Jürgen Peter Vogel (ˈjʏɐ̯ɡən ˈpeːtɐ ˈfoːɡəl; born April 29, 1968 in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

) is a German

Germany

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  actor

Actor

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, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, film producer

Film producer

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 and singer.

Biography

Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 drama school for one day. In 1985 he moved to Berlin

Berlin

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, where he shared a flat with German actor Richy Müller

Richy Müller

Richy Müller is a German television and movie actor.-Filmography:* Die große Flatter * Sei zärtlich, Pinguin...

. He states himself that he got inspired by the movie Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

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with Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...

. He became famous with the movie Little Sharks (German: Kleine Haie) in 1992. He got the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille).

Movies

This is only a selection, not a complete list of Vogel's movies:

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1992	Little Sharks		Sönke Wortmann Sönke Wortmann Sönke Wortmann is a German film director and producer.- Biography :Wortmann’s father was a miner. After Wortmann’s A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playing with Westfalia Herne at the third best category and with SP Vgg Erkenschwick...
1993	Violence: The Last Resort Dann eben mit Gewalt Dann eben mit Gewalt is a 1993 German television series. It is based on a novel by Jan de Zanger.-Cast:*Wilhelm Beck*Christine Buchegger*Suavi Eren as Aysche's father*Ulrich Frank*Regula Grauwiller as Anne...		Rainer Kaufmann
1994	Wachtmeister Zumbühl		Urs Odermatt Urs Odermatt Urs Odermatt is a Swiss film director and author.After working for several years as a freelance journalist, film critic and photographer, Urs Odermatt trained to be a film director and screenwriter under the two Polish pastmasters Krzysztof Kieślowski and Edward Żebrowski...
1996	Polizeiruf 110 Polizeiruf 110 Polizeiruf 110 is a long running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic , and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD... : Kleine Dealer, große Träume		Urs Odermatt Urs Odermatt Urs Odermatt is a Swiss film director and author.After working for several years as a freelance journalist, film critic and photographer, Urs Odermatt trained to be a film director and screenwriter under the two Polish pastmasters Krzysztof Kieślowski and Edward Żebrowski...
1997	Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla's Sense of Snow (film) Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 thriller film directed by Bille August, based on the book Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Høeg, starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Broadbent, Robert Loggia and Richard Harris...		Bille August Bille August Bille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best...
2001	Emil and the Detectives Emil and the Detectives (2001 film) Emil and the Detectives is a 2001 German family film directed by Franziska Buch and starring Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla and Jürgen Vogel. It is based on a novel by Erich Kästner.-Cast:* Tobias Retzlaff ... Emil Tischbein...		Franziska Buch Franziska Buch -Selected filmography:* In Search of Paradise * Emil and the Detectives * Hier kommt Lola! -External links:...
2003	Rosenstraße Rosenstrasse (film) Rosenstraße is a 2003 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Maria Schrader and Katja Riemann. It deals with the Rosenstrasse protest of 1943.- Plot :In the present day, a widow mourns the death of her husband...		Margarethe von Trotta
2003	Good Bye Lenin! Good Bye Lenin! Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, and Maria Simon...	(cameo Cameo appearance A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television... )	Wolfgang Becker Wolfgang Becker Wolfgang Becker is a German film director and writer. He is best known to the international audience for his work Good Bye Lenin! .-Biography:...
2004	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... : Der vierte Mann		Hannu Salonen
2005	Tatort: Wo ist Max Gravert?		Lars Kraume
2005	Barfuss Barfuss Barfuss is a film by German actor and director Til Schweiger released in 2005. It is a romantic comedy and tells the story of Nick , a hedonistic bachelor, who falls for Leila, an escaped mental patient, portrayed by Johanna Wokalek. Til Schweiger was also involved in the writing of the...		Til Schweiger Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
2006	The Free Will		Matthias Glasner
2006	Emma's Bliss		Sven Taddicken
2006	Where is Fred!?		Anno Saul
2007	Rabbit Without Ears Keinohrhasen Keinohrhasen ,lit: No Ear Rabbits, is a 2007 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger...		Til Schweiger Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
2008	The Wave The Wave (2008 film) The Wave is a 2008 German film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz and Frederick Lau. It is based on the book The Wave which was inspired by the social experiment The Third Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack...		Dennis Gansel Dennis Gansel Dennis Gansel is a film director, writer and actor from Germany.-Movie career:Gansel is best known for directing The Wave; his following project is the vampire film We Are The Night, which stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.- Filmography :* 1999 — Das...
2011	Hotel Lux Hotel Lux (film) Hotel Lux is a period film directed by Leander Haußmann and released in 2011. It is a mixture of comedy, drama and farce that begins in Nazi Germany and moves to the Soviet Union...		Leander Haußmann Leander Haußmann Leander Haußmann is a German theatre and film director.The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, he attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin....

Television and Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Schillerstraße Schillerstraße Schillerstraße is a German improvisational comedy show that airs weekly on Sat.1. It is recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent...	Himself	since 2009 joined Vogel in

External links

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