Alexander Held
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 19, 1958
- Died
- May 12, 2026 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
Biography
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
Geheimkommando Familie
Movie · as Klaus Gremme
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
Movie · as Tadeusz von Breska
Genial oder Daneben?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Unterleuten: The Torn Village
TV · as Meiler · 3 eps
Attempted Murder
TV · as Thomas Rautenbach · 2 eps
Maria Mafiosi
Movie · as Jürgen Moosandl
My Blind Date with Life
Movie · as Fried
A Minute’s Silence
Movie · as Rektor Block
Sanctuary
Movie · as Hausvater Brockmann
Unverschämtes Glück
Movie · as Harry Hindenach
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
Movie · as Janis Kortschak
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Movie · as Bruno
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Line of Separation
TV · as Franz Schober · 6 eps
Public Enemies
Movie · as Siegfried Buback
Burning Souls
Movie · as Weihbischof Förner
Der Prediger
Movie · as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
München Mord
TV · as Ludwig Schaller · 33 eps
Im Netz
Movie · as Brinkmann
The Girl with Nine Wigs
Movie · as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
Alaska Johansson
Movie · as E. L. Johansson
Schon wieder Henriette
Movie · as Hartmut Ille
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
Movie · as Tom Brandauer
Der große Schwindel
Movie · as Dr. Blamberger
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
Movie · as Christian Fenn
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
Movie · as Mr. Truckenbrot
Alleingang
Movie · as Josef Zuckmaier
Trau niemals deiner Frau
Movie · as Arnold Ettmayr
Die Chefin
TV · as Karl-Walter von Stetten, Wilfried Koch · 1 ep
Letzte Spur Berlin
TV · as Brigadegeneral Werner Opitz · 1 ep
4 Days in May
Movie · as Oberstleutnant
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
Movie · as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
Movie · as Georg Ametsrieder
Nanga Parbat
Movie · as Dr. Franz Burda
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Movie · as Valerius (age 75)
Gier
TV · as Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Sasse · 2 eps
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
TV · 2 eps
Between Today and Tomorrow
Movie · as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Crash Point: Berlin
Movie · as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Genug ist nicht genug
Movie · as Landrat Wieshuber
Pope Joan
Movie · as King Lothar
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Movie · as Abt Kuno
Flemming
TV · as Dr. Arnulf Rand · 1 ep
Baltic Crime Watch
TV · as Karl Hidde · 28 eps
Vom Reich zur Republik
TV · as Kurt von Schleicher · 10 eps
Schnell ermittelt
TV · as Roland Anwatter · 1 ep
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Movie · as Alois Kugler
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
Movie · as Stadlhuber
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Movie · as Siegfried Buback
The Wave
Movie · as Tim's Vater
Zur Sache, Lena!
Movie · as Staber
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
Movie · as Josef Kolb
Die Anwälte
TV · as Lothar Franzen · 8 eps
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
TV · as Viktor Toller · 1 ep
Markus Lanz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
M/S Gustloff
TV · as Escher · 2 eps
Life Actually
Movie · as Vater Krüger
Ich wollte nicht töten
Movie · as Martin Kehl
Bezaubernde Marie
Movie · as Dr. Hans Weber
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
Movie · as Hubertus Müller
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
TV · as Bernd Zeisinger, Johann Mantler · 1 ep
Afrika, mon amour
TV · as Heinrich von Strahlberg · 3 eps
Wholetrain
Movie · as Polizist Steinbauer
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
Movie · as Niklas Rüders
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
Movie · as Leopold Mozart
Kommissar Stolberg
TV · as Dr. Uwe Falk, Dr. Klaus Reinhardt · 1 ep
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Movie · as Robert Mohr
In einem anderen Leben
Movie · as Hauptfeldwebel
Emilia – Familienbande
Movie · as Hubert Seilinger
Der Staatsanwalt
TV · as Kai Middeldorf · 1 ep
Vienna Crime Squad
TV · as Jakob Bauer, Anton Bahr · 1 ep
Downfall
Movie · as Walter Hewel
Before the Fall
