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- Thomas Wlaschiha is a German actor. Internationally, he is known for his roles as Jaqen H'Ghar in the second, fifth and sixth seasons of the TV series Game of Thrones, as well as Sebastian Berger in the TV series Crossing Lines. He also appeared in four episodes of Jack Ryan. He plays Dmitri Antonov / "Enzo" in the fourth season of Stranger Things.
- Thomas Kretschmann was born in East Germany. Before becoming an actor, he was a swimmer. He has acted in several popular American movies, such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), The Pianist (2002), U-571 (2000), In Enemy Hands (2004), etc. He has three children, Nicolas, Stella and Sascha with his ex-girlfriend Lena.
- Jana Pallaske was born on 20 May 1979 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Palermo Shooting (2008) and Speed Racer (2008).
- Jessica Boehrs was born on 5 March 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for EuroTrip (2004), Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) and Storm of Love (2005). She was previously married to Marcus Grüsser.
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Jördis Triebel was born on 30 October 1977 in East-Berlin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for West (2013), Emmas Glück (2006) and One Breath (2015).- Actor
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Tom Kaulitz is a German guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for his work from 2001 to the present as the guitarist of the band Tokio Hotel. He has an identical twin, Bill Kaulitz, who is the lead singer of Tokio Hotel, and his best friends are Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer. He was born in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. Tom and his brother, Bill, used to live in Hamburg but moved to Los Angeles in October 2010 in response to an incident involving stalkers and a robbery. They are currently living in Los Angeles making music for their new album. Tom dated german model Ria Sommerfeld(b.1982) from 2011 to 2016. They were married for a little over a year until Tom filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences in September 2016.- Albrecht Schuch was born on 21 August 1985 in Jena, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Mitten in Deutschland: NSU (2016) and Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020).
- Anne Müller was born in 1982 in Rochlitz, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Perfumier (2022), Dogs of Berlin (2018) and Die Geschwister (2016).
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Julius Feldmeier was born in 1987 in Rostock, German Democratic Republic. Julius is an actor and director, known for Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013), Axolotl Overkill (2017) and Babylon Berlin (2017). Julius is married to Katja Feldmeier.- Actor
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Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was a journalist and writer until she retired. Till was in a relationship with Sophia Thomalla.
Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch, who released an album titled Saddle Up, and played one song with a punk band called Feeling B (which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul H. Landers, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz). In the 1990s, Lindemann began to write lyrics. In 1994, the trio entered and won a contest in Berlin, which allowed them to record a four track demo professionally. Then, the same year, Rammstein was founded.
In November 2002, Lindemann's poetry book "Messer" was published. It consists of 54 poems compiled by Gert Hof, who is author of the book Rammstein and was the band's pyro-designer for the last seven years. In October 2013, Till published his second poetry book "In Stillen Nächten".- Director
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Thomas Heise was born on 22 August 1955 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic. He was a director and writer, known for Vaterland (2002), Barluschke (1997) and Stau - Jetzt geht's los (1993). He died on 29 May 2024 in Berlin, Germany.- Writer
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Tilman Singer was born in 1988 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony, Germany]. He is a writer and director, known for Luz (2018), Cuckoo (2024) and El Fin Del Mundo (2016).- Actress
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Growing up as the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne née Kleber, she attended school in Großenhain from 1961 to 1973. She completed her Abitur at the extended high school. After training as a nurse, she began studying textile engineering at the TU Dresden in 1976. From 1978 to 1981 she attended the Ernst Busch Drama School in Berlin and came to Chemnitz, then Karl Marx City. There she made her acting debut with the Goethe play "Faust II". Under Heiner Müller she played in the Shakespeare drama "Macbeth" at the Berlin Volksbühne in 1982. Roles in Berlin followed, including in the "Threepenny Opera" and in "Now Only Brecht". Corinna Harfouch became a celebrated film actress in the GDR and rose to stardom on German television and on the screen after the fall of communism. During the GDR era she starred in films such as "The House by the River", "Fallada - Last Chapter" (1987), "The Little Public Prosecutor" (1987), "The Actress" (1988), "The Big Mouth" and " Meeting in Travers" (1989).
