Martin Wuttke

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Martin Wuttke is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, which won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, shared with the ensemble cast.

Born (1962-02-08) February 8, 1962 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Yearsactive1991–present
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Martin Wuttke
Wuttke in 2011
Born (1962-02-08) February 8, 1962 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1991–present
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Early life and education

Martin Wuttke began his actor training at the college theatre in Bochum, before switching to the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum (later renamed Schauspielschule Bochum).[citation needed]

Career

Wuttke has performed on numerous German-speaking stages: Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Schiller Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Theater des Westens Berlin, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg, Stuttgart State Theater, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt am Main, and Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland.[citation needed]

When the Berliner Ensemble performed at the United States in 1999,[1] Wuttke portrayed Hitler as a petty Chicago gangster in Heiner Müller's adaptation of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in a performance praised by critics.[2][3]

In 2009 Wuttke was appointed director of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, where he also became a member of the ensemble.[citation needed]

He has also starred in many films, achieving international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds,[citation needed] and German TV series, notably Babylon Berlin from 2020 to 2022.[citation needed]

In 2023 he played Reinhard Gehlen in Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.[4][5]

Filmography

Films

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YearFilmRoleNotes
2000No Place to GoFast food seller
2002DelusionRobert Bergmann
2003RosenstrasseJoseph Goebbels
Hamlet X Claudius
2006Call Me AgostinoAgostino Stone
Detektive oder Die glücklosen Engel der inneren Sicherheit
2007Silent ResidentHauks
2008Delta
2009Inglourious BasterdsAdolf Hitler
2011HannaKnepfler
2012Cloud AtlasMr. Boerhaave/Guard/Leary the Healer
2014A Most Wanted Man
Fever
2015Colonia Dignidad
2016The DuelistGerman Baron
2019A Hidden Life
2020Berlin Alexanderplatz
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Television

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YearFilmRoleNotes
1991Moskau – PetuschkiJerofejev Venedikt
1997Die BernauerinMönch
1998–2015TatortAndreas Keppler21 episodes
1998Geiselfahrt ins Paradies
2000DämonenNikolai Wsewolodowitsch Stawrogin
Bella BlockWolfgang Krauss1 episode
2001Hand in HandPeter Plachotny
2002Liebesau – die andere HeimatSchorsch Schönstein3 episodes
2006Die Tote vom DeichManuel Bove
2013George [de]Joseph Goebbels
2015HomelandBND officer Adler
2016–2017Sense8Volker Bohm
2017MaximilianUlrich Fugger the ElderTV miniseries
2020—2022Babylon BerlinGustav Heymann14 episodes
2023Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue FeindeReinhard GehlenTV miniseries
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Awards

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