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{{Short description|German actor (born 1976)}}
'''August Diehl''' (born [[January 4]], [[1976]], [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]) is a German [[actor]]. His father is actor [[Hans Diehl]], his mother is a costume designer. He has a brother. His family moved a lot while he was growing up. Diehl lived in [[Hamburg]], [[Vienna]], [[Düsseldorf]] and [[Paris]]. He graduated from school ([[Abitur]]) in [[Bavaria]].
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{{Infobox person
| name = August Diehl
| image = August Diehl asv2024-09.jpg
| caption = Diehl in 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|1|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[West Berlin]], West Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| birthname =
| othername =
| alma_mater = [[Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts]]
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1998–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Julia Malik|1999|2016|end=divorce}}
| children = 2
}}
'''August Diehl''' ({{IPA|de|aʊ̯ˈɡʊst diːl}}; born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing [[Gestapo]] major Dieter Hellstrom in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (2009) and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie ''[[Salt (2010 film)|Salt]]''. He is also known for his leading roles in the films ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]'' (2007), ''[[The Young Karl Marx]]'' (2017), and [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[A Hidden Life (2019 film)|A Hidden Life]]'' (2019).


==Life and career==
The first hints that Diehl was to become an actor surfaced while he was still a child. While he participated in ''[[The Robbers|Die Räuber]]'' as Franz Mohr in a school play, he made the decision to become an actor. He was 18 at the time. Diehl studied acting at the renowned [[Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch]]. While he was still a student there, he was already heavily engaged in stage work.
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Diehl was born in [[West 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. Diehl spent his childhood in [[Auvergne]], France and moved back to West Germany when he was nine years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wort.lu/de/panorama/august-diehl-andere-kulturen-sind-das-allerwichtigste-5d6f5807da2cc1784e34aea7|title=August Diehl: "Andere Kulturen sind das Allerwichtigste"|date=2019-09-04|website=[[Luxemburger Wort]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> The family lived in [[Hamburg]], [[Vienna]], and [[Düsseldorf]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cineastentreff.de/content/view/500/110/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707080553/http://www.cineastentreff.de/content/view/500/110/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-07|title=August Diehl – Porträt 500|date=2005-10-03|website=cineastentreff.de|language=de|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>


Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of&nbsp;18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of ''[[The Robbers|Die Räuber]]'' by [[Friedrich Schiller]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/kultur/artikel/473398/august-diehl-ich-habe-noch-nie-fernsehen-gemacht#gallery&0&0&473398|title=August Diehl: "Ich habe noch nie Fernsehen gemacht"|date=2014-05-10|website=[[Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> After passing the ''Abitur'' exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned [[Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch]] in Berlin.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
In 2000, Diehl was named as one of European film's "Shooting Stars" by the [[European Film Promotion]]. As of 2003, he lives in [[Berlin]].


In 2000, he was named one of European film's [[Shooting Stars Award|Shooting Stars]] by the [[European Film Promotion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efp-online.com/en/shootingstars/935/August_Diehl|title=August Diehl, Germany|website=European Film Promotion|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
'''Trivia:'''


In 2009, Diehl played [[Gestapo]] major Dieter Hellstrom in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''.
* height 5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
* plays [[guitar]].
* speaks [[German]], [[French]] and [[English language|English]].


In 2024, he appeared in the fantasy-drama ''[[The Master and Margarita (2024 film)|The Master and Margarita]]'', based on the novel by [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], playing a [[devil]]-like character called [[Woland]]. And in the historical drama ''[[Bonhoeffer (film)|Bonhoeffer]]''.
'''Diehl played in such movies as:'''
* ''[[23 (movie)|23]]'' as Karl Koch, [[1998]], Director: [[Hans-Christian Schmid]]
* ''[[Kalt ist der Abendhauch]]'', [[2000]] with [[Fritzi Haberlandt]], [[Heinz Bennent]]
* ''[[Tattoo (film)|Tattoo]]'', [[2002]]
* ''[[Love The Hard Way]]'', [[2003]]
* ''[[Lichter]]'', [[2003]], Director: [[Hans-Christian Schmid]]
* ''[[Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken]]'', [[2004]] with [[Daniel Brühl]]
* ''[[Der neunte Tag]]'', [[2004]], Regie: [[Volker Schlöndorff]], with [[Ulrich Matthes]]


