Hermann Beyer (actor)

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Hermann Beyer (1990, photo Werner Bethsold )

Hermann Beyer (born May 30, 1943 in Altenburg , Thuringia ) is a German actor .

Life

Hermann Beyer was born the son of a commercial clerk and a shop and is the younger brother of the DEFA - film director Frank Beyer . After graduating from the State Drama School in Berlin , he made his debut in 1966 as an actor at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. This was followed by a theater engagement at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam in 1971 and, from 1972, eight years at the Volksbühne Berlin under Benno Besson . From 1980 to 1983 he worked as a freelance actor. From 1983 to 1999 he was part of the Berliner Ensemble before he returned to work as a freelance actor on stages in Chemnitz, Weimar, Hamburg, Munich, Bern, Schwerin, Zurich and with the independent theater group Norton Commander . Among other things, he was seen at the Berliner Volksbühne in Die Maß / Mauser after Bertolt Brecht , Hanns Eisler and Heiner Müller in 2008 and took on the role of husband at the Dresden Societaetstheater in Henning Mankell's two-person play Treffen in the afternoon , alongside Irma Münch .

Parallel to his work at the theater, Beyer also played in film and television productions, initially as a supporting actor such as in the television film Woyzeck from 1965. Since the mid-1970s, his film and television activities increased, initially for DEFA and DFF , where he also worked with his brother, later also in all-German productions. Beyer also played in films made by students in German film schools. In 2012 he received a nomination for the German Film Award for his supporting role in Andreas Kannengießer's Vergiss dein Ende .

Hermann Beyer lives in Berlin .

Filmography

theatre

Radio plays

Awards

  • 1981: Special prize for outstanding individual performance as an engineer Hassel in The Building at the Volksbühne Berlin in the second performance comparison of the drama and music ensembles of the GDR
  • 1982: Best leading actor at the 2nd GDR National Feature Film Festival for Märkische Research
  • 1983: Theodor Fontane Prize of the Potsdam district for Märkische research (as a collective)
  • 1987: GDR Critics' Award for Best Actor for Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns
  • 1987: Honorary diploma at the Goldener Spatz festival
  • 1988: Best supporting actor at the 5th GDR National Film Festival for Childhood
  • 1990: Best leading actor at the 6th National Feature Film Festival of the GDR for meetings in Travers

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personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenburg , Thuringia