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Ulrich Mühe

1953 - 2007

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Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (German pronunciation: [ˈʊlʁɪç ˈmyːə] ; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, at the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. He then turned to acting, and from the late 1970s into the 1980s appeared in numerous plays, becoming a star of the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ulrich Mühe is the 1,601st most popular actor (down from 1,414th in 2019), the 2,211th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,047th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ulrich Mühe ranks 1,601 out of 13,578. Before him are Mathieu Kassovitz, Solomon Mikhoels, Ralph Waite, Jacques Charrier, Marta Eggerth, and Maria Cebotari. After him are Ben Johnson, John Noble, Na Moon-hee, Scott Adkins, Tuncel Kurtiz, and Simone Simon.

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Among people born in 1953, Ulrich Mühe ranks 119. Before him are Jeb Bush, Tito Jackson, Eleonora Giorgi, Lloyd Austin, Riccardo Chailly, and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. After him are Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Laurentino Cortizo, Sophie Calle, Teresa Orlowski, and Massimo Troisi. Among people deceased in 2007, Ulrich Mühe ranks 118. Before him are Gordon Scott, Karel Svoboda, Maurice Papon, Mika Špiljak, Steve Fossett, and Jean-Pierre Vernant. After him are Colin McRae, Maria Gripe, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Tikhon Khrennikov, Ivica Račan, and Henri Debehogne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulrich Mühe ranks 2,212 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Brandt (1907), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745), Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691), and William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602). After him are Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678), Elvira Madigan (1867), Hans Wilsdorf (1881), and Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Ulrich Mühe ranks 40. Before him are Kurt Gerron (1897), Rachel Félix (1821), Ernst Busch (1900), Karin Dor (1938), Elke Sommer (1940), and Michael Fassbender (1977). After him are Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Marianne Koch (1931), Fritz Wepper (1941), Martin Lawrence (1965), George Dzundza (1945), and Heinz Rühmann (1902).

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