Alexander Fehling
Encyclopedia
Alexander Fehling is a German
film
and stage actor
. He is best known to English-language audiences as Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino
film, Inglourious Basterds.
. He studied acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin from 2003 until 2007.
Fehling received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the category of drama for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come Tourists
. He had previously won the OE Hasse Prize from the Akademie der Künste
for his role as Prince in the theater production of Schneewittchen (Snow White).
Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for a role in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino
World War II
film, Inglourious Basterds. Fehling portrays Staff Sgt. Wilhelm, a humble German Wehrmacht NCO and recent family man out celebrating the birth of his son, Max, at a French tavern. Fehling's character becomes involved in a firefight
in the scene.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and stage actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is best known to English-language audiences as Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
film, Inglourious Basterds.
Life and career
Fehling was born in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. He studied acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin from 2003 until 2007.
Fehling received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the category of drama for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come Tourists
And Along Come Tourists
And Along Come Tourists is a 2007 German movie. The director and writer Robert Thalheim deals with his own experience working as a volunteer in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum during the 1990s as part of his civilian service...
. He had previously won the OE Hasse Prize from the Akademie der Künste
Akademie der Künste
The Akademie der Künste, Berlin is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts, an academic institution where members could meet and discuss and share ideas...
for his role as Prince in the theater production of Schneewittchen (Snow White).
Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for a role in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
film, Inglourious Basterds. Fehling portrays Staff Sgt. Wilhelm, a humble German Wehrmacht NCO and recent family man out celebrating the birth of his son, Max, at a French tavern. Fehling's character becomes involved in a firefight
Firefight
Firefight may refer to:* firefight, a large exchange of bullets between two sides * Firefighting, process of extinguishing destructive flames* A game mode in Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach video games...
in the scene.
Awards
- 2005: The O.E. Hasse-Preis of the Akademie der KünsteAkademie der KünsteThe Akademie der Künste, Berlin is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts, an academic institution where members could meet and discuss and share ideas...
for his role as Prince in Robert WalserRobert WalserRobert Walser may refer to:* Robert Walser , Swiss modernist writer* Robert Walser , American musicologist, author and professor...
's Schneewittchen - 2007: The Förderpreis Deutscher Film (German Film Prize) in the best dramatic actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come TouristsAnd Along Come TouristsAnd Along Come Tourists is a 2007 German movie. The director and writer Robert Thalheim deals with his own experience working as a volunteer in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum during the 1990s as part of his civilian service...
. - 2011: The Shooting Stars AwardShooting Stars AwardThe Shooting Stars Award is annually presented to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1998 by European Film Promotion , a pan-European network of film promotion and export organisations, and is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the EU...
by European Film PromotionEuropean Film PromotionEuropean Film Promotion is an organisation which works for the worldwide promotion and marketing of European cinema. The EFP network incorporates 31 national promotion organisations from 32 European countries.-Activities:EFP's major objectives are:...
at the Berlin International Film FestivalBerlin International Film FestivalThe Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
Theater credits
- 2005: Schneewittchen (by Robert WalserRobert WalserRobert Walser may refer to:* Robert Walser , Swiss modernist writer* Robert Walser , American musicologist, author and professor...
/ Directed by: Thorsten Lensing &Jan Hein) - 2005: Glaube Liebe Hoffnung (by Ödön von HorvathÖdön von HorváthEdmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
/ Directed by: Thomas Dannemann) - 2006: Die lustigen Nibelungen (by Oscar StrausOscar Straus (composer)Oscar Nathan Straus was a Viennese composer of operettas and film scores and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works...
/ Directed by Robert Borgmann) - 2007: Wallensteins Lager / Die Piccolomini / Wallensteins Tod (by Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
/ Directed by: Peter SteinPeter SteinPeter Stein is a critically acclaimed German theatre and opera director who established himself at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, a company that he brought to the forefront of German theatre....
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Cinema
- 2006: And Along Come TouristsAnd Along Come TouristsAnd Along Come Tourists is a 2007 German movie. The director and writer Robert Thalheim deals with his own experience working as a volunteer in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum during the 1990s as part of his civilian service...
(Director: Robert ThalheimRobert ThalheimRobert Thalheim is a German stage and film director and screenwriter.Thalheim was an assistant director at the Berliner Ensemble in 1997/98 and then studied Modern German Literature, History and Politics at the Free University of Berlin until the year 2000, in which period he edited the first...
) - 2007: Buddenbrooks (Director: Heinrich Breloer)
- 2008: Sturm (Director: Hans-Christian SchmidHans-Christian SchmidHans-Christian Schmid is a German film director and screenwriter.-Life and work:Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with Michael Gutmann on several of his the film that he has directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint , and Crazy...
) - 2008: Inglourious Basterds (Director: Quentin TarantinoQuentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
) - 2008: 13 Semester (Director: Frieder Wittich)
- 2010: Goethe!Goethe!Goethe! is a German historical drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, and Moritz Bleibtreu...
(Director: Philipp Stölzl) - 2011: If Not Us, Who?If Not Us, Who?If Not Us, Who? is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andres Veiel and starring August Diehl. The film is set in the late 1940's, the early 1960's, and at the beginning of the Protests of 1968....