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Henry Hübchen (born 20 February 1947 in Berlin)[1] is a German actor who played the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Go for Zucker. That performance earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar,[2] and critical praise at home and abroad.[3] He was raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.
Henry Hübchen | |
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 Henry Hübchen in Karlovy Vary (2009) | |
| Born | Henry Hübchen 20 February 1947 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Awards | German Film Awards, Best Actor 2005 Alles auf Zucker! |
Praise for Zucker
editCritic David Denby praised his performance in Zucker, writing "veteran German theater and film actor Henry Hübchen gives this middle-aged rogue a Bellovian gusto. Hübchen has the eyes of a gentle bull and a teenager's manic energy."[4] The New York Times said the character, Jaeckie Zucker, "suggests a German Jewish Rodney Dangerfield in his gleeful boorishness."[5]
Other work and background
editIn an August 2004 profile, German public broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk said Hübchen is best known in Germany for a role on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110. The profile says that before coming to film, he was a failed physics student, wrote songs for the East German rock group City and was twice East German windsurfing champion (in 1980 and 1981).[6]
According to the article he studied drama in Berlin and Magdeburg.[7] He won the Berlin Theater Award (Theaterpreis Berlin) in 2000.[8]
He has two daughters, Theresa and Franziska, with his wife Sanna Hübchen.[6]
Selected filmography
edit- Pauline In Between (1993)
- The Big Mambo (1998)
- Waiting Means Death (1999, TV film)
- Sonnenallee (1999)
- Sass (2001)
- Polizeiruf 110 (2003–2005, TV series, 5 episodes)
- C(r)ook (2004)
- Go for Zucker (2004)
- The News (2005, TV film)
- Mordshunger (2008, TV film)
- Age and Beauty (2008)
- Whiskey with Vodka (2009)
- Lila, Lila (2009)
- Young Goethe in Love (2010)
- Easter Goes Polish (2011)
- Jesus Loves Me (2012)
- Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake (2013)
- Quality Time (2013)
- The Interpreter of Silence (2023)
References
edit- ^ "Henry Hübchen". IMDb. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Gelder, Compiled by Lawrence Van (28 April 2008). "German Academy Honors Its Films". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Press release on award". Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "New Yorker Review" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (20 January 2006). "Can't We All Just Get Along? Yes, if There's Money at Stake". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b "German Vanity Fair bio page". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Hübchen, Henry: Porträt". Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "DPA via Monsters and Critics Germany". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
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