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Armin Mueller-Stahl Biography

Birth Name:Armin Mueller-Stahl

Birth Place:Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany

Profession Actor, Director, Writer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Won the Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement at the 2011 Golden Camera awards
  • In 2004, he received the World Cinematography Award at the Czech Critics Awards
  • Attended East Berlin acting school in 1952
  • For his role in as Mike Laszlo in "Music Box," he had to learn English and learn how to speak it in a Hungarian accent
  • Was a star in Communist East Germany, but though he led a materialistically comfortable lifestyle there, he moved to the United States to have more freedom
  • While living in East Berlin, he wrote a political thriller called "Verlorener Sonntag" or "Lost Sunday," which became a best seller
  • In 1965, a newspaper in the German Democratic Republic listed him as "the man most East Germans would like to have a beer with․"

Awards

  • 1982Film Award in Gold-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle): winner
  • 1983Chaplin Shoe-Best Actor (Bester Darsteller): winner
  • 1985Film Award in Gold-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle): nominated
  • 1985Best Actor-: winner
  • 1986Film Award in Gold-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Hauptrolle): nominated
  • 1992Silver Berlin Bear-Best Actor: winner
  • 1993Golden Camera-Best German Actor: winner
  • 1996AFI Award-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: winner
  • 1996LAFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 1996SDFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
  • 1997Oscar-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
  • 1997Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast: nominated
  • 1997Golden Satellite Award-Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Drama: winner
  • 1998OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2007Bambi-Best Actor - International: winner
  • 2007British Independent Film Award-Best Supporting Actor/Actress: nominated
  • 2008Genie-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: winner