Ulrich Noethen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1959 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
Biography
Ulrich Noethen (born Ulrich Schmid; * November 18, 1959, in Munich) is a German actor, radio drama performer, and audiobook narrator. He is considered one of Germany's most renowned film actors and gained widespread public recognition through his role in the feature film *Comedian Harmonists*. Noethen grew up as the youngest of five children in a pastor's family. After graduating from high school in Augsburg, he initially studied law before deciding to pursue acting; he subsequently completed his studies at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. He adopted the stage name "Noethen" from his grandmother's maiden name. His theater career began in the mid-1980s at the *Städtische Bühnen Freiburg* (Freiburg Municipal Theaters). Further engagements took him to venues such as the *Schauspiel Köln* (Cologne Playhouse) and the *Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin* (Berlin State Theaters), where he distinguished himself with roles in classics such as *Faust* and *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. He achieved his cinematic breakthrough in 1997 with the role of Harry Frommermann in *Comedian Harmonists*. For this performance, he received the German Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, as well as the Bavarian Film Award. Numerous other defining roles in film and television followed. Among his most well-known works are the family films *Das Sams*, *Bibi Blocksberg*, and *Das fliegende Klassenzimmer*. In *Der Untergang* (Downfall), he played Heinrich Himmler, while in *Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler* (My Führer – The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler), he offered a satirical interpretation of the same historical figure. Other significant productions include *Gripsholm*, *Ein fliehendes Pferd*, *Hannah Arendt*, and *Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank* (The Diary of Anne Frank), in which he portrayed Otto Frank. Since 2014, Noethen has starred as the psychiatrist Dr. Jessen in the crime series *Neben der Spur*. Additionally, he appeared as Ferdinand Sauerbruch in the historical drama series *Charité*. Noethen has received numerous awards and honors, including the *Goldene Kamera* (Golden Camera), the *Adolf-Grimme-Preis*, and multiple nominations for the German Film Award. He lives in Berlin-Charlottenburg and is in a relationship with the writer Alina Bronsky.
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Filmography
Das Sams in Gefahr
Movie
Love & Chaos
TV
Makellos - Eine kurze Welle des Glücks
Movie · as Anton Laux
Parallel Me
TV · as Thomas · 8 eps
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
TV · as Butler Mortimer · 6 eps
Josefa’s Return
Movie · as Norbert Blume
Wendland
TV · as Jakob Stiller · 5 eps
Ku'damm 63
TV · as Kurt Moser · 3 eps
Furia
TV · as Brehme · 8 eps
The Wasp
TV · as Nobbe Zosch · 6 eps
Louis van Beethoven
Movie · as Christian Gottlob Neefe
Unterleuten: The Torn Village
TV · as Dr. Gerhard Fließ · 3 eps
The German Lesson
Movie · as Jens Ole Jepsen
St. Louis
Movie · as Captain Gustav Schröder
Vienna Blood
TV · as Graf von Triebenbach · 1 ep
Ku'damm 59
TV · as Kurt Moser · 3 eps
54 Hours: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
TV · as Einsatzleiter Recklinghausen · 2 eps
Charité
TV · as Ferdinand Sauerbruch · 6 eps
Babylon Berlin
TV · as Dr. Edmund Forster · 8 eps
The General Case
Movie · as Fritz Bauer
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Otto Heinrich Frank
Departure
Movie · as Hillas Vater
NSU German History X
TV · as Helmut Roewer · 1 ep
Die Eisläuferin
Movie · as Helmuth Wendt
Neben der Spur
TV · as Dr. Johannes Jessen · 8 eps
Deutschland
TV · as General Wolfgang Edel · 8 eps
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Quizduell-Olymp
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
Movie · as Pettersson
Unexpected
Movie · as Bernd
My Husband, An Assassin
Movie · as Paul Frei
The Inventive Lady
Movie · as Gregor
Broken Glass Park
Movie · as Volker Trebur
Lesenswert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cracks in the Shell
Movie · as Kaspar Friedmann
Hannah Arendt
Movie · as Hans Jonas
A Coffee in Berlin
Movie · as Walter Fischer
Sams im Glück
Movie · as Bruno Taschenbier
Kennen Sie Ihren Liebhaber?
