Uwe Ochsenknecht(I)

He grew up in Mannheim. As a ten-year-old, Uwe Ochsenknecht sang in the opera choir and later became interested in the theater. His school performance suffered because of his interests and Ochsenknecht had to leave high school shortly before graduating from high school. At the age of 17 he passed the entrance exam at the Bochum drama school. After training, he played at the National Theater Mannheim and the Schauspielhaus Bochum. In 1977 Ochsenknecht had his first TV role and a year later he appeared in a supporting role in the Hollywood film "Lawinenexpress". He made his breakthrough in the 1980s with the films "Das Boot" (1981), "Men" (1985) and "Schtonk" (1986). For his role in Doris Dörrie's "Men" he received the Federal Film Prize in Gold.

After "Men", Ochsenknecht also starred in other Doris Dörries films, including "Money" and "Am I Beautiful?". Ochsenknecht continued to devote himself to the theater, for example in Wuppertal, Bochum and Munich. In 1985 he received the Actor Award from the Association of Film and Television Directors. Meanwhile, he shot "Tatort" episodes for television, among other things. In 1997, Uwe Ochsenknecht appeared in front of the camera for Sherry Horman's "Widows" and played in Paul Harather's "Christmas Fever". For this role he was nominated again for the Federal Film Prize. He was not only nominated, but also awarded in 2000 for his role in Doris Dörrie's "Enlightenment Guaranteed". For this he received the "Bavarian Film Prize" as "Best Actor".

Ochsenknecht not only demonstrated his multi-talent as a TV, film and theater actor, but also had a second career as a musician and singer. The first album "Ochsenknecht" was released in 1992 and almost achieved gold status. In the same year he was awarded the "Bambi". In 1994 he released his second album "Blue Water", the third album "O-Ton" followed in 2000 and was his first German-language work. However, he soon distanced himself from German lyrics and performed his blues-rock songs in English again on his fourth album "Singer", released in 2001. In the same year, Ochsenknecht went on tour with his band for the first time. He was also awarded the German Television Prize (Best Supporting Actor) in 2001 for "Vera Brühne".

In 2003, Uwe Ochsenknecht took part in Eric Till's "Luther". In April 2005, the hit film "Blood Wedding" was released alongside Armin Rohde. In 2005 he played the main role of Bruno Klement in "Elementarparticles" alongside Christian Ulmen. The television film "The Best Teacher in the World" followed in 2006; 2010 "Gier" directed by Dieter Wedel and "Times Change You". Ochsenknecht was married to Natascha from 1993 to 2012. Together they became parents to children Jimi Blue, Wilson Gonzalez and Cheyenne Savannah. In 2011, Ochsenknecht and his son Wilson Gonzalez appeared in the music video for "House on Fire" by the Berlin band "Beatsteaks". In 2019 he was back in front of the camera alongside Heike Makatsch and Moritz Bleibtreu for the German-Austrian feature film "I've Never Been to New York".