His upcoming projects are ''The Disappearance'', in which he portrays [[Josef Mengele]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |title=Fugitive Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele to Be Played by German Star August Diehl in Kirill Serebrennikov's 'The Disappearance' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/josef-mengele-august-diehl-kirill-serebrennikov-1235406854/ |website=Variety |access-date=23 October 2022 |date=18 October 2022}}</ref> and the action film ''[[Control (upcoming film)|Control]]''.
== Filmography ==


In 2025, Diehl will appear in [[Lucile Hadžihalilović]]'s fantasy-drama ''[[The Ice Tower]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ice Tower |url=https://goodfellas.film/movie/the-ice-tower/ |date=4 June 2024 |website=Goodfellas}}</ref>
=== As actor ===
* ''Mouth to Mouth'' (2004) .... Tiger
* ''Feuer in der Nacht'' (2004) (TV) .... Lukas Stein
* ''Der Neunte Tag'' (2004) .... Untersturmführer Gebhardt ... aka ''The Ninth Day''
* ''Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken'' (2004) .... Günther ... aka ''[[Love in Thoughts]]'' (International: English title) (USA)
* ''La petite prairie aux bouleaux'' (2003) .... Oskar ... aka ''Birkenau und Rosenfeld'' (Germany) ... aka ''The Birch-Tree Meadow'' (International: English title)
* ''Lichter'' (2003) .... Philip ... aka ''[[Distant Lights]]'' (International: English title)
* ''Anatomie 2'' (2003) .... Benny ... aka ''[[Anatomy 2]]'' (International: English title)
* ''Haider lebt - 1. April 2021'' (2002) .... A.M. Kaiser
* ''Tattoo'' (2002) .... Marc Schrader
* ''[[Love the Hard Way]]'' (2001) .... Jeff
* ''Der Atemkünstler'' (2000)
* ''Hilflos'' (2000)
* ''Kalt ist der Abendhauch'' (2000) .... Hugo Wimmer (jung) ... aka ''[[Cold Is the Breath of Evening]]'' (International: English title) ... aka ''Cold Is the Evening Breeze'' (Germany: Berlin film festival title)
* ''Die Braut'' (1999) .... Fritz von Stein
* ''Entering Reality'' (1999) .... Leon
* ''Poppen'' (1998) .... Alex
* ''23'' (1998) .... Karl Koch ... aka ''23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint'' (Germany)


=== As writer ===
==Personal life==
Diehl was married to actress [[:de:Julia Malik|Julia Malik]], but the marriage ended amicably in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/regional/berlin/berlin-leute/julia-malik-von-august-diehl-getrennt-neue-liebe-ist-ganz-grosses-kino-60053436,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html|title=Diese neue Liebe ist ganz großes Kino|date=2019-02-09|website=[[Bild]]|language=de|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref> He has two children with Malik: a daughter born in May 2009 and a son born in 2012. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efp-online.com/en/shootingstars/935/August_Diehl|title=August Diehl, Germany|website=European Film Promotion|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>
* ''Der Atemkünstler'' (2000)


== External link ==
==Filmography==
===Film===
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0225944/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9YXVndXN0IGRpZWhsfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=3 IMDB entry]


