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Peter Becker (actor)

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Peter Becker is an Anglo-German actor. He was born in 1979 in Bad Hersfeld to a German father and a British mother and was raised between Germany and the UK. Becker had his first role as a theatre actor at 15 years old at the renowned Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.

At the same time as he was building his acting career, Becker was simultaneously involved in journalism, rising to editor of the Hersfelder Zeitung newspaper’s weekly youth page.

After completing his formal education, Becker moved to Berlin, where he became a production assistant and casting director for commercials and music videos.

In 2002 he began studying at the prestigious Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. During this time he was recruited for his first film roles (‘The Loss Of The Pamir’), and further theatre engagements including Deutsches Theater (Berlin) and Thalia Theater (Hamburg). The short film ‘Es Geht Uns Gut’ by Thomas Stuber, on which he worked both as lead actor as well as co-author, won the Advancement Award of the Film Industry of Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2006 and received the title “valuable” by the Film Review Board Wiesbaden in 2007. In addition to working in front of the camera (including 'Unknown (2011 film)’, 'Babylon Berlin', '13 Minutes', ‘Mission To Murder Hitler’ and ‘Bad Banks’) he is regularly performing on stage.

From 2006 to 2007, Becker became part of the ensemble at Volkstheater, Vienna where he met director Nuran David Calis, with whom he collaborated again in 2008 at Schauspiel Köln in Cologne.

In 2009, he returned to Berlin where he has since been involved in numerous productions at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Heimathafen Neukölln, HAU, Ballhaus Ost and Maxim Gorki Theater.

In 2015 he played ‘Giselher of Burgundy’ at the Nibelung Festival, Worms and in 2017 he was cast as ‘Friedrich Müller’ in the highly acclaimed UK tour of ‘War Horse (play)’ that’s announced to be extended for a run at the Royal National Theatre to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in November 2018.

Besides acting, Becker works as a voice-over artist for clients including major German TV and radio stations such as Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Arte, ARD (broadcaster) and ZDF. He is also known for his portrayal of 'The Joker (character)' in the German version of Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.

Filmography

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Film / TV roles
Year Title Role Notes and awards
2005 The Loss of the Pamir (Der Untergang der Pamir [de]) Bernd 'Stummel' Ahlers
2006 Es geht uns gut Daniel Liedel Advancement Award of the film industry of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Title ‘Valuable’ by the Film Review Board Wiesbaden
2006 Im Namen des Gesetzes – Kinderlos Mark
2007 Unschuldig – Chaostage
2007 Far Too Close David
2007 Headshots Jan
2008 Mission to Murder Hitler (Stauffenberg – Die wahre Geschichte) Graf Schenk Claus von Stauffenberg
2008 Vulkan Patrick
2008 Haus und Kind [de] Doctor Television Award of the German Academy of Performing Arts
2008 Liebe deinen Feind Corporal Marc Fletcher
2009 Der Mann der über Autos sprang Policeman Best Film at the Festival du Film d‘Aubagne
2009 A gURLs wURLd (Emmas Chatroom) Officer Warnke
2009 Until Nothing Remains (Bis nichts mehr bleibt) Lenny
2010 Unknown Hotel Guard
2010 Fluss Jörg
2010 Das Geschenk Old Shatterhand Advancement Award at the International Short Film Festival Dresden
Nomination for the Max Ophüls Award in the competition category ‘short film’
2011 Alles Klara – Mord nach Stundenplan Marc Höhne
2012 Polizeiruf 110 – Eine andere Welt Brandt
2012 Tatort – Schwarze Tiger, Weisse Löwen Sikter
2012 Frau Ella Patrice
2013 Dr. Gressmann zeigt Gefühle Steve
2014 13 Minutes (Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert) Lux
2014 Polizeiruf 110 – Eine mörderische Idee Sautter
2014 Stuttgart Homicide – Chain Reaction (SOKO Stuttgart – Kettenreaktion) Timo Münster
2015 SOKO Wismar – Tödliche Diagnose Matthias Harthoff
2015 Immigration Game Paul
2016 Ein starkes Team – Nathalie Maximilian Förster (Arzt)
2016 Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei – Phantom Code Kiesling
2016 Babylon Berlin Kapo Heinrich Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Series
Premios Ondas for International Television: Best Series
Romy (TV award) for TV Event Of The Year
Seoul International Drama Awards, Grand Prize
Shanghai International TV Festival for Best Foreign TV Series
Bavarian TV Awards, Special Award
Bambi Award for TV National
Grimme-Preis for Best Fiction
European Film Awards for European Achievement in Fiction Series
2016 Bad Banks – The Lion's Den Matthias Wegener Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Series
2017 Der Zürich Krimi – Borchert und die letzte Hoffnung Coroner
2019 Notruf Hafenkante – Pokerprinzessin Paul Anton
2019 Letzte Spur Berlin – Amöbenliebe Christoph Fahrenholz
2019 Blutige Anfänger Roger Hahnemann

Selected stage credits

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References

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ZDF macht Tom Cruises "Walküre" Konkurrenz

Peter Becker in der Hauptrolle des Stauffenberg

ZDF tritt mit Stauffenberg-Film gegen Tom Cruise an*Der Westen, 9 January 2009

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