Franz Dinda | |
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| Born | Franz Alexander Dinda March 25, 1983 [1] |
| Occupation(s) | actor, author and artist |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Franz Alexander Dinda (born 25 March 1983) is a German actor, author and artist. He is most known for acting in TV series such as Das Boot (2018), Der Kriminalist (2008) and films such as The Cloud (2006), and A Year Ago in Winter (2008) and Westwind (2011).
Biography edit
Trivia (5) Hosts his own radio show on FourRadio. Fled East Germany with his mother, a pastor (1989). Was raised by his mother, who is a minister. Shortly before the Fall of the Wall, he and his mother flew to Darmstadt. After several removals, they decided to stay in Stuttgart. Trained as a singer.
born in Jena and growing up in Hohenweiler,[1] “I discovered my love for acting when I joined my school’s theatre club."[1] Besides writing books and acting, Dinda is also active as a presenter and owns an atelier in which he focuses on artistic projects.[1] when I have the feeling that I lose control, I grab my metal detector and drive to a field in Berlin’s surroundings for a few hours to search for old things – nothing is able to bring me down to earth more.[1][2]
Half a year before the fall of the Wall , Dinda moved to the Federal Republic of Germany together with his mother, a pastor . [1] Dinda is married, has two children and lives in Berlin. [2]
He discovered his interest in acting in the school theater group. He also played the trumpet for six years, was a member of the boys' choir collegium iuvenum Stuttgart from 1992 to 1996 and hosted the Internet radio program Shuffled on Four Music for three years. [3]
A call to directory assistance took him to acting, and in 1998 he received all the Stuttgart numbers on the subject of film. Among them the contact to the casting agency Brody Casting, through which Dinda got his first engagements. [4]
my first job - a " Mickey Mouse Funny Pocket Books" commercial,[2]
He made his first appearance on television in 1999 in a funny paperback commercial. [5] At the age of 17 he was also hired for the youth series Fabrixx , in which he participated until 2003 and was able to gain experience in front of the camera. After graduating from high school, which he passed in 2003, he moved to Berlin and completed private acting training. [6]
Dinda finally achieved her breakthrough in 2006 with his portrayal of Elmar in the literary film The Cloud. For this he was awarded the New Faces Award in the same year. In 2007, he was also awarded the Deutscher Fernsehpreis, (German Television Prize) for Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich (Blackout - Memory is fatal). [8th]
In 2007, he gave director Thomas Stuber a few thousand euros for his film "Teenage Angst" as well as starring in it.[2]
In 2010, he presented the First Steps Awards (filmPrize) in front of 2000 people in Berlin.[2]
In parallel to his work as an actor, Dinda works as a writer and artist. He runs his own studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg,[3] where he designs and builds complex lyric machines under the project name ReimRaum.[3] [9] [10] For the stage he developed the “ReimKlang” program, a crossover of reading, film screening and concert that summarizes his artistic work. [11]
Since 2018, Dinda has also been designing accessories and jewelry inspired by the work of the Wiener Werkstätte. [12]
He made his author's debut in September 2010 with the volume of poems Ein BilderReimbuch über Liebe,[3] which was illustrated by artistic works by Armin Mueller-Stahl, Norbert Bisky, Jonathan Meese, Michael Birn, Kent Williams, Bodo Vitus and Udo Lindenberg. The book was nominated for the hotlist in 2010. The book took him 6 years to complete.[2]
In February 2013, Franz Dinda's second work was published with Kavalier an Dame - 12 passionate poet cards, which also marked his directorial debut. The resulting short film collage of the same name was invited to the 47th Hof International Film Festival in October 2013. Max Moor , Alexander Scheer , Edin Hasanović , Fabian Busch , Ulrich Matthes , Mirco Kreibich , Sabin Tambrea , Axel Bosse , Norbert Bisky , Herbert Knaup , Robert Gwisdek and Jan Henrik Stahlberg took care of the individual texts.
Dinda is also successful as an interpreter for audio books. In 2018, he was nominated for the second time for the longlist of the German Audiobook Prize as best interpreter. [13]
In recent years, audiences saw him as an actor in productions such as the three-part GDR event Honigfrauen, in which the native of Jena played the Stasi employee Rudi, and in the recently broadcast Brecht film adaptation of BRECHT, Dinda slipped into the role of Egon Monk. Then in the second season of the international series Das Boot, he followed in the footsteps of Klaus Wennemann (1940 – 2000), as chief engineer Robert Ehrenberg.[4][5]
(from German wiki)
Personnel life edit
Selected filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Autobahnraser | Alex - Chrysler LeBaron | |
| 2005 | Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb | Niels | The day Bobby Ewing died English title |
| 2006 | The Cloud | Elmar | |
| Valerie | Mike | ||
| 2007 | Military Academy | Sebastian 'Basti' Lämmle | |
| 2008 | Teenage Angst | Konstantin Stürmer | directed by Thomas Stuber |
| A Year Ago in Winter | Johannes | ||
| 2009 | Berlin 36 | Rudolph Bergmann | |
| 2011 | Westwind | Arne | |
| 2012 | Ludwig II | Heinrich Vogel | |
| Life Is Not for Cowards | Arzt | ||
| 2013 | The Physician | Merlin's Apprentice | Released in Germany as Der Medicuss[6] |
| 2018 | Ronny & Klaid | Ronny | [1] |
| 2019 | The Witch and the Ottoman | Ferdinand |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2004 | Fabrixx | Fabian | (TV series, 4 episodes) | |
| 2003 | Berlin - Eine Stadt sucht den Mörder | Mick | (TV Movie) | |
| 2004–2005 | Das Traumschiff | Paul / Paul Berling | (TV series, 2 episodes) | |
| 2004 | Stefanie - Eine Frau startet durch | Fabio Reinke | (TV Series) | |
| Beauty Queen | Alexander Jäger | (TV series, 4 episodes) | ||
| Endlich Sex! | Leo | (TV movie) English translation, Finally sex! | ||
| 2005 | Abschnitt 40 | Kris Karnatz | (TV Series, 1 episode) | |
| Speer und Er | Arnold Speer | (TV Mini-Series, 1 episode) | ||
| Schulmädchen | Nils | (parody TV series) | ||
| Die Gerichtsmedizinerin | Frank Schelling | (TV Series, 1 episode) | ||
| 2006 | Die Kette | Marcel | (TV Movie) | |
| Blackout - Die Erinnerung ist tödlich | John Seifert | (TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes) | ||
| 2006-2014 | Tatort | Bert Lüders (2006), Tim (2008), Mike Satorius (2014) | (TV Series, 3 episodes) | |
| 2007 | GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben | Kurt Turmberg | (TV series, 1 episode) | |
| Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt (A life so far away) | Jan Holländer | (TV Movie) | ||
| Küstenwache | Andi Lawall | (TV Series) | ||
| 2008 | Mogadishu | Peter-Jürgen Boock | (TV Movie) | |
| Der Kriminalist | Florian Klein | (TV series, 1 episode) | ||
| Sklaven und Herren | Yogi 'Der Herr' Quast | (TV Movie) | ||
| Großstadtrevier | Björn Kircheisen | (TV Series, 1 episode) | ||
| 2008-2011 | Polizeiruf 110 | Justus Gruneberg (2008) / Dennis Hartmann (2011) | (TV Series, 2 episodes) | |
| 2009 | Beyond the Wall | Klaus Molitor | (TV Movie) | |
| 2010 | Der Staatsanwalt | Dennis Weck | (TV series, 1 episode) | |
| Ein starkes Team | Tom Meiser | (TV series, 1 episode) | ||
| Morgen musst Du sterben | Ben Ganten | (TV Movie) | ||
| Schurkenstück | Timo | (TV Movie) | ||
| 2011 | Fugitives | Thomas Peitz | (TV Series) | |
| Flemming | Alexander Freiberg | (TV Series) | ||
| 2012 | Eine mörderische Entscheidung | Maik Wilhelm | (TV Documentary) | |
| 2013 | Nacht über Berlin | Edwin Goldmann | (TV Movie) | |
| Fliegen lernen | Hendrik | (TV Movie, Translates as Learning to fly) | ||
| Der Bulle und das Landei | Griesing | (TV Series) | ||
| 2014 | The Spiegel Affair | Claus Jacobi | (TV Movie, based on Spiegel affair) | |
| Siebenschön | Prinz Arthur | (TV movie) | ||