{| class = "wikitable sortable"
[[de:August Diehl]]
|-
[[Category:German actors|Diehl]]
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[23 (film)|23]]''
| Karl Koch
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| ''Entering Reality''
| Leon
| Short
|-
| ''{{ill|Die Braut|de|Die Braut (1999)}}''
| Fritz von Stein
|
|-
| ''Poppen''
| Alex
| Short
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| ''Cold Is the Evening Breeze''
| Hugo Wimmer (young)
|
|-
| ''Der Atemkünstler''
| {{mdash}}
| Writer
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Love the Hard Way]]''
| Jeff
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Tattoo (2002 film)|Tattoo]]''
| Marc Schrader
|
|-
| ''Haider lebt – 1. April 2021''
| A.M. Kaiser
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2003
| ''[[Anatomy 2]]''
| Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs
|
|-
| ''[[Distant Lights (2003 film)|Distant Lights]]''
| Philip
|
|-
| ''The Birch-Tree Meadow''
| Oskar
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2004
| ''[[Love in Thoughts]]''
| Günther Scheller
|
|-
| ''[[The Ninth Day]]''
| Untersturmführer Gebhardt
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005
| ''[[Mouth to Mouth (2005 British film)|Mouth to Mouth]]''
| Tiger
|
|-
| ''Wattläufer''
| Robert
| Short
|-
| rowspan="3"|2006
| ''[[Slumming (film)|Slumming]]''
| Sebastian
|
|-
| ''{{Ill|I Am the Other Woman|de|Ich bin die Andere (Film)}}''
| Robert Fabry
|
|-
| ''{{ill|Nothing But Ghosts|de|Nichts als Gespenster (Film)}}''
| Felix
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2007
| ''[[The Counterfeiters (2007 film)|The Counterfeiters]]''
| Burger
|
|-
| ''Lichtblick''
| Perpetrator
| Short
|-
| ''{{Ill|Head Under Water (film)|de|3=Freischwimmer (Film)|lt=Head Under Water}}''
| Martin Wegner
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2008
| ''{{ill|Dr. Alemán|de}}''
| Marc
|
|-
| ''Mr. Kuka's Advice''
| Lothar
|
|-
| ''[[A Woman in Berlin]]''
| Gerd
|
|-
| ''[[Buddenbrooks (film)|Buddenbrooks]]''
| Christian Buddenbrook
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
| Major Dieter Hellstrom
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
| ''[[Salt (2010 film)|Salt]]''
| Mike Krause
|
|-
| ''[[The Coming Days]]''
| Konstantin Richter
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[If Not Us, Who?]]''
| Bernward Vesper
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2012
| ''[[Confession of a Child of the Century]]''
| Desgenais
|
|-
| ''{{Ill|Shores of Hope|de|Wir wollten aufs Meer}}''
| Andreas Hornung
|
|-
| ''{{Ill|The Adventures of Huck Finn (2012 film)|de|3=Die Abenteuer des Huck Finn|lt=The Adventures of Huck Finn}}''
| Pap Finn
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|2013
| ''[[Layla Fourie]]''
| Eugene Pienaar
|
|-
| ''[[Night Train to Lisbon (film)|Night Train to Lisbon]]''
| Young Jorge O'Kelly
|
|-
| ''[[The Husband (film)|The Husband]]''
| Karl 'Rusty' Rost
|
|-
| ''[[Frau Ella]]''
| Klaus
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015
| ''Dirk Ohm – Illusjonisten som forsvant''
| Dirk Ohm
|
|-
| ''[[En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait]]''
| Hans
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| ''[[Dark Inclusion]]''
| Gabi Ulmann
|
|-
| ''[[Allied (film)|Allied]]''
| Hobar
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017
| ''[[The Young Karl Marx]]''
| [[Karl Marx]]
|
|-
| ''Midnight Confession''
| Kurt
| Short
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018
| ''[[Kursk (film)|Kursk]]''
| Anton Markov
|
|-
| ''L'Empereur de Paris''
| Nathanaël
|
|-
| ''The Bird Catcher ''
| Herman
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019
| ''[[A Hidden Life (2019 film)|A Hidden Life]]''
| [[Franz Jägerstätter]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Vermeer]]''
| Alex De Klerks
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2021
| ''[[The King's Man]]''
| [[Vladimir Lenin]]
|
|-
| ''[[Plan A (film)|Plan A]]''
| Max
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2022
| ''[[Munich – The Edge of War]]''
| [[Hauptsturmführer|SS-Hauptsturmführer]] Franz Sauer
|
|-
| ''[[The Perfumier]]''
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Sidonie in Japan]]''
| Antoine
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| ''[[The Master and Margarita (2024 film)|The Master and Margarita]]''
| [[Woland]]
|
|-
| ''[[Bonhoeffer (film)|Bonhoeffer]]''
| [[Martin Niemöller]]
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[The Ice Tower]]''
|
| Post-production
|-
| rowspan="2"| TBA
| ''The Disappearance''
| [[Josef Mengele]]
|
|-
| ''[[Control (upcoming film)|Control]]''
|
| Filming
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005
| ''Feuer in der Nacht''
| Lukas Stein
| Television film
|-
| ''{{ill|Intrigue and Love (2005 film)|de|3=Kabale und Liebe (2005)|lt=Intrigue and Love}}''
| Ferdinand von Walter
| Television film
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Close to the Enemy]]''
| Dieter Koehler
| Miniseries; 7 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Perfume (2018 TV series)|Parfum]]''
| Moritz de Vries
| Series; 6 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''Bauhaus – A New Era''
| Walter Gropius
| Series
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Documentary Now!]]''
| Dieter Daimler
| Series; 2 episodes
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Location
! Ref(s)
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Don Carlos (play)|Don Carlos]]''
|
| [[Maxim Gorki Theater]]
|
|-
| 1998–1999
| ''[[Cleansed]]''
| Robin
| [[Hamburg Kammerspiele]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-8448579.html|title=Liebe oder töte mich|date=1998-12-14|website=[[Spiegel Online]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Life Is a Dream]]''
|
| [[Theater Dortmund]]
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Seagull]]''
|
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/viel-applaus-fuer--moewe---inszenierung-von-luc-bondy/1486590|title=Viel Applaus für "Möwe"- Inszenierung von Luc Bondy|date=2000-05-15|website=[[swissinfo.ch]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| ''Roberto Zucco''
| Roberto Zucco
| [[Burgtheater]]
|
|-
| 2001–2003
| ''[[The Jew of Malta]]''
|
| [[Burgtheater]]
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]''
| Polyneikes
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kultur-channel.at/premiere-am-wiener-burgtheater-odipus-in-kolonos/|title=Premiere am Wiener Burgtheater: Ödipus in Kolonos|date=2003-05-11|website=kultur-channel.at|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2003–2005
| ''[[Don Carlos (play)|Don Carlos]]''
| Don Carlos
| [[Deutsches Schauspielhaus]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/don-karlos-im-deutschen-schauspielhaus-hier-spricht-der-dichter-a-289478.html|title=Hier spricht der Dichter!|date=2004-03-06|website=[[Spiegel Online]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
|2006–2007
| ''Zur schönen Aussicht''
|
| [[Deutsches Schauspielhaus]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2008–2010
| rowspan="3"|''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| rowspan="3"|Tyrone
| Nationaltheater Luxemburg
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| [[Ruhrfestspiele]]
|-
| Renaissance Theater
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Major Barbara]]''
| Adolphus Cusins
| [[Schauspielhaus Zürich]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012–2015
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Prince of Homburg (play)|The Prince of Homburg]]''
| rowspan="2"|
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diepresse.com/home/schaufenster/events/3809501/Prinz-Friedrich-von-Homburg_Kleist-im-Burgtheater|title=Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: Kleist im Burgtheater|date=2014-05-21|website=[[Die Presse]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| [[Salzburg Festival]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/kampf-um-macht.1013.de.html?dram:article_id=216338|title=Kampf um Macht|date=2012-07-28|website=deutschlandfunkkultur.de|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2013–2016
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| Hamlet
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/buehne-konzert/article120498349/August-Diehl-ist-ein-Hamlet-fuer-sechs-Stunden.html|title=August Diehl ist ein Hamlet für sechs Stunden|date=2013-09-29|website=[[Die Welt|Welt]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2013–2017
| ''Das Geisterhaus''
| Esteban Trueba
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.derstandard.at/privacywall/story/1389858960929/in-der-mitte-entspringt-kein-erzaehlfluss|title=In der Mitte entspringt kein Erzählfluss|website=[[Der Standard]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2015–2018
| ''Diese Geschichte von Ihnen''
| Baxter
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000029994740/diese-geschichte-von-ihnen-ein-moerder-namens-johnny-spielt-auf|title="Diese Geschichte von Ihnen": Ein Mörder namens Johnny spielt auf|date=2016-01-29|website=[[Der Standard]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night]]''
| Edmund
| [[Burgtheater]]
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000077972092/burgtheater-mit-der-dramenharpune-auf-menschenfang|title=Burgtheater: Mit der Dramenharpune auf Menschenfang|date=2018-04-15|website=[[Der Standard]]|language=de|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=August 2019}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
|-
|rowspan=2| 1999
| [[German Film Awards]]
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
|rowspan=2| ''[[23 (film)|23]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Bayerischer Filmpreis|Bavarian Film Awards]]
| Best Young Actor
| {{won}}
|-
| 2000
| [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Shooting Stars Award|Shooting Stars]]
| {{mdash}}
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
| [[German Film Awards]]
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| ''[[The Ninth Day]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[German Film Critics Association Awards]]
| Best Actor
| ''[[Love in Thoughts]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2007
| [[Bambi Awards]]
| Best Actor
| ''Nothing But Ghosts''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2010
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
| [[German Film Awards]]
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| ''[[If Not Us, Who?]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[German Film Critics Association Awards]]
| Best Actor
| ''[[The Coming Days]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2012
| [[Nestroy Theatre Prize]]
| Best Actor
| ''[[The Prince of Homburg (play)|The Prince of Homburg]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2013
| German Screen Actors Awards
| Best Leading Actor
| ''{{Ill|Shores of Hope|de|Wir wollten aufs Meer}}''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| [[Jupiter Award (film award)|Jupiter Awards]]
| Best German Actor
| ''[[Frau Ella]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Nestroy Theatre Prize
|rowspan=2|Best Actor
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2016
| ''Diese Geschichte von Ihnen''
| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|225944|August Diehl}}
*{{cite web
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|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707080553/http://www.cineastentreff.de/content/view/500/110/
|archivedate=7 July 2012
}}

