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 Brühl at the 2002 Biberach Film Festival |
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| Birth name | Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo |
| Born | June 16 1978  Barcelona, Spain |
Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (listen ; born June 16, 1978) is a German actor.
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Biography
Personal life
Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain, the son of German stage director Hanno Brühl and a Catalan professor mother. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up. He was raised in a fully bilingual home, and so speaks both German and Spanish fluently as well as Catalan. Brühl recently separated from his long-time girlfriend, actress Jessica Schwarz, to whom he was engaged.
Career
Brühl began acting at a young age, and made his international breakthrough role in 2003 as Alex Kerner in the Golden Globe-nominated film Good Bye Lenin!, which reached an estimated six million cinema-goers world-wide. In 2003, Brühl won the European Film Academy award trophies for Best Actor (Critics/Audience Awards) for the role. Brühl made his English-speaking film debut in 2004's Ladies in Lavender, starring alongside British acting legends Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. The same year, he won the Peoples Choice trophy for Best Actor in the same award giving body for the film Love in Thoughts while at the same time, he was nominated for Best Actor (critics) for The Edukators. In 2006, he was invited as one of the short film and Cinéfondation juries in the Cannes Film Festival. In September 2006, his Cannes-nominated film Salvador (Puig Antich) premiered in Spain. In the film, he played Salvador Puig Antich, a Catalan anarchist executed in the Franco era. Brühl's upcoming projects include the Anglo-Russian production In Transit where he will be playing a young Nazi soldier opposite John Malkovich. In June 2006, he filmed Two Days in Paris, a romantic comedy film which was directed by French actress Julie Delpy who also stars in the film. Brühl has been offered many projects. He has just finished filming Krabat, based on a popular German children's story, which will premiere in German cinemas in early 2008. Last August, he finished filming the vampire motion picture After Dark, a vampire love story film also starring Canadian actress Elisha Cuthbert and English actor Robert Pattinson.
Awards
- Bambi Awards (2003) — Best Ensemble, shared with Katrin Saß and Florian Lukas for Good Bye Lenin!
- Bavarian Film Awards (2002) — Best Young Actor for Das Weisse Rauschen and Nichts Bereuen
- European Film Awards (2003) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for Good Bye Lenin!
- European Film Awards (2003) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for Good Bye Lenin!
- European Film Awards (2004) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for Love in Thoughts
- German Film Awards (2003) — Best Actor (Film Award in Gold) for Good Bye Lenin!
- German Film Awards (2003) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for Good Bye Lenin!
- German Film Awards (2002) — Best Actor (Film Award in Gold) for Das Weisse Rauschen, Vaya con Dios and Nichts Bereuen
- German Film Critics Association Awards (2003) — Best Actor for Das Weisse Rauschen and Vaya con Dios
- Berlin Film Festival (2003) — European Film Shooting Star by European Film Promotion
- Barcelona Film Awards (2006) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for Salvador (Puig Antich)
- Seattle International Film Festival (2007) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for Salvador (Puig Antich)
Nominations
- European Film Awards (2004) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for The Edukators
- Goya Awards (2007) — Best Actor (Academy Award) for Salvador (Puig Antich))
- Spanish Actors Union (2007) — Best Actor for Salvador (Puig Antich)
- Cinema Writers Circle Awards (2007) — Best Actor for Salvador (Puig Antich)
- Fotogramas de Plata Awards (2007) — Best Actor for Salvador (Puig Antich)
- Butaca Awards (2007) — Best Actor for Salvador (Puig Antich)
- GQ (2007) — Man of the Year Award
Filmography
- Code 82 (2009)
- Lila Lila (2008)
- John Rabe (2008)
- A Tram in SP (2008)
- Metamorphosis (2008) as Franz Kafka
- The Countess (2008) as Count Thurzo
- Krabat (2008) as Tonda
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Martin Kreutz (2007)
- 2 Days in Paris (2007) as Lukas
- In Tranzit (2007) as Klaus
- Ein Freund Von Mir aka A Friend of Mine (2006) as Karl
- Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006) as Salvador Puig Antich
- Cargo (2006) as Chris
- Joyeux Noël aka Merry Christmas (2005) as Hortsmayer
- Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei aka The Edukators (2004) as Jan
- Farland (2004) as Frank
- Ladies in Lavender (2004) as Andrea
- Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken aka Love in Thoughts (2004) as Paul
- Good Bye Lenin! (2003) (with Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas and Alexander Beyer) as Alex
- Elefantenherz (2002) as Marko
- Vaya con Dios (2002) as Arbo
- Nichts bereuen aka No Regrets (2001) as Daniel
- Das Weisse Rauschen aka The White Sound (2001) as Lukas
- Schule aka No More School (2000) as Markus
- Schlaraffenland (2000)
External links
- Daniel Brühl at the Internet Movie Database
- Daniel Brühl Fan Site
- Daniel Brühl Yahoo Group
- Daniel Brühl with his agency Players
- Daniel Brühl on YouTube
