Daniel Brühl Biography
Summary
" Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo" (; born June 16, 1978) is a Spanish-born German actor. He is best known as "Daniel Brühl".
Biography
Personal life
Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain, the son of German stage director Hanno Brühl and a Catalan professor mother. He also has a brother and a sister. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up and attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium. Raised in a fully bilingual home, he speaks German and Spanish fluently as well as Catalan, French and English. In 2006 Brühl separated from his long-time girlfriend, actress Jessica Schwarz, to whom he was engaged.
Career
Brühl began acting at a young age and made his first steps 1995 as street kid Benji in the soap opera "Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)". His international breakthrough role came in 2003 as Alex Kerner in the Golden Globe-nominated film "Good Bye Lenin!", which reached an estimated six million cinema-goers worldwide. In 2003, Brühl won the European Film Academy award trophies for Best Actor (Critics/Audience Awards) for the role. Brühl made his English-speaking film debut in 2004's "Ladies in Lavender", starring alongside British acting legends Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. The same year, he won the People's Choice trophy for Best Actor in the same award-giving body for the film "Love in Thoughts" while at the same time, he was nominated for Best Actor (critics) for "The Edukators". In 2006, he was invited as one of the short film and Cinéfondation juries in the Cannes Film Festival. In June 2006, he made a cameo appearance in "Two Days in Paris", a romantic comedy film which was directed by French actress Julie Delpy. In September 2006, his Cannes-nominated film "Salvador (Puig Antich)" premiered in Spain. In the film, he played Salvador Puig Antich, a Catalan anarchist executed during the Franco era. In 2007 he appeared in a small role in the film "The Bourne Ultimatum."
He was in "Krabat", based on a popular German children's story, which premiered in German cinemas in October 2008. He played a Nazi gloryhound war hero in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," starring Brad Pitt, which premiered at Cannes 2009.
Brühl's upcoming projects include the Anglo-Russian production "In Transit" where he will be playing a young Nazi soldier opposite John Malkovich. In May 2009 Brühl decided to become active in a different field of filmmaking by launching the production company Fouronfilm together with Film1.
Awards
"Bambi Awards" (2003) — Best Ensemble, shared with Katrin Saß and Florian Lukas for "Good Bye Lenin!"
"Bavarian Film Awards" (2002) — Best Young Actor for and
"European Film Awards" (2003) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for "Good Bye Lenin!"
"European Film Awards" (2003) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for "Good Bye Lenin!"
"European Film Awards" (2004) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for "Love in Thoughts"
"German Film Awards" (2003) — Best Actor (Film Award in Gold) for "Good Bye Lenin!"
"German Film Awards" (2003) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for "Good Bye Lenin!"
"Shooting Stars Award" (2003) — at the Berlin International Film Festival
"German Film Awards" (2002) — Best Actor (Film Award in Gold) for , and
"German Film Critics Association Awards" (2003) — Best Actor for and
"Berlin Film Festival" (2003) — European Film Shooting Star by European Film Promotion
"Barcelona Film Awards" (2006) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
"Seattle International Film Festival" (2007) — Best Actor (Audience Award) for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
Nominations
"European Film Awards" (2004) — Best Actor (Critics Award) for "The Edukators"
"Goya Awards" (2007) — Best Actor (Academy Award) for "Salvador (Puig Antich))"
"Spanish Actors Union" (2007) — Best Actor for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
"Cinema Writers Circle Awards" (2007) — Best Actor for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
"Fotogramas de Plata Awards" (2007) — Best Actor for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
"Butaca Awards" (2007) — Best Actor for "Salvador (Puig Antich)"
"GQ" (2007) — Man of the Year Award
External links
(Daniel Brühl) with his agency "Players"
(Daniel Brühl comprehensive profile")
(Daniel Brühl at www.shooting-stars.eu)
Credit
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