Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern (born 27 November 1972) is a Spanish-German actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1995.
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| Born | Àlex Brendemühl i Gubern 27 November 1972 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Life and career
editÀlex Brendemühl was born in Barcelona on 27 November 1972 to a Spanish mother and a German father.[1][2] He studied at the German School of Barcelona and the Institut del Teatre.[1] He made his feature film debut as an actor in El perquè de tot plegat (1995).[3]
Brendemühl played the lead role of the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele in the 2013 film The German Doctor.[4][5]
Selected filmography
edit- The Hours of the Day (2003)[6]
- In the City (2003)
- Inconscientes (2004)
- The Silence Before Bach (2007)
- 199 Tips to Be Happy (2008)
- Wallace Line (2009)
- El cónsul de Sodoma (2009)
- Heroes (2010)[7]
- The Mosquito Net (2010)
- Entrelobos (2010)
- Insensibles (2012, also known as Painless)
- Nemez (2012)
- The German Doctor (2013)
- Falling Star (2014)[8]
- Ma Ma (2015)
- Chiamatemi Francesco (2015)
- From the Land of the Moon (2016)
- 7 años (2016)
- Django (2017)
- Transit (2018)
- The Prayer (2018)
- Petra (2018)
- The Offering (2020)[9]
- Staring at Strangers (2022)
- Little Girl Blue (2023)
- Creatura (2023)
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 |
2nd Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Two Lives of Andrés Rabadán | Won | |
2013 |
5th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Forest | Nominated | |
| 7th Sur Awards | Best Actor | The German Doctor | Won | ||
2015 |
7th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Falling Star | Nominated | |
2019 |
11th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Petra | Nominated | |
2020 |
12th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Mother | Nominated | |
2021 |
8th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Coven | Nominated | |
| 13th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | The Offering | Nominated | ||
2023 |
15th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Stories Not to Be Told | Won | |
2024 |
16th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Creatura | Won | |
| 38th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Won |
References
edit- 1 2 "Vicky Peña y Àlex Brendemühl, Premios Jordi Dauder a la Creatividad en el Cine Catalán". Audiovisual451. 18 March 2015.
- ↑ Ginart, Belén (27 December 2007). ""Soy 'indie' a mi pesar; no es una elección, sino algo inevitable"". El País (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Vicky Peña i Àlex Brendemühl guanyen el premi Jordi Dauder". Ara. 18 March 2015.
- ↑ ""Wakolda", the film about Mengele in Argentina, chosen as Oscar precandidate". Yahoo! News Spain (in Spanish). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ↑ "Oscars: Argentina Nominates 'Wakolda' for Foreign Language Oscar". Hollywood Reporter. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ Martín, Rebeca (2018). "Las horas del día (The Hours of the Day) (2003)". The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 202. ISBN 9781442271333.
- ↑ ""Herois", al 3XL". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 19 September 2012.
- ↑ Partearroyo, Daniel de (21 July 2014). "Stella cadente". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ↑ "Ventura Durall estrena L'Ofrena, un thriller psicológico que ahonda en la culpa y el perdón". 20minutos.es. 17 September 2020.
- ↑ ""Tres días con la familia" y "Las 2 vidas de Andrés Rabadán" triunfan en los Gaudí". Fotogramas. 2 February 2010.
- ↑ "'Blancaneu', 'El Bosc' i 'Els nens salvatges', films favorits als V Premis Gaudí". VilaWeb. 3 February 2013.
- ↑ "Àlex Monner, la carta guanyadora de l'olesana "Els nens salvatges" als Gaudí". Regió7. 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Conocé a todos los ganadores de los Premios Sur 2013". Infobae. 11 December 2013.
- ↑ Lavado, Adrián (2 February 2015). "'10.000 Km' triunfa en los Premios Gaudí 2015". ecartelera.
- ↑ Salvans, Roger (28 January 2019). "¡Ozú, menudos Gaudí!".
- ↑ "'Els dies que vindran', film guanyador dels XII Premis Gaudí". VilaWeb. 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Estos son los ganadores de los Premios Feroz de 2021: la lista completa, por categorías". El Confidencial. 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "Consulteu tots els guanyadors de la tretzena edició dels premis Gaudí". VilaWeb. 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "En directe | Premis Gaudí: "Alcarràs" i "Un año, una noche", les més nominades de la nit". 3/24. 22 January 2023.
- ↑ "EN DIRECTE | Premis Gaudí: "Mentre siguis tu. L'aquí i ara de Carme Elias", millor pel·lícula documental". 3/24 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ↑ "Premios Goya 2024 | Palmarés completo: todos los ganadores de la gran noche de 'La sociedad de la nieve'". Cinemanía. 11 February 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
- ↑ "Todos los ganadores de los 32 Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices de España". Escribiendo Cine. 11 March 2024.