Alexander Held
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-10-19 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Munich, Germany
Alexander Held
Biography
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) is a German actor. He is 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).
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Known For
Acting
(2023)
Geheimkommando Familie
as Klaus Gremme
(2021)
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
as Tadeusz von Breska
(2017)
My Blind Date with Life
as Fried
(2017)
Maria Mafiosi
as Jürgen Moosandl
(2016)
A Minute’s Silence
as Rektor Block
(2015)
Sanctuary
as Hausvater Brockmann
(2015)
Unverschämtes Glück
as Harry Hindenach
(2015)
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
as Janis Kortschak
(2015)
Storno: Todsicher versichert
as Bruno
(2014)
Burning Souls
as Weihbischof Förner
(2014)
Public Enemies
as Siegfried Buback
(2014)
Der Prediger
as Anwalt Dieter Dorn
(2013)
The Girl with Nine Wigs
as Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
(2013)
Schon wieder Henriette
as Hartmut Ille
(2013)
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
as Christian Fenn
(2013)
Im Netz
as Brinkmann
(2013)
Alaska Johansson
as E. L. Johansson
(2013)
Der große Schwindel
as Dr. Blamberger
(2013)
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
as Tom Brandauer
(2012)
Trau niemals deiner Frau
as Arnold Ettmayr
(2012)
Alleingang
as Josef Zuckmaier
(2012)
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
as Mr. Truckenbrot
(2011)
4 Days in May
as Oberstleutnant
(2011)
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
as Nodger 'Nod' Kern
(2010)
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
as Valerius (age 75)
(2010)
Nanga Parbat
as Dr. Franz Burda
(2010)
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
as Georg Ametsrieder
(2009)
Pope Joan
as King Lothar
(2009)
(2009)
Crash Point: Berlin
as Zimmer, Leitung CESA
(2009)
Genug ist nicht genug
as Landrat Wieshuber
(2009)
Between Today and Tomorrow
as Zimmerkellner / room waiter
(2008)
The Wave
as Tim's Vater
(2008)
The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Siegfried Buback
(2008)
M/S Gustloff
as Ortsgruppenleiter Escher
(2008)
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
as Alois Kugler
(2008)
Zur Sache, Lena!
as Staber
(2008)
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
as Josef Kolb
(2008)
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
as Stadlhuber
(2007)
Life Actually
as Vater Krüger
(2007)
Ich wollte nicht töten
as Martin Kehl
(2007)
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
as Hubertus Müller
(2007)
Bezaubernde Marie
as Dr. Hans Weber
(2006)
Wholetrain
as Polizist Steinbauer
(2006)
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
as Leopold Mozart
(2006)
Franziskas Gespür für Männer
as Niklas Rüders
(2005)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
as Robert Mohr
(2005)
Emilia – Familienbande
as Hubert Seilinger
(2005)
In einem anderen Leben
as Hauptfeldwebel
(2004)
Downfall
as Walter Hewel
(2004)
Before the Fall
as Friedrich's Father
(2004)
Im Tal des Schweigens
as Stadlhuber
(2004)
Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann
as Dr. Lehner
(2003)
Strange Gardens
as SS officer
(2003)
(2003)
Treibjagd
as Schreinereibesitzer
(2002)
Bibi Blocksberg
as Dr. Buttcock
(2002)
Leo & Claire
as Gauleiter
(2002)
Friends of Friends
as Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
(2002)
Das Geheimnis des Lebens
as Roderick van Hof
(2001)
Manitou's Shoe
as Karl May
(2001)
(2001)
Romeo
as Robert
(2001)
Die Bergwacht - Duell am Abgrund
as Max Loibl
(2000)
Anatomy
as Polizist
(2000)
Der Nebelmörder - Schatten über der Stadt
as Kommissar Falkowski
(2000)
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
as Schlutz
(1999)
Heimlicher Tanz
as Frank Baumann
(1999)
(1999)
Schwarzes Blut
as BKA-Mann Hinspeter
(1999)
(1999)
Todesengel
as Dr. Henning
(1999)
(1997)
Mali
as Simmerl
(1997)
It Happened in Broad Daylight
as 2. Jungbauer
(1997)
Die Musterknaben
as Wempe
(1996)
Deathline
as Inspector
(1996)
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
as Philipp Spieker
(1996)
Alle haben geschwiegen
as Staatsanwalt
(1995)
(1993)
Schindler's List
as SS Bureaucrat