Philippe Brenninkmeyer (born 3 November 1964) is a Dutch actor. In Germany he is known as Philipp Brenninkmeyer.
Biography
Brenninkmeyer was born in Wimbledon, London. He is a member of the German-Dutch Brenninkmeijer family which founded the clothing store chain C&A. Brenninkmeyer attended boarding schools in Brighton, Meerbusch/Düsseldorf, the Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn, and Switzerland. He then worked for C&A in Cologne before deciding to become an actor.
He studied at the William Esper Studio in New York City from 1997–1999, where he appeared in productions of Macbeth and King Lear with the Frog & Peach Theater. Brenninkmeyer worked with the theatre company "Theatre Tribe" in Los Angeles, California in 2004. He has also studied theater in London, where he performed in the title role of Woyzeck at the Etcetera Theatre.
Brenninkmeyer first achieved success in Germany with the role of hotel manager Christian Dolbien in the German television series girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz. He has also appeared in several other German shows and telemovies, as well as had supporting roles on the American shows Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Guiding Light. For the American comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Brenninkmeyer has played a Swinging German car thief in Super Troopers, a German beer tournament referee in Beerfest and a perturbed diner in The Slammin' Salmon. Brenninkmeyer starred as an American businessman in the German-Singapore movie House of Harmony opposite the Singaporean film star Fann Wong. He also appeared in the 2008 episode "The Jet Set" of Mad Men.
The actor speaks Dutch, English, French, and German. Brenninkmeyer currently has homes in Los Angeles and Berlin (Germany) and is married to the American actress Tara Lynn Orr.
Filmography
Film Year TitleRoleNotes1998Breathe SafelyChester De'ath "The Cripple Crusader"1999WatershedLawyer1999JaneMaximillian2000Striplings in the NightUpset ManShort2000EntourageThe Rock Star2001Super TroopersGerman Man2003Strategy of SeductionMaxTV movie2004The Cradle Will FallDr. Edgar HighleyTV movie2005House of HarmonyRichard BarclayTV movie2006Choking ManDutch Man2006BeerfestHerr Referee2008Love a DreamCharles HamiltonTV movie2009The Slammin' SalmonKing Crab Customer200930 Karat LiebePercy van der WaltTV movie2009Detektiv wider WillenWolf BernheimerTV movie2010Im Schatten des PferdemondesDr. Eric GustavsonTV movie2010Days of ForgivenessGray SheridanTV movie2010Love ShackOliver Snowden-Hicks2010All AloneDaniel2012The BabymakersDr. Vickery2012I Heart ShakeyMattias Ober2013RockBarnes: The Emperor in YouMediator2013Dark Circles Michael2014SeitensprungDr. HansenTV movie2014Reasonable DoubtDA Jones2014Bis GleichFatherShort2015He SaidCreightonShort2015The UnforgivenMr. BlackShort2016ZazyMaximillian Berg2016Crossing FencesCaptain Harold2024The Last FrontMaximilian Von Rauch2025Marching PowderJudge
TV series YearTitleRoleNotes1991Screen OneBartenderSeries 3 Episode "Ex" (uncredited)1999Guiding LightMartinUnknown episodes1999Sex and the CityBartenderS2 E11 "Evolution"1999-2000As the World TurnsCarterE01.11142 E01.112292002Law and OrderAndrew SkinnerS12 E23 "Oxymoron"2002-2003Love, Lies, PassionsRobert Fox2002-2007Girl friends – Freundschaft mit HerzChristian Dolbien2002-2011Rosamunde PilcherPaul Gilmore & RobertS1 E40 "Bis ans Ende der Welt" as Robert S1 E91 "Gefährliche Brandung" as Paul Gilmore2005KanzleramtPatrik SheehanS1 E07 "Schattenkrieger"2007Stubbe - Von Fall zu FallProfessor HardenbergS1 E31 "Schmutzige Geschäfte"2008Im Tal der wilden RosenHenry CastletonS3 E02 "Fluss der Liebe"2008Mad MenWillyS2 E11 "The Jet Set"2008-2013Inga LindströmMarcus Hansen & Kristian NordenS5 E03 "Sommer der Entscheidung" S11 E02 "Herz aus Eis"2008-2015Those Damn CanadiansGunther Lipshitz2009CSI: MiamiClay BennettS8 E06 "Dude, Where's My Groom?"2010UndercoversKarlS1 E03 "Devices"2011Das TraumschiffKai BrücknerS1 E64 "Bora Bora"2013Ein Fall für zweiLars DiefenbachS32 E05 "Schöner Sterben"2013Jimmy Kimmel Live!AnnouncerE10.3562014Stuttgart HomicideKlaus SchatzschneiderS5 E24 "Die Tote auf dem Eis"2014Dr. KleinHenry von HelmeckeS1 E06 "Dicke Luft"2014NCISDapper Don & Alberto VelezS12 E09 "Grounded"2015TatortChristian RanstedtS1 E943 "Der Himmel ist ein Platz auf Erden"2015NCIS: Los AngelesWayne MorrisS7 E08 "The Long Goodbye"2016HeldtJürgen BollS4 E06 "Bochum Singen und Sterben"2016MondaysCreepy KyleS1 E01 "That Time When I Leaned In" S1 E08 "That Time When Kyle Gave Me the Creeps"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2009Wanted: Weapons of FateUnknownVoice
References
the Internet Movie Database Theater performances Brenninkmeyer's casting agency, Carola Studlar Profile at ZDF (17 March 2004) Interview at ZDF (17 March 2004) Talk show preview at NDR
External links Philippe Brenninkmeyer's Official Website
Philipp Brenninkmeyer at New-Video.de