Armin Mueller-Stahl Biography (1930-)

Born December 17, 1930, in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Russia); immigrated to East Berlin; immigrated to West Germany (now Germany), 1980;son of Alfred (a bank teller) and Editta Mueller-Stahl; married Gabriele Scholz (a dermatologist), 1973; children: Christian (an actor). Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer

Birth Details

December 17, 1930

Tilsit, Germany

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Norbert, Heimliche Ehe (also known as The Secret Marriage),1956
• Pierre, Fuenf Patronenhuelsen (also known as Five Cartridges), Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), 1960
• Michael, Koenigskinder (also known as And Your Love Too, Invincible Love, and Royal Children), 1962
• Ulrich Settich, ... und Deine Liebe auch, 1962
• Hoefel, Nackt unter Woelfen (also known as Naked among Wolves and Naked among the Wolves), DEFA, 1962, Lopert, 1967
• Christine, filmed in 1963, released by Verleih des Staatlichen Filmarchivs der DDR (East Germany [now Germany]), 1974
• Quintana, Preludio 11 (also known as Prelude Eleven), 1964
• Sowjetischer Arzt, Alaskafuechse, 1964
• Dr. Achim Engelhardt, Ein Lord am Alexader-Platz, 1967
• Chris Howard, Toedlicher Irrtum, 1970
• The blind man, Der Dritte (also known as The Blind Man andThe Third), DEFA, 1972
• Dr. Brock, Januskopf, 1972
• Dechant, Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow, 1973
• Mr. Slavovitz, Kit & Co.--Lockruf des Goldes (also known as Kit & Co.), DEFA, 1974
• Roman Schtamm, Jakob der Luegner (also known as Jacob the Liar, Jakub lhar, and Jakub luhar), DEFA, 1975
• Wolfgang Schmidt, Nelken in Aspik, DEFA, 1976
• Dr. Volkmar Schmith, Die Flucht (also known as The Flight),DEFA, 1977
• Harald Liebe, Der Westen leuchtet (also known as Lite Trap), Cine- International, 1981
• Lawyer, Un dimanche de flics (also known as A Cop's Sunday), Societe Nouvelle Prodis, 1981
• Von Bohm, Lola, United Artists, 1981
• The father, L'homme blesse (also known as The Wounded Man),Gaumont, 1982
• Goedel, Die Fluegel der Nacht (also known as Wings of Night), 1982
• Max Rehbein, Veronika Voss (also known as Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss), United Artists, 1982
• Tetzlaff, Viadukt (also known as Matushka and The TrainKiller), Mafilm, 1982
• Sam, Trauma, Futura Filmproduktion, 1983
• SS Untersturmfuhrer Mayer, Eine Liebe in Deutschland (also known as A Love in Germany and Un amour en Allemagne), Triumph Films,1983
• Arnold, Tausend Augen (also known as Thousand Eyes), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1984
• Kurz, Die Mitlaeufer (also known as Following the Fuhrer),Futura Filmproduktion, 1984
• Rita Ritter, 1984
• Gandhi, An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr (also known as God Does Not Believe in Us Any More and Wohin und zurueck--An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr), Roxie Releasing, 1985, originally a television movie, 1982
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Oberst Redl (also known as Colonel Redl and Redl ezredes), Orion Classics, 1985
• The blind director, Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die uebrige Zeit(also known as The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time and The Blind Director), Spectrafilm, 1985
• Count Pergen, Vergesst Mozart (also known as Forget Mozartand Zabudnite na Mozarta), Slovak, 1985
• Francois Korb and Andres Korb, Glut (also known as Embers and Glut im Herzen), 1985
• Leon Wolny, Bittere Ernte (also known as Angry Harvest), European Classics, 1985
• Chief of the gray men, Momo, Rialto Film, 1986
• Mr. Kehlmann, Unser Mann im Dschungel (also known as The JungleMission and Amazonas Mission), Cine-International, 1986, originally a television movie, 1985
• Axel Baumgartner, Der Joker (also known as Lethal Obsession), 1987
• Inspector Alex Glas, Killing Blue (also known as Midnight Cop), 1988
• Baron von Rastschuk, Das Spinnennetz (also known as The Spider's Web), Beta-Kirch, 1989
• Marno, A Hecc (also known as Just for Kicks), Hungarofilm,1989
• Maxwell, Schweinegeld (also known as C.A.S.H.: A Political Fairy Tale, Ein Marchen der Gebruder Nimm Schweinegeld, and Schweinegeld--Ein Maerchen der Gebrueder Nimm), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1989
• Arno/Aaron Bronstein, Bronsteins Kinder (also known as Bronstein's Children), Tobis Filmkunst, 1990
• Michael Laszlo, Music Box, TriStar, 1990
• Sam Krichinsky, Avalon, TriStar, 1990
• Helmut Grokenberger, Night on Earth (also known as LANewYorkParisRomeHelsinki and Une nuit sur terre), Fine Line Features, 1991
• Inspector Grubach, Kafka, Miramax, 1991
• Doc, The Power of One (also known as La puissance de l'ange), Warner Bros., 1992
• Otto Linder, Far from Berlin (also known as Loin de Berlin), 1992
• Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz (title role), Utz, First Run Features/Castle Rock Productions, 1993
• Title role, Der Kinoerzaehler (also known as The Film Narrator and The Movie Teller), Roxy Film, 1993
• Dimitri, Red Hot, SC Entertainment International, 1993
• Severo de Valle, The House of the Spirits (also known as Aandernes hus, A casa dos espiritos, and Das Geisterhaus), Miramax, 1993
• Joseph Kopple, The Last Good Time, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
• Uncle Wilhelm, Holy Matrimony, Interscope Communications/PolyGramFilmed Entertainment, 1994
• Virgilus and Karol, Taxandria, Iblis Films, 1994
• Elizar Kane, Theodore Rex (also known as T. Rex), New LineCinema, 1995
• Mr. Linzer, A Pyromaniac's Love Story (also known as Burning Love), Buena Vista, 1995
• Adolf Hitler/Andreas Kronsted, Conversation with the Beast (also known as Gespraech mit dem Biest and Gespraech mit der Bestie),1996
• Count von Kaltenborn, Der Unhold (also known as The Ogre and Le roi des aulnes), Westdeutscher Rundfunk/Le Studio Canal/France 2Cinema, 1996
• Elias Peter Helfgott, Shine, Buena Vista, 1996
• Anson Baer, The Game, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1997
• Dimitri Vertikoff, The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997
• Hanson, Tanger--Legende einer Stadt (documentary), Accolade Films/Paladin Films, 1997
• Morris Bober, The Assistant, Lions Gate Films, 1997
• Conrad Strughold, The X-Files (also known as Blackwood, Fight the Future, X-Files: Blackwood, The X-Files: Fight the Future, X-Files: The Movie, and Aux frontieres du reel), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Hannon Fuller and Grierson, The Thirteenth Floor (also known as Abwaerts in die Zukunft), Centropolis Entertainment, 1998
• Archbishop Werner, The Third Miracle, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
• Dr. Kirschbaum, Jakob the Liar (also known as Jakob le menteur), TriStar, 1999
• (Uncredited) Ramier Beck, Mission to Mars (also known as M2M), Buena Vista, 2000
• Bertold "Barry" Bohmer, The Long Run, Universal, 2001
• (In archive footage) Himself, Der Bayerische Rebell (documentary),Neue Visionen Filmverleih, 2004
• Grandpa Randolph, The Dust Factory, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2004
• Otto, The Story of An African Farm (also known as Bustin Bonaparte), Freestyle Releasing, 2004
• Karl Winter, Ich bin die Andere, Concorde Filmverleih, 2006
• Nicoli Seroff, Local Color, Permut Presentations/Local Color Productions, 2006
• Von Leeb, Leningrad, c. 2006, also broadcast as a miniseries, Channel One Russia, 2006
• Sigmund Freud, Sabina (also known as Where Love Reigns), Becker Entertainment, c. 2007
• Film Work
• Director, Conversation with the Beast (also known as Gespraechmit dem Biest and Gespraech mit der Bestie), 1996
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Juergen Lesstorff, Wege uebers Land, Deutscher Fernsehfunk (East Germany [now Germany]), 1968
• (Uncredited) Musikant, Stuelpner-Legende, [East Germany (now Germany)], 1973
• Bredebusch, Das Unsichtbare Visier, Deutscher Fernsehfunk, c. 1973-79
• Keibel, Le gorille (also known as Codename: Gorilla, Ilgorilla, and Le gorille se mange froid), France 2, beginning 1990
• Host, The Power of Knowledge, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Germany),2005
• Miniseries
• Hans Roeder (a legionnaire), Flucht aus der Hoelle, Deutscher Fernsehfunk (East Germany [now Germany]), 1960
• Wolfgang, Wolf unter Woelfen, [East Germany (now Germany)], 1964
• Kurt Lindow, Die Verschworenen, [East Germany (now Germany)], 1971
• Die sieben Affaeren der Dona Juanita, Deutscher Fernsehfunk, 1973
• Andreas Roth, Collin, 1981
• Himself, Plaisir du theatre, [France], 1983
• Wohin und zurueck, 1984
• General Petya Samanov, Amerika (also known as Topeka, Kansas ... USSR), ABC, 1987
• Karl Steputat, Jokehnen oder Wie lange faehrt man von Ostpreussen nachDeutschland?, [West Germany (now Germany)], 1987
