Ulf Montanus

Ulf Montanus (2012)

Ulf Montanus (born April 8, 1961 in Düsseldorf ) is a German actor , presenter and politician .

Life

Ulf Montanus is the second son of a businessman and an orthodontist from Düsseldorf. In 1981 he graduated from the Institute on the Rosenberg in St. Gallen, Switzerland. After graduating from high school, he spent two years in the armed forces, where he completed an officer training course. In 1990 he was appointed first lieutenant in the reserve. From 1984 to 1986 he trained as a banker, which was followed by training as a radio journalist and presenter in 1986. In 1985 he played a leading role in a semi-professional drama group in the play Konrad or The Child from the Canned Can, and in the same year began his acting training through private lessons and VHS courses. In 1993, with his first television appearance, he had a leading role in the episode, as investigator Georg Lamprecht, in the television series Auf Leben und Tod . In 1991 he trained as an auctioneer and then worked for several years as an auctioneer in auction houses in Düsseldorf, Cologne and Nuremberg. From 2005 to 2014 he was also seen as a teleshop presenter for various television channels. In 2004 he became a member of the FDP. In 2012, the city of Düsseldorf honored him with the award of the Silver Badge of Honor of the Düsseldorf Courage campaign for his intervention in a handbag theft that enabled the perpetrators to be caught. From 2012 to 2020 he was also a board member of the FDP Düsseldorf. In 2014 he was elected district representative for the districts of Düsseltal, Flingern-Nord and Flingern-Süd in the state capital of Düsseldorf. Since 2017 he has been a councilor of the state capital Düsseldorf.

play

Towards the end of the 1980s, he already played in several image and industrial films in leading and supporting roles.

The first theater role he played in 1985 in the Ratingen City Theater was the main role (Egon) in the play for children Konrad or The Child from the Canned Can . In 1988 he played the main role (Faust) in Part 1 of Faust at the Düsseldorf City Festival for the Goethe Museum . This was followed in 1990 by a double role (Bougrelas and Pile) in König Ubu at the Solingen Culture Days and in 1991 a supporting role (Troilus) in No War in Troy at the Solingen City Theater . In 2002 he played the leading role (Pierre Brochant) in Dinner for Spinner and from 2003-2004 a supporting role (Murray) in A Strange Couple at the Theater an der Luegallee in Düsseldorf.

Montanus made his TV debut as Georg Lamprecht in the crime series Auf Leben und Tod (1993). This was followed by guest roles in series such as Stadtklinik , Die Kommissarin , SK-Babies , Der Fahnder , Lindenstrasse , Unter uns , Die Anrheiner , Turnstile Airport , A Lot of Life and Inspector Schimpanski . TV films: as Marcus with Doreen Jacobi in Anna H. - Beloved, Wife and Whore (2000) and as Herr Langen with Alexandra Kamp in Antonia - Between Love and Power (2001). Leading role as tax evader and arms supplier Holger Pfahls in the political crime thriller Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - A donation affair (2003). Also as Giselher Runge in Von Müttern und Töchtern (2006). In 2005 he played the leading role of Police Inspector Manfred in the movie Children of Wax alongside Udo Kier and Armand Assante .

Moderation

From 1986 to 1987 he worked as a journalist and spokesman for live radio editing service in Berlin and Bonn and created colorful reports for the broadcasting stations SWF 1, UFA-RTL, BR, SDR, HR 3, NDR, WDR etc. at the end of the 1980s He moderated events in all industries and then later also worked as a moderator at trade fairs such as CeBIT , DRUPA , LIGNA and the Hanover Fair .

In 2005 he made his TV debut as a presenter on hits from NRW (2005) and NRWissimo (2005). This was followed by appearances as a teleshop presenter at QVC in Germany (Constantin Weisz Uhren, 2005-2006 and MDM Münzen, 2010), QVC in England (CW-Watches, 2007-2008), Der Schmuckkanal (2006-2008), Astro FM ( 2008), Der Schmuckkanal Exklusiv (2009–2010), Glück TV (2009–2010), MediaShop TV (2009), Channel 21 (Vital Mondial, 2011–2012) and on ManouLenz.TV (2013–2014).

politics

In 2004 he became a member of the FDP Düsseldorf. From 2006 to 2012 he was deputy chairman of the local association 7 (Gerresheim, Ludenberg, Grafenberg, Hubbelrath, Knittkuhl) of the FDP in Düsseldorf. From 2009 to 2017, as a knowledgeable citizen, he was a member of the enlarged parliamentary group of the FDP in Düsseldorf. Since 2009 he has also been a deputy member of the culture committee. From 2011 to 2018 he was on the State Committee for Culture and Media of the FDP NRW. From 2012 to 2020 he was on the board of the FDP in the Düsseldorf district association. From 2013 to 2018 he was also a member of the State Committee for International Politics and from 2013 to 2014 he was a member of the State Committee of Integration, Sport and Leisure of the FDP NRW. From 2013 to 2020 he was on the local board of local association 2 (Flingern, Düsseltal) of the FDP in Düsseldorf, where he was then also the deputy chairman of the local association from 2015 to 2020. In 2014 he was elected as the district representative of the FDP in the districts of Düsseltal and Flingern. Since 2015 he has been a member of the fine arts advisory board of the city of Düsseldorf. In 2017 he was appointed councilor of the state capital Düsseldorf and thus also a member of the parliamentary group of the FDP Düsseldorf. In 2017 he also took over the committees for public institutions and environmental protection for the FDP. In the same year he was appointed head of the small water commission and elected to the supervisory board of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. In 2018 he became a member of the Düsseldorf Art Commission and from 2018 to 2020 he was on the supervisory board of the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. In 2019 he was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Museum Kunstpalast .

Filmography (selection)

• 1993: To life and death
• 1994: City Clinic
• 1994: The partners
• 1994, 2004, 2019: Between us
• 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007: Lindenstrasse
• 1996: Lots of life
• 1996: Commissioner Schimpanski
• 1997: SK babies
• 1997: The fat man and the Belgian
• 1997: Breakfast for four
• 1999: The Commissioner
• 1999: Trafficking in girls - the dirty business with lust
• 1999: Hellish Neighbors
• 1999: The investigator
• 1999: Anna H. - lover, wife and whore
• 1999, 2001: The people of the Rhine
• 2000: The cheekiest affairs in the world
• 2000: Airport hub
• 2000: Antonia - Between love and power
• 2001: Natalie - Life after the baby stroke
• 2001: Monitor in cross-examination
• 2003: For love of Germany - a donation affair
• 2004: PISA - The country test
• 2004: Commitment to Ellrich
• 2005: Children of Wax
• 2006: Of mothers and daughters
• 2007: The time of steel
• 2008: Warped / Spoiled
• 2010: world behind glass
• 2011, 2017: Everything that matters
• 2012: The man in the crowd
• 2015: Interview with the bridal couple
• 2017: Lucky Me
• 2017: Kroymann
• 2017: How women tick

TV moderation (selection)

• 2005: hits from NRW
• 2005–2008: QVC Germany
• 2006–2008: The jewelry channel
• 2009–2010: Glück TV
• 2009: MediaShop TV
• 2010: QVC Germany

Political offices (selection)

• 2006–2012: Deputy chairman of the local association OV 7 of the FDP Düsseldorf
• 2009: Deputy member of the cultural committee of the city of Düsseldorf
• 2011–2018: Member of the State Committee on Culture and Media of the FDP NRW
• 2012–2020: Board member of the FDP Düsseldorf
• 2013–2014: Member of the state committees for integration and sport and leisure of the FDP NRW
• 2013–2018: Member of the State Committee on International Politics of the FDP NRW
• 2013–2020: Board member and from 2015 to 2020 deputy chairman of the OV 2 of the FDP Düsseldorf
• 2014: District representative in District Representation 2 (Düsseltal, Flingern-Nord and Flingern-Süd) of the city of Düsseldorf
• 2015: Member of the Fine Arts Advisory Board of the City of Düsseldorf
• 2017: Councilor of the state capital Düsseldorf
• 2017: Member of the parliamentary group of the FDP Düsseldorf
• 2017: Member of the committee for public institutions of the city of Düsseldorf
• 2017: Member of the environmental protection committee of the city of Düsseldorf
• 2017: Head of the small commission on water
• 2017: Member of the supervisory board of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
• 2018: Member of the Düsseldorf Art Commission
• 2018–2020: Member of the supervisory board of the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
• 2020: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

Awards

• 2012: Silver badge of honor Düsseldorfer Courage for his spontaneous and selfless intervention, which became a help for a person in need.

Web links

• Ulf Montanus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ulf Montanus. Internet presence in the field of film and television
• Ulf Montanus. Internet presence on politics

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 14 Courageous people set a good example , press service of the state capital Düsseldorf from September 25, 2012, accessed on October 10, 2014
2. ↑ Actor catches young robber duo / RP ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Communication from the FDP council group in Düsseldorf from January 20, 2012, quoted from the Rheinische Post from January 19, 2012 
3. ↑ FDP district executive in Düsseldorf - Ulf Montanus. From: fdp-duesseldorf.de , accessed on May 12, 2016.