Àlex Brendemühl
Spanish-German actor
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Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern (born 27 November 1972) is a Spanish-German actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1995.
Born
27 November 1972
Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern
27 November 1972
Barcelona, Spain
Othernames
- Alex Brendemühl
- Álex Brendemühl
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1995–present
Àlex Brendemühl | |
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Brendemühl in 2024 | |
| Born | Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern 27 November 1972 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Life and career
Àlex Brendemühl was born in Barcelona on 27 November 1972 to a Spanish mother and a German father.[1][2] He studied at the German School of Barcelona and the Institut del Teatre.[1] He made his feature film debut as an actor in El perquè de tot plegat (1995).[3]
Brendemühl played the lead role of the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele in the 2013 film The German Doctor.[4][5]
Selected filmography
- The Hours of the Day (2003)[6]
- In the City (2003)
- Inconscientes (2004)
- The Silence Before Bach (2007)
- 199 Tips to Be Happy (2008)
- Wallace Line (2009)
- El cónsul de Sodoma (2009)
- Heroes (2010)[7]
- The Mosquito Net (2010)
- Entrelobos (2010)
- Insensibles (2012, also known as Painless)
- Nemez (2012)
- The German Doctor (2013)
- Falling Star (2014)[8]
- Ma Ma (2015)
- Chiamatemi Francesco (2015)
- From the Land of the Moon (2016)
- 7 años (2016)
- Django (2017)
- Transit (2018)
- The Prayer (2018)
- Petra (2018)
- The Offering (2020)[9]
- Staring at Strangers (2022)
- Little Girl Blue (2023)
- Creatura (2023)
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 |
2nd Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Two Lives of Andrés Rabadán | Won | |
2013 |
5th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Forest | Nominated | |
| 7th Sur Awards | Best Actor | The German Doctor | Won | ||
2015 |
7th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Falling Star | Nominated | |
2019 |
11th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Petra | Nominated | |
2020 |
12th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Mother | Nominated | |
2021 |
8th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Coven | Nominated | |
| 13th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Offering | Nominated | ||
2023 |
15th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Stories Not to Be Told | Won | |
2024 |
16th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Creatura | Won | |
| 38th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Won |
