Carsten Johannes Marcus Hübner (born 4 December 1972 in

Neustrelitz Neustrelitz (; ) is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 until 1918 it was the capital o ...

) is a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 2003, including ''Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt'' (in 2017) and The Good Neighbour (''Unter Nachbarn'', in 2011). Also known on TV for Transporter (between 2012–2014), ''

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'' (a detective series, between 2005–2019), crime series

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in 2007/2008.

Life

The son of innkeepers Johannes and Margitta Hübner, his father was also a hotelier, city councilor and deputy mayor. Charly Hübner grew up in Feldberg (Neustrelitz district). He gained his first acting experiences in an amateur theater. After graduating from high school in 1991 from Carolinum Neustrelitz, he worked at the Landestheater Neustrelitz as an actor and assistant director. In 1993, he began his studies at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. During his studies, he met the theater directors Tom Kühnel and Robert Schuster. Together, they created productions for the Maxim Gorki Theater and the

Schaubühne The (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 192 ...

in Berlin, and from 1997 also at the Schauspielhaus and the TAT in Frankfurt am Main. Between 1996 and 2002, Hübner worked among others with the directors Amélie Niermeyer, Peter Eschberg,

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and Christian Tschirner. In 2008, he continued after a long break his theatrical work at the Schauspielhaus Zurich. In 2011, he performed at the

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, under the direction of Karin Beier, whom he followed in 2013 to the

Deutsches Schauspielhaus The Deutsches Schauspielhaus, sometimes referred to as the Hamburg Schauspielhaus or Hamburg Theatre, is a theatre in the St. Georg, Hamburg, St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany History The Deutsches Schauspielhaus was co-foun ...

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. In 2003, Hübner moved from the stage to the camera. In many movie supporting roles, he first appeared as a performer of the 'little people' or as a 'good friend'. In 2005 alone, he participated in 17 film projects. He gained additional prominence through a commercial for the

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. This gave his film career a boost, since in 2006 through his appearance in the Oscar winning feature film ''

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'', which won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He played a night shift

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during the monitoring of a theatre playwright in 1984, during the cold war. In 2007, Hübner received a starring role as a medical examiner 'Thomas Renner' in the

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crime series

, which had 2 series. Since 2008, he also appears in the Sat.1 comedy series Ladykracher, as the sketch partner of

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, appearing from season 4 to season 8 in 2013. He received a comedy award in 2008. Hübner took on the title role in

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's improvisational film ''Der Rosa Riese'' (''The Pink Giant'', 2008) about the German serial killer Beate Schmidt. One of his most haunting experiences in front of the camera, the actor said in an interview. He also starred in the

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for the

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channel, ' (Beyond Death, in 2009). Since 2010, Charly Hübner and Anneke Kim Sarnau make up the investigative duo ''Alexander Bukow and König'' in the

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

based police drama ''

'' on NDR channel. 2 episodes ''enemy picture'' and ''... and out you are'' were both nominated for the

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(German TV Award) in 2012. The episode ''Fischer War'' brought Hübner in 2013 the Bavarian Television Award and much praise from critics. He his next starring role was a

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film '' The Good Neighbour'' in 2011, for which he was awarded "Best German actor" of 2013, a Golden Camera Award. In 2012, he started appearing in the internationally co-produced action series '' Transporter'' as a mechanic ''Dieter'' he appeared in 13 episodes. In 2013, Charly Hübner made his first small documentary as a director. For the ARD documentation ''16 × Germany – Menschen – Orte – Geschichten'', he delivered the part about

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

. At the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film in 2017, he presented his documentary ''Wildes Herz'' about the band

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, which was honored with four festival prizes.

Personal life

Hübner is married to actress Lina Beckmann.text="Einen Jungen in dem Alter und mit Bauch hammwa noch nicht" She was voted actress of the year in 2011 by the magazine "Theater heute". They live in Hamburg.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubner, Charly 1972 births Living people People from Neustrelitz People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg German male film actors Male actors from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania