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Sebastien Koch is a Actor Allemand born on 31 may 1962 at Karlsruhe (German)
Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German television and movie actor and recipient of various German film awards. He is perhaps best known in the United States for his role in the 2007 Academy Award winning film The Lives of Others and as a villain opposite Bruce Willis in A Good Day to Die Hard, and he has a featured role in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies.
Filmography
Transit (1991)
Cosimas Lexikon (1992)
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995, TV film)
Les Alsaciens ou les Deux Mathilde (1996, TV miniseries)
Todesspiel (1997, TV film)
Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod, a.k.a. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
The Tunnel (2001, TV film)
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel (2001, TV film)
Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries)
Amen. (2002)
Napoleon (2002, TV miniseries)
Princesse Marie (2004, TV film)
Stauffenberg, a.k.a. Operation Valkyrie (2004, TV film)
Tödlicher Umweg, a.k.a. Deadly Diversion (2004)
Speer und Er (2005, TV film)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Black Book (2006)
The Shell Seekers (2006, TV film)
In jeder Sekunde a.k.a. At Any Second (2008)
Effi Briest (2009)
Sea Wolf (2009, TV film)
Manipulation (2011)
Unknown (2011)
Camelot (2011, TV miniseries)
Albatross (2011)
Das Wochenende (2012)
God Loves Caviar (2012)
In the Shadow, a.k.a. Ve stínu (Czech title) (2012)
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
October November (2013)
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013) (voice)
Take Down (2015)
Homeland (Season 5) (2015, TV series)
The Danish Girl (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Awards
2001 – German Television Awards nomination for best supporting actor in Der Tunnel.
2002 – Grimme Award for his portrayal of Klaus Mann in Die Manns; Bavarian Television Award ("Blue Panther") for the same role; Grimme Award for his portrayal of Richard Oetker in Dance with the Devil.
2003 – DIVA Award; nominated for best German actor at the Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera for his role in Napoleon.
2004 – Golden Gong award for Stauffenberg; German Television Awards nomination for best leading actor in Stauffenberg.
2005 – "Blue Panther" award for his portrayal of Albert Speer in Speer und Er; German Television Award for best leading role in Speer und Er.
2006 – Die Quadriga award for The Lives of Others (shared with Ulrich Mühe and the film's director, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck); Bambi award for best actor (national).
References
External links
Official website
Sebastian Koch at his management's website
Sebastian Koch at the Internet Movie Database
Fan site (German)
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Biography
Koch lives in Berlin and has a daughter with journalist Birgit Keller. He also had a relationship with actress Anna Schudt and Dutch actress Carice van Houten, whom he met on the set of Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek).Filmography
Transit (1991)
Cosimas Lexikon (1992)
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995, TV film)
Les Alsaciens ou les Deux Mathilde (1996, TV miniseries)
Todesspiel (1997, TV film)
Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod, a.k.a. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
The Tunnel (2001, TV film)
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel (2001, TV film)
Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries)
Amen. (2002)
Napoleon (2002, TV miniseries)
Princesse Marie (2004, TV film)
Stauffenberg, a.k.a. Operation Valkyrie (2004, TV film)
Tödlicher Umweg, a.k.a. Deadly Diversion (2004)
Speer und Er (2005, TV film)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Black Book (2006)
The Shell Seekers (2006, TV film)
In jeder Sekunde a.k.a. At Any Second (2008)
Effi Briest (2009)
Sea Wolf (2009, TV film)
Manipulation (2011)
Unknown (2011)
Camelot (2011, TV miniseries)
Albatross (2011)
Das Wochenende (2012)
God Loves Caviar (2012)
In the Shadow, a.k.a. Ve stínu (Czech title) (2012)
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
October November (2013)
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013) (voice)
Take Down (2015)
Homeland (Season 5) (2015, TV series)
The Danish Girl (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Awards
2001 – German Television Awards nomination for best supporting actor in Der Tunnel.
2002 – Grimme Award for his portrayal of Klaus Mann in Die Manns; Bavarian Television Award ("Blue Panther") for the same role; Grimme Award for his portrayal of Richard Oetker in Dance with the Devil.
2003 – DIVA Award; nominated for best German actor at the Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera for his role in Napoleon.
2004 – Golden Gong award for Stauffenberg; German Television Awards nomination for best leading actor in Stauffenberg.
2005 – "Blue Panther" award for his portrayal of Albert Speer in Speer und Er; German Television Award for best leading role in Speer und Er.