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[[Category:Waldorf school alumni]]

Latest revision as of 18:12, 12 December 2024

August Diehl
Diehl in 2024
Born (1976-01-04) 4 January 1976 (age 49)
West Berlin, West Germany
Alma materErnst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Julia Malik
​
​
(m. 1999; div. 2016)​
Children2

August Diehl (German pronunciation: [aʊ̯ˈɡʊst diːl]; born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. He is also known for his leading roles in the films The Counterfeiters (2007), The Young Karl Marx (2017), and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (2019).

Life and career

[edit]

Diehl was born in West 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. Diehl spent his childhood in Auvergne, France and moved back to West Germany when he was nine years old.[1] The family lived in Hamburg, Vienna, and Düsseldorf.[2]

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.[3] After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin.[citation needed]

In 2000, he was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion.[4]

In 2009, Diehl played Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

In 2024, he appeared in the fantasy-drama The Master and Margarita, based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, playing a devil-like character called Woland. And in the historical drama Bonhoeffer.

His upcoming projects are The Disappearance, in which he portrays Josef Mengele,[5] and the action film Control.

In 2025, Diehl will appear in Lucile Hadžihalilović's fantasy-drama The Ice Tower.[6]

Personal life

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Diehl was married to actress Julia Malik, but the marriage ended amicably in 2016.[7] He has two children with Malik: a daughter born in May 2009 and a son born in 2012. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 23 Karl Koch
1999 Entering Reality Leon Short
Die Braut [de] Fritz von Stein
Poppen Alex Short
2000 Cold Is the Evening Breeze Hugo Wimmer (young)
Der Atemkünstler — Writer
2001 Love the Hard Way Jeff
2002 Tattoo Marc Schrader
Haider lebt – 1. April 2021 A.M. Kaiser
2003 Anatomy 2 Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs
Distant Lights Philip
The Birch-Tree Meadow Oskar
2004 Love in Thoughts Günther Scheller
The Ninth Day Untersturmführer Gebhardt
2005 Mouth to Mouth Tiger
Wattläufer Robert Short
2006 Slumming Sebastian
I Am the Other Woman [de] Robert Fabry
Nothing But Ghosts [de] Felix
2007 The Counterfeiters Burger
Lichtblick Perpetrator Short
Head Under Water [de] Martin Wegner
2008 Dr. Alemán [de] Marc
Mr. Kuka's Advice Lothar
A Woman in Berlin Gerd
Buddenbrooks Christian Buddenbrook
2009 Inglourious Basterds Major Dieter Hellstrom
2010 Salt Mike Krause
The Coming Days Konstantin Richter
2011 If Not Us, Who? Bernward Vesper
2012 Confession of a Child of the Century Desgenais
Shores of Hope [de] Andreas Hornung
The Adventures of Huck Finn [de] Pap Finn
2013 Layla Fourie Eugene Pienaar
Night Train to Lisbon Young Jorge O'Kelly
The Husband Karl 'Rusty' Rost
Frau Ella Klaus
2015 Dirk Ohm – Illusjonisten som forsvant Dirk Ohm
En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait Hans
2016 Dark Inclusion Gabi Ulmann
Allied Hobar
2017 The Young Karl Marx Karl Marx
Midnight Confession Kurt Short
2018 Kursk Anton Markov
L'Empereur de Paris Nathanaël
The Bird Catcher Herman
2019 A Hidden Life Franz Jägerstätter
The Last Vermeer Alex De Klerks
2021 The King's Man Vladimir Lenin
Plan A Max
2022 Munich – The Edge of War SS-Hauptsturmführer Franz Sauer
The Perfumier
2023 Sidonie in Japan Antoine
2024 The Master and Margarita Woland
Bonhoeffer Martin Niemöller
2025 The Ice Tower Post-production
TBA The Disappearance Josef Mengele
Control Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Feuer in der Nacht Lukas Stein Television film
Intrigue and Love [de] Ferdinand von Walter Television film
2016 Close to the Enemy Dieter Koehler Miniseries; 7 episodes
2018 Parfum Moritz de Vries Series; 6 episodes
2019 Bauhaus – A New Era Walter Gropius Series
2022 Documentary Now! Dieter Daimler Series; 2 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Location Ref(s)
1998 Don Carlos Maxim Gorki Theater
