Gerd Böckmann

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Gerd Böckmann (born January 11, 1944 in Chemnitz ) is a German actor , director and voice actor .

Origin and education

Gerd Böckmann was born in Chemnitz, where his father Werner Böckmann played as a clarinetist in the orchestra. After the war, the family fled across the border to Wuppertal , where both parents originally came from. From 1956 Böckmann's father became a clarinetist in the symphony orchestra of the city of Münster , where Böckmann spent his youth and school years.

Through his father, Gerd Böckmann was involved in theater from an early age and also received piano lessons. His desire to become an actor was certain when he was 15, and Böckmann left the Schillergymnasium in Münster a year before graduating from high school. After passing the entrance exams at the Folkwang School in Essen and the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich , Böckmann completed his studies at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich.

Career

He then played at important German theaters, including the Schillertheater Berlin , the Staatstheater Stuttgart , the Thalia Theater, the Hamburger Schauspielhaus , the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich . During this time he worked with directors such as Boleslaw Barlog , Hans Lietzau and Dieter Dorn .

But Böckmann only became known to a wider audience through appearances in film and television. Mention should be made of his roles as Christian in the television film “ Buddenbrooks ” based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann (director: Franz Peter Wirth ), as Eichmann in “ Die Wannseekonferenz ” (director: Heinz Schirk ) and in “The Venice Project "(Director: Robert Dornhelm )," Uprising "(Director: Jon Avnet ) or with leading episode roles in" Derrick "or" Der Alte ". In 1981 he played the Prussian King Friedrich II in the film Prussian Night .

In addition to his work as an actor, Gerd Böckmann also directs himself. For example, he staged the German-language premiere of David Mamet's “Edmond” and Thomas Bernhard's “Theatermacher” at the Stuttgart State Theater . Other productions by Böckmann included Harold Pinter's “Caretaker” at the Münchner Kammerspiele or Thomas Bernhard's “Am Ziel” at the Schauspielhaus Zurich . Most recently he directed Patrick Marber's “Hautnah” at the Hamburger Kammerspiele .

Since 1999 Gerd Böckmann has been a member of the ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater again , to which he already belonged from 1977–1986. His greatest theatrical successes as an actor include, for example, his portrayal of Roma in Mamet's “Slope View of the Sea” directed by Dieter Giesing (Staatstheater Stuttgart, 1986) or his appearance in Rudolf Noelte's production of Eugene O'Neill's “One Long Day Journey into the Night” (Schauspielhaus Hamburg, 1975). At the Salzburg Festival he played in Giorgio Strehler's “Spiel der Mächtigen” (1973) and in Andrea Breth's production of Arthur Schnitzler's “Das weite Land” (2002). In Vienna he was seen in the title role in Juri Lyubimov 's Dostojewski adaptation "Raskolnikow" and worked with Andrea Breth ("Maria Stuart"), Andreas Kriegenburg ("Fiesco") and Sebastian Hartmann ("Before Sunset") .

Most recently he played the role of Dr. Franz Schöning in Frank Wedekind's “Lulu” at the Berlin Schaubühne and worked at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf in Isaak Babel's play Marija in a production by Andrea Breth .

As a voice actor, he lent his voice to Gérard Depardieu ( The Last Metro ), Henry Fonda ( Jezebel , second dubbed version) and Giancarlo Giannini ( L'Innocente ), among others .

Awards

Filmography (selection)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

actor Film / series role
Christian Erickson Joan of Arc Tremoille
Dan Butler I Love Trouble - Nothing but Trouble Wilson Chess
David Bowie Basquiat Andy Warhol
David Strathairn The Bomb (Synchro in 1991) J. Robert Oppenheimer
Simon Birch - The little hero Reverend Russell
Ed Harris Rabid Harry Seagraves
George Hamilton NewsRadio (TV series) Don Green
Gérard Depardieu The last metro Bernard Granger
Keith Carradine Pretty baby EJ "Papa" Bellocq
Marcel Berbert Trio Infernal notary
Mark Harmon Longing without limits Ertie Robertson
Matt Frewer Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of Baskerville Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes - The Vampire of Whitechapel
Sherlock Holmes - Scandal in Bohemia
Nanni Moretti The fair is over Don Giulio
Niklas Falk Commissioner Beck - The New Cases (TV series) Judge Lagerfeldt
Patrice Chereau Danton Camille Desmoulins
Philip Davis Robin Hood (TV series) King John
Tadeusz Huk Pig William Holding

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German synchronous files. In: www.synchronkartei.de. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Böckmann, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz