Daniel Brühl

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Actor

Birth Date: June 16, 1978

Age: 45 years old

Birth Place: Barcelona, Spain

Versatility is a coveted trait in acting, and few performers can claim to be as versatile as multilingual European actor Daniel Brühl. German and Spanish by birth, he speaks those two languages in addition to Catalan, English and French. Brühl also matches that eclecticism in his projects, which range from war films to indie comedies to Hollywood dramas. Starting out on German television productions, he found his breakthrough role in 2003 with the thoughtful feature comedy "Good Bye, Lenin!," leading to his sole focus on film parts. He became further known to international audiences when he appeared in the British drama "Ladies in Lavender" (2004), starring Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. In 2007, Brühl appeared in his first American movie, with a small part in the action hit "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), and he was later featured more prominently in Quentin Tarantino's revisionist World War II film "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), a project that solidified his presence in international cinema. Continuing to juggle productions in various countries, Brühl generated major buzz for his central role in Ron Howard's racing movie "Rush" (2013), proving that the dynamic actor was still getting warmed up.

Though Brühl's birth country is Spain, he considers Germany his home, having lived there since he was a child, the son of a German father and Spanish mother. Since his dad was a television director, it's no surprise that he got his start on German TV. After appearing in various Deutsch dramas, Brühl starred in the coming-of-age romantic comedy "No Regrets" (2001), going on to date his love interest in the film, Jessica Schwarz, in real life. Sticking exclusively to movies, he gained even more attention for 2003's "Good Bye, Lenin!," an endearing film where he plays a devoted son dedicated to keeping his mother from discovering that the Berlin Wall has fallen. The movie's international success meant plenty of new opportunities for Brühl, and soon has was appearing with British luminaries Maggie Smith and Judi Dench in the English film "Ladies in Lavender" (2004). In 2005, he was featured in the Oscar-nominated World War I drama "Joyeux Noel," and subsequently garnered accolades for his portrayal of the titular Franco-era Spanish anarchist in "Salvador (Puig Antich)" (2006). Brühl had a chance to show off his French in the bittersweet romantic comedy "2 Days in Paris" (2007), along with writer/director/actress Julie Delpy, and he later appeared in her films "The Countess" (2009) and "2 Days in New York" (2012). Although mainstream American audiences briefly saw Brühl in "The Bourne Ultimatum," he made a much bigger impression in "Inglourious Basterds," portraying a celebrated German soldier who has become a smug film star. Exuding both menace and charm, Brühl's role did not go unnoticed, and he soon had a full slate of projects, including the Clive Owen-starring horror movie "Intruders" (2011). In the fall of 2013, Brühl went head-to head with Chris Hemsworth in the tense biopic "Rush," playing Niki Lauda, an Austrian race-car driver determined to defeat Hemsworth's swaggering James Hunt, leading to a dramatic life-changing incident. While awards talk followed both Brühl and the movie, he had more major films waiting in the wings - another biographical drama, "The Fifth Estate" (2013), co-starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and the ensemble espionage tale "A Most Wanted Man" (2013).

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Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

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Karl Lagerfeld
Series
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2 Win

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Roland Gumpert
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2024

Making Im Westen nichts Neues

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2023

La contadora de películas

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Hauser
Movie
2023

All Quiet on the Western FrontStream

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Movie
2022
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The Falcon and the Winter SoldierStream

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Helmut Zemo
Miniseries
2021
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The King's ManStream

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2021
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Nebenan

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Daniel
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2021

Nebenan

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2021

The Alienist: Angel of DarknessStream

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Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
Series
2020

Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war's..?

