Helmut Stauss

Helmut Stauss (born July 3, 1948 in Cologne ; † May 23, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German actor , theater director , caricaturist and author .

Life

Stauss studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Berlin (later University of the Arts ) at the Max Reinhardt School for Drama . He then studied theater and German at the Free University of Berlin . After completing his studies, he first worked as an assistant director at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin and then as an actor at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin with Kurt Hübner . Freelance work as a director on various stages, such as The Imaginary Sick in the Schlossparktheater Berlin and at the Hamburger Kammerspiele followed. From 1980 he also worked as a cartoonist. On television, Stauss played roles in Derrick , Der Alte , Tatort and Schimanski, among others . In 1999 he portrayed Harry Dember in the feature film Klemperer - A Life in Germany based on Victor Klemperer's diary entries . In the US film Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination with Tom Cruise in the lead role, he played the role of Nazi judge Roland Freisler . Under the pseudonym Teodoro Lim, Stauss published a number of historical detective novels, a volume of short stories and an autobiography.

Helmut Stauss last lived in Berlin and was married to actress Yvonne Brüning since 1993.

The titles of his books can be found on his homepage.

personal data
SURNAME	Stauss, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor, theater director, caricaturist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 2020
Place of death	Berlin