Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes
	Ulrich Matthes (2015)
Born	9 May 1959 (age 65); West Berlin, West Germany
Occupations	Actor; voice actor;
Years active	1969–present
Notable work	Downfall, The Ninth Day

Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor. He is best known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film Downfall.

Life and work

Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He studied acting in the early 1980s in Berlin under Else Bongers. In the 2004 movie Downfall he plays Joseph Goebbels. In the 2004 movie The Ninth Day, he plays Fr. Henri Kremer, a Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau. He is also the standard German voice for Kenneth Branagh along with Martin Umbach.

In 2019, Matthes served on the jury that chose Pauline Curnier Jardin as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie.^[1]

Awards

1985: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in Northrhine-Westphalia^[2]
1999: Bavarian Film Award – Best Actor for performance in Rider of the Flames
2003: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
2007: Theaterpreis Berlin
2008: Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust
2015: Goldene Kamera – Best German Actor for performances in the Tatort episode Im Schmerz geboren (“Born in pain”) and in Bornholmer Straße (“Bornholm street”) ^[3]
2015: Grimme-Preis – Best Actor for performance in Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren
2015: German Television Academy Award – Best Actor for performance in Bornholmer Straße
2016: Lielais Kristaps – Best Actor for performance in Pelnu Sanitorija (Exiled)^[4]
2022 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[5]

Film

1969: An einem Tag im September (Short) – Max
1970: Die Wesenacks (TV film) – Fränzchen
1973: Artur, Peter und der Eskimo (TV film) – Peter
1989: Henry V – Henry V (German version)
1992: Herr Ober! – TV game show host
1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Victor Frankenstein (German version)
1995: Ein falscher Schritt (TV film) – Georg Klein
1995: Der Mörder und sein Kind (TV film) – Rainer Dreyer
1995: Nikolaikirche (TV film) – Alexander ‘Sascha’ Bacher
1995: Othello – Iago (German version)
1996: Hamlet – Prince Hamlet (German version)
1997: Death Game [de] (TV film) – Jan-Carl Raspe
1997: Winter Sleepers – Rene
1998: Abgehauen (TV film) – Eberhard E.
1998: Rider of the Flames – Baron Isaac von Sinclair
1999: Aimée & Jaguar – Eckert (SS)
1999: Framed (Short) – Beck
2000: The Coq Is Dead (TV film) – Kommissar Steiner
2002: Mörderherz (TV film) – Dr. Graf
2004: Traffic Affairs [de] – Peter
2004: The Ninth Day – Abbé Henri Kremer
2004: Downfall – Joseph Goebbels
2006: Wer war Kafka? (Documentary) (voice)
2006: Vineta [de] – Dr. Leonhard
2008: November Child [de] – Robert von der Mühlen
2010: Neue Vahr Süd [de] (TV film) – Hauptmann
2011: Cracks in the Shell – Ben Kästner
2011: Calm at Sea (TV film) – Ernst Jünger
2012: A Little Suicide (Short) – The Cockroach (voice)
2012: Kunduz: The Incident at Hadji Ghafur – Grewe
2013: The Notebook – Apa
2014: Open the Wall [de] (TV film) – Hartmut Kummer
2016: Pelnu Sanitorija (Exiled) (Latvian film) – Ulrihs
2016: Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya – Helmuth James von Moltke
2016: Die Vierte Gewalt (TV film) – Publisher
2017: Gift [de] (TV film) – Matteo Kälin
2017: Krieg (TV film) – Arnold
2017: Die Puppenspieler (TV film) – Rodrigo Borgia
2019: A Hidden Life – Lorenz Schwaninger
2021: The Story of My Wife – the psychiatrist
2022: Munich - The Edge of War – Adolf Hitler

Television

1995: Wolffs Revier: Sommersprossen – Danzer
1987–1997: Derrick (4 episodes) – Harald Breuer / Robert Lohmann / Holger Küster / Ulrich Huberti
1997: The Old Fox: Der Tod der Eltern – Andreas Gobel
1997–1999: Polizeiruf 110 (2 episodes) – Psychologe / Tanjas Partner
2000: Ein Fall für zwei: Blutiges Pfand – Michael Strobel
2008: The Bill: Proof of Life – Victor Hauptmann (crossover story with Leipzig Homicide)
2011: Tatort: Stille Wasser [de] – Günther Kremer
2014: Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren [de] – Richard Harloff
2019: Sarah Kohr: Das verschwundene Mädchen – Artem Lasarew
2020: Das Boot

Personal life

In February 2021, Matthes came out as gay.^[6]

In April 2023, Matthes was one of the 22 guests at the ceremony in which former Chancellor Angela Merkel was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for special achievement by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin..^[7]

References

^ Alex Greenberger (3 March 2019), Preis der Nationalgalerie, Prestigious German Art Award, Names 2019 Nominees ARTnews.
^ "Ulrich Matthes in: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
^ "Ulrich Matthes". Goldene Kamera (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Antanoviča, Agnija (13 October 2016). "Feature film Mellow Mud and documentary Under the Sun win Lielais Kristaps awards". LETA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
^ "Rede: Ordensverleihung an Ulrich Matthes". Der Bundespräsident (in German). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ «Wir sind schon da». in: SZ-Magazin, 4 February 2021.
^ Miriam Rathje (17 April 2023), Ohne Merz, aber mit Klinsmann: Das ist die Gästeliste für Angela Merkels Ordensverleihung Der Tagesspiegel.

External links

Ulrich Matthes at IMDb

[1] Alex Greenberger (3 March 2019), Preis der Nationalgalerie, Prestigious German Art Award, Names 2019 Nominees ARTnews.

[2] "Ulrich Matthes in: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf". Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-01.

[3] "Ulrich Matthes". Goldene Kamera (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] Antanoviča, Agnija (13 October 2016). "Feature film Mellow Mud and documentary Under the Sun win Lielais Kristaps awards". LETA. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[Der_Bundespräsident_2022-5] "Rede: Ordensverleihung an Ulrich Matthes". Der Bundespräsident (in German). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[6] «Wir sind schon da». in: SZ-Magazin, 4 February 2021.

[7] Miriam Rathje (17 April 2023), Ohne Merz, aber mit Klinsmann: Das ist die Gästeliste für Angela Merkels Ordensverleihung Der Tagesspiegel.

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