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| caption = Tukur in 2006 | caption = Tukur in 2015
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| othername = Ulrich Scheurlen | othername = Ulrich Scheurlen
| occupation = Actor, musician | occupation = Actor, musician
| yearsactive = 1983-present | yearsactive = 1983–present
| spouse = Amber Wood<br />Katharina John | spouse = {{plainlist|
* Amber Wood
* Katharina John
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| children = Marlene<br />Lili | children = 2
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'''Ulrich Tukur''' (born '''Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen'''; 29 July 1957) is a German ] and musician. He is known for his roles in ] '']'', ] '']'', the ] '']'' based on the ] in ], and as ] in ] ] '']''.
'''Ulrich Tukur''' (born Ulrich Scheurlen, 29 July 1957) is a German ] and musician.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Tukur spent his youth near ] where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in ] (USA) during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. By her, he had two daughters, Marlene and Lilian. While they were dating, he finished his time with the army and began to study ], ] and ] at ] university. He worked as a musician to get some extra money. Someone who saw him asked him if he wanted to be in a play. Soon he became interested in acting and started to study acting at the ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'' in ] in 1980. {{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} Tukur spent his youth near ] where he finished his final secondary school examinations in 1977. He also earned a high school diploma in ], Massachusetts during a ], where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he has two daughters, Marlene and Lilian. While Tukur and Wood were dating, he finished his time with the army and began to study ], ] and ] at the ]. He worked as a musician for extra money. Someone who saw him asked him if he wanted to be in a play. Soon he became interested in acting and started studying acting at the ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'' in ] in 1980. <ref>{{Cite web|title= Ulrich Tukur, Biografie, Filmografie |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/ulrich-tukur_f01992ec3667420c96317ba78645d1b5|access-date=2022-08-06|website=filmportal.de|language=de-DE}}</ref>

==Career== ==Career==
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After finishing his studies there in 1983 he played at a theatre in ]. While he was still a student he got a chance to star in his first movie. In '']'', directed by ], he plays the character of ]. After finishing his acting studies in 1983, Tukur performed at a theatre in ]. While he was still a student, he starred in his first movie. In '']'', directed by ], he plays the character of ].


In 1984 he had his breakthrough at the theatre when famous director ] gave him a role at the Freie Volksbühne ] in ]'s play ''Ghetto''. From 1985 to 1995 he was a staff actor at ] in ], then managed by Zadek. Here he starred in many plays, such as ]'s '']'' as Marc Anton, '']'', and ]'s ''Lulu'' directed by Zadek. In 1986 he was elected actor of the year by German theater critics. From 1995 to 2003 he himself was director of ] theatre, sharing that job with ]. In 1984 Tukur had his breakthrough at the theatre when famous director ] gave him a role at the Freie Volksbühne ] in ]'s play ''Ghetto''. From 1985 to 1995 he was a staff actor at ] in ], then managed by Zadek. Here he starred in many plays, such as ]'s '']'' as Marc Anton, '']'', and ]'s ''Lulu'' directed by Zadek. In 1986 he was elected actor of the year by German theater critics. From 1995 to 2003 he was the director of the ] theatre, sharing that job with ].
]
Since 1989, Tukur has been recording and touring as a musician. In 1995, he founded the dance band "Ulrich Tukur & the Rhythmus Boys" together with Kalle Mews (drums), Ulrich Mayer (guitar, vocals), and Günther Märtens (contrabass, guitar, vocals).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roofmusic.de/de/index.php?area=de&content=artistdetail&id=152 |title=ROOFMUSIC: Tukur, Ulrich & die Rhythmus Boys |access-date=2009-02-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718052745/http://www.roofmusic.de/de/index.php?area=de&content=artistdetail&id=152 |archive-date=2011-07-18 }}</ref>


Tukur has been married twice. From 1999 until 2019 he and his second wife, the photographer ], lived in ], Italy, on ] . Since 2019 Tukur has been living in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/tukur-kehrt-venedig-den-ruecken-fuer-wohnung-mit-kohleoefen-in-berlin |title=Tukur kehrt Venedig den Rücken für „Wohnung mit Kohleöfen“ in Berlin |website=bz-berlin.de |date=2019-11-16 |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref>
Since 1989 he has been recording and touring as a musician. In 1995, he founded the dance band "Ulrich Tukur & the Rhythmus Boys" together with Kalle Mews (drums), Ulrich Mayer (guitar, vocals) and Günther Märtens (contrabass, guitar, vocals).<ref></ref>


In ''],'' the Sino-German co-production about the ], Tukur played the part of ].<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215051202/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/11/content_7231106.htm |date=2007-12-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20071206r1.html |title=Look back in anger {{!}} The Japan Times Online |website=search.japantimes.co.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207233312/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20071206r1.html |archive-date=2007-12-07}} </ref> In ] he played the psychopath Kurt Hauff, who killed police officer Richard Moser (]). He also played the title role in the 1999 documentary ''{{ill|Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace|de|3=Bonhoeffer – Die letzte Stufe}}''.
Ulrich Tukur is married for the second time. Since 1999 he and his wife, the photographer ], have been living in ] (Italy), on ] island.