2006 – Die Quadriga award for The Lives of Others (shared with Ulrich Mühe and the film's director, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck); Bambi award for best actor (national).
References
External links
Official website
Sebastian Koch at his management's website
Sebastian Koch at the Internet Movie Database
Fan site (German)
Best films
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Add to a movie listNever Look Away (2018)
, 3h8Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Tom Schilling, Sebastien Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Ina Weisse
Roles Carl Seeband
Rating77%
En 1939, à Dresde, un jeune garçon, Kurt Barnert, découvre avec sa tante une exposition de tableaux « dégénérés ». Sa tante, prétendument atteinte de schizophrénie, sera internée puis assassinée par les nazis. Kurt, voulant devenir peintre, apprend le réalisme socialiste en République démocratique allemande, avant de passer en République fédérale d'Allemagne.
Bel Canto (2018)
, 1h42Directed by Paul Weitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Actors Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastien Koch, Christophe Lambert, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Elsa Zylberstein
Roles Messner
Rating55%
Une célèbre soprano américaine est invitée dans une dictature militaire en Amérique du Sud pour donner un concert privé pour l'anniversaire d'un riche industriel japonais. L'assistance est prise en otage…
Take Down (2016)
Directed by Jim Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin, Ed Westwick, Sebastien Koch, Dominic Sherwood, Anna-Louise Plowman
Roles Bobby Hartmann
Rating55%
Students at a school for rebellious rich kids take matters into their own hands after the campus is taken hostage by a group of criminals.
In Her Name (2016)
, 1h27Directed by Vincent Garenq
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Assassinat
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Sebastien Koch, Christelle Cornil, Marie-Josée Croze, Serge Feuillard, Emma Drogunova
Roles Doctor Dieter Krombach
Rating70%
Dieter Krombach, un médecin allemand, est soupçonné d'avoir violé et assassiné Kalinka, sa belle fille âgée de 14 ans. Le père de Kalinka, André Bamberski, se bat alors pour que justice soit faite.
Take Down (2016)
Directed by Jim Gillespie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin, Sebastien Koch, Ed Westwick, Dominic Sherwood, Anna-Louise Plowman
Roles Bobby Hartmann
Rating55%
{{Des enfants pourris gâtés, issus de familles aisées, sont envoyés dans une pension très stricte, dans l'espoir que cette éducation leur remettra les idées en place. Arrivés sur place, ils se retrouvent bientôt pris en otages par des criminels ayant assiégé l'école. Leurs kidnappeurs demandent alors une rançon exorbitante. Leur seul espoir : s'en sortir par leurs propres moyens.}}
Bridge of Spies (2015)
, 2h17Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Eve Hewson, Billy Magnussen, Kevin Spacey
Roles Wolfgang Vogel
Rating75%
In 1957 Brooklyn, New York, Rudolf Abel retrieves a secret message from a park bench and reads it just before FBI agents burst into his rented room. He prevents discovery of the message, but other evidence in the room leads to his arrest and prosecution as a Soviet spy.
The Danish Girl (2015)
, 2hDirected by Tom Hooper, Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Amber Heard, Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw
Roles Warnekros
Rating71%
In early 1920s Copenhagen, the illustrator and artist Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander) asks her husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), to stand in for a female model. The popularity of the portraits leads to Gerda painting her husband in further pictures as a woman. Einar develops an attraction for a female physical appearance and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Ultimately Elbe becomes the first ever recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery, and Gerda supports her decision, although their marriage becomes strained when Gerda comes to the realization that Lili is no longer the person she married. A childhood friend of Lili, Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts), shows up and forms a complex love triangle with the couple.
October November (2014)
, 1h54Directed by Götz Spielmann
Genres Drama
Actors Sebastien Koch, Ursula Strauss, Samuel Finzi
Roles Andreas
Rating65%
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
, 1h38Directed by John Moore
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastien Koch, Patrick Stewart, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco
Roles Yuri Komarov
Rating52%
In Moscow, Viktor Chagarin (Sergei Kolesnikov), a high-ranking, but corrupt Russian official, plans on incriminating political prisoner, former billionaire and government whistleblower, Yuri Komarov (Sebastian Koch), without a fair trial when Komarov refuses to hand over a secret file believed to have convicting evidence against Chagarin. In a separate incident, Jack McClane (Jai Courtney) is arrested as a result of an assassination attempt but agrees to testify against Komarov for a shorter sentence. John McClane (Bruce Willis), who has not been in touch with his son for several years, learns of his son's actions and travels to Russia to help. When John finally arrives and approaches the courthouse that holds Komarov on trial, a bomb explosion orchestrated by Chagarin's henchman Alik (Radivoje Bukvić) occurs in the courthouse, and Jack breaks free with Komarov. Seeing his son, John confronts him, but their dispute is cut short when Alik and his men chase them in a US Cougar MRAP on the streets of Moscow. John, Jack and Komarov manage to escape.
