August Diehl
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Diehl at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013
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| Born | 4 January 1976 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Malik (1999–present; 1 child) |
| Children | Elsa Augusta (b. 2009) |
August Diehl (born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing SS-Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt, as well as for his leading role in the Academy Award-winning Austrian film The Counterfeiters (2007).
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Life and career
Diehl was born in Berlin. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer and his brother is a composer. His family was frequently moving around, while he grew up: the Diehls lived in Hamburg, Vienna, Düsseldorf, Bavaria and France. Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of 18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller. After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. In 2000, he was named one of European film's "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion. In 2006, Gala magazine named him "the most important German actor of today." Diehl is married to actress Julia Malik. On 23 May 2009 the couple had a daughter, Elsa Augusta. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks Spanish, German, French, and English.
Filmography
Actor
- 1998: 23
- 1999: Die Braut
- 2000: Kalt ist der Abendhauch
- 2002: Tattoo
- 2003: Love the Hard Way
- 2003: Distant Lights
- 2003: Anatomy 2
- 2003: The Birch-Tree Meadow
- 2004: Love in Thoughts
- 2004: Mouth to Mouth
- 2004: The Ninth Day
- 2006: de
- 2006: Nothing But Ghosts
- 2006: Slumming
- 2007: The Counterfeiters
- 2007: Head Under Water
- 2008: Dr. Alemán
- 2008: Mr. Kuka's Advice
- 2008: A Woman in Berlin
- 2008: Buddenbrooks
- 2009: Inglourious Basterds
- 2010: Salt
- 2010: The Coming Days
- 2011: If Not Us, Who?
- 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century
- 2013: Night Train to Lisbon
- 2013: Layla Fourie
- 2013: Frau Ella
- 2013: The Husband
- 2015: En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait
- 2015: Dirk Ohm - Illusjonisten som forsvant
Writer
- Der Atemkünstler (2000)
Awards
Won
- 1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor, for his performance in 23[1]
- 1999 German Film Awards (in Gold), Best Actor, for his performance in 23
- 2004 Undine Awards, Best Young Actor - Feature Film, for his performance in Love in Thoughts
- 2005 German Film Critics Association Awards, Best Actor, for his performance in Love in Thoughts
- 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, for his performance in Inglourious Basterds
Nominated
- 2005 - German Film Award (in Gold): Best Actor for his performance in The Ninth Day
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- Living people
- German male film actors
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Waldorf school alumni
- Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- Male actors from Berlin
- 20th-century German male actors
- 21st-century German male actors
- German Film Award winners
