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Jonas Dassler

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Jonas Dassler (born March 22, 1996) is a German stage and film actor.{{cite web |title=Jonas Dassler |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7179786/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |website=IMDb |access-date=21 March 2022}}

Life

Dassler was born on March 22, 1996, in Remscheid, Germany. Beginning in the eighth grade he participated in the theatre club at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt high school. After graduating in 2014, he started studying acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.{{cite news | language= de | url = https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/kultur/article179144010/Der-deutsche-Film-hat-wieder-ein-Gesicht.html | access-date = 26 July 2019 | date= 12 July 2018 | title = Der deutsche Film hat wieder ein Gesicht| publisher = WELT| first = Elmar | last = Krekeler }}

During the 2016 season he performed the lead role in Georg Büchner's Danton's Death at the Schaubühne in Berlin.{{cite web | url = https://www.schaubuehne.de/de/personen/jonas-dassler.html | website = Schaubühne | access-date = 26 July 2019 | language = de | title = Jonas Dassler}} Since the 2017/18 season he has been a permanent cast member at the Maxim Gorki Theatre and appeared in several productions.{{cite web | language = de| url = https://gorki.de/de/ensemble/jonas-dassler | access-date = 26 July 2019 | title = Jonas Dassler | website = Gorki Theatre }}

Reviewing his film performance in LOMO–The Language of Many Others, Variety wrote that Dassler "show[ed] strong heartthrob potential".{{cite news | access-date = 25 July 2019 | work = Variety | url = https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/loom-the-language-of-many-others-review-1202483990/ | title = Film Review: ‘LOMO – The Language of Many Others’ | date = 3 July 2017 | first = Jessica| last = Kiang}} In June 2018, it was announced that Dassler would star in Fatih Akin's Der goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove) portraying the lead character, serial killer Fritz Honka.{{cite news | url = https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/in-fatih-akins-verfilmung-22-jaehrger-shootingstar-jonas-dassler-spielt-frauenmoerder-fritz-honka_id_9184114.html |title=Fatih Akin shoots Thriller: 22-year-old shootingstar Jonas Dassler plays murderer Fritz Honka | work = Focus Online | date= 29 June 2018}} His work earned him a German Film Awards nomination for Best Actor.{{cite news | work= Hollywood Reporter | access-date = 25 July 2019 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/german-film-awards-nominations-list-full-2019-1195927 | date = 20 March 2019 | title = Andreas Dresen's 'Gundermann' Leads German Film Awards With 10 Nominations | first = Scott | last = Roxborough }}

Theater engagements

  • 2016: Dantons Tod by Georg Büchner, Direction: Peter Kleinert (Schaubühne Berlin, Berlin)
  • 2017: Nach uns das All – Das innere Team kennt keine Pause by Sibylle Berg, Direction: Sebastian Nübling (Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin)
  • 2017: Alles Schwindel by Mischa Spoliansky, Marcellus Schiffer, Direction: Christian Weise (Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin){{cite web | access-date = 26 July 2019 |url = http://operetta-research-center.org/star-born-jonas-dassler-spolianskys-alles-schwindel-gorki-theater/| website = Operetta Research Center | title = A Star Is Born: Jonas Dassler In Spoliansky’s "Alles Schwindel" At Gorki Theater |first= Kevin | last = Clarke| date = 17 December 2017 }}
  • 2018: A Walk on the Dark Side by Yael Ronen, Direction: Yael Ronen (Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Berlin)
  • 2018: Die Gerechten by Albert Camus, Direction: Sebastian Baumgarten (Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin)

Filmography

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Category:Living people

Category:1996 births

Category:21st-century German male actors

Category:People from Remscheid

Category:Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia