Axel Prahl (born 26 March 1960 in

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) is a German

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...

and musician. Prahl, born in Eutin, grew up in nearby

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. After his A-levels, Prahl started studying music and mathematics, but then went on to acting school in

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. His acting debut came in 1994 in a television series for ZDF. Aside from his film acting, for which he has won several accolades including two

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''. Prahl also co-starred in the 2009 German TV film '' 12 Winter'' with

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. The cine films ''

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'' (1999) and '' Grill Point'' (2002) marked the start of a continuous successful cooperation with director

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which harvested some renown awards. Aside of being a popular actor he started as a sideline a music career, releasing three albums (2011, 2013 and 2018) as a singer-songwriter and bandleader. From 2007 on Prahl hosted annually the two days summer music festival ''Inselleuchten'' at Marienwerder, Brandenburg. He speaks English and Spanish quite fluently. Axel Prahl is married and lives with his third wife in

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, and he has got four grown-up children, one of them an actress.

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* 1960 births Living people People from Eutin People from Ostholstein German male television actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub