Ronald Zehrfeld

Last updated
Ronald Zehrfeld
MKr23190 Ronald Zehrfeld (Ingeborg Bachmann, Berlinale 2023).jpg
Zehrfeld in 2023
Born (1977-01-15) 15 January 1977 (age 46)
OccupationActor

Ronald Zehrfeld (born 15 January 1977) is a German actor. His movie roles include Barbara (2012), Inbetween Worlds (2014), and Phoenix (2014).

Contents

Career

Zehrfeld made his film debut in 2005 with a lead role in Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo. He starred in the comedic pirate movie 12 Paces Without a Head directed by Sven Taddicken where he played the role of the pirate Klaus Störtebeker.

In 2010, he played a major role as an idealistic Berlin police detective in Dominik Graf's elaborate and critically acclaimed television ten-part series Im Angesicht des Verbrechens . In 2011 he works with Graf again in the crime drama "Cassandra's Warning" (2011) from the series Polizeiruf 110 , this time in an unfamiliar role as a murderous villain, and in the TV crime drama The Invisible Girl. He also takes supporting role in Matthias Glasner's TV mystery thriller The Hour of the Wolf (2011).

In 2012 he starred in Christian Petzold's Barbara , which won Silver Bear for Best Director at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. [1]

In 2014 Zehrfeld appeared in several movies. In Dominik Graf's historical film Beloved Sisters he played Wilhelm von Wolzogen, a college friend of the main character Friedrich Schiller, it was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. [2] In the war drama Inbetween Worlds he appears as a German soldier in Afghanistan, who falls into a crisis of conscience. The children's film The Pasta Detectives  [ de ] shows him as a new resident of an apartment building in which there are mysterious happenings. He also starred in Christian Petzold's postwar drama Phoenix alongside Nina Hoss; the movie received universal acclaim from critics. [3]

Zehrfeld won the 2016 German Film Award in the category Best Supporting Actor for his role in Lars Kraume's history-thriller film The People vs. Fritz Bauer . [4]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2005 Goldjunge Ronny Stephan Schiffers  [ de ]Short film
2006 The Red Cockatoo  [ de ]Wolle Dominik Graf
2008 The Wall: The Final Days  [ de ]Dirk Faber Thomas Berger  [ de ]TV film
At Any Second  [ de ]Ben Weissner Jan Fehse  [ de ]
2009 12 Paces Without a Head Klaus Störtebeker Sven Taddicken  [ de ]
2010 The Frontier  [ de ]Robert Klaars Roland Suso Richter TV film
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens Sven Lottner Dominik Graf TV miniseries
In the JungleFrank Sperber Elmar Fischer  [ de ]TV film
2011 Polizeiruf 110 - Episode: "Cassandras Warnung"  [ de ]Gerry Vogt Dominik Graf TV series episode
Cracks in the Shell Joachim Christian Schwochow
Die Stunde des Wolfes  [ de ]Tom Faller Matthias Glasner TV film
The Invisible Girl  [ de ]Niklas Tanner Dominik Graf TV film
2012 Barbara Dr. André Reiser Christian Petzold
Shores of Hope  [ de ]Matthias Schönherr Toke Constantin Hebbeln  [ de ]
2013 The Impossible Crime  [ de ]Kommissar Gödicke Stephan Wagner  [ de ]TV film
Finsterworld Tom Frauke Finsterwalder
2014 Lose My Self  [ de ]Roman Jan Schomburg  [ de ]
Inbetween Worlds Jesper Feo Aladag
The Pasta Detectives  [ de ]Simon Westbühl Neele Vollmar  [ de ]
Beloved Sisters Wilhelm von Wolzogen Dominik Graf
Phoenix Johnny Lenz Christian Petzold
The King's Surrender Kevin Philipp Leinemann  [ de ]
2015 Tannbach Konrad Werner Alexander Dierbach  [ de ]TV miniseries
The Pasta Detectives 2  [ de ]Simon Westbühl Wolfgang Groos  [ de ]
The People vs. Fritz Bauer Prosecutor Karl Angermann Lars Kraume
The Burglar MichaelHagar Ben-AsherIsraeli co-production
2016 Sag mir nichts  [ de ]Martin Andreas Kleinert  [ de ]TV film
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians  [ de ]Sven Schröder Dominik Graf TV film
2017 SS-GB Captain Hans Hesse Philipp Kadelbach TV miniseries/2 episodes
2018 The Silent Revolution Lars Kraume
2020 Babylon Berlin Walter WeintraubTV miniseries/12 episodes
Barbarians BerulfTV miniseries/2 episodes
2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert Margarethe von Trotta