1998–1999 Cleansed Robin Hamburg Kammerspiele [9]
1999 Life Is a Dream Theater Dortmund
2000 The Seagull Burgtheater [10]
2001 Roberto Zucco Roberto Zucco Burgtheater
2001–2003 The Jew of Malta Burgtheater
2003 Oedipus at Colonus Polyneikes Burgtheater [11]
2003–2005 Don Carlos Don Carlos Deutsches Schauspielhaus [12]
2006–2007 Zur schönen Aussicht Deutsches Schauspielhaus
2008–2010 A Moon for the Misbegotten Tyrone Nationaltheater Luxemburg
Ruhrfestspiele
Renaissance Theater
2009 Major Barbara Adolphus Cusins Schauspielhaus Zürich
2012–2015 The Prince of Homburg Burgtheater [13]
Salzburg Festival [14]
2013–2016 Hamlet Hamlet Burgtheater [15]
2013–2017 Das Geisterhaus Esteban Trueba Burgtheater [16]
2015–2018 Diese Geschichte von Ihnen Baxter Burgtheater [17]
2018–2019 Long Day's Journey Into Night Edmund Burgtheater [18]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
1999 German Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 23 Won
Bavarian Film Awards Best Young Actor Won
2000 Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Stars — Won
2005 German Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Ninth Day Nominated
German Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor Love in Thoughts Won
2007 Bambi Awards Best Actor Nothing But Ghosts Nominated
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Inglourious Basterds Won
2011 German Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role If Not Us, Who? Nominated
German Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor The Coming Days Nominated
2012 Nestroy Theatre Prize Best Actor The Prince of Homburg Nominated
2013 German Screen Actors Awards Best Leading Actor Shores of Hope [de] Nominated
2014 Jupiter Awards Best German Actor Frau Ella Nominated
Nestroy Theatre Prize Best Actor Hamlet Won
2016 Diese Geschichte von Ihnen Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "August Diehl: "Andere Kulturen sind das Allerwichtigste"". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "August Diehl – Porträt 500". cineastentreff.de (in German). 3 October 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ "August Diehl: "Ich habe noch nie Fernsehen gemacht"". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 10 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ "August Diehl, Germany". European Film Promotion. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (18 October 2022). "Fugitive Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele to Be Played by German Star August Diehl in Kirill Serebrennikov's 'The Disappearance' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ "The Ice Tower". Goodfellas. 4 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Diese neue Liebe ist ganz großes Kino". Bild (in German). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. ^ "August Diehl, Germany". European Film Promotion. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Liebe oder töte mich". Spiegel Online (in German). 14 December 1998. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Viel Applaus für "Möwe"- Inszenierung von Luc Bondy". swissinfo.ch (in German). 15 May 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Premiere am Wiener Burgtheater: Ödipus in Kolonos". kultur-channel.at (in German). 11 May 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Hier spricht der Dichter!". Spiegel Online (in German). 6 March 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: Kleist im Burgtheater". Die Presse (in German). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Kampf um Macht". deutschlandfunkkultur.de (in German). 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  15. ^ "August Diehl ist ein Hamlet für sechs Stunden". Welt (in German). 29 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  16. ^ "In der Mitte entspringt kein Erzählfluss". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  17. ^ ""Diese Geschichte von Ihnen": Ein Mörder namens Johnny spielt auf". Der Standard (in German). 29 January 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Burgtheater: Mit der Dramenharpune auf Menschenfang". Der Standard (in German). 15 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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