Dieter Pfaff

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Dieter Pfaff (born October 2, 1947 in Dortmund ; † March 5, 2013 in Hamburg ) was a German actor and director .

life and work

Pfaff was born the son of a police officer . As a child he loved the hits of the 1950s and learned them by heart, whereupon his grandmother took him to the hairdresser and the grocer and had him sing in front of an audience. He attended the advanced and Ernst Barlach grammar school in Unna , where he graduated from high school in 1968; one of his classmates was the writer Heinrich Peuckmann . At school he discovered his inclination for acting . In 1969 he married his wife Eva, whom he had known since school. He left his parents' home early and did not approach his father again until his children were born. Pfaff regretted the untimely death of his strict father at the age of 58, with whom he had an intense and difficult relationship.

First, Pfaff began a teaching degree in German and history . At the age of 22 he broke off his studies and accepted his first engagement as an assistant director at the Dortmund Theater . Until he was 35, Pfaff was a theater dramaturge , later also an author and director in the theaters of Paderborn , Dortmund , the Landestheater Tübingen , Nuremberg , Munich , the Theater am Turm (TAT) in Frankfurt am Main and in Landshut . He was one of the politically active 68ers who, however, completely overwhelmed themselves in the search for new models of life. Pfaff considered the history of his 68 generation to be unprocessed - contrary to the accounts and idealizations of his contemporaries.

In 1983 he received a professorship for acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , which he held for seven years. At the same time he became active in the film business. In 1984 he first worked as a television director for the television play Rita, Rita on Norddeutscher Rundfunk . At around 35, he realized that he would rather be an actor than a director. He became a character actor through supporting roles in television films and series, in particular from 1984 as police officer Otto Schatzschneider in the crime series Der Fahnder . He also received his first Adolf Grimme Prize in 1996 as a supporting actor in the RTL series Balko (together with Jochen Horst and Ludger Pistor ).

At the age of 50, he rose to become a leading actor on television with roles that he helped to develop. In 1996, he played a monk in the RTL series Brother Esel who falls in love and leaves the monastery. Together with Rolf Basedow and Dominik Graf , he created the character of Commissioner Sperling in the crime series of the same name. Both series received the Adolf Grimme Prize in 1997. From 2002 he played an unconventional psychotherapist in over 20 films in the ARD series Bloch . With this role, Pfaff fulfilled an earlier career dream. In the television series Der Dicke he played a lawyer in Hamburg who leaves his commercial law firm and stands up for the problems of ordinary people.

In addition to his daughter Johanna , his son Maximilian and several family members, he starred in a 9-minute film.

He was red-green blind .

Pfaff attributed his heavyweight not to his appetite, but to his sensitivity . The weight keeps him from flying high. "Being fat is something that grounds me and holds me to the ground."

Dieter Pfaff was married to producer Eva Maria Emminger since 1969 ; they had a daughter and a son (twins, * 1979; assistant director, actor). Since 1995 Pfaff lived with his family in Hamburg. His daughter, who works as an assistant director, lives with the director Max Zähle . As his favorite actress he named Nadja Uhl , a former film partner ( Vergehnisvolles Glück , 2000), who also lives in a “ multi-generation house ”.

In his spare time and on the film set , he sang and accompanied himself on a guitar . In 2010, he interpreted the titles All Along the Watchtower and Ring of Fire in the late-night show Inas Nacht . In Bloch: The Stranger , he sang the title You don't let it show with Vadim Glowna . For several years he was a UNICEF special ambassador against the worldwide use of child soldiers and, together with his wife, took on the sponsorship of several children.

Pfaff actually wanted to be a (rock) singer.

On September 20, 2012, his agency announced that Dieter Pfaff had lung cancer . On March 5, 2013, he died with his family.

Filmography

Series

Documentation & talk shows

Awards

year Award category Movie Result
1996 Adolf Grimme Prize Series and multi-part series Balko Won
1997 Adolf Grimme Prize Series and multi-part series Brother donkey Won
1997 Telestar Best Actor in a Series Brother donkey Won
1997 Golden lion Best series actor Brother donkey Nominated
1999 Bavarian television award Best Actor - Series and Series Sparrow and the Burning Arm Won
1999 Culture Prize Friedrich S. from KulturNetz Mannheim-Ludwigshafen eV  biographical U-turn Won
2001 Golden camera Best Actor TV Movie Fateful luck and warriors and lovers Won
2008 Steiger Award Movie Won

literature

Web links

Commons : Dieter Pfaff  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Interviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Heike Gätjen: "The fat one" with the thin skin In: Hamburger Abendblatt , November 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ Marcus Esser: Crime authors in the church pulpit. In: WAZ , June 2, 2009.
  3. ↑ Peuckmann does not stop killing ; DerWesten, November 5, 2007.
  4. ^ With Bahr and Bülow in the PEN association. In: WAZ , May 26, 2008.
  5. ↑ a b The self-inventor - Dieter Pfaff. A portrait of the actor. In: WDR , 2005.
  6. ↑ Dieter Pfaff. ( Memento from December 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Beckmann , December 10, 2007.
  7. ↑ a b c Claudia Pless: Dieter Pfaff turns 60 - portrait of an actor. Bauernblatt, March 12, 2010, archived from the original on February 10, 2013 ; accessed on September 11, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Heike Gätjen: This is Dieter Pfaff. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , November 20, 2009.
  9. ↑ Dieter Pfaff in the Munzinger archive , accessed on March 7, 2013 ( beginning of article freely available)
  10. ↑ Eric Leimann: Dieter Pfaff - Therapy begins after the film. ( Memento from August 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: monstersandcritics.de , August 22, 2009 (interview).
  11. ↑ Inas Nacht #Episode 30 - Dieter Pfaff, Jan Delay, Alin Coen, Mista Wicked (October 28, 2010). Accessed October 31, 2019 (German).
  12. ^ Kölner Treff , May 2009
  13. ↑ Weight prevents you from flying high. In: Bunte October 14, 2009
  14. ↑ Fat from being emotional. Rheinische Post, October 14, 2009, accessed on October 7, 2019 .
  15. ^ Actor Dieter Pfaff turns 60 ; ( Memento of October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), MDR , October 2, 2007
  16. ↑ Günter Fink : "The Elbphilharmonie - a shield bourgeois prank" In: Die Welt , April 2, 2012 (interview).
  17. ↑ Questionnaire: Dieter Pfaff In: Focus , No. 25, June 15, 2009.
  18. ↑ Ina's night
  19. ↑ Dieter Pfaff suffers from cancer - shooting postponed. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , September 20, 2012.
  20. ^ Actor Dieter Pfaff is dead. In: Spiegel Online , March 6, 2013.
  21. ^ Kulturpreis Friedrich S. ( Memento from January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) from the KulturNetz Mannheim Rhein-Neckar eV

Remarks

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personal data
SURNAME Pfaff, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 2013
Place of death Hamburg