Thomas Limpinsel Explained

Thomas Limpinsel
Birth Place:Essen, West Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1992–present
Known For:Downfall
Height M:1.85

Thomas Limpinsel (born 1965) is a German actor, known best for his role as Heinz Linge in Downfall.

Life

Thomas Limpinsel studied acting in 1987 at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.[1] [2] After his studies, he was initially engaged at the Lower Saxony State Theatre, had a guest engagement at the Stadttheater Hildesheim and in 1993 followed the director Eberhard Witt to the Bayerische Staatsschauspiel München, where he worked until 1997.[3]

Since 1997, Limpinsel worked as a freelance Schauspieler and had guest engagements at the Bavarian State Theatre, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Burgtheater in Vienna, the Salzburg Festival, as well as the Komischen Oper, and the Renaissancetheater, along with the Schlossparktheater in Berlin.

Along with his theatre work, Thomas Limpinsel is present in many film and TV productions. This includes his role as Heinz Linge, the valet for Adolf Hitler, in the Oscar-nominated Bernd Eichinger film Downfall, die Sat1 Comedy Paare (which got nominated for an Emmy), the TV series Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht, the 2012 TV film Rommel, and in many episodes of the crime series Tatort.[4]

Thomas Limpinsel speaks German along with fluent English and French.

Selected filmography

Theatre

References

  1. Web site: Thomas Limpinsel – Management Goldschmidt – Renate Landkammer. www.management-goldschmidt.de. 29 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Thomas Limpinsel – Theater Osnabrück. 19 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319090057/http://www.theater-osnabrueck.de/ensemble/schauspiel/thomas-limpinsel.html. 29 May 2020. 19 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Renaissance Theater – Thomas Limpinsel. www.renaissance-theater.de. 29 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Thomas Limpinsel – Sänger (Gast) – Staatsoper im Schiller Theater Berlin. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105705/http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de_DE/person/thomas-limpinsel.69470. 29 May 2020. 24 September 2015.

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