Alexander Held
Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Oct 19, 1958 (67 years old)

Overview

Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 19, 1958

Biography

Gerald 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

Geheimkommando Familie
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2023

Geheimkommando Familie

Klaus Gremme, a retired instructor with the combat swimmers at...

Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
1h 29m
DOLBY
Movie 2021

Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss

A death in the family draws forensic scientist Dr. Viktoria...

Unterleuten: The Torn Village
3 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2020

Unterleuten: The Torn Village

In the middle of untouched nature, surrounded by forests and...

Attempted Murder
2 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2018

Attempted Murder

In 1990 the head of the Treuhand, Hans-Georg Dahlmann, was...

Maria Mafiosi
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2017

Maria Mafiosi

Policewoman Maria Moosandl and her lover Rocco Pacelli are expecting...

My Blind Date with Life
1h 51m
DOLBY
Movie 2017

My Blind Date with Life

An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of...

A Minute’s Silence
1h 29m
DOLBY
Movie 2016

A Minute’s Silence

The end of a summer, a sleepy fishing port on...

Sanctuary
1h 44m
DOLBY
Movie 2015

Sanctuary

Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in...

Storno: Todsicher versichert
DOLBY
Movie 2015

Storno: Todsicher versichert

On his way to the provinces, young insurance agent Rupert...

Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 2015

Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben

After Dr. Patricia Engel experienced a treatment error with a...

Acting

2023
Geheimkommando Familie
Movie
2021
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
Movie
2020
Unterleuten: The Torn Village
Tv
2018
Attempted Murder
Tv
2017
Maria Mafiosi
Movie
2017
My Blind Date with Life
Movie
2016
A Minute’s Silence
Movie
2015
Sanctuary
Movie
2015
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Movie
2015
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
Movie
2015
Unverschämtes Glück
Movie
2015
Line of Separation
Tv
2014
Burning Souls
Movie
2014
Public Enemies
Movie
2014
München Mord
Tv
2014
Der Prediger
Movie
2013
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
Movie
2013
Alaska Johansson
Movie
2013
Schon wieder Henriette
Movie
2013
The Girl with Nine Wigs
Movie
2013
Im Netz
Movie
2013
Der große Schwindel
Movie
2013
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
Movie
2012
Trau niemals deiner Frau
Movie
2012
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
Movie
2011
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
Movie
2010
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
Movie
2010
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Movie
2010
Gier
Tv
2009
Pope Joan
Movie
2009
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Movie
2009
Genug ist nicht genug
Movie
2009
Stralsund
Tv
2009
Vom Reich zur Republik
Tv
2008
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Movie
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Movie
2008
Zur Sache, Lena!
Movie
2008
Die Anwälte
Tv
2008
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
Movie
2007
Ich wollte nicht töten
Movie
2007
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
Movie
2007
Bezaubernde Marie
Movie
2007
Afrika, mon amour
Tv
2006
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
Movie
2006
Wholetrain
Movie
2006
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
Movie
2005
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Movie
2005
In einem anderen Leben
Movie
2004
Downfall
Movie
2004
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
Movie
2004
Before the Fall
Movie
2004
Zwei am großen See
Tv
2004
Im Tal des Schweigens
Movie
2003
Treibjagd
Movie
2003
Strange Gardens
Movie
2002
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
Movie
2002
Friends of Friends
Movie
2002
Leo & Claire
Movie
2001
Manitou's Shoe
Movie
2001
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
Movie
2001
Romeo
Movie
2000
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
Movie
2000
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
Movie
2000
Anatomy
Movie
1999
Heimlicher Tanz
Movie
1999
OA jagt Oberärztin
Movie
1999
Schwarzes Blut
Movie
1999
Todesengel
Movie
1999
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
Movie
1999
Die Spesenritter
Movie
1996
Deathline
Movie
1996
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Movie
1995
Sau sticht
Movie
1993
Schindler's List
Movie