Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009

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World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds'', and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series '' Homeland'' as the boyfriend of

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's character Carrie Mathison.

Early life and education

Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981, in

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. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.

Career

Fehling won the OE Hasse Prize from the Academy of Arts, Berlin, for his role as Prince in the stage production of ' ('' Snow White''). He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film '' And Along Come Tourists''. Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in

's 2009 World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds''. He also dubs his performance in the German version of the film. Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series '' Homeland'', which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of

's character Carrie Mathison.

Awards

* 2005: The of the for his role as Prince in 's 1901 drama ' ('' Snow White'') * 2007: The (Young German Cinema Award) in the best actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in '' And Along Come Tourists'' (2006) * 2011: The Shooting Stars Award by

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at the

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Theatre credits

* ''Schneewittchen'' by Robert Walser, directed by Thorsten Lensing and Jan Hein (2005) * ' by ; directed by Thomas Dannemann (2005) * ' by Oscar Straus, directed by Robert Borgmann (2006) * ' by

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, directed by Peter Stein (2007)

Filmography

* '' And Along Come Tourists'' (2007, Director: Robert Thalheim) – Sven Lehnert * ''

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'' (2007, Director: Heinrich Breloer) – Morten Schwarzkopf * ''

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'' (2009, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid) – Patrick Färber * '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009, Director:

) – Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri * ' (2009, Director: Frieder Wittich) – Bernd * '' Goethe!'' (2010, Director: Philipp Stölzl) – Johann Goethe * '' If Not Us, Who?'' (2011) – Andreas Baader * ''The River Used to Be a Man'' (2011) * ' (2012) – Cornelis Schmidt * '' Erased'' (The Expatriate) (2012) – Floyd * ' (2013, Director: ) – Eddie Weber * '' Labyrinth of Lies'' (2014) – Johann Radmann * ''

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'' (2014) – Erik Alder * ''Atomic Falafel'' (2015) – Oli * '' In Times of Fading Light'' (2017) – Sascha Umnitzer * ' (2015) – David Burger * '' Three Peaks'' (2017, Director: Jan Zabeil) – Aaron * '' The Captain'' (2017) – Junker * ''Das Ende der Wahrheit'' (2019) – Patrick Lemke * '' A Hidden Life'' (2019) – Lawyer Feldman * '' The Space Between the Lines'' (2019) – Leo * '' Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes'' (2023) - Decimus * ''

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'' (2024)

References

External links

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Horstermann Agency

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fehling, Alexander 1981 births Living people German male film actors German male stage actors Male actors from Berlin Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Actors from East Berlin People from Lichtenberg