Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern (born 27 November 1972) is a Spanish-German actor. Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

to a Spanish mother and a German father, he has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1995. Brendemühl played the lead role of the Nazi war criminal

Josef Mengele , allegiance = , branch = Schutzstaffel , serviceyears = 1938–1945 , rank = '' SS''-''Hauptsturmführer'' (Captain) , servicenumber = , battles = , unit = , awards = , commands = , s ...

in the 2013 film ''

The German Doctor ''The German Doctor'' ( es, Wakolda) is a 2013 Argentine historical drama film directed, produced, and written by Lucía Puenzo, based on her own novel ''Wakolda'' (2011). The film stars Àlex Brendemühl as Nazi SS officer and physician Jos ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' In the City'' (2003) * '' Inconscientes'' (2004) * ' (2009) * ''

El cónsul de Sodoma ''The Consul of Sodom'' ( es, El cónsul de Sodoma, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish film directed by Sigfrid Monleón and starring Jordi Mollà. It is a biopic of the Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, based on a biography written by Miguel Dalmau. ...

'' (2009) * '' Heroes'' (2010) * ''

The Mosquito Net ''The Mosquito Net'' (Original title: La mosquitera) is a 2010 Spanish drama film about a dysfunctional family. It was written and directed by Agustí Vila. It stars Emma Suárez, Geraldine Chaplin, Eduard Fernández and Martina García. Plot ...

'' (2010) * '' Entrelobos'' (2010) * ''Insensibles'' (2012, also known as ''

Painless Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

'') * ''

'' (2013) * ''

Falling Star Falling Star(s) or The Falling Star may refer to: *Meteor or falling star, the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid through Earth's atmosphere Film and television *''The Falling Star'', a 1950 German drama film directed by Harald Braun * Falli ...

'' (2014) * '' Ma Ma'' (2015) * '' Chiamatemi Francesco'' (2015) * ''

From the Land of the Moon ''From the Land of the Moon'' ( it, Mal di Pietre) is a 2006 novella by the Italian writer Milena Agus. It was translated into English in 2010 by Ann Goldstein. Agus asked that the passages of her work that were written in Sardinian be kept, a ...

'' (2016) * ''

7 años 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...

'' (2016) * '' Django'' (2017) * ''

Transit Transit may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Transit'' (1979 film), a 1979 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countries in the world * ''Transit'' (2006 film), a 2006 ...

'' (2018) * '' The Prayer'' (2018) * ''

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...

'' (2018) * '' The Offering'' (2020) * '' Staring at Strangers'' (2022)

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* 1972 births Living people 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Male actors from Barcelona Spanish people of German descent Spanish male film actors {{Spain-film-actor-stub