Jürgen Vogel Explained

Birth Name:Jürgen Peter Vogel
Birth Date:1968 4, df=y
Birth Place:Hamburg, West Germany
Occupation:Actor, producer
Yearsactive:1992–present
Spouse:Natalia Belitski
Children:6

Jürgen Peter Vogel (pronounced as /de/; born 29 April 1968 in Hamburg) is a German actor and producer.[1] One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in Little Sharks.[2]

Biography

Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day.[2] In 1985, he moved to Berlin, where he shared a flat with actor Richy Müller. He states that he was inspired by the movie Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro.

Vogel became famous with the movie Little Sharks (German: Kleine Haie) in 1992. He won the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille).

Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria (born 1988), from a previous relationship. He married Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, adopted her two sons and the couple had a daughter (born 1999). After their divorce, he had another son (born 2009) with assistant director Michelle Gornick. Vogel had his 6th child, a daughter (born 2019) with his fiancée, actress Natalia Belitski.

Awards

Selected filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1989 Pit MalekHans W. Geißendörfer
1990 EmilEgon Günther
1992Little Sharks Ingo HermannSönke Wortmann
CharlyTV film
1993Violence: The Last ResortMartinRainer KaufmannTV film
ArthurTV film
LallaTV film
Piet NickelTV film
1994ShamelessFreddieTV film
Andy DemskiTV film
AlbinUrs Odermatt
MaxRainer KaufmannTV film
1995The MedsLeoMatthias Glasner
Silent NightFrankDani Levy
1996Sexy SadieEdgarMatthias Glasner
1997Smilla's Sense of Snow Nils JakkelsenBille August
Life is All You GetJan NebelWolfgang Becker
BuddiesHenrikRoland Suso RichterTV film
Andreas MenzelBernd BöhlichTV film
The PharmacistLevin GraberRainer Kaufmann
1998Der PiratJanTV film
The Big MamboGregorMichael Gwisdek
Fat WorldHagen TrinkerJan Schütte
1999Ulrich RaffcykTV film
2000Das PhantomLeo KramerDennis GanselTV film
RudiRomuald Karmakar
Angry KissesFather Bachman
2001Emil and the Detectives Max GrundeisFranziska Buch
Erich Sass
2002Naked BorisDoris Dörrie
Nogo TomSabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl
JeskoChris Kraus
2003Mein Name ist BachFrederick the Great
Rosenstraße Arthur von EschenbachMargarethe von Trotta
Good Bye Lenin!(cameo) Wolfgang Becker
2005 Markus HansenLars Kraume
Barefoot janitorTil Schweiger
2006The Free Will Theo StoerMatthias Glasner
Emma's BlissMax
A Friend of Mine HansSebastian Schipper
Where Is Fred? AlexAnno Saul
2007Jonas BirkeMatti GeschonneckTV film
Israel HandsHansjörg ThurnTV film
Rabbit Without Earsas himselfTil Schweiger
2008The Wave Rainer WengerDennis Gansel
2009GravityVince Holland
12 WinterMike Roth[4]
This Is Love HolgerMatthias Glasner
2011Hotel Lux Siggi MeyerLeander Haußmann
2012MercyNielsMatthias Glasner
Bruno TheweleitMatti GeschonneckTV film
2013Siegfried von TennenUli EdelTV miniseries
Sources of LifeErich FreytagOskar Roehler
2014Tom LarsonTV film
StereoErik
Tour de Force
Wrecked Georg KiehlSönke Wortmann
2016Lennart BehrwaldtDror ZahaviTV film
2017Iceman

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990Tatort

Rendezvous

Daniel
1991Tatort

Blutwurstwalzer

Alex
1996Polizeiruf 110

Atze Pöhlein
2002Tatort

Flashback

Rudi Eltmann
2004Tatort

Der vierte Mann

Harry Wolter
2005Tatort

Roman Mielcke
2009–2011SchillerstraßeHimself35 episodes
2016

Jacky Herbst
2018The TeamGregor Weiss8 episodes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faine . Jon . Jurgen Vogel and Lorna Crozier and Sam Hamill – ABC Melbourne. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 6 May 2008 . 8 August 2012.
  2. Jürgen Vogel in "German Who is Who"
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0900915/awards "Jürgen Vogel at IMdB"
  4. News: Thomann. Jörg. de:Wer will fleißige Bankräuber sehen?. Who wants to see a hardworking bank robber?. de. 5 January 2009. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 16 December 2014. English translation of original by Google Translate found here.