• Joseph, Jesus (also known as Die Bibel--Jesus and La bibbia: Jesus), CBS, 2000
• Alessio, Crociati (also known as Crusaders and Die Kreuzritter), [Germany and Italy], 2001
• Thomas Mann, Die Manns--Ein Jahrhundertroman, [Germany, Austria, and Switzerland], 2001
• (In archive footage) Unterwegs zue Familie Mann, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 2001
• Von Leeb, Leningrad, Channel One Russia, 2006, also released theatrically, c. 2006
• Movies
• Die Letzte Chance (title means "The Last Chance"), 1962
• Reinhard Marschner, Der Andere neben dir, 1963
• Columbus 64, 1966
• Die Dame aus Genua, 1969
• Oberleutnant Heide, Kein Mann fuer Camp Detrick, 1970
• Father Klemm, Die Eigene Haut, 1974
• Robert, Geschlossene Gesellschaft, 1978
• Die Laengste Sekunde, 1980
• Gandhi, Ferry oder Wie es war, 1981
• Ja und Nein, 1981
• Ernest Kiel, Die Gartenlaube (also known as Eugenie Marlitt unddie Gartenlaube), 1982
• Lyssek, Flucht aus Pommern (also known as Flight from Pomerania), 1982
• Ausgestossen, 1982
• Der Fall Sylvester Matuska, 1982
• Ich werde warten, 1982
• Gandhi, An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr (also known as God Does Not Believe in Us Any More and Wohin und zurueck--An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr), 1982, released as a theatrical film, Roxie Releasing, 1985
• Ruhe sanft, Bruno, 1983
• Dr. Konrad Ansbach, Tatort-Freiwild, 1984
• Dold, Hautnah, 1985
• Mr. Kehlmann, Unser Mann im Dschungel (also known as The JungleMission and Amazonas Mission), 1985, released as a theatrical film, Cine-International, 1986
• Dr. Leopold Jordan and Dr. Koerner, Der Fall Franza (also known asFranza), 1986
• Auf den Tag genau, 1986
• Gauner im Paradies, 1986
• Max Telligan, Tagebuch fuer einen Moerder, 1988
• Juror number four, 12 Angry Men, Showtime, 1997
• Rabbi Adam Heller, In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Showtime, 1997
• Hans Koenig, The Commissioner (also known as Der Commissioner--Im Zentrum der Macht), The Movie Channel, 1998
• Mac, Inferno (also known as Pilgrim), UPN, 2000
• Specials
• Himself, Geiger, Gaukler, Gentleman, [Germany], 2001
• (In archive footage) Himself, Grosses Herz und grosse Klappe--Helga Feddersen, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Germany), 2001
• Awards Presentations
• Himself, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
• Episodic
• "Die Rache enes V-Mannes," Sonderdezernat K1, 1981
• "Morgengrauen" (parts two and three), Ein Fall fuer zwei, 1984
• "Stellen Sie sich vor, man hat Dr. Prestel erschossen," Derrick, 1984
• Emil, "Les volets verts," L'heure Simenon, 1988
• Guest, "Wetten, dass ... ? aus Duisburg," Wetten, dass ... ?, 1991
• Guest, "Wetten, dass ... ? aus Muenchen," Wetten, dass ... ?, 2002
• Guest, Beckmann, 2002
• Israeli prime minister Efraim "Eli" Zahavy, "The Birnam Woods," The West Wing, NBC, 2004
• Israeli prime minister Efraim "Eli" Zahavy, "N.S.F. Thurmont," The West Wing, NBC, 2004
• Israeli prime minister Efraim "Eli" Zahavy, "Third Day Story," The West Wing, NBC, 2004
• Israeli prime minister Efraim "Eli" Zahavy, "The Warfare of Genghis Khan," The West Wing, NBC, 2004
• Guest, Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (also known as JBK), 2004
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared at Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, East Berlin, Germany, c. 1953; worked with Volksbuehne (a theatre company; name means "People's Stage"), EastBerlin, 1954-c. 1979; appeared in East German productions as the Prince in Emilia Galotti; as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; and as Andrei in War and Peace.
• RECORDINGS
• Audiobooks
• Hannah, 2004
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Conversation with the Beast (also known as Gespraech mit dem Biest and Gespraech mit der Bestie), 1996
• Novels
• Verordneter Sonntag, Severin & Siedler, 1981
• In Gedanken an Marie Louise: Eine Liebesgeschichte, 1998
• Hannah, 2004
• Nonfiction
• Verordneter Sonntag (memoir), 1979
• Drehtage: "Music Box" und "Avalon" (diaries), Luchterhand, 1991
• Unterwegs nach Hause: Erinnerungen (memoir), Marion von Schroeder,1997
• Malerei und Zeichnung (exhibition catalogue), c. 2001
• Venice: Ein amerikanisches Tagebuch, 2005

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, fourth edition, St. James Press, 2000

• People Weekly, November 12, 1990, pp. 87-88, 90
• Playboy, March, 1991, pp. 36-42