Robert Gwisdek

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Robert Gwisdek (2013)

Robert Gwisdek (born January 29, 1984 in East Berlin ) is a German actor , musician and author . As a musician he is known by the stage name Käptn Peng and is part of the alternative hip-hop band Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi .

Life

Robert Gwisdek is the son of actor Michael Gwisdek and actress Corinna Harfouch .

At the age of five he was under the direction of his father for the first time in front of the camera. In 1999 he played in Anno Saul's quiet drama Green Desert about a shy childhood friendship alongside Martina Gedeck , Ulrich Noethen and Heino Ferch, the role of the cancer-stricken boy Johann. From 2002 to 2006 he completed the acting course at the University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) in Potsdam and had his first major engagements during this time, including in the feature film NVA or in Donna-Leon - TV crime thriller Secret Channels (both 2005), as well as the graduation film Berliner Reigen (2006).

In 2008 he was awarded the Günter Strack TV Prize for the role of Anton Brenner in the feature film Fathers, because they don't know what's going on as the best young actor .

In 2010 he embodied the character of Ben in the love triangle between wheelchair user Ben, his civilian and a busy student Renn, if you can . Also in 2010 he was seen in the film adaptation of the play Kasimir and Karoline von Ödön von Horváth in the role of the hardened underdog Merkl, the unemployed friend of the protagonist Kasimir.

In 2013 he was nominated for the German Film Prize for his supporting role as the illegitimate son of Katja Riemann and Sebastian Koch in the drama The Weekend (2012) , which his father Michael won for his role in Oh Boy . In 2018 he received the award for his portrayal of the sensation-hungry reporter Michael Jürgs in Emily Atef's film biography 3 days in Quiberon .

Gwisdek lives in Berlin.

Music projects

Gwisdek is known as a musician of alternative hip-hop under the pseudonym Käptn Peng . From 2009 to 2012 he ran the hip-hop project shaban feat with his older half-brother Johannes ("Shaban") . Captain Peng . In March 2012, the duo released their only album to date, Die Tähmung der Hydra, on their own label Kreismusik .

Since then, both have been part of the alternative hip-hop band Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi , which belongs to the same label and whose singer is Gwisdek. In April 2013, the band's first album was released with Expedition ins O. She was also responsible for the music for the film Alki Alki , which was released in June 2015. In May 2017 they released the album Das zeroth Kapitel .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays and features

Discography

Shaban & Captain Peng

Captain Peng & The Tentacles of Delphi

  • Expedition into the O (2013, circle music)
  • Alki, Alki (2015, circle music)
  • The zeroth chapter (2017, circle music)
  • Dragon training EP (2019, circle music)
  • It's is my life - Cyclops in the tractor beam (2019, circle music)

Literary works

Awards

Web links

Commons : Robert Gwisdek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Shaban and Käptn Peng at sein.de: The river, not the raft
personal data
SURNAME Gwisdek, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin