Gedeon Burkhard German actor Date of Birth: 07.07.1969 Country: Germany

Biography of Gedeon Burkhard

Gedeon Burkhard, a German actor, is known to audiences in Russia for his role as Wilhelm Wicki in the film "Inglourious Basterds," as well as for his appearances in the TV series "Kommissar Rex" and "Alarm for Cobra 11". Burkhard was born in 1969 in Munich, the capital of Bavaria and one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Germany. At the age of 8, he was sent to a boarding school in England, and at 12, he returned to his homeland and attended an American school where he studied in the upper classes. This allowed him to become fluent in both German and English. Burkhard had the opportunity to live overseas as well - from 1995 to 1998, he spent time in America (during this period, although he did not achieve much fame while working in the USA, he seemed to have stepped out of a movie plot: he arrived in Las Vegas and got married there). At the age of 10, Burkhard began his film career with a lead role in the German film "Tante Maria". A year later, he played the leading role of Hartmut Keller in the German-American three-part miniseries "Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler". Each episode was filmed twice - once in English and once in German - and Burkhard's language skills proved valuable as he was the only actor who did not need to be dubbed in either language. Burkhard continued his acting career, initially working during school holidays but eventually dropping out of school without completing his final year. However, his decision to leave school was not solely due to filming commitments but also a desire to pursue specialized education. Burkhard began studying at a music school and took courses in rhetoric and acting. In 1988, he appeared in the film "Welcome to Germany" alongside Tony Curtis. This film marked the end of his career as a child actor and the beginning of his career as an adult actor. Some of Burkhard's other notable film projects include "Acting it Out," a film by renowned German director Wotan, which earned him the German Award and the Bavarian Award personally, "Silence like Glass," and "Making Up" (a film that won the Student Academy Award USA and the German Film Award). He also participated in the TV series "Kommissar Rex" (which was shown in 140 countries; Burkhard replaced actor Tobias Moretti on the show, and the ratings in Austria immediately plummeted after the switch. Although understandable given that viewers had grown accustomed to Moretti's character over months and years of watching the series, Burkhard faced criticism for his portrayal even from impartial Austrian sources... However, on the other hand, with Moretti being replaced by Burkhard, the ratings for the show soared abroad, especially in Italy. By the way, for the filming of "Rex," Burkhard moved from America to Vienna, where he lived for over 5 years before relocating to Berlin) and "Alarm for Cobra 11" (this series was shown in 120 countries; Burkhard's character, Chris Ritter, heroically died at the end of 2007, and this marked the end of his involvement in the show). In 2006, Burkhard appeared in the film "The Last Train" in which he portrayed Henry Neumann, a Jewish boxer locked in a freight wagon with his family heading to Auschwitz. This role, in turn, led him to perhaps his most famous role in Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglourious Basterds" where he played Corporal Wilhelm Wicki. Among Burkhard's other projects are the films "Melody of March" (2008), "The Last Gesture" (2006), "Golden Times" (2006), "You" (2003), "Sworn Friends" (1998), "Two Men, Two Women - 4 Problems?" (1998), "Magenta" (1996), "Shenanigans" (1994), "The Necklace" (1994), "Two Women" (1989), and more. Some of his notable TV movies and series include "Super Fire" (2002), "Death Tunnel" (2005), "Father of My Son" (2004), and "Two Stories and One Wedding" (2002). Currently, he is in Rome, where he is filming the role of a narcotics detective in the TV movie "La Narcotici". A few interesting facts about Gedeon Burkhard: In August 1998, he was listed as one of the "most erotic Germans" by the publication "Bild-Zeitung". He has appeared in commercials, not only for German television but also for Japanese television. Burkhard's father, Wolfgang Burkhard, is currently his manager. In 1996, Burkhard got married but divorced just four months later. On July 13, 2004, he became a father for the first and (so far?) only time, with the birth of his daughter Joya Philomena. Gedeon Burkhard is currently single and raising his daughter on his own.