Matthias Brandt

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Matthias Brandt at the opening of the Berlinale 2009

Matthias Frederik Brandt (born October 7, 1961 in West Berlin ) is a German actor .

Life

Matthias Brandt is the youngest son of the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his wife Rut . His brothers are the historian Peter Brandt and the writer and filmmaker Lars Brandt . His older half-sister Ninja (* 1940) comes from Willy Brandt's first marriage (1941–1948) with Carlota Thorkildsen.

Brandt studied acting at the Hanover University of Music and Drama . After his first engagement at the Oldenburg State Theater in 1985, he was a member of the ensembles of the following theaters: Staatstheater Wiesbaden , Nationaltheater Mannheim , Schauspiel Bonn , Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , Renaissance-Theater Berlin , Schauspielhaus Zürich , Schauspielhaus Bochum and Schauspiel Frankfurt .

Since 2000, Brandt can also be seen regularly in television roles. In 2003 he played the role of Günter Guillaume in the television film Im Schatten der Macht , which describes the last days before Willy Brandt's resignation from the office of Federal Chancellor . In 2005 he played a less gifted father at Juliane Köhler's side in the TV film In Matters Kaminski . He has received several awards for his performance. Matthias Brandt also appears as a speaker for audio books, for example in the audio version of the novel Halbschatten by Uwe Timm . He was also heard as a narrator in the award-winning documentary Our Oceans .

In 2010, Brandt shot his first film as a Munich inspector in the crime series Polizeiruf 110, directed by Dominik Graf . Together with Anna Maria Sturm , he succeeded Jörg Hube and Stefanie Stappenbeck from 2011 . For his portrayal of Commissioner Hanns von Meuffels , he won the Bambi and in 2013 the Bavarian TV Prize for best male leading actor . In August 2018 it was announced that Verena Altenberger would succeed him in Police Call 110 in 2019 .

His first book was published in September 2016. It is titled Raumpatrouille and contains autobiographical stories from his childhood. His novel Blackbird followed in August 2019 .

Brandt is married and has a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Police call 110

Audiobooks (selection)

Works

Awards

documentary

  • Germany, your artists - Matthias Brandt. Documentary, Germany, 2012, 45 min., Script and direction: Helge Trimpert and Inga Wolfram, production: SWR , first broadcast: July 25, 2012 in Das Erste , synopsis by ARD.

literature

Web links

Commons : Matthias Brandt  - Gallery page of photos
Commons : Matthias Brandt  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Munzinger archive : Matthias Brandt, German theater and television actor (beginning of article) , accessed on January 21, 2011
  2. ↑ derStandard.at: Verena Altenberger replaces Matthias Brandt at "Polizeiruf 110" . Article dated August 12, 2018, accessed August 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Kiepenheuer & Witsch, ISBN 978-3-462-04567-3
  4. ↑ FAZ.net September 6, 2016 / Julia Encke : My father just had a strange job (review)
  5. ↑ Kiepenheuer & Witsch, ISBN 978-3-462-05313-5
  6. ↑ Dorothea Grass: Matthias Brandt - Better late than never ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Arte Magazin , October 30, 2008
  7. ↑ Why actually "Smoke on the Water"? , FAZ review of October 20, 2014, accessed October 20, 2014
  8. ↑ Oliver Overhott: Matthias Brandt nominated for German Television Award , derwesten.de/ WAZ , September 18, 2012
  9. ↑ Hessian Film and Cinema Prize: Nominations 2018 . Article dated September 21, 2018, accessed September 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandt, Matthias Frederik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and television actor and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin