Henry Hübchen

Henry Hübchen (born 20 February 1947 in Berlin)[1] is a German actor who played the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Go for Zucker. That performance earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar,[2] and critical praise at home and abroad.[3] He was raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.

Henry Hübchen
Henry Hübchen in Karlovy Vary (2009)
Born
Henry Hübchen

(1947-02-20) 20 February 1947
Berlin, Germany
Occupationactor
Years active1971–present
AwardsGerman Film Awards, Best Actor 2005 Alles auf Zucker!

Praise for Zucker

Critic David Denby praised his performance in Zucker, writing "veteran German theater and film actor Henry Hübchen gives this middle-aged rogue a Bellovian gusto. Hübchen has the eyes of a gentle bull and a teenager's manic energy."[4] The New York Times said the character, Jaeckie Zucker, "suggests a German Jewish Rodney Dangerfield in his gleeful boorishness."[5]

Other work and background

In an August 2004 profile, German public broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk said Hübchen is best known in Germany for a role on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110. The profile says that before coming to film, he was a failed physics student, wrote songs for the East German rock group City and was twice East German windsurfing champion (in 1980 and 1981).[6]

According to the article he studied drama in Berlin and Magdeburg.[7] He won the Berlin Theater Award (Theaterpreis Berlin) in 2000.[8]

He has two daughters, Theresa and Franziska, with his wife Sanna Hübchen.[6]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Henry Hübchen". IMDb. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. Gelder, Compiled by Lawrence Van (28 April 2008). "German Academy Honors Its Films". Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. "Press release on award". Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "New Yorker Review" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. Holden, Stephen (20 January 2006). "Can't We All Just Get Along? Yes, if There's Money at Stake". Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. "German Vanity Fair bio page". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  7. "Hübchen, Henry: Porträt". Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. "DPA via Monsters and Critics Germany". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
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