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Director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working as a film projectionist and then becoming head of programming at the Moviemento Theater.
Tykwer's friend, the director Rosa von Praunheim, encouraged him to experiment with film-making and the result was the short Because (2001). Other short films followed, and in 1993 Tykwer made his first full length feature Deadly Maria (1993). Tykwer's international breakthrough came in 1998 with Run Lola Run (1998), which was a hit with both audiences and critics alike. The film garnered many awards and was the most successful German film of the year.
Subsequent projects include Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), The International (2009) and the ambitious epic Cloud Atlas (2012).- Ursula Reit was born on 5 March 1914 in Wuppertal, Germany. She was an actress, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Der Teufelsschüler (1973) and The Devil's Female (1974). She died on 9 November 1998 in Germany.
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- Director
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Axel Stein was born on 28 February 1982 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Hausmeister Krause - Ordnung muss sein (1999), More Ants in the Pants (2002) and The Vault (2021).- Actor
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- Soundtrack
Born on 26 May 1923 in Wuppertal, he served with the Nazi German Waffen-SS in World War II. After attending acting lessons at the theater in Stendal, where he also made his stage debut, he performed on several important stages in Germany, but became widely popular as cinema and television actor in the late 1950s and 1960s, probably best known as gentleman gangster in The Great British Train Robbery (1966). Nevertheless, the role of his role was the character of "Stephan Derrick", a Munich Chief Inspector, who became a cult figure all over the world. He played the role from 1974 to 1998 and received several awards such as the Golden Camera, Bambi and the Italian Telegatto.- Actor
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The German actor became one of the most popular actors on comedic television alongside Anke Engelke in the comedy series "Ladykracher". Christoph Maria Herbst was initially seen at the Bremerhaven City Theater from 1992 to 1996, until he switched to television in 1998 with participation in series such as "Balko" and "Alarm für Cobra 11". In 2000 he played in the series "Die Wache" until he switched to comedy with "Ladykracher" in 2001. For his performance he was awarded the German Comedy Award "Best Supporting Actor" in 2002. He appeared in front of a cinema camera for the first time in 2002 for "The Really Last Bachelor" and "Lassie". From 2004 onwards, the TV series "Stromberg" became his star role, in which he played the lazy and power-hungry office worker "Bernd Stromberg". In 2005 he was awarded the "Bavarian Television Prize" and the German Comedy Prize "Best Actor" for the successful series. The "Adolf Grimme Prize" followed in 2006. His most popular films include "The Wixxer" (2003), "(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1" (2003), "On Searching and Finding Love" (2004), "Erkan & Stefan - Death Comes Krass" ( 2004) and "Hui Buh, das Schlossgespenst" (2006) alongside Michael "Bully" Herbig.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Gyles Brandreth was born on 8 March 1948 in Wuppertal, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for Dear Ladies (1983), That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006) and Ultra Quiz (1983). He has been married to Michelle Brown since 8 June 1973. They have three children.- Nicki von Tempelhoff was born on 3 October 1968 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Experiment (2001), Die Familienanwältin (2006) and Bad Cop: Kriminell gut (2017).
- Actress
- Writer
Ann-Kathrin Kramer was born on 4 April 1966 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Sea of Lies (2008), Callboys - Jede Lust hat ihren Preis (1999) and Heaven & A Thing Called Love (2005). She has been married to Harald Krassnitzer since 7 July 2009. She was previously married to Peter Finkbeiner.- Edith Clever was born on 13 December 1940 in Wuppertal, Germany. She is an actress, known for Parsifal (1982), The Marquise of O (1976) and Die Nacht (1985).
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Jonny Buchardt was born on 16 September 1925 in Wuppertal, Germany. He was an actor, known for ...und abends in die Scala (1958), Café Oriental (1962) and Marina (1960). He was married to Blanka Schlichting and Barbara Schöne. He died on 8 October 2001 in Bensberg, Germany.- Actor
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- Director
Harald Leipnitz was born on 22 April 1926 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Endless Night (1963), Sperrbezirk (1966) and Unsere Schule ist die Beste (1994). He was married to Walburga Dohle. He died on 21 November 2000 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Aljoscha Stadelmann was born in 1974 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Carlos (2010), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Die Wölfe (2009).
- Marie Gruber was born on 11 June 1955 in Wuppertal, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Reader (2008), The Lives of Others (2006) and Frantz (2016). She died on 8 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
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- Music Department
Annika Kuhl was born on 28 August 1975 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Island (2020) and Reset - Wie weit willst du gehen? (2024).- Lea Kurka was born on 29 August 1991 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Nowhere in Africa (2001), Die Heilerin (2004) and Allein gegen die Angst (2006).
- Thomas Schücke was born on 2 February 1955 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Diese Drombuschs (1983), The Invincibles (1994) and Hard to Be a God (1989).
- Timur Ölkebas was born on 6 June 1977 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Dayi: Bir Adamin Hikayesi (2021), Family Secrets (2021) and Love and Secrets (2019).
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Udo Dirkschneider is rock musician, vocalist and one of the founders of the heavy metal band Accept. After leaving Accept in 1987, he formed his own group U.D.O. He was born 1952 in Wuppertal in Western Germany. His family owned a factory for the production of various parts and tools. By the time Udo started school, the family moved to Solingen. Udo's love for music began with a parental gift: The Beatles records "I'm down" and a portable tape recorder donated in 1964. Somewhere around the same time, he heard the Rolling Stones and began to prefer them to The Beatles. Udo, like many teenagers, decided to try himself in music, preferring keyboards. In 1966, he had a modest model of the instrument, and learned to play using his own self-instruction manual. He rehearsed with Michael Wagener, a classmate, the future guitarist of Accept and the future famous producer and sound engineer. For the slightest group, one way or another, was needed a singer. Udo had to sing, and the result was quite impressive. Moreover, Udo liked to sing. In the end, the guys created the Band X group, the forerunner of Accept. Udo's parents objected to his music lessons, considering in him the successor of the family business. By the age of 17, Udo was considered to be already a qualified worker and left the parent company only after the release of the third studio album "Accept", "Breaker". In 1971, the Accept group was created. By 1986, Udo had gained worldwide fame as part of the Accept group, but was forced to leave the group, because the rest of the group decided to focus on the American market and exploit commercial music, and Udo, in turn, was convinced that Accept play uncompromising heavy metal. After leaving the group, Udo created his team, "U.D.O.". Udo Dirkschneider has a unique powerful tenor, which is difficult to define.- Actress
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Sandy Mölling was born on 27 April 1981 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Decipio (2021), Retrieval (2020) and Abducted (2021).- Charles Wirths was born on 19 March 1926 in Wuppertal, Germany. He was an actor, known for Verräter (1967), Jeanne oder Die Lerche (1956) and Amouren (1964). He died on 28 March 2012.
- Hanno Friedrich was born on 22 September 1966 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018), Otomo (1999) and Cologne P.D. (2003).
- Xenia Pörtner was born on 28 March 1932 in Wuppertal, Germany. She was an actress, known for Othello (1968), Nathan der Weise (1967) and Ich warte auf dich (1952). She was married to Herbert Fleischmann. She died on 23 December 2005 in Germany.
- Aurel Manthei was born in 1974 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Stolberg (2006), The Most Beautiful Couple (2018) and About a Girl (2014). He is married to Carolin Conrad. They have three children.
- Catherine Vogel was born on 18 October 1981 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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- Soundtrack
Gus Wicke was born on 7 May 1885 in Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' (1935), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936) and Betty Boop and Grampy (1935). He died on 7 May 1947 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.