Axel Prahl

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Axel Ferdinand Konstantin Prahl (born March 26, 1960 in Eutin ) is a German actor and musician .

Life

Axel Prahl grew up with his brother in Neustadt in Holstein . His mother was a saleswoman, the stepfather was employed by the employment office.

At the age of 14, Prahl took part in a music competition in his hometown, which he won and thereby qualified for its continuation at the state level. Fearing that success could change his life, he decided not to take part.

He passed his secondary school leaving certificate at a vocational school, while school was accompanied by a one-year internship in metalworking. Then he lived as a street musician in Spain, took his diploma in second chance education and studied for five semesters music and mathematics at the University of Education Kiel . Prahl, who has mastered the guitar and Pat Metheny is one of his musical role models, also played Irish folk as a teenager . He worked in Germany in summer jobs as a beer driver, track builder and waiter. A flatmate advised him to attend an acting school. Finally, from 1982 to 1985, he completed an acting course in Kiel . In 1984, Prahl began acting and was soon working at the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. He has lived in Berlin since 1992 . There followed engagements at the Renaissance Theater , the Grips Theater and the Kammerspiele of the German Theater . When he was at drama school, Prahl played in the band Ougenweide (he had a student contract at the Kiel Theater) and then founded the band Impuls. At that time, music and acting ran parallel until Prahl decided to act.

He made his television debut in Max Färberbock's Sleeping Dogs in 1992 . In 1992 he dubbed Michael Chiklis in an episode of the Miami Vice series . In 1999 he played a supporting role as a policeman in Nachtgestalten , his first movie. Since then he has been cast in this role again and again, for example in The Policewoman , The Hope Dies Last and The Border Guard and the Girl . The film Nachtgestalten marks the beginning of a successful collaboration with director Andreas Dresen : Prahl was awarded various actor prizes , including the Adolf Grimme Prize , for Die Polizistin , Halbe Staircase and Willenbrock . Since 2002 he is a Chief Inspector Frank Thiel together with Jan Josef Liefers the investigators couple in Munster for the scene of the WDR .

Axel Prahl at the Inselleuchten Festival in Marienwerder (2016)

In 2007, Prahl contributed the theme song to the movie You are not alone with a reinterpretation of the popular hit. In the music video for the song When it happens, the band Wir sind Helden can be seen as a sales representative. Prahl and Andreas Dresen make music together in a band without a name, which among other things has cover versions of songs by Rio Reiser and Gerhard Gundermann in their repertoire. Since 2007, Prahl has hosted the annual open-air festival Inselleuchten in Marienwerder , which offers music and cabaret in an illuminated setting. In addition to moderation, he makes music and improvises himself there. Prahl is a member of the Kulturreich Barnim association , which is responsible for financing the festival.

On February 27, 2009 the audio book Where the wild maggots dig by Thorsten Nagelschmidt was published , on which Prahl can be heard as a guest speaker alongside Farin Urlaub . The audio book North Western spoke to Prahl in 2013.

On the album Ich bin der Boss by the Berlin band Knorkator , released in September 2016, Prahl sings the song Sit down , in whose music video he also appears as a singer.

From his first marriage, Prahl has two daughters, one is an actress, from his second marriage, a pair of twins. He has been married for the third time since 2014.

Filmography (selection)

Crime scene - Follow as chief inspector Frank Thiel

Discography

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Albums
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  DE 93 11/25/2011 (2 weeks)
  • 2011: You are not alone - Axel Prahl feat. Jakob Ilja (title song of the film of the same name)
  • 2011: Looking at more - Axel Prahl & Das Inselorchester (together with Danny Dziuk )
  • 2013: Blick auf Mehr live - Axel Prahl & Das Inselorchester (together with Danny Dziuk)
  • 2015: Cast off - Axel Prahl, Andreas Dresen & Band
  • 2016: Sit Down - Knorkator feat. Axel Prahl (vocals)
  • 2018: More - Axel Prahl & the Inselorchester (together with Danny Dziuk)
  • 2020: Spiegel, Spiegel - Vanessa Mai & Axel Prahl (guest appearance on Forever )

Audio books

  • 2009: Storm Cape - around Cape Horn and through the war. The incredible journey of Captain Jürgens. From Stefan Kruecken. Ankerherz Audio, Appel, ISBN 3-940138-02-9 .
  • 2009: Charlie is stuck By Hilary McKay , read by Axel Prahl, Patmos audio
  • 2009: Charlie moves out By Hilary McKay , read by Axel Prahl, Patmos audio
  • 2009: Where the wild maggots dig. By Nagel, read by Nagel, Farin Urlaub and Axel Prahl, Ventilverlag, ISBN 978-3-491-91308-0 .
  • 2011: When you consider that we are all crazy ... By Mark Twain , read by Axel Prahl and Jan Josef Liefers. Random House Audio , Cologne, ISBN 3-8371-0910-0 .
  • 2012: North Western. By Mark Sundeen, read by Axel Prahl and Holger Gertz . Ankerherz Audio, ISBN 978-3-940138-24-8 .
  • 2015: The loyal friend of Silja Prahl, read by Axel Prahl. Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH.

Radio plays

Awards

Axel Prahl at the Romy Awards in the Hofburg (2015)

Web links

Commons : Axel Prahl  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evelyn Lange: Axel Prahl in Sangerhausen: The crime scene inspector sweats in the Rosen Arena. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved February 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Dorthe Hansen: Music - The water man. ( Memento from June 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: mobil , 07/2013, p. 65ff.
  3. ↑ Note in: Interview in the WDR show Zimmer Frei! on September 11, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Interview with Axel Prahl rtv.de from December 11, 2018, rtv Fernsehmagazin No. 50/2018, page 8
  5. ↑ View of More ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: MDR , Figaro, November 8, 2011
  6. ↑ rooms available! Guest: Axel Prahl. In: wdr.de , September 11, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016
  7. ^ Julia Schaaf: Actor Axel Prahl: "Was just bold and cheeky". In: Frankfurter Allgemeine , August 25, 2011, accessed on August 25, 2011
  8. ↑ Source bands: Audio Mediathek Bayern 3 Stars & Hits, Axel Prahl - Tatort Star, available at: podster.de ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Bands Ougenweide, impulse; Min 16:50 ff. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / podster.de
  9. ↑ Hanswerner Kruse: About Prahl and Dresen's band without a name. ( Memento from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Berlin, June 10, 2011
  10. ↑ Sabine Rakitin: The magnet from Marienwerder . In: Märkische Oderzeitung . Märkisches Medienhaus, Frankfurt (Oder) July 12, 2016, p. 18 .
  11. ↑ Joachim Schmitz: Interview with Axel Prahl: Injured during the shooting of the Münster "crime scene". In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , November 23, 2012, accessed on March 26, 2018
  12. ↑ Chart sources: DE
  13. ↑ Our stars: Axel Prahl. In: Gute Nacht Sterne - Official website of February 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Boast, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prahl, Axel Ferdinand Konstantin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Eutin