Christian Harting is a German actor.

Life and career

Christian Harting studied medical science at FU Berlin. After graduation he took acting lessons with Michael Peter and Christine Kostropetsch and since 2010 he has appeared in feature films and TV series in supporting roles as well as leading roles in numerous short films. He is best known for his roles in the two feature films of Hungarian director

László Nemes László Nemes (born Nemes Jeles László; ; 18 February 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His 2015 debut feature film, ''Son of Saul,'' was screened in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the ...

, SS-officer Busch in ''

Son of Saul ''Son of Saul'' ( hu, Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, a ...

'' and Viennese aristocrat Otto von König in ''

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''. ''Son of Saul'' won the Grand Prix as well as the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2015 and was awarded with a

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and an Academy Award for Best foreign language film in 2016. ''Sunset'' won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival 2018.

Filmography

* 2010: ''Dr. Ketel'' (Feature film directed by Linus de Paoli) * 2012: ''The Lost'' (Feature film directed by Reynold Reynolds) * 2012: ' (Feature film directed by Toke C. Hebbeln) * 2013: ''WESPEN - Les guêpes'' (Short film directed by Hannibal Tourette) * 2013: ''About:Kate'' ( Arte-TV-series directed by Janna Nandzik) * 2014: ' (Feature film directed by

Veit Helmer Veit Helmer (born 24 April 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen. After finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month before the wall came down, he moved to East-B ...

) * 2015: ''

'' (Feature film directed by

) * 2016: ''Courage'' (Short film directed by Jean-Luc Julien) * 2017: ''White City'' (Short film directed by

Dani Gal Dani Gal is an artist and a filmmaker, born 1975 in Jerusalem, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Biography He studied at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design in Jerusalem, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule in Frankfurt and ...

) * 2018: ''Datsche'' (Feature film directed by Lara Hewitt) * 2018: ''

'' (Feature film directed by

) * 2021: '' A Father's Job'' (Short film directed by Frank Christian Wagner)

Awards

In 2017 Harting was nominated as Best Lead Actor in a Foreign Language Film at International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema BERLIN for the short film ''Courage''.

References

External links

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Talent Agency

* Geoffrey Macnab

in '' The Independent'', 26 February 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Harting, Christian 1976 births Living people 21st-century German male actors German male film actors Male actors from Berlin