Movie · as Friedrich's Father
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
Movie · as Dr. Lehner
Im Tal des Schweigens
Movie · as Stadlhuber
Zwei am großen See
TV · as Rupert Vorreiter · 5 eps
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
TV · as Lothar Frick · 1 ep
SOKO Wismar
TV · as Prof. Dr. Nick Kahlow · 1 ep
Getting a Life
Movie
Treibjagd
Movie · as Schreinereibesitzer
Strange Gardens
Movie · as SS officer
Kommissarin Lucas
TV · as Joseph Kürten, Richter Huber · 1 ep
Pfarrer Braun
TV · as Joseph Köpplinger · 1 ep
Nachtschicht
TV · as Justizvollzugsbeamter Vierlande, Boris Quante · 1 ep
SOKO Köln
TV · as Harald Pützer · 1 ep
Die Sitte
TV · as Werner Jacobi · 1 ep
Leo & Claire
Movie · as Gauleiter
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
Movie · as Roderick van Hof
Bibi Blocksberg
Movie · as Dr. Buttcock
Friends of Friends
Movie · as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Movie · as Vincenzo Bracconi
For Heaven's Sake
TV · as Philipp Diebold · 1 ep
Das Duo
TV · as Pathologe Holzmann · 1 ep
Under Suspicion
TV · as Robert Mertens, Dr. Robert Mertens, Dr. Mertens · 1 ep
Die Rosenheim-Cops
TV · as Sebastian Huter · 1 ep
Romeo
Movie · as Robert
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
Movie · as Max Loibl
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
Movie
Manitou's Shoe
Movie · as Karl May
Der Ermittler
TV · as Edmund Strehle · 1 ep
Sommer und Bolten: Gute Ärzte, keine Engel
TV · as Nischke · 1 ep
Murder in the Mountains
TV · as Bernd Stuchlik, Jakob Zech, Franz Wegener, Dr. Robert Simma · 1 ep
Leipzig Homicide
TV · as Ferdinand Hauser · 1 ep
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
Movie · as Schlutz
Anatomy
Movie · as Polizist
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
Movie · as Kommissar Falkowski
Donna Leon
TV · as Marcello Filippi · 1 ep
Abendschau
TV · as self · 1 ep
OA jagt Oberärztin
Movie
Die Spesenritter
Movie
Schwarzes Blut
Movie · as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Todesengel
Movie · as Dr. Henning
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
Movie
Heimlicher Tanz
Movie · as Frank Baumann
Amor – Todesspiel aus Liebe
Movie · as Peter Bohlmann
SK Kölsch
TV · as Jürgen Honig · 1 ep
Wilder Kaiser
TV · as Hans Lindemair · 1 ep
Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
TV · as Franz · 1 ep
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
TV · as Hans Breitner · 1 ep
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
TV · as Bert Nitschke · 1 ep
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Movie · as 2. Jungbauer
Mali
Movie · as Simmerl
Die Musterknaben
Movie · as Wempe
Mali
TV · as Simmerl · 2 eps
Deathline
Movie · as Inspector
Alle haben geschwiegen
Movie · as Staatsanwalt
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Movie · as Philipp Spieker
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV · as Alexander 'Zar' Millberg · 1 ep
Sau sticht
Movie
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
TV · as Werner Hofstetter · 1 ep
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV · as Kurt Rückert · 1 ep
Zwei Brüder
TV · 1 ep
Doppelter Einsatz
TV · as Wolfgang Hartmann · 1 ep
Ein starkes Team
TV · as Hans Zoche · 1 ep
Ärzte
TV · 1 ep
Faust
TV · as Lothar Kruse · 1 ep
Rosa Roth
TV · as Dr. Jakob Robran · 1 ep
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
TV · as Waldemar Schickinger · 1 ep
Schindler's List
Movie · as SS Bureaucrat
Bella Block
TV · as Dr. Klaus Rückert · 1 ep
Morlock
TV · as Dr. Hagenberg · 1 ep
Wolffs Revier
TV · as Alfred Hammer · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Blauer Panther
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Anwalt Abel
TV · as Trost · 1 ep
Der Fahnder
TV · as Mackenrath · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Weißblaue Geschichten
TV · 1 ep
A Case For Two
TV · as Arndt von Mayenberg, Jürgen Engel · 1 ep
Das Traumschiff
TV · as Stefan Arndt · 1 ep
SOKO München
TV · as Alfons Küfner, Max Lüdersdorf · 1 ep
The Old Fox
TV · as Hans Litz, Ralf Lenhard, Herbert Stiegl, Oswald Stengele · 1 ep
Kölner Treff
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Derrick
TV · as Georg · 1 ep
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Palm, Melzer · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Leo Biller, Brandner, Alexander Bosco, Maurer, Carsten Geyer, Winfried Poller, Heinz Schneider, Frieder Lott, Jochen Reuter, Peter Bachinger · 1 ep