Actor Jurgen Vogel: personal life and biography

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One of the most popular German actors of contemporary cinema is Jurgen Vogel. He teaches young people to be themselves and not be ashamed of their place in life, but to persevere towards their goal. Playing the roles of ordinary people, the actor shows how unique they can be. Jurgen himself claims that in every film he plays the role of himself.

The creative path of an actor

Little is known about Jurgen Vogel's early biography: he was born into a very ordinary family, his father worked as a waiter, and his mother was a housewife. In addition to Jurgen, three more children were brought up in the family. From early childhood, Jurgen Vogel had a craving for fame and began his career as a young model, posing for fashion magazines and sometimes walking with adult models on the catwalk.

At the age of 16, the actor starred in his first film and began to seriously think about his future profession. Deciding to become a film actor, he did not hesitate to enter the Munich Theater School, but the next day the future movie star left the institution. Jürgen decided that the school would not be able to give him a proper education, as it devoted too much time to theory. Either a reluctance to learn, or an inner instinct played into Vogel's hands, but the lack of specialskills and knowledge did not prevent a talented actor from breaking into the world of cinema. The guy is trying his luck in Berlin, where he rents an apartment with actor Richie Muller. Jürgen Vogel became recognizable after the release of the film Little Sharks (1992), in which the actor played almost himself: the guy accidentally ended up in a theater school and is trying to convince the academic board of his creative abilities.

In most films, Jürgen plays those people who are practically not accepted to be shown in modern cinema: these are working people, fanatics, drug addicts, the unemployed and the terminally ill. Actor Jurgen Vogel is trying to show people that it's okay to have a very ordinary profession and deal with everyday problems. Indeed, his acting is striking in its naturalness, and the characters are likable and quite charismatic.

Filmography

The actor began to appear in films in the mid-80s, for all the time in his collection there are already more than a hundred roles. His roles are quite diverse and diverse, but Jurgen often plays people with mental disabilities: he was a murderer, bank robber, rapist, drug dealer, but films with Jurgen Vogel are considered the most successful, with high morality and deep meaning.

The list of early works included paintings such as "Your Last Chance", "Children of Stone", "Night Fire" and "Rosamund". The most famous films were "East Wind", "Handsome", "Luxury Hotel", "Experiment 2: The Wave" and "Onwheels." Jürgen's latest projects were The Last Tour, Stereo and Hotel Adlon.

Also, the actor played in the series "Blokhin". It tells about the plight of a boy with the same name, who lost his memory and relatives and, after leaving the orphanage, went down a dirty path, becoming a pimp and drug dealer.

Cute criminal

But the breakthrough in his film career was his own project "Free Will", in which Jürgen played one of the leading roles, wrote the script for the film and became a producer. The role he got is quite difficult, but Vogel coped with it brilliantly. The film is about how a person with mental disabilities learns to live in a world that is obsessed with sex. A maniac who raped three women leaves the hospital after brainwashing, but does not even imagine that adapting to a real society will become an impossible task. Fortunately, on his way to a better life, he met a girl who also had a hard time, and together they try to help each other become better.

For this role, Jurgen Vogel received an award at the Berlin Film Festival "Silver Bear", and critics appreciated the actor's ability to reincarnate.

Awards

Vogel was nominated many times, but received the following awards:

• In 1990, the actor won the Best Young Actor nomination, the film Rosamund contributed to this.
• Three years later he received this award again for his role in "Little Sharks". In 1997, at the Film Award in Gold, he becamewinner in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement: Actor". This was followed by several more awards, but the most significant was the gratitude for the great contribution to the cinema for the films "Naked", "Dance of the Shards" and "Leg". That evening, Jurgen received the title of best German actor.
• At the Berlinale in 2006 he received his first Silver Bear. Every year, working in the film industry, Vogel repeatedly confirmed the right to bear the title of best actor, repeatedly became the winner of the Outstanding Personal Achievement nomination. Almost every year at the Bavarian Film Award, Jurgen wins Best Actor awards.

Vogel and Schweiger in Pretty Boy

German film star Jürgen Vogel has collaborated with many actors, but his colleague for many years has been the famous heartthrob Til Schweiger. Together they starred in the 2006 comedy film On Wheels (original film title Where's Fred?).

The most famous project in which both actors participated is the film "Handsome". And although the German title of the picture is "Earless Hare", the original title was changed in Russian film distribution to make the film more recognizable.

Produced and directed by Til Schweiger himself, he also played a major role in the film. The picture was a huge success, and tickets for the premiere were sold out within a few days (the box office was $ 81,303,447). In the comedy, Jurgen played one of the important roles: he had to show himself. The main character Ludo (Til Schweiger),tries to interview Jurgen Vogel, inviting him for an interview, and Vogel still appears for a conversation, but in a rather unusual form for him: with extended hair, a snow-white false smile and buttocks, like Jennifer Lopez. In general, the absurdity and comicality of this situation has reached its climax. The film was pilfered into quotes and became a cult among fans of German cinema. It is noteworthy that the four children of Til Schweiger play in it, and the shot where Jürgen Vogel walks with Nora Tschirner (the main character) on the red carpet is a real reflection of the awards ceremony in Berlin.

Private life is a taboo for everyone

Jurgen Vogel actively hides the facts of everything from his personal life, so he is a tasty morsel for the press. On the Internet, you can find a photo of Jurgen Vogel with his wife - and nothing more: no scandals associated with his name, no compromising evidence. The actor is married to Medeline Sommerfeld, who is a well-known Berlin-based fashion designer and creator of the Sommerfeld brand of the same name. The couple has four children: three daughters and a son.

Interesting facts

In 2005, Jurgen Vogel founded the Hansen Band.

Together with Matthias Glazner, he founded the film production company Schwarzweiss.

Jurgen often lies to the media about his personal life in order to hide the real information so that the paparazzi do not interfere with life.

The most talked about topic among Jürgen fans is his teeth.

Jurgen is 1.68cm tall