Rufus Beck
Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014).
In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre.
In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 1991 with G.E. Lessing's *Miss Sara Sampson*. In 1994, he toured Germany with Peter Maffay's *Tabaluga*.
Beck's breakthrough in film came in 1994 with Sönke Wortmann's *The Most Desired Man*, for which he received a Bambi Award for his role as Waltraut. In 1999, he was nominated for the German Film Award for *Jimmy the Kid*. He has appeared in more than 70 television and 14 feature films (as of 2018). In the children's film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* (2003), he played the role of "Coach Willi." He reprised this role in *The Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives!* (2016).
Rufus Beck is the narrator and producer of more than 200 audiobooks, including the Harry Potter novels. He gives each of the many characters a distinct voice, employing various dialects and accents. His audiobooks have received numerous awards.
During the 2006 and 2007 festival seasons, Beck played Mephisto in Goethe's *Faust* at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. Under the artistic direction of Dieter Wedel, he played Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in Jehoschua Sobol's *The Story of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Called Jud Süß* at the 2011 Worms Nibelungen Festival.
In 2004, he directed the dance spectacular for the world tour of *Night of the Sultans – Pandora's Legend* in Istanbul. In 2003, 2012, and 2016, he was responsible for directing, writing, and playing the magician and the beetle in the musical Tabaluga.
Rufus Beck wrote several stage adaptations for his own shows. In 2006, he published the anthology *Stories for Us Children*. His non-fiction book *Children Love Fairy Tales and Discover Values* was published in 2007.
He appeared with his son Jonathan Beck in the film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* and toured with him in 2014/15 with the play *Zorn*. Jonathan Beck also played the role of 0815 in his father's Tabaluga productions in 2012 and 2016 and was also his assistant director. Since 2018, he has starred in the television series *Deutsch-Les-Landes*.
His daughters Sarah Beck and Natalie Spinell also work as actors. Rufus Beck lives in Munich.
Fotos
Películas (57)
Geheimsache Kopernikus
2023 · Kopernikus
Tabaluga
2018 · Kolk (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
2018
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
2017 · Magier & Glückskäfer
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
2017
Children Of The Wild
2017 · Narrator (voice)
King Laurin
2016 · König Dietrich
Emerald Green
2016 · Xemerius (voice)
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
2016 · Willi
Blütenträume
2015 · Ulf
Sapphire Blue
2014 · Xemerius (voice)
Zwei allein
2014 · Linus Gobert
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
2012 · Magier
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
2012 · Andreas von Weissenfels
Die Sterntaler
2011 · Caspar
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
Klick ins Herz
2009 · Alexander Randow
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
2009 · Kakapo (voice)
The Meerkats
2008 · Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
The Visible and the Invisible
2007 · Leo Barnstein
Tabaluga und Lilli
2006 · Magier
The Robber Hotzenplotz
2006 · Petrosilius Zwackelmann
Going Public
2005 · Bruno
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004 · Maribor (voice)
Germanikus
2004 · Prefect
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
2004 · Magier, Director
Es wird etwas geschehen
2003 · Benno
The Wild Soccer Bunch
2003 · Willi
Hamlet_X
2003 · Insurance Salesman
Gangster
2002 · Kevin
Bibi Blocksberg
2002 · Maribor (voice)
Brazilero
2001 · Alex
Emil and the Detectives
2001 · Hotelportier
Kiss Me, Frog
2000 · Hofzauberer Gorm
Frauen lügen besser
2000 · Markus Kopf
Der Preis der Schönheit
2000 · Guido Sprüngli
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
1999 · Dieter Barth
Jimmy the Kid
1999 · Kelp
Vorübergehend verstorben
1998 · Schubert
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
1998 · Guido Sprüngli
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
1997 · Einbrecher Paul Paul
Die rote Waschmaschine
1997
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
1996 · Nikolaus
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
1996 · Peter Hackmann
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996 · Dr. Carlo van Rees
Ein tödliches Vergehen
1996 · David
Heimliche Zeugen
1995 · Peter Dähnert
Im Innern des Bernsteins
1995 · Thomas Kast
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994 · Waltraud
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
1994 · Franz
Tödliche Dienstreise
1994 · Ali
Mr. Bluesman
1993 · Lentz
Alarm auf Station 2
1993 · Dr. Hartenstein
Little Sharks
1992 · Woyczek
Cloud Study
· Hanni
An Impossible Wedding
· Freddi
Der bewegte Mann – Reloaded
· Waltraud
Series (47)
Reschke Fernsehen
2023 · Self
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
2020 · Self
Deutsch-Les-Landes
2018 · Gerhard Jäger
München Mord
2014 · Oliver Papst
SOKO Stuttgart
2009 · Felix Zink
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008 · Sergio Spinosa
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007 · Self
0511 TV Lokal
2007 · Self
Hamburg Dockland
2007 · Markus Herold
München 7
2004 · Erich Schlicker
Inga Lindström
2004 · Herzog Anders von Köping, Marvin Blom
ZIBB
2003 · Self
SOKO Köln
2003 · Thomas Lambrecht
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
2002 · Self
Inspektor Rolle
2002 · Inspektor Rolle
Edel & Starck
2002 · Britz
Hart aber fair
2001 · Self
Drehkreuz Airport
2001
Volle Kanne
1999 · Self
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
1999 · Kurt Bojarski
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998 · Marcel Dante
Der letzte Zeuge
1998 · Tom Burkhardt
Leute heute
1997 · Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997 · Self
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
1996 · Günter Dorn
Tigerenten Club
1996 · Self
Die Straßen von Berlin
1995 · Waldemar 'Waldi' Schmitz
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Versteckte Kamera
1995 · Self
Der König
1994
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Der Bergdoktor
1992 · Guido Mooslechner
Riverboat
1992 · Self
DAS!
1991 · Self
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
1990 · himself
Café Meineid
1990 · Ralf Hagedorn
Peter Strohm
1989 · Tommy Schneider
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self - Moderator
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986
Das Traumschiff
1981 · Magnus Tennstett, Paul Gassner
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
SOKO München
1978 · Kühn, Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sundt
The Old Fox
1977 · Erich Kapuste
Derrick
1974 · Manfred Georg, Benno Hauke
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Mickey, Gereon, Stefan Stoll, Alex, Udo Retzlaff, Johannes Anders
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self