| 2015 | Der Himmel zwischen den Welten | Azrael | (TV Movie) | |
| Käthe Kruse, A Doll to Treasure | David | (TV Movie) | ||
| Der Bankraub | Martin Kreye | (TV Movie) | ||
| Blindgänger | Mike Zirske | (TV Movie) | ||
| 2016 | The Glassblower | Thomas Heimer | (TV movie) | |
| 2017 | Honigfrauen | Rudi Hartwig | (TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes) | |
| Babylon Berlin | Krüger | (TV series, 2 episodes) | ||
| 2018-2020 | Das Boot | Robert Ehrenberg | (TV series, 16 episodes)[7] | |
| 2019 | 23 Morde | Maximilian Rapp | (TV series, 6 episodes)[8] | |
| Brecht | Egon Monk | (2-part TV movie)[1] | ||
| Die Informantin - Der Fall Lissabon | Alex | (TV Movie)[1] | ||
| 2020 | Matze, Kebab & Sauerkraut | Noah Hirschman | (TV Movie in post-production) |
Bibliography edit
Audiobooks / radio plays edit
Audio books;
- 2014, Heinz Helle - Der beruhigende Klang von explodierendem Kerosin[11]
- 2014, Lutz Seiler - Kruso [12]
- 2017, Anne Reinecke, Leinsee
- 2018, Minna Rytisalo, Lempi, das heißt Liebe[13]
- 2019, Dror Mishani, Drei[14]
Radio plays;
- 2009, Lohnarbeit und Liebesleid, directed by Antje Vowinckel
- 2015, Adrian McKinty Der katholische Bulle, directed by Sven Stricker
- 2016, Goethe in Italien, directed by David Maier
Awards edit
- 2006: Winner of the Bunte New Faces Award as best young actor for Die Wolke[3]
- 2006: Nomination for Undine Award as best young leading actor in a movie for Die Wolke
- 2007: Winner of the German Television Award in the category of Blackout - Memory is fatal
- 2009: Nomination of the Günter Strack TV Prize as the best young actor for slaves and masters
- 2010: Gewinner TV Movie Award of TV Movie in the category Best Newcomer
- 2010: Ein Bilderreimbuch über Liebe was nominated for the hotlist
- 2010: Winner of 'Gentleman of the Year' from Musikexpress magazine[15]
- 2018: Jupiter Award for Best Fernsehfilm (Mini-series) - Honigfrauen
- 2019: Magnolia Award for Best Television Film or Miniseries (part of Shanghai TV Festival) - Das Boot
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h Steinhoff, Nane (1 November 2018). "Franz Dinda - 'I'm in my own thoughts quite a lot'". Discover Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Lau, Sarah (20 August 2010). ""Ich bin ein Phantom"". GALA (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d Woolford, Aimée (15 June 2020). "Interview: Franz Dinda On Season Two Of Das Boot". Close-Up Culture. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (20 February 2018). "First Look: 'Das Boot' Series Setting Sail". Variety. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Franz Dinda, Stefan Konarske, And Rick Okon Talk Das Boot". Skewed 'n Reviewed. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Wurm, Gerald. "Der Medicus - Eine Reise aus der Dunkelheit ins Licht - Schnittbericht: Kinofassung (Schnittberichte.com)". www.schnittberichte.com. Retrieved Oct 15, 2019.
- ^ Petski, Denise (11 October 2018). "Hulu Picks Up WWII Drama 'Das Boot' For U.S." Deadline. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "23 Cases - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Dinda, Franz. "Ein BilderReimbuch über Liebe". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Dinda, Franz. "Kavalier an Dame: 12 leidenschaftliche Poetkarten". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Der beruhigende Klang von explodierendem Kerosin". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Kruso Audible Audiobook". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Lempi, das heißt Liebe". amazon.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Drei Audible Audiobook – Unabridged". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Musikexpress Style Award 2010: Franz Dinda als „Gentleman of the Year" ausgezeichnet". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2020.