Alexander Held
ActingGerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) is a German actor. He is internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Schindler's List
SS Bureaucrat
Downfall
Walter Hewel
The Wave
Tim's Vater
Before the Fall
Friedrich's Father
Manitou's Shoe
Karl May
A Minute’s Silence
Rektor Block
Anatomy
Polizist
Pope Joan
King Lothar
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Robert Mohr
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Siegfried Buback
Filmography — Acting
Schindler's List
SS Bureaucrat
Downfall
Walter Hewel
The Wave
Tim's Vater
Before the Fall
Friedrich's Father
Manitou's Shoe
Karl May
A Minute’s Silence
Rektor Block
Anatomy
Polizist
Pope Joan
King Lothar
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Robert Mohr
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Siegfried Buback
Bibi Blocksberg
Dr. Buttcock
My Blind Date with Life
Fried
Sanctuary
Hausvater Brockmann
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Valerius (age 75)
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
4 Days in May
Oberstleutnant
Nanga Parbat
Dr. Franz Burda
Burning Souls
Weihbischof Förner
Leo & Claire
Gauleiter
Crash Point: Berlin
Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
Schlutz
Wholetrain
Polizist Steinbauer
It Happened in Broad Daylight
2. Jungbauer
Public Enemies
Siegfried Buback
Deathline
Inspector
Strange Gardens
SS officer
Im Netz
Brinkmann
Die Musterknaben
Wempe
Friends of Friends
Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
Josef Kolb
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Abt Kuno
Maria Mafiosi
Jürgen Moosandl
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Vincenzo Bracconi
Trau niemals deiner Frau
Arnold Ettmayr
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
Niklas Rüders
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Alois Kugler
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
Janis Kortschak
The Girl with Nine Wigs
Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
Tadeusz von Breska
Alle haben geschwiegen
Staatsanwalt
Unverschämtes Glück
Harry Hindenach
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
Dr. Lehner
Die Spesenritter
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
Tom Brandauer
Bezaubernde Marie
Dr. Hans Weber
Alaska Johansson
E. L. Johansson
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
Roderick van Hof
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Bruno
Schon wieder Henriette
Hartmut Ille
Schwarzes Blut
BKA-Mann Hinspeter
Genug ist nicht genug
Landrat Wieshuber
Mali
Simmerl
Heimlicher Tanz
Frank Baumann
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
Leopold Mozart
Alleingang
Josef Zuckmaier
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
Mr. Truckenbrot
Sau sticht
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
Christian Fenn
Im Tal des Schweigens
Stadlhuber
Getting a Life
Treibjagd
Schreinereibesitzer
Between Today and Tomorrow
Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Der Prediger
Anwalt Dieter Dorn
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Philipp Spieker
In einem anderen Leben
Hauptfeldwebel
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
Hubertus Müller
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
Georg Ametsrieder
Ich wollte nicht töten
Martin Kehl
Life Actually
Vater Krüger
Todesengel
Dr. Henning
OA jagt Oberärztin
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
Kommissar Falkowski
Zur Sache, Lena!
Staber
Geheimkommando Familie
Klaus Gremme
Emilia – Familienbande
Hubert Seilinger
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
Stadlhuber
Der große Schwindel
Dr. Blamberger
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
Max Loibl
Romeo
Robert