Alexander Scheer

Scheer studied at {{ill|Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium|de}} in Berlin with main focus on music. In addition to the singing, he played piano and drums in different bands. He left school after the 11th grade and then took up various occupations.{{Cite web |title=Ich will das Biest reiten |author=Ulf Lippitz, Christiane Peitz |publisher=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=20 August 2018 |issn=1865-2263 |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/sonntag/volksbuehnen-schauspieler-alexander-scheer-berghain-ist-mir-zu-uniform-geworden/22924656-3.html}} He also performed in commercials during this period and turned their own amateur films with his friends. The film series "American Showdown" by André Jagusch, when Scheer stood in front of the camera, became a small festival hit and was shown, for example, at the {{ill|Werkstatt der Jungen Filmszene|de}} (Workshop of the young film scene) and at the {{ill|Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt|de}} (Weiterstadt Open Air Film Festival). During a casting, he was discovered by the director Leander Haussmann, who cast him in his 1999 film Sonnenallee. After the shooting, Scheer and Haußmann followed to the Schauspiel Bochum theater. There he played among other things in various plays such as Much Ado About Nothing, Leonce and Lena, and The Tempest.

As a result, he worked with the directors like Christoph Marthaler, Frank Castorf, and {{ill|Stefan Pucher|de}}, played in theaters such as "Berlin Alexanderplatz", "the idiot" at the Volksbühne Berlin, and "The Seagull" at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. For his acting performances, he was awarded the {{ill|Ulrich-Wildgruber-Preis|de}} (the Ulrich Wildgruber prize). For the personification of the English Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean in Frank Castorf's production of the same name in 2009, Scheer was voted Actor of the Year by the theater magazine Theater heute. In addition to his theater engagements, he was also in the national and international productions such as Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man, Eight Miles High, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution, and Carlos (miniseries) which its full 5½-hour version was shown out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

To prepare for the portrayal of Keith Richards in the film Eight Miles High, Scheer founded the band The Rockboys which played concerts for one summer. In 2007 he joined Jan Opoczynski as guitarist in his band {{ill|Der Internationale Wettbewerb|de}}. In the following year, he became the front man of the Viennese band Gruppe Pegel. In 2009 he toured Europe as a percussionist with The Whitest Boy Alive. In 2012 he appeared as Mephistopheles in the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragedy play Faust, Part One.

Scheer played a total of 16 years under the direction of Frank Castorf at the Volksbühne Berlin. The decision of the secretary for cultural affairs of Berlin, Tim Renner, caused Castorf's contract as director not to be extended and Scheer was critical of it. He then asked Tim Renner not to enter the theater again, and when Scheer met Renner there in 2018 after a film screening, he poured a glass of beer over his head.{{Cite news|title="Ich will das Biest reiten"|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/volksbuehnen-schauspieler-alexander-scheer-ich-will-das-biest-reiten/22924656.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Der Tagesspiegel|language=de}}

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In the Andreas Dresen's 2018 biographical film Gundermann about the East German songwriter, rock musician, and skilled excavator operator Gerhard Gundermann, Scheer played the title role and sang all the songs himself.{{Cite web|last=Bock|first=Caroline|title=Alexander Scheer spielt Gundermann|url=https://www.maz-online.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Alexander-Scheer-spielt-Gundermann|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-06|website=MAZ – Märkische Allgemeine|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023193155/http://www.maz-online.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Alexander-Scheer-spielt-Gundermann |archive-date=2017-10-23 }} For this role, he was awarded German Film Award (Deutscher Filmpreis) the most important cinema awards in Germany and the most highly endowed German cultural awards, for the Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2019.

In the television series {{ill|Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (TV series)|de|Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Fernsehserie)|lt=Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo}}, he embodied the British musician David Bowie.

Scheer was in a long-term relationship with the fashion designer {{ill|Esther Perbandt|de}}.{{citation|surname1=Claire Beermann, Johannes Dudziak|periodical=Die Zeit|title=Alexander Scheer: "Du spielst den Text nicht, der Text spielt dich"|publication-place=Hamburg|issn=0044-2070|date=19 February 2019|language=German|url=https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2019/08/alexander-scheer-schauspieler-kindlichkeit|access-date=2019-12-14

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• 2006: Der Faust (a German theater prize), the best performer of a drama performance (nomination)
• 2008: {{ill|Ulrich-Wildgruber-Preis|de}} (a German theater prize), originality and best actor
• 2009: {{ill|Schauspieler des Jahres|de}}, honorary title by the German magazine Theater heute, for Kean
• 2018: {{ill|Günter-Rohrbach-Filmpreis|de}} (a German film awards), best actor for his role in Gundermann{{Cite web|title=Günter Rohrbach Filmpreis 2018 verliehen {{!}} filmportal.de|url=https://www.filmportal.de/nachrichten/guenter-rohrbach-filmpreis-2018-verliehen|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.filmportal.de}}
• 2019: Bavarian Film Awards, best actor for Gundermann{{Cite web|last=muenchen.de|title=muenchen.de – Das offizielle Stadtportal für München|url=https://www.muenchen.de/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=muenchen.de|language=de}}
• 2019: Berliner Kunstpreis (Berlin Art Prize) for performing arts (Darstellende Kunst){{Cite web|title=Kunstpreis Berlin 2019|url=https://www.adk.de/de/programm/index.htm?we_objectID=59389|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.adk.de|language=de}}
• 2019: German Film Award – "Best Actor in a Leading Role" for Gundermann

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