There are not many German actors known in Italy, but certainly there are some famous television personalities in our country as well. Let’s see some of them.
There is just not Terrence Hill, German on his mother’s side. From Gideon Burkhard to Rike Schmid there were several German actors who took part in series or films known to the Italian public. Some are listed below celebrity of the small and the big screen.
Gideon Burkhard
An example is Gideon Burkhardactor born in Munich in 1969, who participated in 1994 in The octopus 7 in the role of reporter Daniele Ranissi, to then establish himself with Commissioner Rex in the role of Alex Brandtnerso much so that he was elected by the newspaper Bild come sex german symbol from the year 1998, after Oliver Bierhoff and Campino.
Other TV appearances
His television fame has increased in Italy thanks to his participation in the show Dancing with the Stars paired with the dancer Samantha Togni. You have also participated in television series The narcotics, A cyclone in the convent (German Um Himmels Willen), Cobra Task Force 11 (German Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei), e Leipzig Task Force (German SOKO Leipzig), all broadcast in Italy by Rai.
Daniel Bruhl
Among the German actors known to the Italian public there are certainly Daniel Bruhlwho starred in several successful films including Goodbye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker, rush by Ron Howard e Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino. Here he acted with the aforementioned Burkhard e Michael FassbenderIrish actor born in Heidelberg, multiple Oscar nominee.
Michael Fassbender and Sandra Bullock
Besides also being featured in Inglourious Basterds, Fassbender has also been featured in a number of blockbuster films including 300, X-Men, Steve Jobs, Shame And Assassin’s Creed. The actress and Hollywood star has dual American and German citizenship Sandra Bullockwhose mother was originally from Franconia, where the parents met and married.
Johannes Brandrup
Another actor who has found success in Italy is Johannes Brandrup, who has participated in numerous Rai fictions including St. Peter, the thief, the forgetful of Collegno, all the music of the heart And The borderin which, having to play the part of an Austrian officer, he was not dubbed.
Rike Schmid
Recently also the actress from Hanover Rike Schmid he starred in the Rai fiction Black Out – Suspended livesin which she plays the role of the doctor Claudia Schneider speaking in Italian with a German accent. In some scenes of the fiction she addresses her daughter in German, played by the Italian-German actress Juju Di Domenico.
Christoph Hulsen
Originally from Hamburg is the actor Christoph Hulsen, who played the role of the German officer Manfred Kaspar von Brauchitsch in the series Commissioner Ricciardi and had a part in the telefilm Fernanda. Both were broadcast by Rai Uno.
Susanne Gartner
German actress always known to the public of Rai 1 is Susanne Gartnerwho was the protagonist of the fiction Julia – The road to happiness together with the actor Roman Rossa. Gärtner has also starred in other television series known to the Italian public including Our friend Kalle, Inga Lindström and Our friend Robbiespin off of Our friend Charlywhich are often replicated on the main Italian television channels.
Other actors of known series in Italy
The actress also appears in the same television series Sabine Kaack as also Ralph Schicha, present in Rosamunde Pilcher And A cyclone in the convent with Fritz Wepper and Jutta Speidel. Note to the small screen audience is also Carin TietzeAmerican naturalized German actress, who has participated in German series broadcast in Italy such as Inspector Derrick with Horst Tappert, in the lead role, e The ship of dreams.
Henning Baum and the Netflix and Amazon Prime Video platforms
The actor from Essen Henning Baum is, however, known for the interpretation of Mick Brisgau in the series Last Cop – The last cop (Die Letzte Bulle). Finally, the faces of the actors of the German series are quite well known Babylon Berlin on Sky, dark, Dogs of Berlin And The Ranger – A Life in Heaven on Netflix and Deutschland ’83, ’86 and ’89 And We, the kids from the Berlin Zoo on Amazon Prime Video.
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