Edgar Selge

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Edgar Selge
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Selge at Berlinale in 2019
Born (1948-03-27) 27 March 1948 (age 76)
Brilon, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present

Edgar Selge (born 27 March 1948) is a German actor and writer. [1] [2] [3] Selge was born in Brilon in 1948, the son of a prison warden, grew up in Herford. [2] He studied philosophy and German in Munich and Dublin as well as classical piano in Vienna. [2] He graduated in 1975 from the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. [2]

Contents

Launched in October 2021, his first book, the autobiographical "Hast du uns endlich gefunden" became a bestseller on the German language book market. [4]

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Herschel und die Musik der Sterne Alexander HerschelTV film
1988Schön war die ZeitHelmut Hartmeyer
1990 Der neue Mann  [ de ]FelixTV film
1991The Terrible ThreesomeWerner Hennes
1992AbgetriebenBlockTV film
1996 Hamsun Josef Terboven
1998 Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller Michael Walner
1999PrototypeJansonTV film
2001 Das Experiment Klaus Thon
2005 No Sweat  [ de ]Norbert Reich
2007 Fashion Victims Wolfgang Senker
Angsthasen  [ de ]Adrian ZumbuschTV film
The Debt Max Rainer
2009 Die Freundin der Tochter  [ de ]PaulTV film
Beyond the Wall  [ de ]Ulrich MolitorTV film
2010 The Day of the Cat  [ de ]Nuncio
The Lost FatherArndt SalzbrennerTV film
The Poll Diaries Ebbo von Siering
2012 Hanna's Decision  [ de ]Karl ForsterTV film
Ludwig II Richard Wagner
2013 Wetlands Dr. Notz
2014 A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt  [ de ] Otto Weidt TV film
Miss Sixty  [ de ]Frans Winther
The Witness House  [ de ]Mr. GärtnerTV film
2015Bach in BrazilMarten Brückling
A Grand Farewell  [ de ]AdrianTV film
2018 Unterwerfung FrançoisTV film
2022 Honecker und der Pastor  [ de ] Erich Honecker TV film
2022 Skin Deep (Aus meiner Haut)Stella
TV Series
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998–2009 Polizeiruf 110 Kommissar Jürgen Tauber21 episodes
2000 Anniversaries  [ de ]RohlfsTV miniseries
2011 Der Kriminalist DocEpisode: Abgetaucht

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References

  1. "Interview with Edgar Selge". Archived from the original on 6 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Edgar Selge – Biografie". www.deutsches-filmhaus.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Rundfunk, Bayerischer (26 October 2009). "Warum ein einarmiger Kommissar?: Interview zum letzten Selge/May-Polizeiruf" (in German).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Schröder, Julia (26 October 2021). "Edgar Selge: "Hast du uns endlich gefunden"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2022.