Mathieu Carrière Explained

Mathieu Carrière
Birth Date:	2 August 1950
Birth Place:	Hanover, West Germany
Yearsactive:	1964–present
Relatives:	Mareike Carrière (sister) Till Carrière (brother)
Children:	Alice Carrière, Elena Carrière
Parents:	Bern Carrière

Mathieu Carrière (in German maˈtjø kaˈʁjɛʁ/; born 2 August 1950) is a German stage and screen actor with strong French connections. He has appeared in around 250 films worldwide and in 4000 hours of television. Carrière is also a director and a writer and is known as an advocate for the rights of fathers.

Life

Carrière was born near Hanover of two psychotherapists and grew up in Berlin and Lübeck. He attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's first major film, Volker Schlöndorff. In 1969, Carrière moved to Paris to study philosophy with the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and continue his acting.

In 1983, he married the American artist Jennifer Bartlett with whom he had a daughter, Alice Carrière, the author of the Spiegel & Grau memoir Everything/Nothing/Someone that recounts the author's challenging life in their household.^[1] ^[2] They divorced in the early 1990s. He lives in Hamburg and Paris.His sister Mareike Carrière was also an actress.

Career

After playing the young Tonio at the age of 13 in Rolf Thiele's 1964 film Tonio Kröger; he next played a main part in the 1966 German movie Der junge Törless (Young Törless). Other film roles include major appearances in Andrzej Wajda's Gates to Paradise (1967), Harry Kümel's Malpertius (1971) and Roger Vadim's Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973). Carrière has performed on film with Orson Welles in Malpertius (1971), Brigitte Bardot in Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973), Romy Schneider in The Sanssouci Walker (1982) and Isabelle Huppert in Malina (1991).

In 1980, Carrière was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Selected filmography

Tonio Kröger (1964), as Tonio Kröger as a Boy
Young Törless (1966), as Thomas Törless
Gates to Paradise (1968), as Alexis Melissen
(1969), as Lorenzo
(1970), as Carl-Stéphane Kursdedt
(1971), as Karl
Rendezvous at Bray (1971), as Julien Eschenbach
Malpertuis (1971), as Jan
Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971), as Franz Eckerman
Bluebeard (1972), as The Violinist
Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973), as Paul
There's No Smoke Without Fire (1973), as Ulrich Berl
Der Kommissar

Sonderbare Vorfälle im Hause von Professor S. (1973, TV series episode), as Alfred Steger

Giordano Bruno (1973), as Orsini
Charlotte (1974), as Eric von Schellenberg
Serious as Pleasure (1975), as a young man (uncredited)
Isabelle and Lust (1975), as Luc
Parapsycho – Spectrum of Fear (1975)
India Song (1975), as L'attaché d'ambassade allemand
Vortex (1976), as Tauling
Naked Massacre (1976), as Cain Adamson
Police Python 357 (1976), as L'inspecteur Ménard
Le Jeu du solitaire (1976), as Guy
Derrick

Das Bordfest (1976, TV series episode), as Walter Solms

(1976), as Partner
Coup de Grâce (1976), as Volkmar
Le Jeune Homme et le Lion (1976, TV film), as Roland
Bilitis (1977), as Nikias
The Indians Are Still Far Away (1977), as Matthias
(1978, TV series, 13 episodes), as Karl Siebrecht
Pareil pas pareil (1978), as Ludwig II of Bavaria
Derrick

Der L-Faktor (1979, TV series episode), as Heinz Bruhn

(1979)
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979), as German Soldier
The Associate (1979), as Louis
(1979)
Beware of Pity (1979, TV film), as Lt. Anton Hofmiller
Justocoeur (1980), as Doctor
Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung (1980), as Egon Schiele
The Aviator's Wife (1981), as Christian
Derrick

Eine ganz alte Geschichte (1981, TV series episode), as Arne Reuter

Anima – Symphonie phantastique (1981), as Bachelor
Dantons Tod (1981, TV film), as Saint-Just
(1981, TV film), as Psychiater
Die Laurents (1981, TV series), as Frédéric Laurent
La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982), as Ruppert von Leggaert / Federico Logo
The Old Fox

Der Tote im Wagen (1983, TV series episode), as John Malven

A Woman in Flames (1983), as Chris
Benvenuta (1983), as François
The Old Fox

Perfektes Geständnis (1984, TV series episode), as Jochen Holmer

(1984), as Obersturmführer Knoch
The Bay Boy (1984), as Father Chaisson
(1984), as Thomas Schmidt
Matt in 13 Zügen (1984, TV series), as Claus Korff
Le Dernier Civil (1984, TV film), as Lt. Träger
The Future of Emily (1984), as Friedrich (voice)
Yerma (1984), as Víctor
Abschied in Berlin (1985), as Fischhändler
L'Amour en douce (1985), as Carl
(1985), as Reiter
Beethoven's Nephew (1985), as Archduke Rudolf
(1985), as von Bleicher
Spenser

When Silence Speaks (1986, TV series episode), as du Pré

Terminus (1987), as Doctor (voice)
(1987), as Eduard Strauss
Love Rites (1987), as Hugo Arnold
Derrick

Mordträume (1988, TV series episode), as Max Binder

The Abyss (1988), as Pierre de Hamaere
Sanguines (1988), as Johann
El placer de matar (1988), as Andrés
Francesco (1989), as Man in the Lateran Palace (uncredited)
Fool's Mate (1989, also directed)
Quantum Leap

Honeymoon Express (1989, TV series episode), as Roget

Una ombra en el jardí (1989), as Luis
The Betrothed (1989, TV miniseries), as Count Attilio
Rock Hudson (1990, TV film), as French Doctor
(1990), as Oskar
Hungarian Requiem (1990), as Örnagy
Aschenglut (1990)
Malina (1991), as Malina
Success (1991), as Erich Bornhaak
Manila (1991), as Carlos
Cómo levantar 1000 kilos (1991), as Schneider
Shining Through (1992), as Von Haefler
(1992), as King John
Un placer indescriptible (1992), as Vivaldi
Die Zeit danach (1992)
Schloß Hohenstein (1992–1995, TV series, 13 episodes), as Count Gregor von Hohenstein
Böses Blut (1993, TV film), as Werner Westfal
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