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Ulrich Tukur

Highest Rated: 92% The Lives of Others (2006)

Lowest Rated: 50% Adults in the Room (2019)

Birthday: Jul 29, 1957

Birthplace: Viernheim, Germany

German actor and musician Ulrich Tukur has had a long, illustrious career in theater and cinema. After studying language and history in both Germany and Boston, he shifted his focus to acting and, by the time he finished his studies, had earned his first film role, in the Nazi resistance drama "The White Rose." His subsequent work with famed theater director Peter Zadek gave his career a boost, and he continued to work extensively on both stage and film, earning the votes of German theater critics who named Tukur "actor of the year" in 1986. In addition to being a resident actor at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theater company and co-director of the Hamburger Kammerspiele theater, he has performed and toured as a musician. Most often this is with his jazz-influenced dance band, Ulrich Tukur and the Rhythmus Boys (Tukur sings and plays accordion and piano). Along with numerous roles in German films and television programs, Tukur achieved international notice as the conflicted surveillance officer in the Academy Award-winning "The Lives of Others." Other crossover appearances include an alarmed astronaut in Steven Soderbergh's remake of the science fiction epic "Solaris," the callous newsman in the mountain-climbing thriller "North Face," and the town baron in the Palme d'Or-winning "The White Ribbon."

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Highest-Rated Movies

92% 96% The Lives of Others Watchlist
88% 80% Séraphine
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87% 82% Earth
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85% 79% The White Ribbon
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84% 82% North Face
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80% 82% The Ax
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75% 74% John Rabe
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75% 71% In the Fade Watchlist
73% 73% Taking Sides
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67% 82% Amen
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Filmography

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It's Just a Phase, Honey 2021 Güldenberg Actor Adults in the Room 50% 83% 2019 Wolfgang Schäuble Actor In the Fade 75% 71% 2017 Jürgen Möller Actor Original Bliss 86% 2016 Eduard Gluck Actor Weekends in Normandy 2014 Ulrich Actor Week-ends 2013 Ulrich Actor Houston 40% 2013 Clemens Trunschka Actor Exit Marrakech 67% 2013 Father Actor Rommel 67% 2012 Erwin Rommel Actor Zettl 2012 Urs Doucier Actor When Pigs Have Wings 67% 2011 L'officier U.N. Actor Largo Winch II 34% 2011 Dwight Cochrane Actor The Day of the Cat 2010 Dr. Stotzer / Pfiff Actor Eichmann's End 2010 Willem Sassen Actor Kill Daddy Good Night 2009 Jonas Shtrom Actor Within the Whirlwind 55% 2009 Dr. Anton Walter Actor John Rabe 75% 74% 2009 John Rabe Actor The White Ribbon 85% 79% 2009 The Baron Actor Hand of the Headless Man 2009 Peter Actor North Face 84% 82% 2008 Henry Arau Actor Séraphine 88% 80% 2008 Wilhelm Uhde Actor Earth 87% 82% 2007 Narrator Runaway Horse 57% 2007 Klaus Buch Actor 42 Plus 2007 Georg Actor The Lives of Others 92% 96% 2006 Lt. Col. Anton Grubitz Actor
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