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Henry Hübchen

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Henry Hübchen
Henry Hübchen in Karlovy Vary (2009)
Born
Henry Hübchen

(1947-02-20) 20 February 1947 (age 77)
Berlin, Germany
Occupationactor
Years active1971–present
AwardsGerman Film Awards, Best Actor 2005 Alles auf Zucker!

Henry Hübchen (born 20 February 1947 in Berlin)[1] is a German actor who played the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Go for Zucker. That performance earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar,[2] and critical praise at home and abroad.[3] He was raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.

Praise for Zucker

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Critic David Denby praised his performance in Zucker, writing "veteran German theater and film actor Henry Hübchen gives this middle-aged rogue a Bellovian gusto. Hübchen has the eyes of a gentle bull and a teenager's manic energy."[4] The New York Times said the character, Jaeckie Zucker, "suggests a German Jewish Rodney Dangerfield in his gleeful boorishness."[5]

Other work and background

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In an August 2004 profile, German public broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk said Hübchen is best known in Germany for a role on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110. The profile says that before coming to film, he was a failed physics student, wrote songs for the East German rock group City and was twice East German windsurfing champion (in 1980 and 1981).[6]

According to the article he studied drama in Berlin and Magdeburg.[7] He won the Berlin Theater Award (Theaterpreis Berlin) in 2000.[8]

He has two daughters, Theresa and Franziska, with his wife Sanna Hübchen.[6]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Henry Hübchen". IMDb. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gelder, Compiled by Lawrence Van (28 April 2008). "German Academy Honors Its Films". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "Press release on award". Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ^ "New Yorker Review" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (20 January 2006). "Can't We All Just Get Along? Yes, if There's Money at Stake". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ^ a b "German Vanity Fair bio page". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Hübchen, Henry: Porträt". Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. ^ "DPA via Monsters and Critics Germany". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
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