Movie · as Kai Stellmann
Eine Hand wäscht die Andere
Movie · as Chlodwig Pullmann
Zwei übern Berg
Movie · as Paul
Allerleirauh
Movie · as King Tobald
Moon Man
Movie · as The Father (voice)
The Invisible Girl
Movie · as Wilhelm Michel
Es ist nicht vorbei
Movie · as Prof. Wolfgang Limberg
Von Mäusen und Lügen
Movie · as Dr. Arnold 'Arnie' Fischer
Lügen haben linke Hände
Movie · as Max Timmermann
The Man with the Bassoon
TV · as Rudi Bockelmann · 2 eps
The Promise
TV · as Leo Rosenbaum · 4 eps
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
TV · as Ernst Lehmann · 2 eps
Henri 4
Movie · as Karl IX
Aghet
Movie · as Armin Wegner
Trau’ niemals deinem Chef
Movie · as Oskar Moedebeck
Rumpe und Tuli
Movie · as Therapeut
Meine Tochter und der Millionär
Movie · as Moritz von Wrede
Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist
Movie · as Tabor Süden
Kommissar Süden und das Geheimnis der Königin
Movie · as Tabor Süden
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
Movie · as Günter Hartmann
Ett enklare liv
Movie · as Peter Hoffman
Long Shadows
Movie · as Volker Widmer
Was wenn der Tod uns scheidet
Movie · as Joachim Hellwig
Ein starker Abgang
Movie · as Arzt 2
Marie Brand
TV · as Professor Jacobsen · 1 ep
Teufelsbraten
TV · as Vater · 2 eps
Mein Nachmittag
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Runaway Horse
Movie · as Helmut
My Führer
Movie · as Heinrich Himmler
Life Actually
Movie · as Roland Spatz
Silberhochzeit
Movie · as Leo
TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine
Movie · as Lehrer Herr Manek
Tsunami oder: Die Maximale Mitmenschlichkeit
Movie
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Kommissar Stolberg
TV · as Ralf Reger · 1 ep
Der Kriminalist
TV · as Ulli Grützke · 1 ep
3satBuchzeit
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ausgerechnet Weihnachten
Movie · as Carl
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Movie · as Self
Polly Blue Eyes
Movie · as Herbert Pinn
The Young Schiller
Movie · as Buchhändler Schwan
Die Patriarchin
TV · as Bent Peerson · 3 eps
Thadeusz
TV · as self · 1 ep
Die Luftbrücke
TV · as Alexander Kielberg · 2 eps
Downfall
Movie · as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
Off Beat
Movie · as Prof. Olivari
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Movie · as Bernhard Blocksberg
Mörderische Elite
Movie · as Klee
The Boxer and the Hairdresser
Movie · as Fränki Laue
Jargo
Movie · as Schuldirektor
Secret Stories
Movie · as Reiner
The Flying Classroom
Movie · as Dr. Johann 'Justus' Bökh
My Magical Friend Sams
Movie · as Bruno Taschenbier
Bibi Blocksberg
Movie · as Bernhard Blocksberg
I'm The Father
Movie · as Nico Ellermann
¿De qué lado estás?
Movie
The Red Jacket
Movie · as Vater
Under Suspicion
TV · as Max Wemmer · 1 ep
The Slurb
Movie · as Mr. Taschenbier
Heirate mir!
Movie · as Eugen Schafmeyer
Das Rätsel des blutroten Rubins
Movie · as Prof. Planitz
Vera Brühne
TV · as Oberstaatsanwalt Böck · 2 eps
Gripsholm
Movie · as Kurt
Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace
Movie · as Hans von Dohnanyi
Menschen der Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beresina
Movie · as Dr. Alfred Waldvogel
Jew-boy Levi
Movie · as Ingenieur Kohler
Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet
Movie · as Sven Arnhold
The Green Desert
Movie · as Detlef
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Movie · as Rablonski
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Busenfreunde 2 - Alles wird gut!
Movie · as Bernhard
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
TV · 1 ep
Siska
TV · as Albert Branner, Erwin Schöller · 1 ep
The Harmonists
Movie · as Harry Frommermann
Busenfreunde
Movie · as Bernhard Kroll
Mein ist die Rache
Movie · as Girres
The Scorpion
Movie · as Arno Jürging
The Deep End
Movie · as Steffen
Lautlose Schritte
Movie · as Henry Stöver
Der Parkhausmörder
Movie · as Jochen Stein
Sperling
TV · as Herr Krause · 1 ep
Die Partner
TV · as Martin Zobel · 26 eps
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV · as Frank Kleinert · 1 ep
Zwei Brüder
TV · as Ludwig Hellmann · 1 ep
Rosa Roth
TV · as Ralf Vorburg · 1 ep
Stadtklinik
TV · as Robert Wasser · 1 ep
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blauer Panther
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eurocops
TV · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Case For Two
TV · as Dr. Jürgen Mattes · 1 ep
Bavarian Film Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Old Fox
TV · as Prof. Simon Holter · 1 ep
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Alexander Beck · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Dr. Zimmer, Nat Dorsey, Hans Wolff, Staatsanwalt Jörg Reinhardt · 1 ep
Grimme Award
TV · as Self · 2 eps
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep