Ulrich Pleitgen
Ulrich Pleitgen (born November 1, 1942 in Hanover ; † February 21, 2018 in Hamburg ) was a German actor and speaker who was known to the audience mainly through television roles.
Career
Pleitgen gained his first experience as an actor at the age of eleven in the Dassel boarding school theater. An apprenticeship at the Hanover University of Music and Theater was followed by engagements at the Berlin Schillertheater , the theaters of Basel , Bochum and Frankfurt , at the Stuttgart State Theater and from 1980 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.
In 1972 he was awarded the Berlin Art Prize as the best young actor , and in 1984 the specialist magazine Theater heute voted him actor of the year .
After leaving the Thalia Theater ensemble in 1989, Ulrich Pleitgen devoted himself mainly to his roles in cinema and television films.
Not least thanks to his acting performance as judge Prinzing, the film Stammheim was awarded a Golden Bear . In 1994 Pleitgen received a Bambi for his portrayal of Wolfgang Schefer in the television series Not from Bad Parents .
From 2003 to 2011 he acted in the successful ARD television series Familie Dr. Kleist the pharmacist Johannes Kleist. In the summer of 2006 he had to interrupt all filming and take a break due to illness. He therefore gave up his role in K3 - Kripo Hamburg .
After his recovery, Ulrich Pleitgen stood in March 2007 for the 3rd season of the Dr. Kleist in front of the camera in Eisenach .
In addition to his work as an actor, Ulrich Pleitgen organized readings and worked as a speaker for audio books . In this context, he has won numerous prizes, for example the Osterwold Prize 2005 from Audiobook Hamburg for the best audio book interpretation and in the same year the gold record for more than 100,000 sold audio books of the novel Assassini by Thomas Gifford . In 2006 he received the German Audio Book Prize for the book Lauf, Junge ,lauf by Uri Orlev . In 2007 Ulrich Pleitgen received the German Record Critics' Prize and was selected by the jury of the hr2 audio book best list .
In collaboration with Iris Berben as Leonie Goron, he spoke the role of Edgar Allan Poe in the 37-part audio play series Edgar Allan Poe at Lübbe-Audio from 2003 to 2009 . Ulrich Pleitgen was the godfather of the Björn Steiger Foundation for the project “Rescue goes to school”.
Ulrich Pleitgen died of heart failure on February 21, 2018 at the age of 75 .
Private
Pleitgen was married to the actress Ann-Monika Pleitgen . His stepson is the physicist and author Ilja Bohnet . Ulrich Pleitgen was distantly related to the journalist and former WDR director Fritz Pleitgen .
Filmography
cinemamovies
- 1981: Das Haus im Park, directed by Aribert Weis
- 1986: Stammheim , director: Reinhard Hauff
- 1990: The eighth day, directed by Reinhard Münster
- 1991: Tschoknutje, German-Russian film, director: Alla Surikowa , Russian: Чокнутые
- 2015: As not for ..., short film, director: Martina Plura
TV movies and TV series (selection)
- 1985: No beautiful country , six-part series, director: Klaus Emmerich
- 1987: Full of hatred , crime scene , director: Bernd Schadewald
- 1988: Reporter , directed by Klaus Emmerich, Hans Noever
- 1988: Eine Bonner Affäre, TV film, director: Bernd Schadewald
- 1989: Schwarzenberg , two-part television film, ZDF, director: Eberhard Itzenplitz
- 1989: Katjas Schweigen , Tatort , director: Hans Noever
- 1989: Der Hammermörder , TV film, director: Bernd Schadewald
- 1989: With the clowns came the tears, multi-part, director: Reinhard Hauff
- 1989: Petticoat, six-part series, directed by Wigbert Wicker
- 1990: Bismarck , three-part TV series by BR, directed by Tom Toelle
- 1990: Zocker, Eurocops (TV series), director: Kaspar Heidelbach
- 1990: Convicted: Anna Leschek, TV film, director: Bernd Schadewald
- 1990: Die Kinder, two-part series for the BBC , directed by Rob Walker
- 1991: Haus am See, 13-part series, director: Ilse Hofmann
- 1992: Negerküsse, satirical film, director: Maria Theresia Wagner
- 1992: Death of a security guard , crime scene , director: Ilse Hofmann
- 1992: Not from bad parents , 39-part series until 1997, director: Rainer Boldt
- 1992: Rosenkavalier, Hecht & Haie (series), director: Martin Gies
- 1992: At your own risk , 39-part series, directed by Stefan Lukschy , Dieter Berner
- 1993: Bad luck for artists, TV film, director: Walter Weber
- 1994: Glück auf Kredit, TV movie, director: Marcus Scholz
- 1994: Christmas with Willy Wuff , TV film, director: Maria Theresia Wagner
- 1995: Nana, TV film, directed by Miguel Alexandre
- 1995: Islands under the Wind, TV film, director: Marco Serafini
- 1995: Jury Court - convicted innocently ?, series of lawyers, directed by Frank Guthke
- 1995: Inside the Amber, TV movie, director: Ilse Hofmann
- 1996: The end of a normal day, made for TV, directed by Heide Pils
- 1996: Cape of Good Hope , directed by Vera Loebner, Thomas Nikel
- 1996: Living in Fear, two-parter, director: Dagmar Damek
- 1996: Opportunity Makes Murderers, Die Drei (crime series), directed by Michael Lähn
- 1997: Die Geliebte, TV film, director: Dietrich Haugk
- 1997: The Office , comedy series, directed by Micha Terjung
- 1997: Lisa Falk - a woman for all cases, lawyer series, directed by Rüdiger Nüchtern
- 1997: Evelyn Hamann's Stories from Life (episode: Feine Kundschaft ), director: Karin Hercher
- 1998: Happiness lives behind the dike, TV movie, director: Jürgen Bretzinger
- 1998: Turbulenzen, Schloßhotel Orth (series) Director: Konstantin Hallberg
- 1998: Die Sünde der Engel, TV film, director: Wolf Gremm
- 1999: At fifty men kiss differently , TV film, director: Margarethe von Trotta
- 1999: Husbands and other liars, TV movie, director: Claus-Michael Rohne
- 1999: Amokfahrt zum Pazifik, German-Canadian television film, director: Hans Werner
- 1999: Bali, Das Traumschiff , directed by Michael Steinke
- 1999: Lies of Life, TV film, director: Dietrich Haugk
- 2000: All children need love , TV film, director: Karsten Wichniarz
- 2000: Keen on Life , TV film, director: Christine Kabisch
- 2000: The Little Witness , Tatort , Director: Miguel Alexandre
- 2000: The pregnant girl, TV film, director: Bettina Woehre
- 2000: 1000 Miles for Love, TV film, director: Peter Deutsch
- 2000: Jenny & Co, four-part series, director: Wolfgang Hübner
- 2001: Murderous Debt, A Case for Two , Director: Rolf Liccini
- 2001: Risky Harmony, Dr. Sommerfeld - News from the Bülowbogen , directed by Karsten Wichniarz
- 2002: Zambia and Victoria Falls, The Dream Ship , Director: Michael Steinke
- 2003: On thin ice, K3 - Kripo Hamburg , directed by Friedemann Fromm , Marcus Weiler
- 2003: Start ins Glück, not without my lawyer (series of lawyers), director: Bernhard Stephan
- 2004: Porzellan, K3 - Kripo Hamburg , directed like this
- 2004: Fieber, K3 - Kripo Hamburg , directed like this
- 2004–2011: Family Dr. Kleist , directors: Erwin Keusch , Vera Loebner, Stefan Bartmann , Peter Weissflog , Richard Engel
- 2005: Another man, K3 - Kripo Hamburg , directed like this
- 2005: Thank Heaven, made-for-TV, director: Dagmar Damek
- 2006: Help, my daughter is getting married , TV film, director: Ulrich König
- 2010: Wild waves - nothing remains hidden
- 2011: Therese cheats
- 2013: When my wife became my boss ... (Director: Matthias Steurer )
- 2014: The last million - when the old people's home wins the lottery, TV film, director: Udo Witte
- 2015: Always Trouble with Grandpa Charly, TV film, director: Marcus Ulbricht
- 2015: Die Lyrik-Rätsel, eight-part video series "Parodie & Poesie" by FAZ.NET , director: Marcus Ulbricht
Theater films (selection)
- 1980: The Hermannsschlacht , Schauspielhaus Bochum, director: Claus Peymann
- 1981: Woyzeck , Schauspielhaus Bochum, directors: Manfred Karge and Matthias Langhoff
- 1982: News from the provinces, staging by the Bochum theater at the Paderborn theater festival, director: Alfred Kirchner
- 1982: Torquato Tasso , Schauspielhaus Bochum, director: Claus Peymann
- 1986: Marquis von Keith, Thalia-Theater Hamburg, director: Thomas Langhoff
Radio plays (selection)
- 2002: Dick Francis : Rampant . Radio play adaptation based on the novel Zügellos : Alexander Schnitzler. Director: Klaus Zippel , production: MDR and SWR, music: Pierre Oser, 1 CD, length: approx. 71 min. Der Audio Verlag , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89813-266-8 .
- 2003: Alexandre Dumas the Elder : The Three Musketeers . Director: Sven Stricker , speaker: Ulrich Pleitgen, Andreas Fröhlich , Thomas Wenke , Samuel Weiss , Horst Stark , 2 CD, Der Hörverlag , ISBN 3-89940-152-2 .
- 2005: Henning Mankell : Wallander's first case . Audiobook Hamburg, ISBN 978-3899032130 .
- 2006: John Steinbeck : Von Mäusen und Menschen , OSTERWOLD audio , ISBN 978-3-86952-215-9 .
- 2012: Matthias Wittekindt : The blue yacht . Director: Sven Stricker . Radio crime scene , NDR.
- 2014: Henry James : Washington Square - Director: Silke Hildebrandt (radio play - MDR).
- 2014: Hermann Bohlen : Retirement in Übersee (Sha Ji Jing Hou - Slaughtering a chicken to intimidate the monkeys) - Director: Hermann Bohlen / Judith Lorentz (radio play - WDR).
Works (selection)
- Ulrich Pleitgen: The grandmother , short story in the anthology Friendships by Marie-Luise Marjan (ed.), Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-455-05141-3 .
- Ulrich Pleitgen, Ilja Bohnet : Ulrich Pleitgen. All or nothing! From the life of a convict. The posthumous autobiography , Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3862657117 .
Awards
- 1972: Berlin art award for best young actor
- 1984: Actor of the year, award from the specialist magazine Theater heute
- 1986: Golden Bear with the movie Stammheim - The Trial Director: Reinhard Hauff
- 1994: Bambi for portraying Wolfgang Schefer in the television series Not from Bad Parents
- 2005: Osterwold Prize 2005 from HörbucHHamburg for the best audio book interpretation
- 2005: Gold record from Lübbe Audio for the audio book Assassini by Thomas Gifford
- 2006: German Audio Book Prize
- 2007: German Record Critics' Award
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Pleitgen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ulrich Pleitgen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ulrich Pleitgen's website , last accessed on October 7, 2018
- 'The natural sciences - a cultural phenomenon in its limits and possibilities' , radio feature with the interlocutors Olaf Breidbach , Robert Kudielka and Albrecht Wagner , by Ilja Bohnet and Bernhard Kaufmann with the speakers Ulrich Pleitgen and Claudia Rieschel , FSK Hamburg (1999)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pleitgen's year of birth was 1942, not 1946, as officially announced during his life, see page 55 in Ulrich Pleitgen. All or nothing! From the life of a convict. The posthumous autobiography , Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3862657117 .
- ↑ a b Actor Ulrich Pleitgen has died. Death at the age of 71. In: Culture. Augsburger Allgemeine , February 23, 2018, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry , last accessed on June 11, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pleitgen, Ulrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and speaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 2018 |
Place of death | Hamburg |