Michael Mendl
Michael Mendl (* 20th April 1944 as Michael Sandrock in Luenen ) is a German actor . He is a sought-after character actor .
Life
Mendl was born the illegitimate son of a Catholic priest and the medical student Martha Sandrock. He spent the first five years of his childhood with his mother and relatives partly in the Ruhr area , partly in the Cologne area. In 1949 his mother married the Austrian Ernst Mendl, who adopted him. He spent the first years of school education in Krefeld until the family moved to Ludwigshafen am Rhein in the mid-1950s . Mendl attended a humanistic grammar school in Mannheim and graduated from high school there in 1965 . In the same year he began his studies in theater studies and art history in Vienna , which he regarded as an interim period, because he wanted to become an acting student at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. In 1966, however, he went to the Folkwang University in Essen as a student , where he passed the stage maturity examination in 1969.
Mendl has a son from his first marriage and two children from a 20-year relationship with actress Carolin Fink . He has lived in Berlin since the end of this section in 2009 .
career
theatre
He began his acting career when he was 14 as an extra at the National Theater in Mannheim . Engagements at various theaters in Germany followed . He had permanent engagements at the State Theater in Darmstadt , at the State Theater in Stuttgart and at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich .
In the 1980s he played at the Staatstheater Stuttgart, among others, Tillmann in The Villa by Tankred Dorst (first performance 1980; director: Günter Krämer ), Lambacher in The Dusty Rainbow by Hans Henny Jahnn (1982; director: Hansgünther Heyme ), George in Wer hat Scared of Virginia Woolf? (1983; director: Thomas Schulte-Michels ) and the captain in Woyzeck (1986; director: Jossi Wieler ). From 1988 to 1993 he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Theater. His roles there included Garcin in Closed Society (1988), Marat in The Persecution and Murder of Jean Paul Marat portrayed by the acting group of the Charenton Hospice under the guidance of Mr de Sade (1988), Boris in Children of the Sun by Maxim Gorki (1989), Father in Six People Looking for an Author (1990), Saranieff in The Marquis of Keith by Frank Wedekind (1991) and Burleigh in Maria Stuart (1991); all directed by Thomas Schulte-Michels.
He also appeared at the Münchner Kammerspiele (1981; as Ossip in Platonow ; director: Thomas Langhoff ) as well as at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Volksbühne in West Berlin ; He was also a guest at the Salzburg Festival , as Messala in Julius Caesar (1993; directed by Peter Stein ), as Caesar in Antonius und Cleopatra (1994/1995; directed by Peter Stein), as debt servant in Jedermann (1995; directed by: Gernot Friedel ) and as a tramp in Der Kirschgarten (1995; director: Peter Stein). After many years of absence from the stage, he returned to the stage in September 2013 with the Thomas Bernhard play Before Retirement at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.
Movie and TV
Since the 1980s he also worked, initially rather sporadically, as a film and television actor. a. 1989 in the crime scene crime thriller Die Neue with Ulrike Folkerts . In 1991 he made his breakthrough in the medium of film with Sönke Wortmann's Kleine Haie . He played Leise Schatten in Sherry Hormann's first work (awarded the Max Ophüls Prize in 1992 ). Shortly before, the Residenztheater in Munich had given him notice. In 1994 he decided to only work as a film and television actor.
As a film actor in the drama genre, he played psychopaths, criminals, prison inmates, but more often high officials, doctors and officers, such as in the Oscar-nominated film Der Untergang the general of the artillery Helmuth Weidling , in Die Gustloff Kapitän Johannsen, in So Far Die Feet carry (2001) the camp doctor and escape helper Dr. Stauffer, in Amen (director: Costa-Gavras) the high church functionary Cardinal Monsignore Hudal, the former Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt in Im Schatten der Macht , (2004) and most recently in Karol Wojtyla - Secrets of a Pope (TV, director: Gero von Boehm, 2006) Pope John Paul II.
His interpretation by Willy Brandt received a lot of praise in the multi-part television program Im Schatten der Macht over the life of the former Federal Chancellor , for which Mendl was awarded the Golden Camera in 2004 as best German actor. In 1997 he was nominated for the German Film Prize and in 1998 for the Bavarian Film Prize .
Mendl often plays intelligent leaders with an honorable character profile, identification figures. He also embodies down-to-earth characters like the farmer Moser in Es happened in bright day (director: Nico Hofmann, 1997) or Nulf in Schlafes Bruder (director: Joseph Vilsmaier , 1995). In comedies he often takes on the role of the charming older husband ( Eine Chance für die Liebe , TV, 2006). But he also often portrays shady characters, such as a criminal company boss, an unscrupulous head of authorities or an SS officer.
In order to support the next generation in film, Mendl took on one of the leading roles in Moritz Boll's road movie Elise and waived any fee.
Radio plays and dubbing
Michael Mendl has appeared in numerous radio plays, in Krabat (produced by WDR in 2010), Doktor Faustus after Thomas Mann in Karl May: The Orient Cycle and, most recently, in the audio book Es wird Dichruf by Simon Cross (published in February 2012).
In 2013 the animated film The Cold Heart based on Wilhelm Hauff was released , in which Mendl spoke the English version.
As a voice actor he lent his voice to F. Murray Abraham in Forrester: Found , Rob Reiner in Sleepless in Seattle , Stellan Skarsgård in King Arthur , Timothy Dalton in The Whore of the King and Rolf Lassgård in Ella's Secret .
social commitment
Michael Mendl has been a mentor for the LILALU project since 2000 .
Since 2003 he has been involved with Faszination Regenwald e. V. u. a. in French Guiana . A WDR documentary titled My Life on a Silk Thread was created in 2007 about this commitment .
Since November 2008, Mendl has also been the patron of the Gegen Noma e. V. to combat the childhood disease Noma .
From 2011 he was also involved in various campaigns for the neighborhood center “Soup Kitchen Lichtenrade eV” in Berlin.
He is the ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages .
Filmography (selection)
- 1975: The Commissioner (episode: The Cousin )
- 1976: Emergency ambulance 7
- 1978: Derrick (episode: piano concerto )
- 1985: Tatort - lousy tricks
- 1991: Soft shadows
- 1991: killer
- 1992: Little Sharks
- 1993: The big Bellheim
- 1993: Derrick (episode: An Object of Desire )
- 1994–1995: Frankenberg
- 1995: The Pig - A German Career
- 1995: Sleep brother
- 1996: It happened in broad daylight
- 1996: The shadow man
- 1996: 14 days life sentence
- 1996: The bull from Tölz: Among friends
- 1997: Tenerife - Day of Vengeance
- 1997: The Eternal Song
- 1997: Napoleon Fritz
- 1997: The peace mission
- 1998: love and other disasters
- 1998: Andrea and Marie
- 1998: The Sleepers
- 1998: Veterinarian Christine III: Adventure in South Africa
- 1998: Babyhandel Berlin - Beyond all scruples ( Assignment Berlin , TV film)
- 1998: Mortal Enemies - The Wrong Decision
- 1999: Two aces and a king
- 1999: A man stands up
- 2000: The dance with the devil - The kidnapping of Richard Oetker
- 2000: Germany game
- 2000: The devil woman
- 2001: Weiser
- 2001: Kelly Bastian - Story of a Hope
- 2001: As far as your feet can carry
- 2001: Tatort - The President
- 2002: The deputy
- 2002: Too close to the fire
- 2002: Bloch (episode: Black Dust )
- 2002: A Life for Peace - Pope John XXIII.
