Tom Schilling
Schilling wuchs in Berlin-Mitte als Sohn zweier Kartografen auf. Als Sechsjähriger wurde er von seiner Mutter zu einem ersten Vorsprechen gebracht, er trat daraufhin in einem DDR-Film auf. Später besuchte er das John-Lennon-Gymnasium. Der Regisseur Thomas Heise suchte in Schillings Schule Kinder, die im Theaterstück Im Schlagschatten des Mondes auftreten sollten, der damals Zwölfjährige absolvierte ein Casting und wurde daraufhin für das Stück engagiert. Am Berliner Ensemble trat er dann in den nächsten vier Jahren auch in anderen Stücken auf. Werner Schroeter besetzte ihn in Monsieur Verdoux, Carmen Maja Antoni in Der Ingwertopf, B. K. Tragelehn in Das Leben des Galilei sowie Stephan Lose in Kleists Prinz von Homburg. Ursprünglich wollte Schilling Malerei studieren, blieb dann aber bei der Schauspielerei. Nach einigen Rollen am Theater spielte er zunächst in der Tatort-Folge Kinder der Gewalt mit. Das Abitur legte er 2001 am John-Lennon-Gymnasium in Berlin ab. Der Durchbruch gelang ihm im Jahr 2000 an der Seite von Robert Stadlober in dem Film Crazy nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Benjamin Lebert. Mit Robert Stadlober zusammen drehte Schilling außerdem im Jahr 2003 den Film Verschwende deine Jugend und 2006 Schwarze Schafe (Tom Schilling und Robert Stadlober spielen hier zwei Berliner Studenten). In Napola – Elite für den Führer spielte er an der Seite von Max Riemelt die zweite Hauptrolle. 2006 bekam er ein Stipendium für die Lee-Strasberg-Schauspielschule in New York. Im gleichen Jahr wurde er Vater eines Sohnes. Außerdem spielte er 2008 in Leander Haußmanns Komödie Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe die Hauptrolle. 2011 war er als junger Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf, einem Film frei nach George Taboris gleichnamigen Theaterstück (an der Seite von Götz George), zu sehen. Regie führte Urs Odermatt. Anerkennung brachte Schilling 2012 die Hauptrolle in Jan-Ole Gersters Tragikomödie Oh Boy ein. Für seine Darstellung des ziellosen Berliner Studienabbrechers Niko erhielt er einen zweiten Bayerischen Filmpreis, den Deutschen Filmpreis und wurde für den Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik nominiert. Ebenfalls für diese Rolle wurde Schilling für den Europäischen Filmpreis 2014 in der Kategorie bester Schauspieler nominiert. Am 14. November 2013 wurde er mit einem Bambi ausgezeichnet.
The Peacock
as AndreasWhen investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country...
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Who Am I
as BenjaminBenjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants...
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Suite Française
as Lieutenant Kurt BonnetFrance, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a...
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Woman in Gold
as HeinrichMaria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a...
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Before the Fall
as Albrecht SteinIn 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy...
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
as Josef Bachmann'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody...
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Never Look Away
as Kurt BarnertGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is...
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A Coffee in Berlin
as Niko FischerA fateful day pushes an aimless college dropout to stop wasting his time and finally engage with...
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The Elementary Particles
as Michael (young)Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles)...
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Lara
as VictorIt's Lara's 60th birthday, and she has every reason to celebrate: this evening, her son Viktor...
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The Goldfish
as Oliver OverathOliver is a banker and portfolio manager and leads a life in the fast lane, which one day comes...
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Fabian: Going to the Dogs
as Jakob FabianIn 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and...
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TKKG
as Lehrer PaulingWhen Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art...
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Pornorama
as BennieA free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s.
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A Stasi Comedy
as Herr DietrichEast Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in...
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Crazy
as Janosch SchwarzeBenjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually...
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Black Sheep
as Julian, Breslin's Best FriendSchwarze Schafe (Black Sheep) is a german/swiss black and white movie. It's separated into five...
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Ludwig II
as Prinz OttoA dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating...
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Posthumous
as BenAfter false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue...
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Agnes and His Brothers
as Ralf TschirnerFocuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex...
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Joy Division
as ThomasA teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is...
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100 Years of the UFA
as Self - ActorThe intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the...
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A Million Minutes
as Wolf KüperVera and Wolf Küper live in Berlin with their 5-year-old daughter Nina and their one-year-old...
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Mein Kampf
as Adolf HitlerThe young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. He...
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The Tragedy of a Simple Man
as WoyzeckWoyzeck takes psychotropic drugs and punishes himself physically. He has no choice. It's his...
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Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
as KrischlJan is an absolute heartthrob and a diehard Hertha fan. Katrin is attractive, just as successful...
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Point Blank
as Klaus RothBerlin, Germany. Police officer Klaus Roth infiltrates the Serbian mafia, specializing in...
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Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
as Klaus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergIn order to leave a lasting impression in space, Dr. Georg Friedle and his team of researchers...
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The Flying Classroom
as Justus BökhWhen young Martina takes up a scholarship at the Johann-Sigismund Gymnasium boarding school, she...
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Die letzte Schlacht
as Fähnrich Horst BandmannThe 13 days from April 20th to May 2nd, 1945, are unique in the history of Germany: They are the...
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In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum
as Anselm StoffenburgAfter 14 years of prison Nabil is released and thrown back into his live.
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Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake
as Fischexperte von der Humboldt-UniversitätA lifeguard at Lake Müggel has his hand bitten off and the marks indicate a shark attack. The...
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Punk Berlin 1982
as Robert Rother1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike,...
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Heart Over Head
as Jakob SchneiderJakob, an 18-year-old boy, comes back to Frankfurt after he left after his mothers death one...
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Love Eats Up Life
as SelfA documentary about the underground singer-songwriter Tobias Gruben, his upbringing and his...
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Zarte Parasiten
as uncreditedJakob and Manu have developed their own specific survival strategies. Without a permanent home...
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SOKO Köln
as Claas SandmannThe SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases...
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Through the Night with...
as SelfDurch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for...
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Scene of the Crime
as Alexander GeydaTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as Philip SeidelTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as PatrickTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as Laurent LenzTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as TuckyTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as Tom NovakTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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Polizeiruf 110
as Felix DiestPolizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode...
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NSU German History X
as BronnerAfter German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree...
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Generation War
as Friedhelm WinterFive young German friends promise to meet again after WW2 ends, but soon their naive wishes of...
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Brecht
as Young Bertolt BrechtEast Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks...
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The Same Sky
as Lars WeberCold War, the seventies. Lars is a Romeo agent from East Germany: he must go to the West side...
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Hotel Adlon
as Louis Adlon jr.The mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as...
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Murder Mindfully
as Björn DiemelAn attorney seeking to achieve work-life balance attends a mindfulness workshop, then...
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TV Total
as SelfTV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a...
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