Falk Hentschel
Falk Hentschel (born April 26, 1985 in Leipzig ) is a German actor and dancer .
life and career
Falk Hentschel was born as one of two sons in Leipzig in the former GDR . The family fled to West Germany seven months before the wall came down. Hentschel was raised bilingual, in German and English, and traveled a lot in his life.
He later moved to London , where he worked as a background dancer for music greats such as Mariah Carey , Britney Spears and Paulina Rubio . Hentschel is also active as a choreographer, for example for dance interludes in music videos. He made a name for himself in Canada and Asia , for example .
From 2003 he moved to Los Angeles to realize his dream of an acting career. He made his debut in 2005 with a guest appearance on an episode of the Arrested Development series . This was followed by appearances in short and low-budget films before he made his feature film debut in 2010 alongside Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz as Bernhard in Knight and Day . As a result, he was mainly in guest roles in US series, including The Closer , Navy CIS: LA , CSI: Vegas , Revenge and Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
2012 saw Hentschel as Ash in the dance film StreetDance 2 . He also booked supporting roles in White House Down and Transcendence . In 2014 he took on a recurring role as Arliss Fulton in the series Reckless . In 2015 he took on the role of Carter Hall / Hawkman in the fictional Arrowverse with his appearance in The Flash . In this role he has also appeared in Arrow and in a leading role in Legends of Tomorrow (2016).
In contrast to the majority of German-speaking actors who work in foreign productions, he does not do his dubbing himself.
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Arrested Development (TV series, episode 2x08)
- 2006: Intelligence (short film)
- 2007: Journeyman - The Time Jumper ( Journeyman , TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2009: The Letter (short film)
- 2010: Knight and Day
- 2010: The Closer (TV series, episode 6x06)
- 2010: Broken (short film)
- 2011: Navy CIS: LA ( NCIS: LA , TV series, episode 2x13)
- 2011: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , TV series, episode 11x15)
- 2011: Omission (short film)
- 2012: StreetDance 2
- 2013: Revenge (TV series, episode 2x21)
- 2013: White House Down
- 2013: Extraction
- 2014: The Ladies Restroom (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2014: Transcendence
- 2014: Reckless (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2014: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (TV series, episode 2x06)
- 2015: The Flash (TV series, episode 2x08)
- 2015: Arrow (TV series, episode 4x08)
- 2016: Legends of Tomorrow (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2016: Jack the Ripper - A Woman Chases a Murderer (TV Movie)
- 2018: The Encirclement ( The Alienist , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2018: Willkommen in Marwen (Welcome to Marwen)
- 2020: Spides (TV series, 8 episodes)
Web links
- Falk Hentschel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Falk Hentschel in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Falk Hentschel - Biography. In: ArticleBio. February 22, 2016, accessed June 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hentschel, Falk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig , Leipzig district , GDR |