Martin Wuttke is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of

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in the 2009 film ''

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''.

Early life and education

Martin Wuttke began his actor training at the college theatre in

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, before switching to the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum (later renamed Schauspielschule Bochum).

Career

Wuttke has performed on numerous German-speaking stages:

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am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Schiller Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Theater des Westens Berlin, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg, Stuttgart State Theater, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt am Main, and Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland. When the Berliner Ensemble performed at the United States in 1999, Wuttke portrayed

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as a petty Chicago gangster in

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's adaptation of Brecht's

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, in a performance praised by critics. In 2009 Wuttke was appointed director of the Burgtheater in

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, Austria, where he also became a member of the ensemble. He has also starred in many films, achieving international recognition for his portrayal of

in the 2009 film ''

'', and German TV series, notably '' Babylon Berlin'' from 2020 to 2022. In 2023 he played Reinhard Gehlen in '' Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde'', a political drama set in post-war

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in 1954.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

* Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture -

– Won

References

External links

Burgtheater – Martin Wuttke
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wuttke, Martin 1962 births Living people Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors German male stage actors German male film actors German male television actors People from Gelsenkirchen Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia