Charly Hübner | |
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.jpg) Charly Hübner in 2015 | |
| Born | Carsten Johannes Marcus Hübner (1972-12-04)4 December 1972 (age 53) |
| Occupations | Actor, director |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Carsten Johannes Marcus Hübner (born 4 December 1972 inNeustrelitz) is a German actor.[1] He appeared in more than eighty films since 2003, includingMagical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt (in 2017) andThe Good Neighbour (Unter Nachbarn, in 2011). Also known on TV forTransporter (between 2012–2014),Polizeiruf 110 (a detective series, between 2005–2019), crime seriesPost Mortem in 2007/2008.
The son of innkeepers Johannes and Margitta Hübner, his father was also a hotelier, city councilor and deputy mayor.[2] Charly Hübner grew up in Feldberg (Neustrelitz district). He gained his first acting experiences in an amateur theater. After graduating from high school in 1991 from Carolinum Neustrelitz, he worked at the Landestheater Neustrelitz as an actor and assistant director.
In 1993, he began his studies at theErnst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.[2] During his studies, he met the theater directors Tom Kühnel andRobert Schuster. Together, they created productions for theMaxim Gorki Theater and theSchaubühne in Berlin, and from 1997 also at theSchauspielhaus and the TAT in Frankfurt am Main. Between 1996 and 2002, Hübner worked among others with the directors Amélie Niermeyer, Peter Eschberg,Hans Hollmann and Christian Tschirner. In 2008, he continued after a long break his theatrical work at theSchauspielhaus Zurich. In 2011, he performed at theSchauspiel Köln, under the direction ofKarin Beier,[3] whom he followed in 2013 to theDeutsches Schauspielhaus inHamburg.
In 2003, Hübner moved from the stage to the camera. In many movie supporting roles, he first appeared as a performer of the 'little people' or as a 'good friend'. In 2005 alone, he participated in 17 film projects. He gained additional prominence through a commercial for theDresdner Bank.[4] This gave his film career a boost, since in 2006 through his appearance in the Oscar winning feature filmThe Lives of Others, which won the2006 Academy Award forBest Foreign Language Film.He played a night shiftStasiHauptmann during the monitoring of a theatre playwright in 1984, during the cold war.[5][6]
In 2007, Hübner received a starring role as a medical examiner 'Thomas Renner' in theRTL crime seriesPost Mortem, which had 2 series. Since 2008, he also appears in theSat.1 comedy seriesLadykracher, as the sketch partner ofAnke Engelke, appearing from season 4 to season 8 in 2013. He received a comedy award in 2008.[7] Hübner took on the title role inRosa von Praunheim's improvisational filmDer Rosa Riese (The Pink Giant, 2008) about the German serial killerBeate Schmidt. One of his most haunting experiences in front of the camera, the actor said in an interview.[8]
He also starred in thetelevision movie for theZDF channel,Über den Tod hinaus [de] (Beyond Death, in 2009).
Since 2010, Charly Hübner and Anneke Kim Sarnau make up the investigative duoAlexander Bukow and König in theRostock based police dramaPolizeiruf 110 onNDR channel.[3] 2 episodesenemy picture and... and out you are were both nominated for theGrimme-Preis (German TV Award) in 2012.[9] The episodeFischer War brought Hübner in 2013 theBavarian Television Award and much praise from critics.[10][11]
He his next starring role was asociopath inpsychodrama filmThe Good Neighbour in 2011, for which he was awarded "Best German actor" of 2013, aGolden Camera Award.[2]
In 2012, he started appearing in the internationally co-produced action seriesTransporter as a mechanicDieter he appeared in 13 episodes. In 2013, Charly Hübner made his first small documentary as a director. For theARD documentation16 × Germany – Menschen – Orte – Geschichten, he delivered the part aboutMecklenburg-Vorpommern. At theInternational Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film in 2017, he presented his documentaryWildes Herz about the bandFeine Sahne Fischfilet,[12] which was honored with four festival prizes.
Hübner is married to actress Lina Beckmann.[13] She was voted actress of the year in 2011 by the magazine "Theater heute".[3] They live in Hamburg.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Guys and Balls | Horst | |
| Room Service [de] | Robert | TV film | |
| 2006 | The Lives of Others | Udo | |
| 2007 | Autopilots | Jörg | |
| The Three Robbers | (German voice) | ||
| Sweet Like Chocolate [it] | Heinz Volkert | TV film | |
| 2008 | Der Rosa Riese | Beate Schmidt | |
| Hardcover | Klaus | ||
| At Any Second [de] | Hübner | ||
| 2009 | The Countess | ||
| Über den Tod hinaus [de] | Harald Wagner | TV film | |
| 2011 | The Good Neighbour | Robert Gratez | |
| When Santa Fell to Earth [de] | Angel Emmanuel | ||
| Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel | Gustav Lemke | ||
| 2013 | Parents [de] | Konrad | |
| 2014 | Open the Wall [de] | Harald Schäfer | TV film |
| 2015 | Beware of People [de] | Lorenz Brahmkamp | TV film |
| 2016 | Young Light [de] | Walter Collien | |
| 2016 | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | Emil Ludwig | |
| 2017 | Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt | Karl Schmidt | |
| 2018 | 3 Days in Quiberon | ||
| 2020 | Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding |
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