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Frank Giering
Actor
Born November 23, 1971Died June 23, 2010 (38 years)
Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind.
Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.
The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.
Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany).
Description above is sections taken from IMDB.
Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.
The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.
Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany).
Description above is sections taken from IMDB.
Known For
Filmography
| 2010 | Jerry Cotton · as Receptionist |
| 2009 | Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten · as Hans Sittler |
| 2009 | Keine Angst · as Thomas |
| 2009 | Lasko (TV Series) · as Thomas Schaller |
| 2008 | The Dead Man in the Wall · as Kommissar Klaus Wendt |
| 2008 | The Fifth Commandment (TV Series) · as Oberst Sprüngli |
| 2007 | Free to Leave · as Thomas Hudetz |
| 2006 | Störtebeker · as Jan Broderson |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist (TV Series) · as Kommissar Henry Weber |
| 2006 | Black Sheep · as Doorman #1 Of Kitkat-Club |
| 2006 | The Hour of Fairytales (TV Series) · as Prinz Hohlholm Von Sülzenstein |
| 2006 | Esperanza · as Franz |
| 2005 | Die Spielerin · as Dietrich Schröder |
| 2004 | Die Kirschenkönigin (TV Series) · as Colonel Stone |
| 2004 | Nightsongs · as Junger Mann |
| 2004 | Klassentreffen · as Stüze |
| 2003 | Dirty Sky · as Philosoph |
| 2003 | Hierankl · as Paul |
| 2003 | Der Fall Gehring · as Kai Wegner |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 · as Sven |
| 2003 | Großglocknerliebe · as Uwe Ringelmann |
| 2002 | Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht · as Rudi (wurstverkäufer) |
| 2002 | Baader · as Andreas Baader |
| 2002 | Blond: Eva Blond! (TV Series) · as Dr. Smek |
| 2002 | Im Visier der Zielfahnder (TV Series) · as Norman Bleich |
| 2001 | SOKO Leipzig (TV Series) · as Dr. Fischer |
| 2000 | Der Himmel kann warten · as Alex Feldkamp |
| 2000 | Marmor, Stein & Eisen · as Nicki |
| 2000 | Gran Paradiso · as Edwin |
| 2000 | Kaliber Deluxe · as Rochus |
| 2000 | Ebene 9 · as Gregor |
| 1999 | Gangster · as Vincent |
| 1999 | Gigantic · as Floyd |
| 1998 | Love Your Neighbour! · as Locke |
| 1998 | Siska (TV Series) · as Sven Gardener |
| 1998 | Love Scenes from Planet Earth · as Henrik Jr. |
| 1998 | Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar! · as Frank Wolters |
| 1998 | Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) · as Helmut Kluge |
| 1998 | Opera Ball · as Jörg Blahacek 'ingenieur' |
| 1998 | Die Cleveren (TV Series) · as Siegfried Schwender |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Funny Games · as Peter |
| 1997 | The Castle · as Artur |
| 1996 | Die Halbstarken · as Günther |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11 (TV Series) · as Ziegler |
| 1994 | Two Brothers (TV Series) · as Joseph Herzfeld |
| 1994 | Rosa Roth (TV Series) · as Wolf Gotschlich |
| 1994 | Die Kommissarin (TV Series) · as Jochen Schild |
| 1994 | Ein starkes Team (TV Series) · as Ulrich Baring |
| 1993 | Auf eigene Gefahr (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Ebbies Bluff · as Markleiter+ |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier (TV Series) · as Stefan Träger |
| 1981 | A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Albert Becker |
| 1977 | The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Joachim Horst |
| 1971 | Police Call 110 (TV Series) · as Gregor Karolewski |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Markus Engel |