In the Sino-German co-production movie on the ] named '']'' he had played the part of ].<ref></ref><ref></ref>

In ] he had played the psychopath Kurt Hauff, a killer who killed police officer Richard Moser (])


==Awards== ==Awards==
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* 2009: Bernhard-Wicki-Filmpreis|Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films for his acting in ''John Rabe'' * 2009: Bernhard-Wicki-Filmpreis|Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films for his acting in ''John Rabe''


==Selected filmography==
==Filmography==
{{Div col}}
* 1982 - '']'' - Director: ] (with ] as ])
* 1983 - ''Die Schaukel'' - Director: ] (with ] and Lena Stolze) *1982: '']'' (Director: ]) (with ] as ]), as Willi Graf
*1983: '']'' (Director: ] (with ] and Lena Stolze), as Lhombre
* 1984 - ''Die Story'' - Director: ]
*1984: ''{{ill|Die Story|de}}'' (Director: ]), as Alexander
* 1986 - ''Stammheim'' - Director: ] (Tukur as ], ] as ])
*1984: '']'' (Director: ]), as Michael
* 1988 - ''Felix'' - Director: among others ], ] (Tukur as Felix)
* 1989 - ''Das Milliardenspiel'' - Director: ] (with ] and ]) *1986: '']'' (Director: ]) (with ] as ]), as ]
*1986: ''{{ill|The Lenz Papers (miniseries)|de|3=Lenz oder die Freiheit|lt=The Lenz Papers}}'' (TV miniseries) (from a novel by ]), as ]
* 1992 - ''Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers'' - Director: ] (with ])
*1988: ''{{ill|Felix (1988 film)|it|3=Essere donne|lt=Felix}}'' (Director: ], ], ], Christel Buschmann), as Felix
* 1992 - '']'' - Director: ] (with ])
*1988: ''Ballhaus Barmbek''
* 1993 - ''Wehner / Die unerzählte Geschichte'' - Director: ] (with Tukur as young ] and Heinz Baumann as old Herbert Wehner)\
*1989: ''The Play with Billions'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] and ]), as Gerd Asselt
* 1994 - '']'' - Director: Michael Schaack
*1990: '']'' (voice)
* 1995 - ''Mutters Courage'' - Director: Michael Verhoeven (with ] and ] from an autobiographical novel by ])
* 1995 - ''Nikolaikirche'' - Director: ] (with ] and ]) *1991: ''{{Ill|The Kaltenbach Papers|de|Die Kaltenbach-Papiere}}'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] and ]), as Thomas 'Tom' Sadowski
*1992: '']'' (Director: Pelle Berglund) (with ]), as Siegfried Maak
* 2000 - ''Bonhoeffer'' - Director: Eric Till (Tukur as ])
* 2001 - '']'' - Director: ] (with ] and ]) *1992: ''{{ill|The Mystery of the Amber Room|de|Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers}}'' (Director: ]) (with ]), as Siegfried Emmler
* 2002 - '']'' - Director: ] (with ] - from the play '']'' by ]) *1992: '']'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ]), as Röhler - 1. Wachoffizier
* 2002 - '']'' - Director: ] (with ] and ] - from the homonymous novel by ]) *1993: ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte|de}}'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] as old Herbert Wehner), as young ]
*1993: ''Maus und Katz'' (with ]), as Fred Tonndorf
* 2004 - ''Stauffenberg'' - Director: ] (with ] as ] and Ulrich Tukur as ])
*1994: ''{{ill|Rotwang Must Go!|de|Rotwang muß weg!}}'', as Bruno's Friend, the Famous Actor
* 2005 - ''Die Nacht der großen Flut'' - Director: ] (Tukur as Hamburg's senator for the interior ])
* 2005 - '']'' - Director: ] (Tukur as Anton Grubitz) *1994: '']'' (Director: Michael Schaack), as Francis (voice)
*1994: ''Geschäfte'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] and ]), as Dr. Weiß
* 2007 - ''Ein fliehendes Pferd'' - Director: Rainer Kaufmann (Tukur as Klaus Buch)
*1995: ''{{ill|My Mother's Courage|de|Mutters Courage}}'' (Director: Michael Verhoeven) (with ], from an autobiographical novel by ]), as SS Officer
* 2007 - ''Das Schneckenhaus'' - Director: Florian Schwarz (Tukur as Dr. Lukas Bator)
*1995: ''Tár úr steini''
* 2007 - ''42plus'' - Director: Sabine Derflinger (Tukur as Georg)
*1995: '']'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] and ]), as Rechtsanwalt Werner Schnuck
* 2007 - ''Mein alter Freund Fritz'' - Director: ] (Tukur as head physician Seidel)
*1996: ''Charms Zwischenfälle'', as Narrator
* 2008 - '']'' - Director: Philipp Stölzl (Tukur as Henry Arau)
*1996: ''{{ill|One More Kiss and He's Dead!|de|Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder}}'', as ]
* 2008 - '']'' - Director: Martin Provost (Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde)
*1999: ''{{ill|Waiting Means Death|de|Warten ist der Tod}}'' (TV film), as Jürgen Venske
* 2009 - '']'' - Director: ] (Tukur as ])
