Jürgen Vogel

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Jürgen Peter Vogel (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈpeːtɐ ˈfoːɡl̩]; born 29 April 1968 in Hamburg) is a German actor and producer.[1] One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in Little Sharks.[2]

Jürgen Vogel
Vogel in 2012
Born
Jürgen Peter Vogel

(1968-04-29) 29 April 1968 (age 56)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1992–present
SpouseNatalia Belitski
Children6

Biography

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Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day.[2] In 1985, he moved to Berlin, where he shared a flat with actor Richy Müller. He states that he was inspired by the movie Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro.

Vogel became famous with the movie Little Sharks (German: Kleine Haie) in 1992. He won the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille).

Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria (born 1988), from a previous relationship. He married Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, adopted her two sons and the couple had a daughter (born 1999). After their divorce, he had another son (born 2009) with assistant director Michelle Gornick. Vogel had his 6th child, a daughter (born 2019) with his fiancée, actress Natalia Belitski.

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Selected filmography

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Vogel (right) in Polizeiruf 110: Kleine Dealer, große Träume (1996)

Films

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1989 Boomerang Boomerang [de] Pit Malek Hans W. Geißendörfer
1990 Rosamunde [de] Emil Egon Günther
1992 Little Sharks Ingo Hermann Sönke Wortmann
Blame It on the Bossa Nova [de] Charly Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
1993 Violence: The Last Resort Martin Rainer Kaufmann TV film
Durst [de] Arthur Martin Weinhart [de] TV film
Soccer Love [de] Lalla Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
Polski Crash [pl] Piet Nickel Kaspar Heidelbach [de] TV film
1994 Shameless Freddie Horst Johann Sczerba [de] TV film
Angst [de] Andy Demski Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
Constable Zumbühl [de] Albin Urs Odermatt
The Little Innocent [de] Max Rainer Kaufmann TV film
1995 The Meds Leo Matthias Glasner
Silent Night Frank Dani Levy
1996 Sexy Sadie Edgar Matthias Glasner
1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow Nils Jakkelsen Bille August
Life is All You Get Jan Nebel Wolfgang Becker
Buddies Henrik Roland Suso Richter TV film
Child Murder [de] Andreas Menzel Bernd Böhlich TV film
The Pharmacist Levin Graber Rainer Kaufmann
1998 Der Pirat Jan Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
The Big Mambo Gregor Michael Gwisdek
Fat World Hagen Trinker Jan Schütte
1999 A Big Job [de] Ulrich Raffcyk Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
2000 Das Phantom Leo Kramer Dennis Gansel TV film
Manila [de] Rudi Romuald Karmakar
Angry Kisses Father Bachman Judith Kennel [de]
2001 Emil and the Detectives Max Grundeis Franziska Buch
Sass [de] Erich Sass Carlo Rola [de]
2002 Naked Boris Doris Dörrie
Nogo Tom Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl
Shattered Glass [de] Jesko Chris Kraus
2003 Mein Name ist Bach Frederick the Great Dominique de Rivaz [fr]
Rosenstraße Arthur von Eschenbach Margarethe von Trotta
Good Bye Lenin! (cameo) Wolfgang Becker
2005 No Songs of Love [de] Markus Hansen Lars Kraume
Barefoot janitor Til Schweiger
2006 The Free Will Theo Stoer Matthias Glasner
Emma's Bliss Max Sven Taddicken [de]
A Friend of Mine Hans Sebastian Schipper
Where Is Fred? Alex Anno Saul
2007 Duel at Night [de] Jonas Birke Matti Geschonneck TV film
Treasure Island [de] Israel Hands Hansjörg Thurn TV film
Rabbit Without Ears as himself Til Schweiger
2008 The Wave Rainer Wenger Dennis Gansel
2009 Gravity Vince Holland Maximilian Erlenwein [de]
12 Winter Mike Roth[4] Thomas Stiller [de]
This Is Love Holger Matthias Glasner
2011 Hotel Lux Siggi Meyer Leander Haußmann
2012 Mercy Niels Matthias Glasner
Death of a Cop [de] Bruno Theweleit Matti Geschonneck TV film
2013 Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga [de] Siegfried von Tennen Uli Edel TV miniseries
Sources of Life Erich Freytag Oskar Roehler
2014 High Tide Is Dead on Time [de] Tom Larson Thomas Berger [de] TV film
Stereo Erik Maximilian Erlenwein [de]
Tour de Force
Wrecked Georg Kiehl Sönke Wortmann
2016 Family! [de] Lennart Behrwaldt Dror Zahavi TV film
2017 Iceman

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Tatort: Rendezvous Daniel
1991 Tatort: Blutwurstwalzer Alex
1996 Polizeiruf 110: Kleine Dealer, große Träume [de] Atze Pöhlein
2002 Tatort: Flashback Rudi Eltmann
2004 Tatort: Der vierte Mann Harry Wolter
2005 Tatort: Wo ist Max Gravert? [de] Roman Mielcke
2009–2011 Schillerstraße Himself 35 episodes
2016 Nachtschicht [de]: Ladies First [de] Jacky Herbst
2018 The Team Gregor Weiss 8 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Faine, Jon (6 May 2008). "Jurgen Vogel and Lorna Crozier and Sam Hamill – ABC Melbourne". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Jürgen Vogel in "German Who is Who"
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Jürgen Vogel at IMdB"
  4. ^ Thomann, Jörg (5 January 2009). "de:Wer will fleißige Bankräuber sehen?" [Who wants to see a hardworking bank robber?]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014 – via English translation of original by Google Translate found here. {{cite news}}: External link in |via= (help)
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