Armin Mueller-Stahl stars as Cardinal Strauss in Ron Howards' "Angels & Demons" (2009).
For his performance in Scott Hicks's "Shine," Armin Mueller-Stahl was an Academy Award nominee as well as (with his fellow actors from the film) a Screen Actors Guild Award nominee.
Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, and raised in East Berlin. He is an actor, musician, painter, writer, and director. Following his studies, he made his theatrical debut in 1952, performing in classical plays at
Berlin's Volksbühne. He then began working in television and film, making his screen debut in Gustav von Wangenheim's "Heimliche Ehen."
He starred in several features for Frank Beyer, among them "Jacob the Liar" (1975), "Five Cartridges," and "Royal Children"; and earned critical acclaim for his portrayals in Egon Günther's "The Third" and Roland Gräf's "The Flight."
After moving to West Berlin in 1979, Mueller-Stahl starred for Rainer Werner Fassbinder in "Lola" and "Veronika Voss"; in Niklaus Schilling's "Der Westen leuchtet"; and won the Best Actor Award at the 1985 Montréal World Film Festival for his work in Agnieszka Holland's "Angry Harvest."
His many other films include Patrice Chéreau's "L'Homme blessé"; István Szabó's "Colonel Redl"; Costa-Gavras's "Music Box"; Barry Levinson's "Avalon"; George Sluizer's "Utz," for which he was named Best Actor at the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival; Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth"; Steven Soderbergh's "Kafka"; Rob Bowman's "The X Files"; Peter Kassovitz' "Jakob the Liar" (1999); Agnieszka Holland's "The Third Miracle"; "Conversation with the Beast," which he directed, co-wrote, and starred in as Adolf Hitler. He most recently starred in "The International," in which he reunited with "Eastern Promises" leading lady Naomi Watts.
Mueller-Stahl has published "Drehtage" (1991), a reflection of his life and work; "Verordneter Sonntag" (1983); "Unterwegs nach Hause" (1996); "In Gedanken an Marie Louise" (1998); the short story "Hannah" (2004); the novella "Venice" (2005), containing diary entries and sketches; "Kettenkarussell" (2006); "Armin Mueller-Stahl Portraits: Painting and Drawing" (2006), and many more collections of works containing paintings, lithographs and sketches.
At the 2007 Lolas, Germany's equivalent of the Oscars, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
For his performance in Scott Hicks's "Shine," Armin Mueller-Stahl was an Academy Award nominee as well as (with his fellow actors from the film) a Screen Actors Guild Award nominee.
Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, and raised in East Berlin. He is an actor, musician, painter, writer, and director. Following his studies, he made his theatrical debut in 1952, performing in classical plays at
Armin Mueller-Stahl in "The International" (2009)
Armin Mueller-Stahl in "The International" (2009) - © Columbia Pictures
He starred in several features for Frank Beyer, among them "Jacob the Liar" (1975), "Five Cartridges," and "Royal Children"; and earned critical acclaim for his portrayals in Egon Günther's "The Third" and Roland Gräf's "The Flight."
After moving to West Berlin in 1979, Mueller-Stahl starred for Rainer Werner Fassbinder in "Lola" and "Veronika Voss"; in Niklaus Schilling's "Der Westen leuchtet"; and won the Best Actor Award at the 1985 Montréal World Film Festival for his work in Agnieszka Holland's "Angry Harvest."
His many other films include Patrice Chéreau's "L'Homme blessé"; István Szabó's "Colonel Redl"; Costa-Gavras's "Music Box"; Barry Levinson's "Avalon"; George Sluizer's "Utz," for which he was named Best Actor at the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival; Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth"; Steven Soderbergh's "Kafka"; Rob Bowman's "The X Files"; Peter Kassovitz' "Jakob the Liar" (1999); Agnieszka Holland's "The Third Miracle"; "Conversation with the Beast," which he directed, co-wrote, and starred in as Adolf Hitler. He most recently starred in "The International," in which he reunited with "Eastern Promises" leading lady Naomi Watts.
Mueller-Stahl has published "Drehtage" (1991), a reflection of his life and work; "Verordneter Sonntag" (1983); "Unterwegs nach Hause" (1996); "In Gedanken an Marie Louise" (1998); the short story "Hannah" (2004); the novella "Venice" (2005), containing diary entries and sketches; "Kettenkarussell" (2006); "Armin Mueller-Stahl Portraits: Painting and Drawing" (2006), and many more collections of works containing paintings, lithographs and sketches.
At the 2007 Lolas, Germany's equivalent of the Oscars, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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