, 2hOrigin USA
Genres Thriller, Documentary, Historical, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about law
Actors Cate Blanchett, Sebastien Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Gustaf Skarsgård
Roles Heinz Wittmer (voice)
Rating66%
Dans les années 1930, une série de meurtres inexpliqués endeuillent la population de pionniers européens qui s'est installée sur l'île Floreana, aux Galapagos
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Sebastien Koch, Emilia Fox, Eoin Macken, Lotte Verbeek, Rebecca Night, Frances de la Tour
Roles Martin
Rating42%
Un scénariste (Koch) est obsédé par la mort d'une jeune femme (Verbeek)…
God Loves Caviar (2012)
, 1h41Directed by Yannis Smaragdis
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Sebastien Koch, John Cleese, Christoforos Papakaliatis, Catherine Deneuve, Lakis Lazopoulos
Roles Varvakis
Rating58%
The film is based upon the true story of Ioannis Varvakis, a Greek caviar merchant and eventual benefactor from Psara who was formerly a pirate. He was born in Psara, and from an early age he learned to navigate the seas, an occupation revered and steeped in tradition on the island where he grew up. At the age of 17 he built his own ship, which he would later offer to the Russians during the Orlov Revolt. Ultimately, his ship was destroyed, and he turned to Saint Petersburg to ask for an audience with Catherine the Great. He was given compensation for the loss of his ship and granted authorization to fish freely in the Caspian Sea. Lending to his superb navigational skills and excellent seamanship abilities, he dominated the Caspian Sea and soon became substantially wealthy. When he initially discovered the superior caviar of the Beluga Sturgeon, he quickly discerned that there could be an incredible market trading for this product. From the caviar trade he eventually became a millionaire and later donated part of his fortune for important works that improved the life of Russians and Greeks on the Black Sea coasts. In his later years, he became a member of the Filiki Eteria, which would contribute to the overthrow of the Ottoman rule of Greece. He passed away in 1825 in Zante, during the Greek War of Independence. After his death, his entire estate went to the Ioannis Varvakis Foundation which would offer up important grants throughout Greece. The script follows the entire life of Varvakis, but the film's narration begins with his final moments in Zante.
In the Shadow (2012)
, 1h46Directed by David Ondříček
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ivan Trojan, Sebastien Koch, Miroslav Krobot
Roles Zenke
Rating70%
Dans l'ex-Tchécoslovaquie, les années 1950, le capitaine de police Hakl enquête sur un vol de bijoux. Un coffre-fort ouvert mène à un cambrioleur connu. Ce qui semble être une affaire simple commence bientôt à s’embrouiller. Quand il est dessaisi du cas, il décide de continuer seul. L'enquête le conduit en eaux troubles. Peut-il battre un ennemi plus fort et sauver sa famille et sa propre vie?
Albatross (2011)
, 1h28Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jessica Brown Findlay, Sebastien Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Peter Vaughan, Josef Altin
Roles Jonathan
Rating62%
Emelia Conan Doyle (Jessica Brown Findlay), a rebellious teenage dropout who believes she is a descendant of Arthur Conan Doyle, takes a job as a cleaner in a seaside hotel owned by Jonathan Fischer (Sebastian Koch). Jonathan is a writer from Germany who has struggled with writer's block since his successful first novel, The Cliff House, was published 21 years before. He lives in the hotel with his wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and two daughters, Beth, 17, (Felicity Jones) and Posy, 6. Jonathan is constantly sequestered in the attic working on his writing, leaving the hotel to be run by Joa. Their marriage is stormy as Joa is unhappy about Jonathan's lack of success in his profession and his disconnected parenting. Meanwhile, Emelia has lived with her grandparents since her mother committed suicide.
Unknown (2011)
, 1h53Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Chase films, Escroquerie
Actors Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella, Bruno Ganz
Roles Professor Leo Bressler
Rating67%
Dr. Martin Harris and his wife Liz arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit. Martin realizes he left his briefcase at the airport and takes a taxi to retrieve it. When they are involved in an accident, the driver, Gina, rescues him and flees the scene, as she is an illegal immigrant. Martin regains consciousness at a hospital after having been in a coma for four days.