Armin Mueller-Stahl
Birth Name:
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Birth Place:
Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany
Profession
Actor, Director, Writer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- In 2004, he received the World Cinematography Award at the Czech Critics Awards
- Won the Golden Camera for Lifetime Achievement at the 2011 Golden Camera 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
- In 1965, a newspaper in the German Democratic Republic listed him as "the man most East Germans would like to have a beer with․"
- While living in East Berlin, he wrote a political thriller called "Verlorener Sonntag" or "Lost Sunday," which became a best seller
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 ActorWinner
- 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