Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (born 7 January 1956 in Biblis ) is a German actor and singer. Ochsenknecht became known in 1981 through the film Das Boot and 1985 with the comedy men.
Life
Ochsenknecht grew up in Mannheim, where he led the Ludwig -Frank attended high school, among others, and soon discovered his love for acting. In his youth Ochsenknecht was hired as an extra at the Mannheim National Theatre. The school he was less fond of, at 15 he was expelled from the school after he missed the offset for the third time. For this he passed with flying colors the capture at the drama school in Bochum, which he completed successfully.
First theater engagements followed, from 1977 also film and television roles. In 1978 he played a cameo role in a Hollywood film.
Ochsenknecht The breakthrough came with the role of man in the boat movie Das Boot (1981 ) by Wolfgang Petersen. Four years later, the next success was a: Men (1985 ) by Doris Dorrie with Heiner Lauterbach. Also a great success ox servant was the leading role of the forger Fritz Knobel in the Oscar-nominated satire Schtonk! ( 1992) by Helmut Dietl, the affair of the forged Hitler diaries took a bead in the not too faithful to detail manner. For his role as Hans Pollak football is our life was granted him in 1999 the Bavarian Film Award and in 2000 the German Film Award. In 2001 he was also awarded the supporting role of Johann " Hans " Ferbach in the TV movie Vera Brühne with the German Television Award. In addition Ochsenknecht appeared in numerous television and cinema films. His successful career Ochsenknecht can be partly explained by the fact that he wanted to do as a teenager acting profession: "I knew pretty early - with 14 or 15: ' I want to be an actor. ' That was clear to me 150 percent. "
Beginning of the 1990s, he gained a second leg with the music; Since then he has released several albums.
Since 2003, the self-confessed cheese lovers Ochsenknecht advertises on Swiss television for Appenzeller cheese. A part of his salary he receives at his own request, in the form of cheese.
In May 2011 Ochsenknecht attended the sat.1 Format The craft king part. 2011 also had Ochsenknecht and his son Wilson Gonzalez with in the music video for " House on Fire ", the Berlin Band Beatsteaks.
2011 Ochsenknecht occurred when Hansi Haller, who starts a comeback as a pop singer after a long time. In his role he performed with his own stage show in several German cities and released a download single, entitled Oh- La -La- Larissa. He has yet Nebenzu the project The Screen. He is a singer, Mick Rogers ( Manfred Mann's Earth Band ) and Thomas Blug are guitarists. The two ex- musician Gary Moore's band Pete Rees (bass) and Graham Walker ( drums) are also represented.
Family
Uwe Ochsenknecht was married until the end of July 2012 with the fashion model Natasha Ochsenknecht. He has with her three children: sons Wilson Gonzalez and Jimi Blue, who themselves operate as an actor, and a daughter, Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknecht. He is from a previous relationship father of an older son, Rocco Stark, who is also an actor. In October 2009, Natasha Ochsenknecht announced that the couple had separated.
Awards
Work
Films (selection )
Music
Theater
- From December 2009 to Musical Dome Cologne, Hairspray, Role: Edna Turnblad (alternating with Tetje Mierdorf ).
- November and December 2012 on tour Tabaluga and the Signs of the Times ( Peter Maffay ) Role: Lady of the Camellias
Biography
What happened so far. Bastion Luebbe, October 2013, ISBN 978-3785724859.
Trivia
In some movie productions be difficult in English pronounceable last name is also written " Oxenknecht ".