Uwe Kockisch

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Uwe Kockisch (born January 31, 1944 in Cottbus ) is a German actor .

Life

Uwe Kockisch learned the trade of an opencast mining machine. As a teenager in 1961 he and friends tried to flee the GDR across the Baltic Sea using a cutter . However, the group was arrested beforehand; Kockisch was then imprisoned for more than six months.

Kockisch completed his training as an actor at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . He accepted engagements in Cottbus and Karl-Marx-Stadt . He played at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater for over 20 years and later for two years at the Schaubühne in Berlin .

From 1972 Uwe Kockisch worked for the film. In 1981 he played the leading role in Ulrich Weiß’s Unknown Brother . Kockisch appeared in the crime series Tatort , Polizeiruf 110 and The Public Prosecutor has the floor and was seen as a commissioner in the TV series Zappek .

Since 2003 he has played the inspector Guido Brunetti in the TV crime series Donna Leon .

From 2010 to 2018 he played one of the leading roles in the ARD television series Weissensee as Stasi officer Hans Kupfer.

Kockisch lives in Madrid with his wife Christine Gautier and has two sons.

Filmography (selection)

Donna Leon series

As Guido Brunetti , Kockisch was directed by Sigi Rothemund from 2003 to 2019 in these episodes of the crime series Donna Leon , up to the amicable setting with Donna Leon and the production company in 2019:

theatre

Awards

  • 2008: Adolf Grimme Prize as leading actor in the “Fiction” category for the film A City is being blackmailed by Dominik Graf
  • 2011: German TV Award for Best Series for Weissensee, representing the drama ensemble
  • 2013: Film Festival Turkey / Germany as Best Lead Actor in The Visitors

Web links

Commons : Uwe Kockisch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commissario Brunetti turns 70. (No longer available online.) In: mdr.de. MDR , February 4, 2014, archived from the original on March 2, 2014 ; Retrieved May 25, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Katja Hübner: Acting is thinking. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 29, 2010, accessed September 24, 2016 (portrait).
  3. ↑ Note in picture . October 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ Maxim Gorki Theater 1971–1980 (PDF; 780 kB). In: gorki.de, June 27, 2012, accessed April 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Kockisch, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH cottbus