Rufus Beck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Worms, Germany
Biography
Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014). In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre. In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 1991 with G.E. Lessing's *Miss Sara Sampson*. In 1994, he toured Germany with Peter Maffay's *Tabaluga*. Beck's breakthrough in film came in 1994 with Sönke Wortmann's *The Most Desired Man*, for which he received a Bambi Award for his role as Waltraut. In 1999, he was nominated for the German Film Award for *Jimmy the Kid*. He has appeared in more than 70 television and 14 feature films (as of 2018). In the children's film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* (2003), he played the role of "Coach Willi." He reprised this role in *The Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives!* (2016). Rufus Beck is the narrator and producer of more than 200 audiobooks, including the Harry Potter novels. He gives each of the many characters a distinct voice, employing various dialects and accents. His audiobooks have received numerous awards. During the 2006 and 2007 festival seasons, Beck played Mephisto in Goethe's *Faust* at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. Under the artistic direction of Dieter Wedel, he played Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in Jehoschua Sobol's *The Story of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Called Jud Süß* at the 2011 Worms Nibelungen Festival. In 2004, he directed the dance spectacular for the world tour of *Night of the Sultans – Pandora's Legend* in Istanbul. In 2003, 2012, and 2016, he was responsible for directing, writing, and playing the magician and the beetle in the musical Tabaluga. Rufus Beck wrote several stage adaptations for his own shows. In 2006, he published the anthology *Stories for Us Children*. His non-fiction book *Children Love Fairy Tales and Discover Values* was published in 2007. He appeared with his son Jonathan Beck in the film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* and toured with him in 2014/15 with the play *Zorn*. Jonathan Beck also played the role of 0815 in his father's Tabaluga productions in 2012 and 2016 and was also his assistant director. Since 2018, he has starred in the television series *Deutsch-Les-Landes*. His daughters Sarah Beck and Natalie Spinell also work as actors. Rufus Beck lives in Munich.
Known For
Filmography
Cloud Study
Movie · as Hanni
An Impossible Wedding
Movie · as Freddi
Der bewegte Mann – Reloaded
Movie · as Waltraud
Geheimsache Kopernikus
Movie · as Kopernikus
Reschke Fernsehen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tabaluga
Movie · as Kolk (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
Movie
Deutsch-Les-Landes
TV · as Gerhard Jäger · 10 eps
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
Movie · as Magier & Glückskäfer
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
Movie
Children Of The Wild
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
Movie · as Willi
King Laurin
Movie · as König Dietrich
Emerald Green
Movie · as Xemerius (voice)
Blütenträume
Movie · as Ulf
Zwei allein
Movie · as Linus Gobert
Sapphire Blue
Movie · as Xemerius (voice)
München Mord
TV · as Oliver Papst · 1 ep
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
Movie · as Andreas von Weissenfels
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
Movie · as Magier
Die Sterntaler
Movie · as Caspar
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Movie
Klick ins Herz
Movie · as Alexander Randow
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
Movie · as Kakapo (voice)
SOKO Stuttgart
TV · as Felix Zink · 1 ep
The Meerkats
Movie · as Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
TV · as Sergio Spinosa · 1 ep
The Visible and the Invisible
Movie · as Leo Barnstein
Hamburg Dockland
TV · as Markus Herold · 1 ep
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
TV · as Self · 2 eps
0511 TV Lokal
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Movie · as Petrosilius Zwackelmann
Tabaluga und Lilli
Movie · as Magier
Going Public
Movie · as Bruno
Germanikus
Movie · as Prefect
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Movie · as Maribor (voice)
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
Movie · as Magier
München 7
TV · as Erich Schlicker · 1 ep
Inga Lindström
TV · as Herzog Anders von Köping, Marvin Blom · 1 ep
The Wild Soccer Bunch
Movie · as Willi
Hamlet_X
Movie · as Insurance Salesman
Es wird etwas geschehen
Movie · as Benno
SOKO Köln
TV · as Thomas Lambrecht · 1 ep
ZIBB
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bibi Blocksberg
Movie · as Maribor (voice)
Gangster
Movie · as Kevin
Inspektor Rolle
TV · as Inspektor Rolle · 5 eps
Edel & Starck
TV · as Britz · 1 ep
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Emil and the Detectives
Movie · as Hotelportier
Brazilero
Movie · as Alex
Drehkreuz Airport
TV · 1 ep
Hart aber fair
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kiss Me, Frog
Movie · as Hofzauberer Gorm
Frauen lügen besser
Movie · as Markus Kopf
Der Preis der Schönheit
Movie · as Guido Sprüngli
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
Movie · as Dieter Barth
Jimmy the Kid
Movie · as Kelp
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
TV · as Kurt Bojarski · 1 ep
Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Vorübergehend verstorben
Movie · as Schubert
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
Movie · as Guido Sprüngli
Der letzte Zeuge
TV · as Tom Burkhardt · 1 ep
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
TV · as Marcel Dante · 1 ep
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
Movie · as Einbrecher Paul Paul
Die rote Waschmaschine
Movie
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tietjen und Bommes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Movie · as Peter Hackmann
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
Movie · as Nikolaus
Ein tödliches Vergehen
Movie · as David
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Movie · as Dr. Carlo van Rees
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
TV · as Günter Dorn · 1 ep
Tigerenten Club
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Im Innern des Bernsteins
Movie · as Thomas Kast
Heimliche Zeugen
Movie · as Peter Dähnert
Die Straßen von Berlin
TV · as Waldemar 'Waldi' Schmitz · 1 ep
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Versteckte Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maybe... Maybe Not
Movie · as Waltraud
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
Movie · as Franz
Tödliche Dienstreise
Movie · as Ali
Der König
TV · 1 ep
Mr. Bluesman
Movie · as Lentz
Alarm auf Station 2
Movie · as Dr. Hartenstein
RTL Samstag Nacht
TV · 2 eps
Little Sharks
Movie · as Woyczek
Der Bergdoktor
TV · as Guido Mooslechner · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Self · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Café Meineid
TV · as Ralf Hagedorn · 1 ep
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
TV · as himself · 1 ep
Peter Strohm
TV · as Tommy Schneider · 1 ep
Blauer Panther
TV · as Self - Moderator · 1 ep
Liebling Kreuzberg
TV · 1 ep
Das Traumschiff
TV · as Magnus Tennstett, Paul Gassner · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
SOKO München
TV · as Kühn, Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sundt · 1 ep
The Old Fox
TV · as Erich Kapuste · 1 ep
Derrick
TV · as Manfred Georg, Benno Hauke · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Mickey, Gereon, Stefan Stoll, Alex, Udo Retzlaff, Johannes Anders · 1 ep
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep