Frank Giering
Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind.
Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.
The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.
Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany).
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Fotos
Filme (43)
Jerry Cotton
2010 · Receptionist
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010 · Hans Sittler
Keine Angst
2009 · Thomas
Der Tote in der Mauer
2008 · Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Esperanza
2008 · Franz
Free to Leave
2007 · Thomas Hudetz
Tod einer Freundin
2006 · Dieter Wittmann
Black Sheep
2006 · Doorman #1 of KitKat-Club
A Pirate's Heart
2006 · Jan Broderson
Die Spielerin
2005 · Dietrich Schröder
Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst
2005 · Tom Walden
Großglocknerliebe
2004 · Uwe Ringelmann
Nightsongs
2004 · Junger Mann
Klassentreffen
2004 · Stüze
Anatomy 2
2003 · Sven
Dirty Sky
2003 · Philosoph
A Birthday to Remember
2003 · Paul
Der Mörder ist unter uns
2003 · Kai Wegner
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
2003 · Rudi
Gangster
2002 · Vincent
Baader
2002 · Andreas Baader
Hannas Baby
2002 · Junger Mann
Clowns
2001 · Nick
Ein mörderischer Plan
2001 · Mark Stettner
Marmor, Stein & Eisen
2000 · Nicki
Der Himmel kann warten
2000 · Alex Feldkamp
Die Aufschneider
2000 · Nick
Der Gerechte Richter
2000 · Jan
Gran Paradiso
2000 · Edwin
Kaliber Deluxe
2000 · Rochus
Ebene 9
2000 · Gregor
Gigantic
1999 · Floyd
Und alles wegen Mama
1999 · Benny Zucker
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998 · Locke
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
1998 · Henrik Jr.
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
1998 · Frank Wolters
Opera ball
1998 · Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
Hundert Jahre Brecht
1998
Sentimental Education
1998 · Minaichmis
Funny Games
1997 · Peter
The Castle
1997 · Artur
Die Halbstarken
1996 · Günther
Die Kurve
· Anton
Serien (40)
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009 · Thomas Schaller
No matarás
2008 · Oberst Sprüngli
Der Kriminalist
2006 · Kommissar Henry Weber
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
2006 · Prinz Hohlholm von Sülzenstein
Thadeusz
2005 · self
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004 · Alan Shaye
Die Kirschenkönigin
2004 · Colonel Stone
ZIBB
2003 · Self
Im Visier der Zielfahnder
2002 · Norman Bleich
Sachsen-Anhalt heute
2001 · Self
Leipzig Homicide
2001 · Dr. Fischer
Koschwitz
2000 · Self
Volle Kanne
1999 · Self
Siska
1998 · Sven Gardener
Der letzte Zeuge
1998 · Helmut Kluge
Opernball
1998 · Jörg Blahacek, Ingenieur
Die Cleveren
1998 · Siegfried Schwender
Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
1998 · Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Die Kids von Berlin
1997 · Alexander Bürkel
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997 · Philipp Armbruster
Here from Four
1997 · Self
Wolkenstein
1996 · Stefan Zeranski
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996 · Hans-Joachim Schneider, Ziegler
Zwei Brüder
1994 · Joseph Herzfeld
Rosa Roth
1994 · Wolf Gotschlich
Der König
1994 · Jens Wohlbrück
Ein starkes Team
1994 · Ulrich Baring
Brisant
1994 · Self
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993
Wolffs Revier
1992 · Stefan Träger
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Self
Riverboat
1992 · Self
Nachtcafé
1987 · Self
A Case For Two
1981 · Albert Becker, Rolf Fürst
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
The Old Fox
1977 · Joachim Horst
Polizeiruf 110
1971 · Gregor Karolewski, Louis
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Herr Heymann, Markus Engel
German Film Award
1951 · Self