*1999: ''Pünktchen und Anton'' (uncredited)
* 2009 - '']'' - Director: ]
*2000: ''{{ill|Hunters in the Snow (film)|de|Heimkehr der Jäger (Film)|lt=Hunters in the Snow}}'', as Franz
* 2009 - '']'' as the magician - Director: ]
*2000: ''{{ill|Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace|de|3=Bonhoeffer – Die letzte Stufe}}'' (TV film, Director: ]), as ]
* 2009 - '']''
*2000: ''Apokalypse 99 - Anatomie eines Amokläufers''
* 2011 - '']''
* 2012 - '']'' - Director: ] (Tukur as Gen. ]) *2001: '']'' (Director: ]) (with ] and ]), as Helmut Alfred Rode, 2nd violinist
*2002: '']'' (Director: ]) (with ] - from the play '']'' by ]), as Kurt Gerstein
* 2013 - '']''
*2002: '']'' (Director: ]) (with ] and ] - from the homonymous novel by ]), as Gibarian
* 2014 - ''{{ill|de|Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren}}''
*2003: ''Die fremde Frau'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ]), as Alexander Brandenburg
*2004: '']'' (TV film, Director: ]) (with ] as ]), as ]
*2005: '']'', as Gérard Hutchinson
*2005: ''{{Ill|The Night of the Great Flood|de|Die Nacht der großen Flut}}'' (TV film, Director: ]), as Hamburg's senator for the interior ]
*2005: ''{{ill|The Airlift|de|Die Luftbrücke – Nur der Himmel war frei}}'' (TV film, Director: ]), as General ]
*2006: '']'' (Director: ]), as Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz
*2006: ''{{Ill|Das Schneckenhaus|de}}'' (TV film, Director: {{Ill|Florian Schwarz (director)|de|3=Florian Schwarz (Regisseur)|lt=Florian Schwarz}}), as Dr. Lukas Bator
*2007: ''{{ill|Mein alter Freund Fritz|de}}'' (TV film, Director: ]), as head physician Seidel
*2007: ''{{ill|42plus|de}}'' (Director: ]), as Georg
*2007: '']'' (Director: Rainer Kaufmann), as Klaus Buch
*2007: ''Où est la main de l'homme sans tête'', as Peter
*2008: '']'' (Director: ]), as Henry Arau
*2008: '']'' (Director: Martin Provost), as Wilhelm Uhde
*2009: '']'' (Director: ]), as ]
*2009: ''Das Vaterspiel'', as Jonas Shtrom
*2009: '']'' (Director: ]), as Nick Nickleby
*2009: '']'' (Director: ]), as The Baron
*2009: '']'', as Dr. Anton Walter
*2010: ''{{ill|Greed (2010 film)|de|Gier (2010)|lt=Greed}}'' (TV film, Director: ]), as Dieter Glanz
*2010: ''{{Ill|Eichmann's End: Love, Betrayal, Death|de|Eichmanns Ende – Liebe, Verrat, Tod}}'' (TV film), as Willem Sassen
*2010: ''{{Ill|The Day of the Cat|de|Der grosse Kater}}'', as Dr. Stotzer / Pfiff
*Since 2010: '']'' (TV series), as {{ill|Felix Murot|de}}
** ''Wie einst Lilly'' (2010)
** ''Das Dorf'' (2011)
** ''Schwindelfrei'' (2013)
** ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Im Schmerz geboren (Tatort)|de|3=Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren|lt=Im Schmerz geboren}}'' (2014)
** ''Wer bin ich?'' (2015)
** '']'' (2016)
** ''Murot und das Murmeltier'' (2019)
** ''Angriff auf Wache 08'' (2019)
** ''Die Ferien des Monsieur Murot'' (2020)
** ''Murot und das Prinzip Hoffnung'' (2021)
*2011: '']'', as Dwight Cochrane
*2011: '']'', as Officer U.N.
*2012: ''{{ill|Zettl (film)|de|3=Zettl (Film)|lt=Zettl}}'', as Urs Doucier
*2012: ''Der Mondmann'', as President (voice)
*2012: '']'' (TV film, Director: ]), as Gen. ]
*2013: ''{{Ill|Houston (film)|de|3=Houston (Film)|lt=Houston}}'', as Clemens Trunschka
*2013: '']'', as Heinrich
*2014: '']'', as Ulrich
*2014: '']'' (TV film), as Simon Pistorius
*2015: ''{{ill|Grzimek (film)|de|Grzimek (Film)|lt=Grzimek}}'', as ]
*2016: ''{{Ill|Original Bliss|de|Gleißendes Glück}}'', as Eduard / Psychologist and writer
*2017: '']'', as Jürgen Möller
*2018: ''{{ill|As Green as It Gets|de|Grüner wird’s nicht, sagte der Gärtner und flog davon}}'', as Richard von Zeydlitz
*2018: ''{{ill|The Assassination (2018 film)|de|3=Der Mordanschlag (2018)|lt=The Assassination}}'' (TV film), as Hans-Georg Dahlmann
*2019: ''{{ill|Lost in Separation|de|Und wer nimmt den Hund?}}'', as Georg Lehnert
*2019: '']'', as Wolfgang
*2020: ''Jagdzeit'', as Hans Werner Brockmann
*2020: ''Der Überläufer'', as Ernst Menzel
*2023: ''{{ill|Gestern waren wir noch Kinder|de}}'' (TV miniseries), as Hans Klettmann
*2024: ''Martin reads the Quran'', as professor of Islamic Studies
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Ulrich Tukur
Tukur in 2015
BornUlrich Gerhard Scheurlen
(1957-07-29) 29 July 1957 (age 67)
Viernheim, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Other namesUlrich Scheurlen
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active1983–present
Spouses
  • Amber Wood
  • Katharina John
Children2

Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, Steven Soderbergh's Solaris, the docudrama North Face based on the 1936 Eiger climbing disaster in Switzerland, and as Wilhelm Uhde in Martin Provost's biopic Séraphine.

Early life and education

Tukur spent his youth near Hannover where he finished his final secondary school examinations in 1977. He also earned a high school diploma in Boston, Massachusetts during a student exchange, where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he has two daughters, Marlene and Lilian. While Tukur and Wood were dating, he finished his time with the army and began to study German, English and history at the University of Tübingen. He worked as a musician for extra money. Someone who saw him asked him if he wanted to be in a play. Soon he became interested in acting and started studying acting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart in 1980.

Career

Painting Ulrich Tukur and the Rhythm Boys by Manfred W. Juergens

After finishing his acting studies in 1983, Tukur performed at a theatre in Heidelberg. While he was still a student, he starred in his first movie. In Die Weiße Rose, directed by Michael Verhoeven, he plays the character of Willi Graf.

In 1984 Tukur had his breakthrough at the theatre when famous director Peter Zadek gave him a role at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin in Joshua Sobol's play Ghetto. From 1985 to 1995 he was a staff actor at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, then managed by Zadek. Here he starred in many plays, such as Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as Marc Anton, Hamlet, and Frank Wedekind's Lulu directed by Zadek. In 1986 he was elected actor of the year by German theater critics. From 1995 to 2003 he was the director of the Hamburger Kammerspiele theatre, sharing that job with Ulrich Waller.

Potsdamer Platz Filmmuseum Boulevard der Stars Ulrich Tukur

Since 1989, Tukur has been recording and touring as a musician. In 1995, he founded the dance band "Ulrich Tukur & the Rhythmus Boys" together with Kalle Mews (drums), Ulrich Mayer (guitar, vocals), and Günther Märtens (contrabass, guitar, vocals).

Tukur has been married twice. From 1999 until 2019 he and his second wife, the photographer Katharina John, lived in Venice, Italy, on Giudecca . Since 2019 Tukur has been living in Berlin-Schöneberg.

In John Rabe, the Sino-German co-production about the Nanjing massacre, Tukur played the part of John Rabe. In Kommissar Rex he played the psychopath Kurt Hauff, who killed police officer Richard Moser (Tobias Moretti). He also played the title role in the 1999 documentary Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace [de].

Awards

Selected filmography

References

  1. "Ulrich Tukur, Biografie, Filmografie". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. "ROOFMUSIC: Tukur, Ulrich & die Rhythmus Boys". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  3. "Tukur kehrt Venedig den Rücken für „Wohnung mit Kohleöfen" in Berlin". bz-berlin.de. 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. "John Rabe" cast meets with Media Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Look back in anger | The Japan Times Online". search.japantimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-12-07.

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