Gedeon Burkhard

Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex (1997–2001), which has been aired on television in numerous countries around the world, or as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. He is also well recognised for his role as Chris Ritter in the long-running series Alarm für Cobra 11.
Life and career
Gedeon Burkhard was born in Munich, West Germany, the son of Wolfgang Burkhard and German actress Elisabeth von Molo (then Burkhard) who is the granddaughter of Alexander Moissi, a famous Albanian actor of the 20th century. Gedeon was educated at a boarding school in England and began his acting career in 1979 in the German TV film Tante Maria.
During the 1990s, he lived in the United States, working in several productions, but without much recognition. Burkhard married Birgit Cunningham, then divorced three months later. After that, he lived in Vienna for Kommisar Rex for more than five years, then moved to Berlin. Burkhard was working in Cologne on the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 as the detective Chris Ritter until November 2007. His character Chris Ritter had a heroic death. He then returned to Berlin to be close to his daughter and to work on projects. He said "For the moment I will dedicate myself again fully to my artistic vagabond life in Berlin". Burkhard appeared in the Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds. In February 2009, he was shooting the film Massel, made for German television. In 2011, he was in Rome, shooting the Italian miniseries Caccia al Re – La narcotici.
In 2011, he competed in Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of "Dancing with the Stars", accompanied by professional Italian dancer Samanta Togni, in which he danced with his "daughter" Laura Glavan.
In 2016, Burkhard played Gustav Froehlich, a German actor and UFA star, in the international movie The Devil's Mistress by Czech director Filip Renč. The biographical film is about the life of actress Lída Baarová and her relationship with Joseph Goebbels. The film was released in January 2016 in Prague.
Selected filmography
Und ab geht die Post (1981, TV movie) (segment "Des isch die Poscht")
Tante Maria (1981, TV movie) as Andreas Büdenbender
Blut und Ehre: Jugend unter Hitler (Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (USA)) (1982, TV series) as Hartmut Keller
Nordlichter: Geschichten zwischen Watt und Wellen (1983, TV series)
Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany (The Passenger – Welcome to Germany, Welcome to Germany (USA)) (1988) as Janko
Der Fahnder (1988, TV series) as Hendrik Roloff
Forsthaus Falkenau (1989, TV series) as Konrad 'Konni' Frank
Zwei Frauen (Silence Like Glass (USA)) (1989) as Bud
Sekt oder Selters (1990, TV series)
Šípková Ruženka (Sleeping Beauty (Europe: English title)) (1990) as Princ Viliam / Johan
The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990-1992, TV series) as Manfred
(The Necklace (Europe: English title)) (1992, TV series) as Julius
Kleine Haie (Acting It Out, Little Sharks) (1992) as Ali
Abgeschminkt! (Making Up! (USA)) (1993) as René
Mein Mann ist mein Hobby (1993, TV movie) as Franz Ferdinand
(1994, TV movie) as Matthias
Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (1994, TV series)
Affären (1994) as Thomas Prinz
La piovra - (1994, TV miniseries) as Daniele Rannisi, the pirate reporter
Der König (1994, TV series) as Markus Bassermann
Ein Fall für zwei (1995, TV series) as Michael Marten
Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex (Austria), Rex: A Cop's Best Friend (UK)) (1995-2001, TV series) as Alexander Brandtner / Stefan Lanz
Wem gehört Tobias? (In the Wrong Hands (USA)) (1996, TV movie) as Thomas Urban
SOKO 5113 (1996, TV series) as Philip Steger
Polizeiruf 110 (1996, TV series) as Louis
Magenta (1996) as Roy
2 Männer, 2 Frauen – 4 Probleme!? (Four for Venice, Two Women, Two Men (USA)) (1998 as Luis
The Brylcreem Boys (1998) as Krach
Gefährliche Lust – Ein Mann in Versuchung (Scent of Seduction) (1998, TV movie) as Leon Heflin
(2002, TV movie) as Reggie
Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit (2002, TV movie) as Jan Richter
We'll Meet Again (2002, TV movie) as Dr. Peter Gaynes
Yu (2003) as Tom
(Cleaning Up) (2003, TV movie) as Reinhard Burger
(2004, TV miniseries) as Steve Kammer
Der Vater meines Sohnes (2004, TV movie) as Ricardo Potero
Utta Danella – Eine Liebe in Venedig (2005, TV series) as Francesco di Selari
Der Todestunnel (2005, TV movie) as Andrea Sala
Leipzig Homicide (2005, TV series) as Ralph Kessler
Goldene Zeiten (2006) as Mischa Hahn
Der letzte Zug (2006) as Henry Neumann
Alarm für Cobra 11 (2007-2008, TV series) as Chris Ritter / Mark Jäger
(2007) as Florian (lead)
Inglourious Basterds (2009, USA movie) as Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
(2009, TV movie) as Patrick Silberschatz
La Narcotici (2009, TV series) as Chief Daniele Piazza (lead)
Inga Lindström – Millionäre küsst man nicht (2010-2013, TV series) as Jasper Svensson / Tomas Lindberg
(2011, German movie) as Boris Brodsky (lead)
Bridges (2011, German animated short film-noir) as Captain Saul Bridges (lead)
Ludwig II (2012) as Graf Maximilian von Holnstein
Kokowääh 2 (2013) as Luc
Ohne Gnade (2013, German movie) as Ronzo
Tränen der Sextner Dolomiten (2014) as Pfarrer Oberrainer
(2014) as Andrew Shaw
Gefällt mir (2014) as Peter Jungbluth
Shades of Truth (2015, by Liana Marabini (Condor Pictures), as Father Roberto
Lída Baarová (Devil's Mistress) (2016, Czech film) as Gustav Fröhlich
The Key (2016) as Tim
(2016) as Schulz
Titanium White (2016) as Agent Buckley
Schneeflöckchen (2017) as Winter
Rhein-Lahn Krimi: Jammertal (2017) as Peter Löber
Ronny & Klaid (2018) as Bouncer
Sauerkrautkoma (2018) as Karl-Heinz Fleischmann
References
External links
1969 births
Living people
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
German people of Italian descent
German people of Albanian descent
Male actors from Munich