Daniel Brühl

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Brühl and the second or maternal family name is González Domingo.
Daniel Brühl

Brühl at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2014
Born Daniel César Martín Brühl González
(1978-06-16) 16 June 1978
Barcelona, Spain
Residence Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation Actor
Years active 1995–present
Website www.danielbruhlfan.com

Daniel César Martín Brühl González (German: [bʀyːl]; born 16 June 1978) is a German actor of Spanish descent. He began his work at a young age in a German soap opera called Forbidden Love in 1995. In 2003, his starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin! received wider recognition and critical acclaim which garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and the German Film Award for Best Actor. Brühl has worked in both European and American productions in several different languages.

He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences with his breakout role of Fredrick Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and appeared in films such as The Bourne Ultimatum, The Fifth Estate and A Most Wanted Man. Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush. In 2016, Brühl will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War, portraying Baron Zemo.

Personal life

Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain.[1] His father was the German TV director Hanno Brühl, who was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[2][3] His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up and attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium. Brought up in a fully multilingual home, he speaks fluent Catalan, German, English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.

In 2006, Brühl separated from his long-time girlfriend and later fiancée, actress Jessica Schwarz, whom he had met on the set of the 2001 film Nichts bereuen.[4]

Career

Brühl began acting at a young age and made his acting debut in 1995 as street kid Benji in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). His international breakthrough role came in 2003 as Alex Kerner in the Golden Globe-nominated film Good Bye, Lenin!, which reached an estimated six million cinema-goers worldwide. In 2003, Brühl won the European Film Academy award trophies for Best Actor (Critics/Audience Awards) for the role. Brühl made his English-speaking film debut in the 2004 Ladies in Lavender, starring alongside English acting legends Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. The same year, he won the People's Choice trophy for Best Actor for the film Love in Thoughts while at the same time, he was nominated for Best Actor (critics) for The Edukators. Brühl featured as Lieutenant Horstmayer, a central character in the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, a trilingual World War One film based on the experiences of French, German and Scottish soldiers during the Christmas truce of 1914. The film shows Brühl's linguistic ability as he ably communicates in German, French and English throughout.

In 2006, he was invited to be part of the short film and Cinéfondation juries in the Cannes Film Festival. In June 2006, he made a cameo appearance in Two Days in Paris, a romantic comedy film which was directed by French actress Julie Delpy. In September 2006 his Cannes-nominated film Salvador (Puig Antich) premiered in Spain. In the film he played Salvador Puig Antich, a Catalan anarchist executed during the Franco era. In 2007 he appeared in a small role in the film The Bourne Ultimatum. He was in Krabat, based on a popular German children's story, which premiered in German cinemas in October 2008.

He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences in the role of Frederik Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt, which premiered at Cannes 2009. He, and his co-stars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2009, he also starred in Julie Delpy's third directorial film The Countess.

In May 2009 Brühl decided to become active in a different field of filmmaking by launching the production company Fouronfilm together with Film1.[5] Brühl starred in the 2010 British-Russian production In Transit where he played a young Nazi soldier opposite John Malkovich. He also co-starred with Clive Owen in the 2011 horror thriller Intruders, which was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.[6]

In 2013, he co-starred in The Fifth Estate, a film based on the founding of WikiLeaks. Brühl played Daniel Domscheit-Berg, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange. In the same year, Brühl portrayed former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush. The film was a commercial and critical success, and for his role he received multiple award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

His latest film Colonia, a thriller by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger, is currently in post-production. The film was shot October to December 2014 in South America, Germany and Luxembourg. His co-stars are Emma Watson and Michael Nyqvist. The film was produced by Academy Award-nominee Benjamin Herrmann and will be released in 2015.[7] Brühl was next cast as Baron Zemo in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, set for release in May 2016.[8][9]

Awards

Nominations

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes and awards
1999 Schlaraffenland Czech boy
2000 No More School (Schule) Markus
2000 Deeply Jay
2001 No Regrets Daniel Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor
German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
New Faces Award for Best Actor
2001 The White Sound Lukas Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor
German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
German Film Critics Award for Best Actor
2001 Honolulu Marek
2002 Vaya con Dios Arbo Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor
German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
German Film Critics Award for Best Actor
2002 Elephant Heart Marko German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2003 Good Bye Lenin! Alexander Kerner Bambi Award for Best Ensemble
European Film Award for Best Actor
European Film Audience Award for Best Actor
German Film Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role'
2004 Love in Thoughts Paul European Film Audience Award for Best Actor
2004 Ladies in Lavender Andrea Marowski
2004 Farland Frank
2004 The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) Jan Nominated European Film Award for Best Actor
2005 Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) Horstmayer
2006 Cargo Chris
2006 Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador Puig Antich Barcelona Film Award for Best Actor
Seattle International Film Festival, Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor
Nominated Goya Award for Best Actor
Nominated Butaca Award for Best Film Actor
Nominated – Cinema Writers Circle from Spain Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Fotogramas de plata Award for Best Film Actor
Nominated – Spanish Actors Union Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2006 A Friend of Mine (Ein Freund von mir) Karl
2007 2 Days in Paris Lukas
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Martin Kreutz
2008 In Tranzit Klaus
2008 Krabat Tonda
2008 A Bit of Chocolate (Un poco de chocolate) Marcos
2009 John Rabe Dr. Georg Rosen
2009 Las madres de Elna Amaro
2009 The Countess Istvan Thurzo
2009 Dinosaurier Tobias Hardmann
2009 Inglourious Basterds Fredrick Zoller Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Acting
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2009 Lila, Lila David Kern Nominated Lima International Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Actor
2010 King's Road (Kóngavegur 7) Rupert
2010 The Coming Days (Die kommenden Tage) Hans Krämer
2011 Eva Álex Garel Nominated Goya Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Cinema Writers Circle from Spain Award for Best Actor
Nominated Gaudí Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2011 Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz große Traum) Konrad Koch
2011 2 Days in New York The Oak Fairy
2011 All Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?) Dirk
2011 Intruders Father Antonio
2012 Winning Streak (The Pelayos) Iván Pelayo
2012 7 Days in Havana Spanish Businessman
2013 Rush Niki Lauda Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2013 The Fifth Estate Daniel Domscheit-Berg
2013 A Most Wanted Man Max
2014 Ich und Kaminski Sebastian Zöllner
2015 The Face of an Angel Thomas
2015 Woman in Gold Hubertus Czernin
2015 Colonia Daniel
2015 Burnt Tony Balerdi
2016 Alone in Berlin Escherich Filming
2016 Captain America: Civil War Baron Zemo Post-production
2016 The Zookeeper's Wife Filming

References

  1. Goitia, Fernando. "Tenemos Angela Merkel para rato" (in Spanish). XL Semanal. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. Filmportal.de (2012-04-05). "Daniel Brühl". Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  3. Kahlschlag: das Drehbuch zum Film - Dieter Bongartz - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  4. Biography for Daniel Brühl at the Internet Movie Database
  5. Meza, Ed (2009-05-16). "Daniel Bruehl launches fouronfilm". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  6. "Clive Owen to Star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders". DreadCentral.
  7. "Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl to Star in Thriller ‘Colonia’". Variety. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  8. "Daniel Bruhl Cast in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War". Marvel. November 15, 2014.
  9. fleming, Jr, Mike (November 14, 2014). "Daniel Bruhl To Play Villain In 'Captain America: Civil War'". Deadline.

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