Michael Mendl
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{short description|German actor}}
{{No footnotes|BLP=yes|date=February 2014}}
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| name = Michael Mendl
| image = Michael Mendl 0011.JPG
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| caption = Mendl in 2010
| birth_name = Michael Sandrock
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lünen, Greater German Reich{{cite web|title=Steckbrief|url=http://www.michaelmendl.de/seiten/vita_1.html|website=michaelmendl.de|accessdate=2 May 2016}}
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| occupation = Actor
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| years_active = 1975–present
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| website = {{URL|michaelmendl.de}}
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Michael Mendl (born Michael Sandrock; 20 April 1944) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1975. He is best known internationally for his role in Downfall, the 2004 movie about Adolf Hitler's final days inside the Führerbunker.
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1992
|{{ill|Silent Shadow|de|Leise Schatten}} |Linda's Father | |
| Little Sharks
|Examiner Essen | |
| 1993
|Schwarz |TV film |
| rowspan=2|1995
|Nulf | |
| Der Mann, der Angst vor Frauen hatte
|Briefträger | |
| rowspan=3|1997
|The Lost Daughter |Police Inspector Labrousse |TV film |
| 14 Days to Life
|Viktor Czernetzky | |
| Code Red
|Robert Scherer |TV film |
| rowspan=6|1998
|{{ill|Andrea and Marie|de|Andrea und Marie}} |Ralf |TV film |
| Die kleine Zauberflöte
|Monostatos |Voice |
| Ms. Diamond
|Hartmann |TV film |
| {{ill|Mammamia (film)|de|3=Mammamia (Film)|lt=Mammamia}}
|Martin |TV film |
| {{ill|Assignment Berlin|de|Babyhandel Berlin – Jenseits aller Skrupel}}
|Viktor Borokov | |
| The Sleeper
|Björn | |
| rowspan=3|1999
|{{ill|Gefährliche Wahrheit|de|Gefährliche Wahrheit (1999)}} |Harry Voss |TV film |
| The Blond Baboon
|Hauptkommissar Hannes Bellmann |TV film |
| Die letzte Chance
|Gerd Platzek |TV film |
| rowspan=4|2001
|Weiser |Wariat | |
| Kelly Bastian – Geschichte einer Hoffnung
|TV film |
| As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
|Dr. Stauffer | |
| Amen.
|Monsignore Hudal | |
| rowspan=2|2002
|John XXIII: The Pope of Peace |TV film |
| Hiçbiryerde
|Gerhard | |
| rowspan=2|2003
|Van Exem |TV film |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|In the Shadow of Power|de|Im Schatten der Macht}}
|TV film |
| 2004
| |
| 2005
|Heinrich Keller | |
| rowspan=2|2008
|{{ill|The Visit (2008 film)|de|3=Der Besuch der alten Dame (2008)|lt=The Visit}} |Alfred Ill |TV film |
| Lost City Raiders
|Cardinal Battaglia |TV film |
| 2010
|Takiye: Allah yolunda |Karl Höffgen | |
| rowspan=3|2011
|Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan |Nandi | |
| {{ill|Wunderkinder (2011 film)|de|3=Wunderkinder (Film)|lt=Wunderkinder}}
|Aaron Kaplan | |
| {{ill|Men in the City 2|de|Männerherzen … und die ganz ganz große Liebe}}
|Helmut Ades | |
| 2013
|{{Ill|A World Beyond (2013 film)|de|3=Liebe und Tod auf Java|lt=A World Beyond}} |Arthur Landgraf |TV film |
| 2014
|Father Rupert Mayer |Jacob Rosenberg | |
| 2015
|{{ill|Half Brothers (2015 film)|de|Halbe Brüder|lt=Half Brothers}} |Dr. Blöckers | |
| rowspan=3|2016
|{{ill|Fritz Lang (film)|de|Fritz Lang – Der andere in uns|lt=Fritz Lang}} |Anton Lang | |
| Warum Siegfried Teitelbaum sterben musste
|Siegfried Teitelbaum | |
| A Cure for Wellness
|Bartender | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ TV series |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2017-2019
| Dark |Bernd Doppler |4 episodes |
Awards
- Bavarian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor 14 Days to Life (1998){{cite web|title=Awards|url=http://www.michaelmendl.de/seiten/vita_awards_1.html|website=michaelmendl.de|accessdate=2 May 2016|language=German}}
- Golden camera award for Best German Actor In the Shadow of Power (2004)
- Jupiter Award for Best German TV Actor The Visit (2009)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|579159}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/582469-Michael-Mendl Discogs profile]
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Category:German male film actors
Category:German male television actors
Category:20th-century German male actors