Philippe Brenninkmeyer

Philippe Brenninkmeyer (born 3 November 1964) is a Dutch actor. In Germany he is known as Philipp Brenninkmeyer.

Biography

Brenninkmeyer was born in Wimbledon, London. He is a member of the Dutch Brenninkmeijer family which founded the clothing store chain C&A. Brenninkmeyer attended boarding schools in Brighton, Meerbusch/Düsseldorf, the Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn, and Switzerland. He then worked for C&A in Cologne before deciding to become an actor.

He studied at the William Esper Studio in New York City from 1997-1999, where he appeared in productions of "Macbeth" and "King Lear" with the Frog & Peach Theater. Brenninkmeyer worked with the theatre company "Theatre Tribe" in Los Angeles, California in 2004. He has also studied theater in London, where he performed in the title role of "Woyzeck" at the Etcetera Theatre.

Brenninkmeyer first achieved success in Germany with the role of hotel manager Christian Dolbien in the German television series "girl friends – Freundschaft mit Herz". He has also appeared in several other German shows and telemovies, as well as had supporting roles on the American shows "Sex and the City", "Law & Order", and "Guiding Light". For the American comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Brenninkmeyer has played a swinging German car thief in "Super Troopers" and a German beer tournament referee in "Beerfest". Brenninkmeyer starred as an American businessman in the German-Singapore movie "House of Harmony" opposite the Singaporean film star Fann Wong.

The actor speaks Dutch, English, French, and German. Brenninkmeyer currently has homes in Los Angeles and New York and is married to the American actress Tara Lynn Orr.

References

*German|Philipp Brenninkmeyer|September 13 2006
*the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.buildingweb3.org/cgi-bin/display.pl?kundennummer=x218952&artikelid=SatAug141311092004 Theater performances] de icon
*Brenninkmeyer's casting agency, [http://www.studlar.de/ Carola Studlar] de icon
* [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/7/0,1872,2110983,00.html Profile] at ZDF (March 17 2004) de icon
* [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/20/0,1872,2111444,00.html Interview] at ZDF (March 17 2004) de icon
* [http://www3.ndr.de/ndrtv_pages_std/0,3147,OID2572880,00.html Talk show preview] at NDR de icon

External links

* [http://www.philippebrenninkmeyer.com Philippe Brenninkmeyer's Official Website]
*imdb name|id=0107531|name=Philippe Brenninkmeyer
* [http://www.new-video.de/darsteller-philipp-brenninkmeyer/ Philipp Brenninkmeyer at New-Video.de] de icon