Biography
Axel Prahl (born 26 March 1960) is a German actor, voice actor and musician. Prahl, born in Eutin, grew up in nearby Neustadt in Holstein. After his A-levels, he started studying music and mathematics, but then went on to acting school in Kiel. His acting debut came in 1994 in a television series for ZDF.
Aside from his film acting, for which he has won several accolades including two Adolf Grimme Awards, Prahl has starred in 23 episodes of the television crime series Tatort. He also co-starred in the 2009 TV film 12 Winter with Jürgen Vogel. The cine films Nightshapes (1999) and Grill Point (2002) marked the start of a continuous successful cooperation with director Andreas Dresen which harvested some renown awards. In 2006, Prahl won the German Film Critics Association Award as "Best Actor" for the Dresen film drama "Willenbrock".Aside from acting, Prahl started as a sideline a music career, releasing three albums (2011, 2013 and 2018) as a singer-songwriter and bandleader. From 2007 on, Prahl hosted annually the two days summer music festival Inselleuchten at Marienwerder, Brandenburg. He speaks English and Spanish quite fluently.
Prahl is married and lives with his third wife in Berlin, and he has got four grown-up children, one of them an actress.
Filmography
all 143
Movies 83
TV Shows 60
self 42
Narrator 3
Wir können auch anders (2023)
Extraklasse - On Tour (2022)
Honecker und der Pastor (2022)
Eisland (2021)
Extraklasse 2+ (2021)
Spy Cat (2019)
Spieglein, Spieglein (2019)
Blame Game (2019)
Extraklasse (2018)
Capt'n Sharky (2018)
Gundermann (2018)
The Little Witch (2018)
Gott ist auch nur ein Mensch (2017)
Regrettably Kin (2017)
The Good Cop (2017)
Schwanensee (2015)
Trenk, the Little Knight (2015)
Die Mutter des Mörders (2015)
Die Himmelsleiter (2015)
Harms (2013)
Das Millionen Rennen (2012)
Geschichtenerzähler (2012)
An Enemy to Die For (2012)
Die Sterntaler (2011)
Die Lehrerin (2011)
In der Welt habt ihr Angst (2011)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Here Comes Lola! (2010)
Dorfpunks (2009)
Berlin '36 (2009)
Die Schimmelreiter (2009)
12 Winter (2009)
Die Wölfe (2009)
Das Quiz (2008)
The Godmother - No Way Back (2008)
Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin (2008)
Die Weisheit der Wolken (2008)
Summer Sunday (2008)
The Red Baron (2008)
Mondkalb (2008)
You're Not Alone (2007)
Not All Were Murderers (2006)
Kommissar Stolberg (2006)
Die Mauer – Berlin ’61 (2006)
The Wild Chicks (2006)
Summer in Berlin (2005)
Der Grenzer und das Mädchen (2005)
Willenbrock (2005)
Liberated Zone (2004)
Aus Liebe zum Volk (2004)
ZIBB (2003)
Hundsköpfe (2003)
Nachtschicht (2003)
Gun-shy (2003)
Falcons (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Schleudertrauma (2002)
Die unheimlichen Briefe (2002)
Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt (2002)
Das Duo (2002)
Liebe und Verrat (2002)
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter (2002)
Geht nicht gibt's nicht (2002)
Paulas Schuld (2001)
Run While You Can (2001)
Bronski und Bernstein (2001)
alaska.de (2000)
Night Shapes (1999)
Die Cleveren (1998)
Balko (1995)
Im Namen des Gesetzes (1994)
Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993)
Wolffs Revier (1992)
DAS! (1991)
Romy Award (1990)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-03-26 (64 years old)
Birth NameAxel Ferdinand Konstantin Prahl
Birth PlaceEutin, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
ResidencesBerlin, Germany
Also Known AsАксель Праль
AwardsPreis der deutschen Filmkritik, Jupiter Awards, Golden Schlitzohr, Romy, Grimme-Preis
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