After reunification, she thrilled television audiences in the TV series "Our teacher Dr. Specht", in the TV film "5 Hours of Fear - Taking Hostages in Kindergarten" and in crime films such as "Tatort" and "Kommissar Beck". Further film roles followed for Corinna Harfouch. In 1993 she impressed in her first leading role in Joseph Vilsmaier's "Charlie & Louise" and then in "The Promise". She appeared in front of the camera for many other successful productions. She played alongside Helmut Berger alongside Jürgen Vogel in "Come Back, Sexy Sadie" (1995), in "Damn, He Loves Me", with Katharina and Anna Thalbach in "Dangerous Girlfriend" (1996) and together with Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers in "Knockin'' On Heavens Door" (1997). "To err is male" (1996), "Solo for Clarinet" (1998), "The Great Bagarozy" (1999), "Fandango - Members Only" (2000) and "Now or Never - Time is Money" (2000) were other film hits in which Corinna Harfouch was seen. She also received a lot of attention in 1996 when she appeared in "Eva, Hitler's Lover".
She also appeared on the stage of the Berliner Volkstheater in "The Woman from the Sea" and "Des Teufels General". Corinna Harfouch starred alongside Katja Riemann in the children's film "Bibi Blocksberg", which was released in German cinemas in 2002. The sequel "Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls" was published in 2004. Corinna Harfouch has received several awards for her achievements. She received the Critics' Prize for Best Actress twice - in 1989 for "The Actress" and in 1990 for "Meeting in Travers." In 1995 she was awarded the "Bavarian Film Prize" for "Irren ist Mann" and in 1997 she was honored with the "Golden Lion" and the "Bavarian Film Prize" for "The Outbreak" and "Dangerous Girlfriend". One of her most spectacular roles is her portrayal of Magda Goebbels in the Oliver Hirschbiegel drama "Downfall". The film with Bruno Ganz in the role of Adolf Hitler is about the last days in the Führerbunker.
In November 2005, "Through this night I don't see a single star" was released in cinemas. Corinna Harfouch plays Bozena Nemcová (1820 - 1862), the most famous Czech writer to date, who led a life far removed from all conventions. Harfouch was named "Best German Actress" at the 2007 "Golden Camera" award ceremony.
Corinna Harfouch is the mother of a son from her marriage to Michael Gwisdeck.- Katrin Sass was born on 23 October 1956 in Schwerin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Weissensee Saga (2010) and Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (1981). She was previously married to Siegfried Kühn.
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Nadja Uhl was born on 23 May 1972 in Stralsund, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Operation Sugar (2012) and Divided We Stand (2022).- Actress
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Yvonne Catterfeld was born on 2 December 1979 in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany]. Yvonne is an actor, known for The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2014) and U-900 (2008).- Actress
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Julia-Maria Köhler was born on 16 July 1978 in Finsterwalde, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and writer, known for Dora Heldt (2009), Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999) and Embodied (2007).- Actor
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He grew up in Leipzig with his first-born, identical twin brother Tom. His parents, the painter Simone Charlotte Kaulitz and the truck driver Jörg W., separated when he was six years old. The mother then moved with her two sons to Loitsche near Magdeburg to live with her new partner, the musician Gordon Trümper. As children they were seen in the Radio Bremen production "Verkehrt nach dir". Both found their passion for music as children, which they worked on together from then on. Tom learned to play guitar at the age of ten, while Bill Kaulitz concentrated on singing. They were supported musically by their stepfather, who was himself an active musician in Magdeburg. While performing at a club in Magdeburg in 2001, Bill and Tom Kaulitz met Gustav Schäfer and Georg Listing. Shortly afterwards they founded the band "Devilish" and performed their first regional performances.
