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Source and ©: Nadja Klier
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August Diehl
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August Diehl, born January 4, 1976, in Berlin, is the son of actor Hans Diehl. He attended actor's training at Schauspielschule Ernst Busch and made his debut as leading actor in Hans-Christian Schmid's computer hacker thriller "23" (1998), for which he was awarded the Bavarian Film Award and the German Film Award. He then played major parts in "Kalt ist der Abendhauch" (Cold Is the Evening Breeze / Cold Is the Breath of Evening, 2000), "Tattoo" (2002), "Birkenau und Rosenfeld" (The Birch-Tree Meadow, 2003), "Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken" (Love in Thoughts, 2003) and Volker Schlöndorffs "Der neunte Tag" (The Ninth Day, 2004), for which he was again nominated for the German Film Award.
Already in 2000, Diehl was awarded the European Shooting Star, in 2002 he won the Ulrich Wildgruber and Alfred Kerr-Prize.
He played again for Hans-Christian Schmid in "Lichter" (Distant Lights, 2003) and had lead roles in "Kabale und Liebe" and "Ich bin die Andere" (both 2005). After "Slumming" (2006) he starred in several films in 2007, from the Oscar-winning "Die Fälscher" (The Counterfeitors) to "Nichts als Gespenster" (Nothing But Ghosts). In 2008 he starred as a idealistic and naive german doctor in Colombia in "Dr. Alemán", and as husband of Nina Hoss in "Anonyma".
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