- 2002: Hiçbiryerde
- 2003: In the shadow of power
- 2003: Tatort - Shadowless
- 2004: The downfall
- 2004: Stars over Madeira
- 2005: A strong team - living goals
- 2005: my great love
- 2005: Stallion parade
- 2005: barefoot
- 2005: Shadow of the Sword
- 2005: Tatort - baptism of fire
- 2006: Karol Wojtyła - Secrets of a Pope
- 2006: my daughter, my life
- 2006: Mathilde loves
- 2006: I think of Germany at night ... The life of Heinrich Heine
- 2007: Free ride to happiness
- 2007: Rivet draws the main prize
- 2007: A love in Cuba
- 2007: Wilsberg: The Anabaptists
- 2007: The dream hotel - Dubai - Abu Dhabi
- 2008: The Reader
- 2008: The Gustloff
- 2008: The Old Lady's Visit
- 2008: Lost City Raiders
- 2008: Inga Lindström : Summer in Norrsunda
- 2008: The dead man in the wall
- 2009: the rebel
- 2009: My wonderful family : wedding preparations
- 2009: what a mess
- 2009: Tatort - We are the good guys
- 2009: All Longing of This Earth (TV movie)
- 2010: Shadow of Memory
- 2010: Donna Leon - Beautiful appearance
- 2010: Inga Lindström : Two doctors and love
- 2010: Angel of Revenge - An Ice Cold Plan
- 2011: child prodigies
- 2011: a case for two
- 2011: back to life
- 2011: Coast Guard : Hostile Takeover
- 2011: men's hearts ... and the very, very big love
- 2011: love and death on Java
- 2011: The Eisenhans
- 2011: The witch Lilli - The trip to Mandolan
- 2011: A strong team: Deadly Silence (TV movie)
- 2012: The secret of Villa Sabrini
- 2012: The establishment of an empire
- 2012: The nervous great power
- 2012: Tatort - throwaway girl
- 2012: Tatort - The golden ribbon
- 2012: The wood baroness
- 2013: crocodile
- 2014: In dangerous proximity
- 2015: the golden shore
- 2015: Half brothers
- 2015: A Strong Team: Deadly Legacy (TV Movie)
- 2015: Last trace of Berlin - state property
- 2015: Commissioner Marthaler - Angel of Death
- 2016: Bad Wolf - A Taunus thriller
- 2016: Elise
- 2016: In all friendship - determination
- 2016: A Cure for Wellness
- 2016: Fritz Lang - The other in us
- 2017: Katie Fforde - Bella's luck
- 2017–2020: Dark (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2018: Der Bergdoktor - Final Clarity (TV series)
- 2018: Old, but Polt
- 2018: Spring - Good Fathers, Bad Fathers
- 2018: Murders in the North - Beyond Death (TV series)
- 2019: The order
- 2019: Veterinarian Dr. Mertens - Painful Decision, An Irresistible Offer, General Insecurity, Moments of Truth (TV series)
Radio plays
- 2014: Sibylle Lewitscharoff : Whitsun miracle - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann (radio play - HR / DKultur )
- 2015: Ethel Lina White : Die Wendeltreppe - adaptation and direction: Regine Ahrem (detective radio play artificial head - RBB )
- 2015: Joachim Ringelnatz : … liner Roma (narrator) - adaptation and direction: Thomas Gerwin (radio play - RBB)
Web links
- Michael Mendl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Mendl at filmportal.de
- Literature by and about Michael Mendl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Profile of Michael Mendl at the actor agency Reuter
- Michael Mendl in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kieler Nachrichten / Gunda Meyer: "Elise" celebrated its heart and soul premiere. In: KN Online. Kieler Nachrichten, March 20, 2016, accessed on May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Brief portrait of Michael Mendl on wdr.de
- ↑ Fascination Rainforest eV . Michael Mendl's commitment to the rainforest
- ^ Against Noma eV . Michael Mendl's commitment as patron of the Gegen Noma eV association
- ↑ Here Mendl is cooking a chili con hero . BZ of March 16, 2011.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mendl, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sandrock, Michael (birth name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Luenen |