Alexander Fehling

Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981, in East Berlin, East Germany.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/arts/television/alexander-fehling-a-wild-ride-from-inglourious-basterds-to-homeland.html |title=Alexander Fehling: A Wild Ride From Inglourious Basterds to Homeland |first=Kathryn |last=Shattuck |work=The New York Times |date=30 September 2015 |accessdate=23 October 2016 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202735/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/arts/television/alexander-fehling-a-wild-ride-from-inglourious-basterds-to-homeland.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://people.com/tv/homeland-meet-carries-hot-new-man-alexander-fehling/ |title=Meet Homeland's Alexander Fehling, Who Plays Carrie's Hot New Man |first=Chancellor |last=Agard |work=People |date=18 October 2015 |accessdate=23 October 2016 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217141943/http://people.com/tv/homeland-meet-carries-hot-new-man-alexander-fehling/ |url-status=live }}

He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Fehling won the OE Hasse Prize from the Academy of Arts, Berlin, for his role as Prince in the stage production of {{lang|de|Schneewittchen}} (Snow White).{{cn|date=December 2024}}

He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film And Along Come Tourists.{{cite news | accessdate = 4 May 2017 | title = Förderpreis Deutscher Film 2007 – Verleihung am 27.06.2007 im HVB Forum | date = 27 June 2007 | url = http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/kino/events/foerderpreis_deutscher_film/2007/archiv.html | work = Ganz München | language = de | archive-date = 3 May 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160503085433/http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/kino/events/foerderpreis_deutscher_film/2007/archiv.html | url-status = live }}

Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 World War II film Inglourious Basterds. He also dubs his performance in the German version of the film.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Homeland, which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.

• 2005: The {{lang|de|O.E. Hasse-Preis}} of the {{lang|de|Akademie der Künste}} for his role as Prince in {{lang|de|Robert Walser}}'s 1901 drama {{lang|de|Schneewittchen}} (Snow White)
• 2007: The {{lang|de|Förderpreis Deutscher Film}} (Young German Cinema Award) in the best actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in And Along Come Tourists (2006)
• 2011: The Shooting Stars Award by European Film Promotion at the Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite news | title = Berlinale: Shooting stars 2011 | url = https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/berlinale-shooting-stars-2011-1118030764/ | work = Variety | first = Shane | last = Danielsen | date = 31 January 2011 | accessdate = 4 May 2017 | archive-date = 11 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011130633/http://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/berlinale-shooting-stars-2011-1118030764/ | url-status = live }}

• Schneewittchen by Robert Walser, directed by Thorsten Lensing and Jan Hein (2005)
• {{lang|de|Glaube Liebe Hoffnung}} by {{lang|hu|Ödön von Horváth}}; directed by Thomas Dannemann (2005)
• {{lang|de|Die lustigen Nibelungen}} by Oscar Straus, directed by Robert Borgmann (2006)
• {{lang|de|Wallensteins Lager / Die Piccolomini / Wallensteins Tod}} by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Peter Stein (2007)

• And Along Come Tourists (2007, Director: Robert Thalheim) – Sven Lehnert
• Buddenbrooks (2007, Director: Heinrich Breloer){{cite news | work = Variety | accessdate = 4 May 2017 | date = 7 January 2009 | url = https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/buddenbrooks-the-decline-of-a-family-1200473401/ | title = Review: ‘Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family’ | first = Boyd | last = van Hoeij | archive-date = 22 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171122035507/http://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/buddenbrooks-the-decline-of-a-family-1200473401/ | url-status = live }} – Morten Schwarzkopf
• Storm (2009, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid) – Patrick Färber
• Inglourious Basterds (2009, Director: Quentin Tarantino) – Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri
• {{lang|de|13 Semester}} (2009, Director: Frieder Wittich) – Bernd
• Goethe! (2010, Director: Philipp Stölzl) – Johann Goethe
• If Not Us, Who? (2011) – Andreas Baader
• The River Used to Be a Man (2011)
• {{Ill|Shores of Hope|de|Wir wollten aufs Meer}} (2012) – Cornelis Schmidt
• Erased (The Expatriate) (2012) – Floyd
• {{Ill|Buddy (2013 German film)|de|3=Buddy (2013)|lt=Buddy}} (2013, Director: {{lang|de|Michael Bully Herbig}}) – Eddie Weber
• Labyrinth of Lies (2014) – Johann Radmann
• Posthumous (2014) – Erik Alder
• Atomic Falafel (2015) – Oli
• In Times of Fading Light (2017) – Sascha Umnitzer
• {{Ill|Fatal News|de|Der Fall Barschel}} (2015) – David Burger
• Three Peaks (2017, Director: Jan Zabeil) – Aaron
• The Captain (2017) – Junker
• Das Ende der Wahrheit (2019) – Patrick Lemke
• A Hidden Life (2019) – Lawyer Feldman
• The Space Between the Lines (2019) – Leo
• Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes (2023) - Decimus
• Scorched Earth (2024)

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