Thomas Danner
- Krupp - Eine deutsche Familie (Serial TV) (2009) .... Gustav Krupp (47-51 Jahre)
- Die Toten vom Schwarzwald (2009) .... Kriminaltechniker Auerbach
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) .... Horst Herold's assistant
- Wunder von Berlin, Das (2008) .... Jürgen Kaiser
- Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (2008) .... Manuel Aranda
- Der geheimnisvolle Schatz von Troja (2007) .... Heinrich Schliemann
- Meine schöne Bescherung (2007) .... Jan
- Ghetto (2006) .... Gens
- Max Raabe & Palastorchester - In der Berliner Waldbühne (2006) .... Himself
- Mauer - Berlin '61, Die (2006) .... Hans Kuhlke
- Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006) .... Jan Ottmann
- Hunt for Justice (2005) .... Keller
- Luftbrücke - Nur der Himmel war frei, Die (2005) .... General Philipp Turner
- Hölle im Kopf (2005) .... Marc Hoffmann
- Mord am Meer (2005) .... Anton Glauberg
- D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005) .... Athos
- Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe (2005) .... Hermes
- Downfall (2004) .... Albert Speer
- Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004) .... Himself
- Konto, Das (2004) .... Dr. Michael Mühlhausen
- Lion, Le (2003) .... Julien Keller
- Anwalt und sein Gast, Der (2003) .... Anwalt Weller
- Wunder von Lengede, Das (2003) .... Franz Wolbert
- Julius Caesar (2002) .... Vercingetorix
- Extreme Ops (2002) .... Mark
- Napoléon (2002) .... Armand Augustin Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt
- Nachts im Park (2002) .... Steffen Hennings
- Mávahlátur - The Seagull's Laughter (2001) .... Björn Theódór
- Tunnel, Der (2001) .... Harry Melchior
- Marlene (2000) .... Carl Seidlitz
- Straight Shooter (1999) .... Volker Bretz
- Feuerteufel - Flammen des Todes, Der (1999) .... Peter Bender
- The Unscarred (1999) .... Johann
- Grüne Wüste (1999) .... Simon
- Lola rennt (1998) .... Ronnie
- 2 Männer, 2 Frauen (1998) .... Nick
- Todfeinde - Die falsche Entscheidung (1998) .... Max Klausmann
- Single sucht Nachwuchs (1998) .... Robert Breuer
- Widows - Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen (1998) .... Vince Travelli
- Guardiani del cielo, I (1998) .... Léon
- Lucie Aubrac (1997) .... Barbie
- Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur (1997) .... Weber
- Schutzengel, Der (1997) .... Marc Bittner
- Spiel um dein Leben (1997) .... Plato
- Comedian Harmonists (1997) .... Roman Cycowski
- Winterschläfer (1997) .... Marco
- Koma - Lebendig begraben (1997) .... Franky
- Das Leben ist eine Baustelle. (1997) .... Hoffmann
- Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1997) .... Bock
- Unhold, Der (1996) .... SS Officer Raufeisen
- Deutschlandlied (1996) .... Hanno
- Wer Kollegen hat, braucht keine Feinde (1995) .... Georg Meier
- Küß mich! (1995) .... Johannes
- Visum in den Tod - Die Russenhuren (1995) .... Klaus Rittner
- Nur der Sieg zählt (1995) .... Thomas Hendrichs
- Letzte Kosmonaut, Der (1994) ....
- Lauras Entscheidung (1994) .... Wasserverkmeister Galreith
- Freundinnen (1994) .... Peter
- Baby der schwangeren Toten, Das (1994) .... Michael Brauer
- Gefährliche Verbindung (1993) .... Andi
- Neues Deutschland (1993) .... (segment Heilige Kühe)
- Unmöglicher Lehrer, Ein (1993) .... Ernst
- Alles Lüge (1992) .... Representative
- Scheidung a la carte (1991) .... Walter
- Mocca für den Tiger (1991) ....
- ...bis Montagmorgen (1991) .... Anjas Freund
- Tod kam als Freund, Der (1991) ....
- Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau? (1991) .... Müller
- Wedding (1990) .... Klaus
- Schloß Königswald (1988) .... Funker
- Stars in der Manege (Serial TV) (1959) .... Performer
- Polizeiruf 110 - Jutta oder Die Kinder von Damutz (1995) ....
- Tatort - Mordnacht (1995) .... Leo Fellner
- Polizeiruf 110 - Samstags, wenn Krieg ist (1994) ....
- Ein starkes Team (1994) .... Willi
- Männer vom K3 - Schützenfest, Die (1988) .... Edgar
Awards[]
Adolfe Grimme Award
- Adolf Grimme Award for series/miniseries (A Light in Dark Places / Das Wunder von Lengede)
Bambi Awards
- Bambi Award for national film (Downfall)
- Bambi Award for TV event of the year (A Light in Dark Places / Das Wunder von Lengede)
Bavarian Film Awards
- 1997 Special Award (The Harmonists / Comedian Harmonists)
Bavarian TV Awards
- Bavarian TV Award (Der Tunnel)
Golden Camera
- Golden Camera (Der Tunnel)
Jupiter Award
- Jupiter Award (The Wall - Berlin ´61)
Trivia[]
- Both Ferch and his co-star Sebastian Koch in Der Tunnel (2001) have played Hitler's architect and Minister for Armaments Albert Speer on different occasions.
- Ferch also appeared on Bruno Ganz's side in The Baader Meinhof Complex, where he played the assistant of the German terror expert Horst Herold played by Ganz.