{{short description|German stage, film, and television actor (born 1951)}} {{for|the American occultist|Michael Zittle Jr.}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Zittel | image = 2007-11-Michael Zittel.jpg | alt = Michael Zittel | caption = Michael Zittel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|2|9}} | birth_place = Mosbach im Odenwald, Germany | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor }} '''Michael Zittel''' (born 9 February 1951) is a German stage, film, and television actor.
==Biography== Michael Zittel was born in Mosbach, Germany.<ref name="Marc Rosenberg">{{cite web |url=http://www.mr-management.de/index.php?page=showactor&xid=42 |title=MICHAEL ZITTEL |publisher=[Marc Rosenberg Management] |location=München |language=German |accessdate=April 9, 2011 }}</ref> His father was a doctor and his mother was a homemaker. He studied medicine for a few semesters but then trained at a playhouse in Heidelberg. He is one of Germany's best known and most popular actors. From October 2006 to June 2009, he has played Johann Gruber in the ARD-telenovela "Sturm der Liebe" (Storm of Love).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.daserste.de/sturmderliebe/darsteller_dyn~darsteller,553~cm.asp|title= Michael Zittel als Johann Gruber|author= |date= |publisher= [DasErste.de|accessdate=15 June 2011}}</ref> He lives in Munich with his wife, has three children, and also runs a furniture shop.
==Filmography== His films include:-<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> *2008: SOKO Kitzbühel *2008: Das Musikhotel am Wolfgangsee *2007: Tatort *2006-2009: Sturm der Liebe *2005: Der Clown *2001: Im Namen des Gesetzes *1998-2005: Siska *1995: Die einzige Zeugin *1994-2006: The Old Fox *1994: Die Wache
==Theatre== * Das Geld liegt auf der Bank<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Laura<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Lissabonner Traviata<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Gerüchte?Gerüchte<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Lorbeeren für Herrn Schütz<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Schöne Familie<ref name="Marc Rosenberg"/> * Die Räuber * Bericht für eine Akademie (Kafka) * Merchant of Venice<ref name=JSTOR>{{cite journal |last=Hortmann |first=Wilhelm |date=Autumn 1985 |title=Provincial Roses In West Germany |journal=Shakespeare Quarterly |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=344–347 [345] |location=New York |publisher=Shakespeare Association of America |issn=1538-3555 |oclc=39852252|jstor=2869715 |doi=10.2307/2869715 }}</ref>
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