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Armin Mueller-Stahl in "The International" (2009)
Armin Mueller-Stahl in "The International" (2009) - © Columbia Pictures
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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.

Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, and raised in East Berlin. Armin Mueller-Stahl is an actor, musician, painter, writer, and director. Following his studies, Armin Mueller-Stahl made his theatrical debut in 1952, performing in classical plays at Berlin's Volksbühne. Armin Mueller-Stahl then began working in television and film, making his screen debut in Gustav von Wangenheim's "Heimliche Ehen."

Armin Mueller-Stahl 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, Armin 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."

Armin Mueller-Stahl's 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. Armin Mueller-Stahl most recently starred in "The International," in which he reunited with "Eastern Promises" leading lady Naomi Watts.

Armin 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, Armin Mueller-Stahl was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.






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Age: 78 years old
Birthday: December 17, 1930
Height: 6' 0"
Birthplace: Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Russia)
Wife: Gabriele Scholz
 
 
 
 
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