Clemens Schick (born 15 February 1972) is a German actor, model, political activist and human rights advocate.
He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1998,
including leading roles in both German and international productions. He has appeared in various major German and international TV productions and series.
He has also played several leading theatre roles in classical plays like
William Shakespeare
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’s ''
Richard III
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,''
Friedrich Schiller
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’s ''Don Carlos'' and
Tennessee Williams
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’ ''
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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.''
Schick is openly politically active and an active member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). He is an active champion of human rights issues and is a committee member of the German
Human Rights Watch
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chapter.
Life
Clemens was born in
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thre ...
, Germany. The son of a teacher and a prosecutor, he has four siblings, including a sister and an older brother. He studied at the Hölderlin High School in
Stuttgart, from where he graduated in 1992. After his graduation, he enrolled at the Academy of Performing Arts (AdK) in
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
.
Following one year of studies, the then 22-year-old Clemens decided to leave
Germany
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and headed for
France
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, where he intended to join the
monastery
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of the
Taizé Community
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in
Taizé, Saône-et-Loire.
After an eight-month stay, however, he returned to Germany, where he enrolled at the Berlin School of Drama.
He completed his studies in 1996, having financed his student time with part-time jobs as
landscape gardener
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, bouncer and waiter in restaurants and pubs in
Berlin-Mitte
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Mitte proper comprises the historic center of Alt-Berlin centered on the c ...
and
Prenzlauer Berg
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.
In an interview with ''
Gala
Gala may refer to:
Music
* ''Gala'' (album), a 1990 album by the English alternative rock band Lush
*'' Gala – The Collection'', a 2016 album by Sarah Brightman
*GALA Choruses, an association of LGBT choral groups
*''Gala'', a 1986 album by T ...
'' magazine in September 2014, Schick came out as a
homosexual
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. He stated that he is not interested in either "gay" or "heterosexual" labels and falls in love with both men and women, but only dates men. In the past he had a few girlfriends, including German actress
Bibiana Beglau
Bibiana Beglau (born 16 July 1971) is a German actress.
Life
Born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Bibiana Beglau is the daughter of a border guard and a nurse. After training as an actor at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, she wor ...
, who he briefly dated in 2010. Today, he lives in Kreuzberg in central Berlin.
Theatre career
An actor with a confessed love for life on the classical stage, Clemens has a long track record of engagements and leading roles in both modern and classic theatre plays, primarily with German theaters.
His career include engagements at
Staatsschauspiel Dresden,
Schauspiel Frankfurt
The Schauspiel Frankfurt is the municipal theatre company for plays in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is part of Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt.
History
In the late 1770s the theatre principal Abel Seyler was based in Frankfurt, and established t ...
,
Schauspielhaus Wien, Sophiensaelen,
Kampnagel
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History
Since 198 ...
,
Staatstheater Stuttgart
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,
Schauspielhaus Zurich,
Deutsches Schauspielhaus
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Theatre managers
Notable actors
Marco Albrecht,
Ingrid ...
in
Hamburg
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,
Schauspielhaus Köln
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Venues Australia
* Dunstan Playhouse, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
* The Playhouse, at the Arts Centre Melbour ...
and
Schaubühne Berlin
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by Tennessee Williams
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under the direction of Christina Paulhofer, in leading roles in Shakespeare's Richard III and Twelfth Night under the direction of Sebastian Baumgarten, as well as the title role in Friedrich Schiller
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’s ''Don Carlos'', under the direction of Wilfred Minks.
In the summer of 2007 and again in 2008, Schick was also to be seen in the role as 'Death' at the Salzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Ama ...
in Hofmannsthal's ''Jedermann''.
His first solo show, ''Windows or: Let's imagine Bill Gates as a happy person'', a monologue written by Mathias Greffrath, was staged by the Schauspielhaus Hannover in 2010. The play saw Schick in the role as Bill Gates musing with the audience about business, technology
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, narcissism
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Narcissism exists on a co ...
and life’s moral questions. He later performed in the solo show in the Sophiensäle theatre, and again for German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan
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.
Cinema and television
In addition to his theatre work, Schick has acted extensively in both German and international film and TV productions with roles in more than 70 movies and TV series. His work spans from roles in Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
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* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywoo ...
productions to independent cinema.
Arguably, his international breakthrough role came in the 21st James Bond
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movie, ''Casino Royale'' (2006), where Schick played alongside Daniel Craig
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and Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green (, ; born ) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003). She achieved international reco ...
in the role as the bodyguard 'Kratt' of the movie villain 'Le Chiffre
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' (Mads Mikkelsen
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).
The opening film of the "Perspective German Cinema" at the Berlinale 2007 was ''Upright Standing'' by Hannah Schweier, in which Schick plays the main role of 'Joe'. In 2008, Schick played alongside Alexandra Neldel
Alexandra Monika Neldel (born 11 February 1976) is a German actress from Berlin.
Career
Neldel worked as a dental assistant before she was discovered by the boss of a Berlin casting agency during a polo competition. He helped her audition f ...
and Erhan Emre
Erhan Emre (born 4 September 1978) is a Turkish–German actor, director, film producer and writer.
Filmography
Television
Director
Producer
Personal life
Emre was born to kurdish immigrants in Germany, he is one of eight children.
Re ...
the role of the detective 'Marco Lorenz' in the television series ''Innocent
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In relatio ...
.''
In 2008, he appeared in the French movie ''Largo Winch II
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,'' playing alongside Sharon Stone
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and Tomer Sisley
Tomer Sisley (born Tomer Gazit; he, תומר סיסלי; born 14 August 1974) is an Israeli and French actor and comedian.
