- Rufus Beck
Rufus Beck (born
July 23 ,1957 ) is a German theater, film, and voiceactor .Besides his work on stage, on film, and on television, Beck is also a well known reader of
audiobooks . He is especially famous as the reader of the German translations of theHarry Potter series. He is also well known for his role in thecomedy "Der bewegte Mann ".He is also the father of actor
Jonathan Beck .Life
After his
Abitur in1976 (roughly equivalent to an associates degree) and completing hisZivildienst (alternative to required military service), Beck studiedIslamic Studies ,Ethnology , andPhilosophy at theUniversity of Heidelberg . During his studies he also performed on stage inHeidelberg . He also appeared onstage at the Sauerländischen State Theater, the State Theater Tübingen,Schauspiel Frankfurt and Schauspiel Köln, and the Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel.In
1989 , Beck was named Young Actor of the Year by "Theater heute ", an important German theatermagazine . He also won that year the Young Actor Prize of theAssociation of the Friends of Bavarian Theater.Beck began touring in the early 1990s and was very successful. Then in
1994 , he acted in the film "Der bewegte Mann", a role for which he won a Bambi.In
1998 he was nominated for a German Film Prize for his role in "Jimmy the Kid".Since 1998 his career highlights include a return to the stage as a guest in the famed
Berliner Ensemble and the role ofMephisto inGoethe 'sFaust at theBad Hersfeld er Festival.
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