Ronald Zehrfeld

Ronald Zehrfeld (German: [ˈʁoːnalt ˈtseːɐ̯fɛlt]; born 15 January 1977) is a German actor. His movie roles include Barbara (2012), Inbetween Worlds (2014), and Phoenix (2014).

Ronald Zehrfeld
Zehrfeld in 2023
Born	(1977-01-15) 15 January 1977 (age 47) East Berlin, East Germany
Occupation	Actor

Career

Zehrfeld made his film debut in 2005 with a lead role in Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo. He starred in the comedic pirate movie 12 Paces Without a Head directed by Sven Taddicken where he played the role of the pirate Klaus Störtebeker.

In 2010, he played a major role as an idealistic Berlin police detective in Dominik Graf's elaborate and critically acclaimed television ten-part series Im Angesicht des Verbrechens. In 2011 he works with Graf again in the crime drama "Cassandra's Warning" (2011) from the series Polizeiruf 110, this time in an unfamiliar role as a murderous villain, and in the TV crime drama The Invisible Girl. He also takes supporting role in Matthias Glasner's TV mystery thriller The Hour of the Wolf (2011).

In 2012 he starred in Christian Petzold's Barbara, which won Silver Bear for Best Director at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.^[1]

In 2014 Zehrfeld appeared in several movies. In Dominik Graf's historical film Beloved Sisters he played Wilhelm von Wolzogen, a college friend of the main character Friedrich Schiller, it was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[2] In the war drama Inbetween Worlds he appears as a German soldier in Afghanistan, who falls into a crisis of conscience. The children's film The Pasta Detectives [de] shows him as a new resident of an apartment building in which there are mysterious happenings. He also starred in Christian Petzold's postwar drama Phoenix alongside Nina Hoss; the movie received universal acclaim from critics.^[3]

Zehrfeld won the 2016 German Film Award in the category Best Supporting Actor for his role in Lars Kraume's history-thriller film The People vs. Fritz Bauer.^[4]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2005	Goldjunge	Ronny	Stephan Schiffers [de]	Short film
2006	The Red Cockatoo [de]	Wolle	Dominik Graf
2008	The Wall: The Final Days [de]	Dirk Faber	Thomas Berger [de]	TV film
	At Any Second [de]	Ben Weissner	Jan Fehse [de]
2009	12 Paces Without a Head	Klaus Störtebeker	Sven Taddicken [de]
2010	The Frontier [de]	Robert Klaars	Roland Suso Richter	TV film
	Im Angesicht des Verbrechens	Sven Lottner	Dominik Graf	TV miniseries
	In the Jungle	Frank Sperber	Elmar Fischer [de]	TV film
2011	Polizeiruf 110 - Episode: "Cassandras Warnung" [de]	Gerry Vogt	Dominik Graf	TV series episode
	Cracks in the Shell	Joachim	Christian Schwochow
	Die Stunde des Wolfes [de]	Tom Faller	Matthias Glasner	TV film
	The Invisible Girl [de]	Niklas Tanner	Dominik Graf	TV film
2012	Barbara	Dr. André Reiser	Christian Petzold
	Shores of Hope [de]	Matthias Schönherr	Toke Constantin Hebbeln [de]
2013	The Impossible Crime [de]	Kommissar Gödicke	Stephan Wagner [de]	TV film
	Finsterworld	Tom	Frauke Finsterwalder
2014	Lose My Self [de]	Roman	Jan Schomburg [de]
	Inbetween Worlds	Jesper	Feo Aladag
	The Pasta Detectives [de]	Simon Westbühl	Neele Vollmar [de]
	Beloved Sisters	Wilhelm von Wolzogen	Dominik Graf
	Phoenix	Johnny Lenz	Christian Petzold
	The King's Surrender	Kevin	Philipp Leinemann [de]
2015	Tannbach	Konrad Werner	Alexander Dierbach [de]	TV miniseries
	The Pasta Detectives 2 [de]	Simon Westbühl	Wolfgang Groos [de]
	The People vs. Fritz Bauer	Prosecutor Karl Angermann	Lars Kraume
	The Burglar	Michael	Hagar Ben-Asher	Israeli co-production
2016	Sag mir nichts [de]	Martin	Andreas Kleinert [de]	TV film
	Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians [de]	Sven Schröder	Dominik Graf	TV film
2017	Redemption Road	Richard Kornitzer	Matthias Glasner	TV film
	SS-GB	Captain Hans Hesse	Philipp Kadelbach	TV miniseries/2 episodes
2018	The Silent Revolution		Lars Kraume
2020	Babylon Berlin	Walter Weintraub		TV miniseries/12 episodes
	Barbarians	Berulf		TV miniseries/2 episodes
2023	Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert		Margarethe von Trotta

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s)
2006	Undine Award	Best Debut, Male	The Red Cockatoo	Nominated
	New Faces Award	Actor	The Red Cockatoo	Nominated
2011	Grimme-Preis	Fiction	Im Angesicht des Verbrechens	Won
2012	Deutscher Filmpreis	Best Actor	Barbara	Nominated
2013	Baden-Baden TV Film Festival	Best Performance	The Impossible Crime [de]	Won
	German Film Critics Association Award	Best Actor	Barbara	Nominated
	Jupiter Award	Best German TV Actor	The Invisible Girl	Won
2014	Grimme-Preis	Fiction	The Impossible Crime [de]	Won
2016	German Film Award	Best Supporting Actor	The People vs. Fritz Bauer	Won

References

1. "Germany's Oscar entry is Christian Petzold's Barbara". Screendaily. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
2. "OSCARS: Germany Selects Dominik Graf's 'Beloved Sisters' as Academy Award Entry". Variety. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
3. "Phoenix". Metacritic.
4. Kaever, Oliver (28 May 2016). "Deutscher Filmpreis 2016: Das Frühlingsmärchen". Der Spiegel – via Spiegel Online.

External links

• Ronald Zehrfeld at IMDb