Armin Mueller-Stahl
An overnight success years in the making, Armin Mueller-Stahl spent the post-World War II era in East Berlin studying and playing the violin. The former music teacher made his stage acting debut at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (home of the famous Berliner Ensemble) in 1953 and worked for more than two decades with another noted East Berlin company, Volksbuehne (People's Stage). After making a smooth transition from stage to screen in "Heimleche Ehe/The Secret Marriage" (1958), he became one of DEFA's (the state-run film conglomerate) outstanding young actors. His three-picture collaboration with director Frank Beyer culminated with "Jakob der Luegner/Jakob the Liar" (1974), the only DEFA picture to ever receive a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination, and he also consolidated his popularity with frequent television appearances. His decision to sign the Biermann Resolution, a manifesto critical of the government, however, led to his blacklisting in 1976. "When you lived in the G.D.R., you were political, even if you didn't want to be," he told Premiere (November 1990). "I felt I had a responsibility to the public."
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Filmography
Movies
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47% |
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Knight of Cups | Fr. Zeitlinger (Character) | $558.4K | 2015 |
36% |
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Angels & Demons | Cardinal Strauss (Character) | $133.4M | 2009 |
57% |
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The International | Wilhelm Wexler (Character) | $25.5M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family | Johann "Jean'" Buddenbrook (Character) | - | 2008 |
89% |
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Eastern Promises | Semyon (Character) | $17.1M | 2007 |
39% |
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Local Color | Nicolai Seroff (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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I Am the Other Woman | Karl Winter (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Bustin' Bonaparte | Otto (Character) | - | 2004 |
9% |
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The Dust Factory | Grandpa Randolph (Character) | $8.0K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Long Run | Berry (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus | Joseph (Character) | - | 1999 |
68% |
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The Third Miracle | Werner (Character) | $736.6K | 1999 |
20% |
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Inferno | Mac (Character) | - | 1999 |
29% |
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Jakob the Liar | Kirschbaum (Character) | $5.0M | 1999 |
28% |
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The Thirteenth Floor |
Hannon Fuller/ |
$11.8M | 1999 |
66% |
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The X-Files | Conrad Strughold (Character) | $83.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Commissioner | Hans Koenig (Character) | - | 1998 |
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rabbi Adam Heller (Character) | - | 1997 |
93% |
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12 Angry Men | Juror 4 (Character) | - | 1997 |
77% |
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The Game | Anson Baer (Character) | $48.3M | 1997 |
46% |
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The Peacemaker | Dimitri Vertikoff (Character) | $41.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Assistant | Mr. Morris Bober (Character) | - | 1997 |
89% |
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The Ogre | Count von Kaltenborn (Character) | $49.2K | 1996 |
0% |
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Theodore Rex | Elizar Kane (Character) | $53.3M | 1996 |
91% |
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Shine | Peter (Character) | $35.9M | 1996 |
0% |
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Mr. Linzer (Character) | $465.6K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Taxandria |
Karol / |
- | 1995 |
0% |
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Holy Matrimony | Wilhelm (Character) | $616.9K | 1994 |
90% |
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The Last Good Time | Joseph Kopple (Character) | $49.7K | 1994 |
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Red Hot | Dimitri (Character) | - | 1993 |
31% |
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The House of the Spirits | Severo del Valle (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Movie Teller | Kinoerzähler (Movie Teller) (Character) | - | 1993 |
77% |
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Night on Earth | Helmut Grokenberger (Character) | $2.0M | 1992 |
35% |
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The Power of One | Doc (Character) | $2.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Far From Berlin | Otto Lindner (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Utz | Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz (Character) | - | 1992 |
55% |
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Kafka | Grubach (Character) | $57.6K | 1991 |
86% |
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Avalon | Sam Krichinsky (Character) | $14.9M | 1990 |
75% |
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Music Box | Mike Laszlo (Character) | $5.1M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Midnight Cop | Inspector Alex Glass (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spider's Web | Baron von Rastchuk (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Franza |
Dr. Leopold Jordan/ |
- | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Colonel Redl | Thronfolger (Character) | - | 1985 |
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Angry Harvest | Leon Wolny (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forget Mozart | Graf Pergen (Character) | - | 1985 |
55% |
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A Love in Germany | Mayer (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Viadukt | Tetzlav (Character) | - | 1983 |
93% |
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Lola | von Bohm (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lite Trap | Harald Liebe (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore | Gandhi (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Die Längste Sekunde | Viktor (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Runaway | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Third | Blinder (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Naked Among Wolves | André Höfel (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rauhreif | Unknown (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Cartridges | Pierre (Character) | - | 1960 |
TV
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81% | 95% | The West Wing | Israeli Prime Minister Efraim "Eli" Zahavy (Guest Star) | 2004 |