August Diehl


August Diehl is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. He is also known for his leading roles in the films The Counterfeiters, The Young Karl Marx, and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life.

Life and career

Diehl was born in West Berlin. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer and his brother is a composer. His family was frequently moving around. Diehl spent his childhood in Auvergne, France and moved back to Germany when he was nine years old. The family lived in Hamburg, Vienna, and Düsseldorf. Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of 18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller. After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin.
In 2000, he was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion. In 2006, Gala magazine named him "the most important German actor of today."

Personal life

Diehl was married to actress :de:Julia Malik|Julia Malik. He has two children with Malik: a daughter born in May 2009 and a son born in 2012. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
199823Karl Koch
1999Entering RealityLeonShort
1999Die BrautFritz von Stein
1999Poppen AlexShort
2000Kalt ist der AbendhauchHugo Wimmer
2000Der AtemkünstlerWriter
2001Love the Hard WayJeff
2002TattooMarc Schrader
2002Haider lebt - 1. April 2021A.M. Kaiser
2003Anatomy 2Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs
2003Distant LightsPhilip
2003The Birch-Tree MeadowOskar
2004Love in ThoughtsGünther Scheller
2004The Ninth DayUntersturmführer Gebhardt
2005Mouth to MouthTiger
2005WattläuferRobertShort
2006SlummingSebastian
2006I Am the Other WomanRobert Fabry
2006Nothing But GhostsFelix
2007The CounterfeitersBurger
2007LichtblickPerpetratorShort
2007Head Under WaterMartin Wegner
2008Dr. AlemánMarc
2008Mr. Kuka's AdviceLothar
2008A Woman in BerlinGerd
2008BuddenbrooksChristian Buddenbrook
2009Inglourious BasterdsMajor Hellstrom
2010SaltMike Krause
2010The Coming DaysKonstantin Richter
2011If Not Us, Who?Bernward Vesper
2012Confession of a Child of the CenturyDesgenais
2012Wir wollten aufs MeerAndreas Hornung
2012The Adventures of Huck FinnDer Alte Finn
2013Layla FourieEugene Pienaar
2013Night Train to LisbonYoung Jorge O'Kelly
2013The HusbandKarl 'Rusty' Rost
2013Frau EllaKlaus
2015Dirk Ohm - Illusjonisten som forsvantDirk Ohm
2015En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaitHans
2016Dark InclusionGabi Ulmann
2016AlliedHobar
2017The Young Karl MarxKarl Marx
2017Midnight ConfessionKurtShort
2018KurskAnton Markov
2018L'Empereur de ParisNathanaël
2018The Bird Catcher Herman
2019A Hidden LifeFranz Jägerstätter
2019The Last VermeerAlex De Klerks
2020The King's Man

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
1999German Film AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role23
1999Bavarian Film AwardsBest Young Actor23
2000Berlin International Film FestivalShooting Stars
2005German Film AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleThe Ninth Day
2005German Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorLove in Thoughts
2007Bambi AwardsBest ActorNothing But Ghosts
2010Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureInglourious Basterds
2011German Film AwardsBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleIf Not Us, Who?
2011German Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorThe Coming Days
2012Nestroy Theatre PrizeBest ActorThe Prince of Homburg
2013German Screen Actors AwardsBest Leading ActorWir wollten aufs Meer
2014Jupiter AwardsBest German ActorFrau Ella
2014Nestroy Theatre PrizeBest ActorHamlet
2016Nestroy Theatre PrizeBest ActorDiese Geschichte von Ihnen