Horst Krause (born 18 December 1941) is a German actor.

Biography

Krause was born in Bönhof, (Benowo, Poland), the youngest of five children.biography
Along with his family he was expelled to

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in 1947. Krause worked as a

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at the Brandenburger Traktorenwerke and started his acting career in the age of 23. From 1964 to 1967 he attended the

Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts The Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (German: ''Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch'', ''HFS''), located in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, was founded in 1951 as the National Theatre School in Berlin with the status of colleg ...

. From 1969 on Krause worked at the "Schauspielhaus Karl-Marx-Stadt" (

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

) and from 1984 to 1994 at the

Staatsschauspiel Dresden The Staatsschauspiel Dresden (State Playhouse Dresden) is a theatre in Dresden. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony, hence its name. It consists of a main auditorium, the ' (play house), and a studio theatre, the '. It was created in 19 ...

. After the

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Krause became a popular TV-character in the

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series.

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. Besides being ...

1993, '' No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (with

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) *

Stockholm International Film Festival The Stockholm International Film Festival () is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year since then during the second half of November, and focuses on emerging and early career fil ...

2003, best actor ('' Schultze Gets the Blues'')

Filmography

*'' No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (''Wir können auch anders …'') (1993) *' (1995, TV film) *''Dicke Freunde'' (1995, TV film) *'' A Girl Called Rosemary'' (1996, TV film) *' (1996, TV film) *' (1996, TV film) *' (1998) *''Schweigen ist Gold'' (2000, TV film) *'' Schultze Gets the Blues'' (2003) *'' Krügers Odyssee'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018) *'' Krauses Hoffnung'' (2019)

References

External links

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Horst Krause
on Filmportal.de 1941 births Living people German male stage actors German male television actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from Dresden Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni German Film Award winners {{Germany-screen-actor-stub