Early and personal life
Born in West Berlin, West Germany, to Israeli-born parents who had relocated for his father's job ...
, in the role as the villain Dragan Lazarevic.
In 2011, Schick with Saralisa Volm performed in the mainly crowdfund
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ed financed erotic film '' Hotel Desire''. The film features scenes of Volm and Schick engaging in unsimulated sex
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.
In 2013, Schick played in the French two-part TV Mini-Series ''Le vol des cigognes'' (or ''Flight of the Storks
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Plot
Jonathan Anselme, a young English academic, teams up with Max ...
''), an adaptation of the novel
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of the same name by Jean-Christophe Grangé. He took the role of the policeman 'Hervé Dumaz', who speaks French, English and German. It was directed by Jan Kounen
Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen; 2 May 1964) is a Netherlands-born French film director and producer.
In France, he is mostly known for his films '' Dobermann'' (1997), '' Blueberry, l'experience secrete'' (2004) and '' 99 francs'' (2007). Outside F ...
. In other roles were Harry Treadaway
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, Perdita Weeks
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Life and education
Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan ...
and Rutger Hauer
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Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series ' ...
. It was aired in January 2013 by Canal +
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.
In 2014, Schick joined the cast of Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist.
Career
Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, '' ...
’ Brazilian-German drama '' Praia do Futuro'', playing among others alongside Wagner Moura
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances ...
and Jesuita Barbosa. Later that same year, he also appeared in Austrian-German mystery western '' The Dark Valley,'' directed by Andreas Prochaska, featuring Sam Riley
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and Paula Beer.
Soon after, in 2015, Schick appeared in Theresa von Eltz’ German drama ''4 Könige,'' alongside Jella Haase, Jannis Niewöhner
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A book series is a sequence of books having cert ...
and Paula Beer. Also in 2015, he performed in Ericson Core
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’s action thriller ''Point Break
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,'' with among others Edgar Ramirez
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Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, r ...
, Luke Bracey
Luke Bracey (born 26 April 1989) is an Australian actor. He is known for his work in films such as ''Monte Carlo'', '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'', ''The November Man'', ''Point Break'', and ''Hacksaw Ridge''; and for television series such as ''Ho ...
and Teresa Palmer
Teresa Mary Palmer (born 26 February 1986) is an Australian actress. She began her career with roles in ''Bedtime Stories'' (2008), '' The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' (2010), '' Take Me Home Tonight'' (2011), and '' I Am Number Four'' (2011). She r ...
.
In 2018 he performed in the Finnish-German crime drama series '' Arctic Circle.'' Playing alongside Maximillian Brückner, Pihla Viitala
Pihla Viitala (born 30 September 1982) is a Finnish actress. She studied acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy.
Personal life
In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. She married Kazakh-German Alex Schi ...
and Iina Kuustonen among others, Schick is seen in the role of Marcus Eiben, a multimillionaire CEO of a pharmaceutical company. The series is directed by Hannu Salonen, a Finnish director based in Germany.
More recently, Schick has appeared in the Netflix
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-produced bio-pic ''Sergio'' (2019) about the life of controversial diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello
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* Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio
* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''Ser ...
, alongside Wagner Moura
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (; born 27 June 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, musician, and journalist. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances ...
and Ana de Armas
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. In 2019, he appeared in a leading role in the first german Netflix Original ''Kidnapping Stella'' (2019)'','' directed and written by Thomas Sieben and featuring leading roles from Schick, Jella Haase and Max von der Groeben. In 2022 he appears in Dylan Moran
Dylan William Moran ( ; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, artist and poet. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series ''Black Books'' (which he co-wrote and starred in), and his work with Simon Peg ...
sit-com for the BBC ''Stuck
Stuck may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Stuck'' (2001 film), a short film directed by Jamie Babbit
* ''Stuck'' (2002 film), a Canadian TV drama directed by Lindsay Bourne
* ''Stuck'' (2007 film), a thriller directed by Stuart Gordon and starr ...
''.
Volunteer work and political engagement
Clemens Schick is openly politically engaged and has been an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), since 2016. He was actively supporting the SPD
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Saskia Esken has been the ...
-initiated "My Voice for Reason" campaign in 2016.
In 2008, he visited the German contingent ISAF
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at the locations Masar-e Sharif (Camp Marmal
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), Kunduz
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and Feyzabad in Afghanistan
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. Here he performed his solo show ''Windows'' for the troops, and was accompanied by a camera crew, for a documentary by Jobst Knigge which was titled ''"The Trooper: Clemens Schick plays theatre in Afghanistan"''. Schick visited the troops again in 2011 and 2012, supporting the German soldiers at Afghan military sites of the German ISAF
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troops through theatre performances in Masar-i-Sharif and Kabul
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.
Schick also participated in the "Alliance Against Castor 2010" and signed a call for artists in numerous newspapers, calling on the population to take part in protests
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Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
against the Castor transport and the extension of the term of German nuclear power plants.
Schick is a member of Human Rights Watch
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, and sits on the charter's Berlin committee. He is a member of the Bundesverband Schauspiel (BFFS or Federal Association of Acting), and an ambassador for the Hugo Tempelmann Stiftung, a non-profit working to battle HIV
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in South Africa
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.
In 1996 and again in 2009, Schick modelled in Paris
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and Berlin
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for US photographer Nan Goldin
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.
In 2018, he was named as a brand ambassador for German luxury brand Montblanc.
Filmography
Film
Television
Other work
In 2016, he was the main actor in the music video for Fritz Kalkbrenner's track "In This Game".
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
People from Tübingen
German male film actors
German gay actors
German male models
German LGBT artists
21st-century German LGBT people
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Human Rights Watch people