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
2006Undine AwardBest Debut, MaleThe Red CockatooNominated
New Faces AwardActorThe Red CockatooNominated
2011 Grimme-Preis Fiction Im Angesicht des Verbrechens Won
2012 Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor Barbara Nominated
2013Baden-Baden TV Film FestivalBest Performance The Impossible Crime  [ de ]Won
German Film Critics Association AwardBest ActorBarbaraNominated
Jupiter Award Best German TV ActorThe Invisible GirlWon
2014Grimme-PreisFiction The Impossible Crime  [ de ]Won
2016 German Film Award Best Supporting Actor The People vs. Fritz Bauer Won

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Branko Tomović</span> German-Serbian actor

Branko Tomović is a German-Serbian actor and filmmaker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck</span> German film director and screenwriter

Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck is an Academy Award-winning German and Austrian film director. He is best known for writing and directing the 2006 dramatic thriller Das Leben der Anderen , the 2010 romantic thriller The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and the 2018 epic drama Never Look Away.

Salvatore Anthony Grosso, known as Sonny Grosso, was an American film producer, television producer, and NYPD detective, noted for his role in the case made famous in the book and film versions of the French Connection.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nina Hoss</span> German actress

Nina Hoss is a German stage and film actress. She is known for her collaborations with director Christian Petzold in films such as Barbara (2012) and Phoenix (2014). In addition, she also performed roles in The White Masai (2005) and The Audition (2019), and Pelican Blood (2020). She has also starred in the American TV series Homeland (2014–2017), The Defeated (2020), and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grimme-Preis</span> German television award

The Grimme-Preis is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. It has been referred to in Kino magazine as the "German TV Oscar".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Africa Movie Academy Awards</span> African film industry award ceremony

The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards is widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. A variety of international observers have fondly called the African Movie Academy Awards the "African Oscars".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Petzold (director)</span> German film director

Christian Petzold is a German film director and screenwriter. Part of the 21st century Berlin School film movement, he has received international recognition for directing films such as Jerichow (2008), Barbara (2012), and Phoenix (2014), all collaborations with actress Nina Hoss. For Barbara, Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

<i>Barbara</i> (2012 film) 2012 film

Barbara is a 2012 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold and starring Nina Hoss. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012, where Petzold won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the shortlist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barkhad Abdi</span> Somali-American actor

Barkhad Abdi is a Somali-American actor. He made his acting debut as Somali pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

<i>Beloved Sisters</i> 2014 film

Beloved Sisters is a 2014 German biographical film written and directed by Dominik Graf. The film is based on the life of the German poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters, Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld. Schiller was ultimately married to Charlotte von Lengefeld.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominik Graf</span> German film director

Dominik Graf is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 1980s, he more often finds work in television, focussing primarily on the genres police drama, thriller and crime mystery, although he has also made comedies, melodramas, documentaries and essay films. He is an active participant in public discourse about the values of genre film in Germany, through numerous articles, and interviews, some of which have been collected into a book.

<i>Yella</i> (film) 2007 German film

Yella is a 2007 German drama-thriller film written and directed by Christian Petzold and starring Nina Hoss. The film is an unofficial remake of the 1962 American film Carnival of Souls. Yella premiered at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival where Hoss won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award.

<i>Phoenix</i> (2014 film) 2014 film

Phoenix is a 2014 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold. Loosely adapted from the 1961 novel Le Retour des Cendres by French author Hubert Monteilhet, the film stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld as Nelly and Johnny Lenz, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephanie Sigman</span> Mexican-American actress

Stephanie Sigman is a Mexican-American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2011 Mexican crime drama film Miss Bala. She has gone on to appear in Pioneer (2013), Spectre (2015), Going Under (2016), and Annabelle: Creation (2017). On television, Sigman starred in Narcos (2015) and S.W.A.T (2017) for the first and second seasons of both series.

The 65th German Film Award took place on 19 June 2015, organised by the Deutsche Filmakademie. The award ceremony was held at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin and broadcast by the ZDF. Jan Josef Liefers hosted the event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charly Hübner</span> German actor

Carsten Johannes Marcus Hübner is a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 2003, including Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt and The Good Neighbour. Also known on TV for Transporter, Polizeiruf 110, crime series Post Mortem in 2007/2008.

Bettina Böhler is a German film editor.

References

  1. "Germany's Oscar entry is Christian Petzold's Barbara". Screendaily. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  2. "OSCARS: Germany Selects Dominik Graf's 'Beloved Sisters' as Academy Award Entry". Variety. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. "Phoenix". Metacritic .
  4. Kaever, Oliver (28 May 2016). "Deutscher Filmpreis 2016: Das Frühlingsmärchen". Der Spiegel via Spiegel Online.