Biography
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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2020s
- 2023
Geheimkommando Familie
Klaus Gremme
- 2021
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
Tadeusz von Breska
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
Attempted Murder
Thomas Rautenbach · 2 episodes
- 2017
Maria Mafiosi
Jürgen Moosandl
- 2016
- 2015
Sanctuary
Hausvater Brockmann
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Bruno
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
Janis Kortschak
Unverschämtes Glück
Harry Hindenach
Line of Separation
Franz Schober · 6 episodes
- 2014
Burning Souls
Weihbischof Förner
Public Enemies
Siegfried Buback
München Mord
Ludwig Schaller · 33 episodes
Der Prediger
Anwalt Dieter Dorn
- 2013
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
Christian Fenn
Alaska Johansson
E. L. Johansson
Schon wieder Henriette
Hartmut Ille
Im Netz
Brinkmann
The Girl with Nine Wigs
Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
Der große Schwindel
Dr. Blamberger
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
Tom Brandauer
- 2012
Trau niemals deiner Frau
Arnold Ettmayr
Alleingang
Josef Zuckmaier
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
Mr. Truckenbrot
- 2011
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
Nodger 'Nod' Kern
4 Days in May
Oberstleutnant
- 2010
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
Georg Ametsrieder
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Valerius (age 75)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
TV
Gier
Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Sasse · 2 episodes
Nanga Parbat
Dr. Franz Burda
2000s
- 2009
Flemming
Dr. Arnulf Rand · 1 episode
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Abt Kuno
Crash Point: Berlin
Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Between Today and Tomorrow
Zimmerkellner / room waiter
- 2008
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
Josef Kolb
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Alois Kugler
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
Viktor Toller · 1 episode
M/S Gustloff
Escher · 2 episodes
Die Anwälte
Lothar Franzen · 8 episodes
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
Stadlhuber
- 2007
Ich wollte nicht töten
Martin Kehl
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
Hubertus Müller
Bezaubernde Marie
Dr. Hans Weber
Life Actually
Vater Krüger
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Bernd Zeisinger, Johann Mantler · 1 episode
Afrika, mon amour
Heinrich von Strahlberg · 3 episodes
- 2006
Wholetrain
Polizist Steinbauer
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
Leopold Mozart
- 2005
Emilia – Familienbande
Hubert Seilinger
- 2004
Zwei am großen See
Rupert Vorreiter · 5 episodes
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
Lothar Frick · 1 episode
Im Tal des Schweigens
Stadlhuber
- 2003
Pfarrer Braun
Joseph Köpplinger · 1 episode
Strange Gardens
SS officer
- 2002
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Vincenzo Bracconi
Under Suspicion
Dr. Mertens, Robert Mertens, Dr. Robert Mertens · 1 episode
Leo & Claire
Gauleiter
Das Duo
Pathologe Holzmann · 1 episode
- 2001
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
Movie
Romeo
Robert
- 2000
Anatomy
Polizist
1990s
- 1999
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
Movie
Die Spesenritter
Movie
- 1998
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
Bert Nitschke · 1 episode
- 1997
Die Musterknaben
Wempe
Mali
Simmerl · 2 episodes
It Happened in Broad Daylight
2. Jungbauer
- 1996
Alle haben geschwiegen
Staatsanwalt
Deathline
Inspector
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Philipp Spieker
- 1995
- 1994
Zwei Brüder
TV
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
Waldemar Schickinger · 1 episode
- 1993
Morlock
Dr. Hagenberg · 1 episode
- 1992
1980s
- 1984
- 1981
1970s
- 1978
- 1977
- 1974
- 1971
- 1970
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2010s
- 2015
2000s
- 2008
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1991
1970s
- 1976