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Show
2019

My Zoe

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Thomas Fischer
Movie
2019

My Zoe

Executive Producer
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2019

Auf grosser Flamme

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Tony
Show
2018

The AlienistStream

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Dr. Laszlo Kreizler
Series
2018
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The Cloverfield Paradox

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Schmidt
Movie
2018

7 Days in Entebbe

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Wilfried Böse
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2018

Das Versprechen: erweiterte Ausgabe

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Jens Söring
Show
2017

Das Versprechen

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Jens Söring (voice)
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2017

The Zookeeper's Wife

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Lutz Heck
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2017

Zoološki vrt nade

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2017

Captain America: Civil WarStream

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Baron Zemo
Movie
2016
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Alone in Berlin

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Escherich
Movie
2016

Das Versprechen - Erste Liebe lebenslänglich

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Jens Söring
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2016

Woman in GoldStream

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Hubertus Czernin
Movie
2015
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BurntStream

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Tony
Movie
2015
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Ich und Kaminski

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Sebastian Zöllner
Movie
2015

ColoniaStream

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Daniel
Movie
2015
29%

A Most Wanted Man

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Max
Movie
2014

The Face of an Angel

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Thomas
Movie
2014

Gonka

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Movie
2013

RushStream

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Niki Lauda
Movie
2013
88%

The Fifth Estate

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Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Movie
2013

7 Days in Havana

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Leonardo
Movie
2012

Winning Streak

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Iván Pelayo
Movie
2012

Q With Jian Ghomeshi

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Show
2011

John Rabe

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Botschaftsrat Rosen
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2011

Intruders

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Father Antonio
Movie
2011

Lessons of a Dream

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Konrad Koch
Movie
2011

And if We All Lived Together?

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Dirk
Movie
2011

Eva

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Alex Garel
Movie
2011

Versión española

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Show
2010

Wetten, dass..?

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Show
2010

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

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Show
2010

Die kommenden Tage

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Hans Krämer
Movie
2010

Kóngavegur

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Rupert
Movie
2010

Dinosaurier: Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!

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Tobias Hardmann
Movie
2009

Inglourious BasterdsStream

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Fredrick Zoller
Movie
2009
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John Rabe

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Dr. Georg Rosen
Movie
2009

The Countess

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Istvan Thurzo
Movie
2009

Lila, Lila

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David Kern
Movie
2009

Krabat

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Tonda
Movie
2008

In Tranzit

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Klaus
Movie
2008

Un poco de chocolate

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2008

The Bourne UltimatumStream

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Martin Kreutz
Movie
2007
92%

2 Days in ParisStream

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Lukas
Movie
2007
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2 nap Párizsban

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Movie
2007

etalk

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Show
2006

Bärenbrüder 2

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Kenai
Movie
2006

Cars

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Lightning McQueen
Movie
2006

Cargo

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Chris
Movie
2006

A Friend of Mine

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Karl
Movie
2006

Salvador (Puig Antich)

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Salvador Puig Antich
Movie
2006

Joyeux Noël

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Horstmayer
Movie
2005

Les Édukateurs

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Movie
2004

Love in Thoughts

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Paul Krantz
Movie
2004

Ladies in Lavender

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Andrea Marowski
Movie
2004

The Edukators

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Jan
Movie
2004

Die Klasse von '99

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Schnubbi
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2003

Bärenbrüder

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Kenai
Movie
2003

Good Bye Lenin!

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Alexander "Alex" Kerner
Movie
2003

Last Call With Carson Daly

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Talk
2002

Vaya Con Dios - Und führe uns in Versuchung

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Movie
2002

Elefantenherz

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Daniel Stemper
Movie
2002

Das weiße Rauschen

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Lukas Delius
Movie
2001

Schule

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Markus 'schnubbi' Baasweiler
Movie
2000

Ein mörderischer Plan

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Reini
Movie
2000

No More School

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2000

Se Acabó la Escuela

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Movie
2000

Una Amarga Lección

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Checo
Movie
1999

The View

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Talk
1997

Die Harald Schmidt Show

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Show
1995

Der Pakt - wenn Kinder töten

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Nicolas Koll
Movie
1995

Polizeiruf 110

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Robert Voigt
Show
1971

Today

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