Jürgen Peter Vogel (; born 29 April 1968 in Hamburg) is a German actor and producer. One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in Little Sharks.Jürgen Vogel in "German Who is Who"
Biography Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day. In 1985, he moved to Berlin, where he shared a flat with actor Richy Müller. He states that he was inspired by the movie Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro.
Vogel became famous with the movie Little Sharks (German: Kleine Haie) in 1992. He won the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille).
Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria (born 1988), from a previous relationship. He married Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, adopted her two sons and the couple had a daughter (born 1999). After their divorce, he had another son (born 2009) with assistant director Michelle Gornick. Vogel had his 6th child, a daughter (born 2019) with his fiancée, actress Natalia Belitski. Vogel lives in Berlin.
Awards 1989: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best young actor in Rosamunde"Jürgen Vogel at IMdB" 1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best actor in Kleine Haie (Little Sharks) 1994: Telestar for Dann eben mit Gewalt (Violence: The Last Resort) 1997: Deutscher Filmpreis – best male lead in Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life is All You Get) 1998: Deutscher Shooting Star 2000: Jupiter – best TV Star 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Das Phantom (The Phantom) 2003: Goldene Kamera – best German actor in Nackt und Scherbentanz (Shattered Glass) 2006: 42nd Chicago International Film Festival – Silver Hugo Award – best actor in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Tribeca Film Festival, New York – best male lead in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Silberner (silver) Bär in the category of special artistic performance in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2007: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best male lead in Emmas Glück (Emma's Bliss) 2007: Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis for his roles in Ein Freund von mir (A Friend of Mine) and Wo ist Fred? (Where is Fred?) 2009: Jupiter – best actor in Die Welle (The Wave) 2010: Herbert-Strate-Preis
Selected filmography
Films Year Title Role Director Notes1989 Pit MalekHans W. Geißendörfer1990 EmilEgon Günther1992Little Sharks Ingo HermannSönke Wortmann CharlyTV film1993Violence: The Last ResortMartinRainer KaufmannTV filmArthurTV filmLallaTV filmPiet NickelTV film1994ShamelessFreddieTV filmAndy DemskiTV film AlbinUrs OdermattMaxRainer KaufmannTV film1995The MedsLeoMatthias GlasnerSilent NightFrankDani Levy1996Sexy SadieEdgarMatthias Glasner1997Smilla's Sense of Snow Nils JakkelsenBille AugustLife is All You GetJan NebelWolfgang BeckerBuddiesHenrikRoland Suso RichterTV filmAndreas MenzelBernd BöhlichTV filmThe PharmacistLevin GraberRainer Kaufmann1998Der PiratJanTV filmThe Big MamboGregorMichael GwisdekFat WorldHagen TrinkerJan Schütte1999Ulrich RaffcykTV film2000Das PhantomLeo KramerDennis GanselTV filmRudiRomuald KarmakarAngry KissesFather Bachman2001Emil and the Detectives Max GrundeisFranziska BuchErich Sass2002 Naked BorisDoris Dörrie Nogo Tom, JeskoChris Kraus2003Mein Name ist BachFrederick the GreatRosenstraße Arthur von EschenbachMargarethe von Trotta Good Bye Lenin! (cameo) Wolfgang Becker2005 Markus HansenLars Kraume Barefoot janitorTil Schweiger2006The Free Will Theo StoerMatthias GlasnerEmma's BlissMaxA Friend of Mine HansSebastian SchipperWhere Is Fred? AlexAnno Saul2007Jonas BirkeMatti GeschonneckTV filmIsrael HandsHansjörg ThurnTV filmRabbit Without Ears as himselfTil Schweiger2008The Wave Rainer WengerDennis Gansel2009GravityVince Holland12 WinterMike Roth This Is Love HolgerMatthias Glasner2011Hotel Lux Siggi MeyerLeander Haußmann2012MercyNielsMatthias GlasnerBruno TheweleitMatti GeschonneckTV film2013 Siegfried von TennenUli EdelTV miniseriesSources of LifeErich FreytagOskar Roehler2014Tom LarsonTV filmStereoErikTour de Force Georg KiehlSönke Wortmann2016Lennart BehrwaldtDror ZahaviTV film2017Iceman
Television series Year Title Role Notes1990Tatort: Rendezvous Daniel1991Tatort: BlutwurstwalzerAlex1996Polizeiruf 110: Atze Pöhlein2002Tatort: FlashbackRudi Eltmann2004Tatort: Der vierte Mann Harry Wolter2005Tatort: Roman Mielcke2009–2011SchillerstraßeHimself35 episodes2016: Jacky Herbst2018The TeamGregor Weiss8 episodes
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