Axel Prahl
Encyclopedia
Axel Prahl is a German
actor
.
Prahl, born in Eutin, grew up in nearby Neustadt in Holstein
. After his A-levels, Prahl started studying music and mathematics, but then went on to acting school in Kiel
. His acting debut came in 1994 in a television series for ZDF
.
Aside from his film acting, for which he has won several accolades including two Adolf Grimme Awards
, Prahl has starred in 19 episodes of the German television crime series Tatort
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Prahl, born in Eutin, grew up in nearby Neustadt in Holstein
Neustadt in Holstein
Neustadt in Holstein is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck , approx...
. After his A-levels, Prahl started studying music and mathematics, but then went on to acting school in Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
. His acting debut came in 1994 in a television series for ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
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Aside from his film acting, for which he has won several accolades including two Adolf Grimme Awards
Adolf Grimme Awards
The Adolf Grimme Award is a television award and one of the most prestigious awards for German television, which is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme . It is also called the "German TV Oscar".The awards ceremony takes place annually at Theater Marl...
, Prahl has starred in 19 episodes of the German television crime series Tatort
Tatort
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
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