Profile of August Diehl on Famous Like Me

August Diehl (born January 4, 1976, Berlin, Germany) is a German actor. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer. He has a brother. His family moved a lot while he was growing up. Diehl lived in Hamburg, Vienna, Düsseldorf and Paris. He graduated from school (Abitur) in Bavaria.

The first hints that Diehl was to become an actor surfaced while he was still a child. While he participated in Die Räuber as Franz Mohr in a school play, he made the decision to become an actor. He was 18 at the time. Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch. While he was still a student there, he was already heavily engaged in stage work.

In 2000, Diehl was named as one of European film's "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion. As of 2003, he lives in Berlin.

Trivia:

• height 5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
• plays guitar.
• speaks German, French and English.

Diehl played in such movies as:

• 23 as Karl Koch, 1998, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
• Kalt ist der Abendhauch, 2000 with Fritzi Haberlandt, Heinz Bennent
• Tattoo, 2002
• Love The Hard Way, 2003
• Lichter, 2003, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
• Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken, 2004 with Daniel Brühl
• Der neunte Tag, 2004, Regie: Volker Schlöndorff, with Ulrich Matthes

Filmography

As actor

• Mouth to Mouth (2004) .... Tiger
• Feuer in der Nacht (2004) (TV) .... Lukas Stein
• Der Neunte Tag (2004) .... Untersturmführer Gebhardt ... aka The Ninth Day
• Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (2004) .... Günther ... aka Love in Thoughts (International: English title) (USA)
• La petite prairie aux bouleaux (2003) .... Oskar ... aka Birkenau und Rosenfeld (Germany) ... aka The Birch-Tree Meadow (International: English title)
• Lichter (2003) .... Philip ... aka Distant Lights (International: English title)
• Anatomie 2 (2003) .... Benny ... aka Anatomy 2 (International: English title)
• Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 (2002) .... A.M. Kaiser
• Tattoo (2002) .... Marc Schrader
• Love the Hard Way (2001) .... Jeff
• Der Atemkünstler (2000)
• Hilflos (2000)
• Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000) .... Hugo Wimmer (jung) ... aka Cold Is the Breath of Evening (International: English title) ... aka Cold Is the Evening Breeze (Germany: Berlin film festival title)
• Die Braut (1999) .... Fritz von Stein
• Entering Reality (1999) .... Leon
• Poppen (1998) .... Alex
• 23 (1998) .... Karl Koch ... aka 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint (Germany)

As writer

• Der Atemkünstler (2000)

External link

• IMDB entry

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