Alexander Held
Acting
Born: October 19, 1958 · Munich, Germany
Died: May 12, 2026 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
Biography
Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) was a German actor. He was internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film Der Untergang, Robert Mohr in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and as state prosecutor Siegfried Buback in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex. During his school years, Held was a solo singer of the Regensburger Domspatzen, and played football for TSV 1860 München, winning five youth championships. He finished his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, and then joined the Munich Kammerspiele. Further engagements at the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Freien Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater Basel, and the Salzburg Festival followed. In 1993, Held was cast by director Klaus Emmerich in Morlock in his first television film role. Since then he has appeared in numerous cinema and TV productions, including Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Marc Rothemund's Sophie Scholl - The Last Days, and Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. In the Sat.1 series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer, he played a Social Democratic Party of Germany Bundestag member, who mostly has to look after his opponents in the "Bavarian Unity Party". In 2007, he starred alongside Iris Berben as the greedy villain Heinrich von Strahlberg in the two-part TV film Afrika, mon amour. In 2008, he played Alois Kugler, the opponent of Brandner Kaspar, in the film of the same name, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. In 2009, he played the politically tactical abbot Kuno in the Margarethe von Trottas film Vision alongside Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, and Hannah Herzsprung, and in the same year, he was seen in Sönke Wortmann's Pope Joan as the Frankish Emperor Lothar I. In 2010, he played the Attorney General Dr. Sasse alongside Ulrich Tukur in Dieter Wedel's two-part TV film Greed. Since 2010, he has starred in the crime series Stralsund as the head commissioner Karl Hidde. Since 2014, he has played the lead role of head commissioner Ludwig Schaller in the crime series München Mord. Held's father was actor José Held, who died in 1974. From December 2005, Held was married to German actress Patricia Gräfin Fugger von Babenhausen (1961–2014). Source: Article "Alexander Held" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Schindler's List
1993
Downfall
2004
The Wave
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008
Manitou's Shoe
2001
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
Before the Fall
2004
Pope Joan
2009
Anatomy
2000
My Blind Date with Life
2017
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
Strange Gardens
2003
Photos (2)
Movies (64)
Schindler's List
SS Bureaucrat
Downfall
Walter Hewel
The Wave
Tim's Vater
Before the Fall
Friedrich's Father
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Siegfried Buback
Pope Joan
King Lothar
My Blind Date with Life
Fried
Anatomy
Polizist
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Robert Mohr
Bibi Blocksberg
Dr. Buttcock
Crash Point: Berlin
Zimmer, Leitung CESA
Manitou's Shoe
Karl May
Nanga Parbat
Dr. Franz Burda
A Minute’s Silence
Rektor Block
Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine
Valerius (age 75)
Der Prediger
Anwalt Dieter Dorn
Sanctuary
Hausvater Brockmann
Geheimkommando Familie
Klaus Gremme
Life Actually
Vater Krüger
Deathline
Inspector
The Girl with Nine Wigs
Dr. Friedrich Leonhard
4 Days in May
Oberstleutnant
Emilia – Familienbande
Hubert Seilinger
Schon wieder Henriette
Hartmut Ille
Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Abt Kuno
Die Spesenritter
1999
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Alois Kugler
It Happened in Broad Daylight
2. Jungbauer
Leo & Claire
Gauleiter
Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht
Leopold Mozart
Strange Gardens
SS officer
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
Der große Schwindel
Dr. Blamberger
Between Today and Tomorrow
Zimmerkellner / room waiter
Storno: Todsicher versichert
Bruno
Trau niemals deiner Frau
Arnold Ettmayr
Friends of Friends
Frankfurter Geschäftsmann
Die Musterknaben
Wempe
Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
Vincenzo Bracconi
Romeo
Robert
Maria Mafiosi
Jürgen Moosandl
Unverschämtes Glück
Harry Hindenach
Der Masuren-Krimi - Fangschuss
Tadeusz von Breska
Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben
Georg Ametsrieder
Wholetrain
Polizist Steinbauer
Liebe und weitere Katastrophen
1999
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin
Josef Kolb
Im Tal des Schweigens
Stadlhuber
Burning Souls
Weihbischof Förner
Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen
Tom Brandauer
Mali
Simmerl
Das Ende einer Maus ist der Anfang einer Katze
Nodger 'Nod' Kern
Im Netz
Brinkmann
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
Janis Kortschak
Alleingang
Josef Zuckmaier
Grüß Gott, Herr Anwalt
Hubertus Müller
Dora Heldt: Kein Wort zu Papa
Mr. Truckenbrot
Alaska Johansson
E. L. Johansson
Der zweite Frühling - Im Tal des Schweigens 4
Stadlhuber
Alle haben geschwiegen
Staatsanwalt
Ich wollte nicht töten
Martin Kehl
Lena Fauch - Gefährliches Schweigen
Christian Fenn
Public Enemies
Siegfried Buback
Bezaubernde Marie
Dr. Hans Weber
TV Shows (85)
Scene of the Crime
Leo Biller · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Brandner · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Alexander Bosco · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Maurer · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Carsten Geyer · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Winfried Poller · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Heinz Schneider · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Frieder Lott · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Jochen Reuter · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Peter Bachinger · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Hans Litz · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Ralf Lenhard · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Herbert Stiegl · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Oswald Stengele · 1 eps
Die Rosenheim-Cops
Sebastian Huter · 1 eps
SOKO Köln
Harald Pützer · 1 eps
Murder in the Mountains
Bernd Stuchlik · 1 eps
Murder in the Mountains
Jakob Zech · 1 eps
Murder in the Mountains
Franz Wegener · 1 eps
Murder in the Mountains
Dr. Robert Simma · 1 eps
SOKO München
Alfons Küfner · 1 eps
SOKO München
Max Lüdersdorf · 1 eps
Derrick
Georg · 1 eps
Derrick
1 eps
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Alexander 'Zar' Millberg · 1 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Palm · 1 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Melzer · 1 eps
SOKO Leipzig
Ferdinand Hauser · 1 eps
Vienna Crime Squad
Jakob Bauer · 1 eps
Vienna Crime Squad
Anton Bahr · 1 eps
A Case For Two
Arndt von Mayenberg · 1 eps
A Case For Two
Jürgen Engel · 1 eps
SOKO Wismar
Prof. Dr. Nick Kahlow · 1 eps
Das Traumschiff
Stefan Arndt · 1 eps
Der Staatsanwalt
Kai Middeldorf · 1 eps
Wolffs Revier
Alfred Hammer · 1 eps
Ein starkes Team
Hans Zoche · 1 eps
Letzte Spur Berlin
Brigadegeneral Werner Opitz · 1 eps
Weißblaue Geschichten
1 eps
For Heaven's Sake
Philipp Diebold · 1 eps
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
Hans Breitner · 1 eps
SK Kölsch
Jürgen Honig · 1 eps
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Werner Hofstetter · 1 eps
Die Chefin
Karl-Walter von Stetten · 1 eps
Die Chefin
Wilfried Koch · 1 eps
Kommissar Stolberg
Dr. Uwe Falk · 1 eps
Kommissar Stolberg
Dr. Klaus Reinhardt · 1 eps
Schnell ermittelt
Roland Anwatter · 1 eps
Kommissarin Lucas
Joseph Kürten · 1 eps
Kommissarin Lucas
Richter Huber · 1 eps
Der Fahnder
Mackenrath · 1 eps
Bella Block
Dr. Klaus Rückert · 1 eps
Ärzte
1 eps
Nachtschicht
Justizvollzugsbeamter Vierlande · 1 eps
Nachtschicht
Boris Quante · 1 eps
Doppelter Einsatz
Wolfgang Hartmann · 1 eps
Donna Leon
Marcello Filippi · 1 eps
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
Bert Nitschke · 1 eps
Rosa Roth
Dr. Jakob Robran · 1 eps
Pfarrer Braun
Joseph Köpplinger · 1 eps
Under Suspicion
Robert Mertens · 1 eps
Under Suspicion
Dr. Robert Mertens · 1 eps
Under Suspicion
Dr. Mertens · 1 eps
München Mord
Ludwig Schaller · 26 eps
Flemming
Dr. Arnulf Rand · 1 eps
Zwei Brüder
1 eps
Stralsund
Karl Hidde · 27 eps
Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari
Franz · 1 eps
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
Viktor Toller · 1 eps
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Bernd Zeisinger · 1 eps
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Johann Mantler · 1 eps
Line of Separation
Franz Schober · 6 eps
Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
Waldemar Schickinger · 1 eps
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
Lothar Frick · 1 eps
Mali
Simmerl · 2 eps
Die Anwälte
Lothar Franzen · 8 eps
Unterleuten: The Torn Village
Meiler · 3 eps
Zwei am großen See
Rupert Vorreiter · 5 eps
Gier
Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Sasse · 2 eps
Attempted Murder
Thomas Rautenbach · 2 eps
Afrika, mon amour
Heinrich von Strahlberg · 3 eps
Vom Reich zur Republik
Kurt von Schleicher · 10 eps
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2 eps
M/S Gustloff
Escher · 2 eps
Morlock
Dr. Hagenberg · 1 eps