In 2003, Bill Kaulitz took part in the "Kinder-Star-Search" talent competition, after which the band was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. In the same year they received their first record contract through Sony BMG under their new band name "Tokio Hotel". Shortly before the release of the first single, Sony BMG canceled the contract, after which the band moved to Universal Music Group for their second contract in 2005. In June 2005, Tokio Hotel celebrated its first TV appearance with Bill Kaulitz as lead singer, Tom Kaulitz as guitarist, Gustav Schäfer on drums and Georg Listing on bass, with their debut single "Über den Monsun". The piece reached number 1 in the German charts in August and Tokio Hotel became one of the most popular German pop bands within a few months. In September 2005, the band released their first album entitled "Schrei", which once again dominated the top spot in the charts in Germany and Austria. In France, "Schrei" reached number 19 in the album charts in the first week, making Tokio Hotel the first German band to enter the French top 20 directly with a debut album.
Meanwhile, in 2005, the musicians, who were still of school age, were awarded the "Bambi" in the "Pop national" category and the "Comet" in the "Best Newcomer" category. In 2006, Tokio Hotel was awarded the "Echo" as "Best Newcomer", the "BRAVO Otto" as "Best Rock Band" and the "Golden Tuning Fork" as "Best German Pop Band", among others. Bill Kaulitz dropped out of school in 2006 in the 10th grade of high school. In the spring of 2008, he and his brother completed their secondary school diploma at an internet school. The twins were awarded the "Distance Learning Youth Prize" in April 2009 for their "exemplary academic achievements". The second album "Zimmer 483" was released on February 23, 2007. Shortly afterwards they were awarded the "MTV Europe Music Award" in the "Inter Act" category. In the same year, 2007, a major European tour followed from March to November. In 2008 they received the "MTV Video Music Award" in the "Best New Artist" category. At the beginning of October 2009, the band's third studio album "Humanoid" was released internationally at the same time for the first time.
In the German version of the animated film "Arthur and the Minimoys" by director Luc Besson, Bill Kaulitz was the dubbing voice of the title hero in 2006 and in the second part (2009). To mark the 30th anniversary of the German edition of "Vogue", Karl Lagerfeld recorded a multi-part photo series with Bill Kaulitz in September 2009. At the 2010 Milan Fashion Week, Kaulitz walked the catwalk as a model for the label "Dsquared2". In the same year, the band received the "NRJ Music Award" in the "Band Of The Year 2009" category and the MTV Europe Music Award in the "Best World Stage Live Performance" category. In 2010, the personal documentary "Through the Night with Wolfgang Joop and Bill Kaulitz" was created in Pars for the TV channel arte. That same year, the twin brothers moved to Los Angeles, where they worked on their fourth studio album. In 2012, Kaulitz and his brother Tom were a jury member for the tenth season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar".
On October 3, 2014, the band's fourth studio album, "Kings of Suburbia" (Island Records), was released; the first album recorded only in English.- Actress
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Maria Simon was born on 6 February 1976 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic [nox Saxony, Germany]. She is an actress and producer, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Portrait of a Married Couple (2002) and Kleine Schwester (2004). She was previously married to Bernd Michael Lade.- Actress
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Carina Wiese was born in Dresden, German Democratic Republic on February 26th, 1968. She is an actor, known for Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei, SOKO Leipzig, The Book Thief (2013), Dark (2019) and Deutschland 83 (2015). She studied theater in Leipzig and is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie.- Karoline Schuch was born on 19 October 1981 in Jena, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Hanna's Journey (2013) and Balloon (2018).
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Anja Kling was born on 22 March 1970 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and writer, known for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), The Final Days (2008) and Tödliche Wahl (1995).- Cordelia Wege was born on 2 May 1976 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Hamlet_X (2003), Dark (2017) and Mätressen - Die geheime Macht der Frauen (2005).
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- Producer
André Hennicke was born on 21 September 1958 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor and writer, known for Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Pandorum (2009) and Youth Without Youth (2007).- Teresa Weißbach was born on 26 April 1981 in Zwickau, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Sun Alley (1999), Giganten (2007) and Gonger - Das Böse vergisst nie (2008).