Peter Kurth

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Peter Kurth
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Kurth in 2018
Born (1957-04-04) 4 April 1957 (age 66)
Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present

Peter Kurth (born 4 April 1957) is a German actor. He won the 2016 German Film Award for Best Actor for portraying a former boxer diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the drama film A Heavy Heart .

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Early life

Kurth was born on 4 April 1957 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany. [1] Growing up in Goldberg, he frequently visited the local movie theater, later citing it as an influence on his decision to become an actor. [2] He attended the state drama school in Rostock from 1978 to 1981. [1]

Career

After graduating from drama school, Kurth performed at Theater für junge Leute in Magdeburg from 1981 to 1984 and at Theater der Altmark  [ de ] in Stendal from 1984 to 1988. He then moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), where he performed at Städtisches Theater. [1] In 1997, Kurth joined the Schauspiel Leipzig  [ de ] in Leipzig, where he also taught drama. [3] He moved to Hamburg in 2000 to perform at the Thalia Theater. [4] He joined the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin in 2006, and later transferred to the Stuttgart Drama Theater. [4] [2]

Kurth was named Actor of the Year by the German theater magazine Theater heute in 2014. [2] He won the German Film Award for Best Actor, as well as the Deutscher Schauspielpreis  [ de ] (German Actor Award), for the 2015 film A Heavy Heart in which he played Herbert, a boxer diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). [5] [6] Kurth prepared extensively for the role, gaining 35 pounds (16 kg) in the months before filming to physically resemble a former boxer, before losing his newly gained weight over the course of the 35-day shoot to portray Herbert's ALS progression. [7] Scott Roxborough of The Hollywood Reporter called Kurth's portrayal of Herbert an "acting master class". [7]

In 2018, Kurth was nominated for the Deutscher Fernsehpreis award for Best Actor, for his role as Detective Bruno Wolter in the German neo-noir television series Babylon Berlin. [8]

Personal life

Kurth is married and has two children. [3]

Selected filmography

Film performances
YearTitleRoleRef
2003 Good Bye, Lenin! "X-TV" chef [9]
2003 Wolfsburg Oliver [10]
2005 Ghosts Foreman [11]
2006 A Friend of Mine Fernandez [12]
2008 1 May: All Belongs to You Harry [13]
2008 Without You I'm Nothing  [ de ]Hans-Gert
2009 Whisky with Vodka  [ de ]Herbert [14]
2010 In the Shadows Richard Bauer [15]
2013 Gold Wilhelm Laser [16]
2014 Schmitke  [ de ]Julius Schmitke [17]
2015 The Small and the Wicked  [ de ]Hotte Mazocha
2015 A Heavy Heart Herbert [7]
2018 In the Aisles Bruno [18]
2018 Sew the Winter to My Skin General Helmut Botha [19]
2020 Christmas Crossfire Rainer [20]
2021 Next Door Bruno
2022 Dark Satellites
Television performances
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2017 Babylon Berlin Bruno Wolter [21]
2019 Criminal: Germany Jochen MüllerEpisode: "Jochen" [22]
2020 Altes Land  [ de ]Hinni Lührs2 episodes [23]
2021 Sörensen hat Angst  [ de ]Jens SchäfflerTelevision film [24]

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