Skip to main content
Home
Published on filmportal.de (https://www.filmportal.de)

Horst Westphal

Geburtsort
Leipzig
Biography

Horst Westphal, born 1929 in Leipzig, started to work as an automobile electrician but already attended private actor"s training in Meißen where he finally got an engagement at the city theatre. There he started a successful theatre career that has continued until today. Westphal performed at Berlin"s Maxim-Gorki-Theater, at Dresden"s and at Weimar"s Volksbühne, and at Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater in Schwerin, among others. In Schwerin, he played "Onkel Wanja" ("Uncle Vanya") in a production of Chekhov"s play by the same name and embodied the controversial character of Shylock in Shakespeare"s "The Merchant of Venice". Directed by Henry Hübchen he appeared in a production of Molière"s "Le Misanthrope" in Berlin and performed in classic plays such as "Hamlet" or "Waiting for Godot".

Besides his vast theatre work, Horst Westphal is only occasionally seen in film and TV productions – mainly in supporting roles. He did not play his first leading role in a movie until 2008. In Andreas Dresen"s highly praised relationship drama "Wolke Neun" ("Cloud Nine"), that won an award at the Cannes film festival, Westphal plays the lover of a married woman.

 
Filmography
2020
Blutsverwandte
  • Cast
2018
Early Birds
  • Cast
2018
Tiere der Großstadt
  • Cast
2013/2014
Nachspielzeit
  • Cast
2013
Teufel
  • Cast
2012/2013
Du bist dran
  • Cast
2012
Erbgut
  • Cast
2009
Ladylike - Jetzt oder nie
  • Cast
2007/2008
Wolke 9
  • Cast
2001/2002
Henker. Der Tod hat ein Gesicht
  • Voice
1995/1996
Freundin wider Willen
  • Cast
1991/1992
Stilles Land
  • Cast
1989/1990
Zug in die Ferne
  • Cast
1983/1984
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
  • Cast
1971/1972
Leichensache Zernik
  • Cast
1969/1970
Rottenknechte
  • Cast
1969
Die Thorsteinbande (1945)
  • Cast
1967/1968
12 Uhr mittags kommt der Boß
  • Cast
1966
Geheimkommando. 1. Geheimkommando Bumerang
  • Cast
1965
Die Mutter und das Schweigen
  • Cast
1965
Der Nachfolger
  • Cast
1962
Die Wand der Vergeltung
  • Cast
1962
Auf der Flucht erschossen
  • Cast
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/horst-westphal_f2ff6d864d9224d9e03053d50b377d98