Ulrich Mühe

Biography

Date of Birth 20 June 1953, Grimma, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany] Date of Death 22 July 2007, Walbeck (near Haldensleben), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (stomach cancer) Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Spouse Susanne Lothar (1997 - 22 July 2007) (his death) 2 children Jenny Gröllmann (1984 - 1990) (divorced) 1 child Annegret Hahn (197? - 198?) (divorced) 2 children Trivia Lived in Berlin, Germany. Father of five children from three marriages: his oldest son works a photographer, his daughter Anna Maria Mühe is a successful actress and the younger children Sophie Marie and Jacob lived together with him and his wife Susanne Lothar until his death. Collaborated with author and theatre director Heiner Müller at the Volksbühne and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, where his 1989 performance as "Hamlet" became legendary. Father of Anna Maria Mühe, together with Jenny Gröllmann. Even as a child, he dreamed to become an actor. Has an older brother named Andreas, who took over the family furrier business from their father. He and other activists initiated the demonstrations against the East German communist regime in Berlin (November 1989). Popular reader of audio books. Studied acting at the Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" in Leipzig in the late 1970s. Shortly before his death, he was awarded honorary citizenship of his hometown Grimma (2007). Father was a furrier. Educated at the Leipzig university for theatre "Hans Otto". Ex-stepfather of Jeanne Gröllmann. In Leben der Anderen, Das (2006), he plays an agent of the Staatssicherheit, East Germany's main security and intelligence organization. The role had particular resonance for him, who was under surveillance by the Stasi, being a noted theater actor. He later discovered that his then wife Jenny Gröllmann was registered as an informant during their marriage. Nevertheless, she had denied that allegations until her death. Tom Cruise attended, together with noted German stars such as Katja Riemann or Otto Sander, a commemoration at the Schaubühne in Berlin, honoring his work and life (2 September 2007).