{{Short description|German actor (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Schilling | image = MKr24470 Tom Schilling (NRW-Empfang, Berlinale 2023)~2.jpg | caption = Schilling in 2023 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|02|10}} | birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany | children = 3 | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1996–present | spouse = Annie Mosebach }}
'''Tom Schilling''' (born 10 February 1982)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-02/09/kalenderblatt-2022-10-februar |title=Kalenderblatt 2022: 10. Februar |trans-title=Calendar sheet 2022: February 10th |date=9 February 2022 |work=Die Zeit |language=de}}</ref> is a German film and television actor.
== Life and acting career== Schilling grew up in the formerly East German borough of Berlin Mitte. He was discovered at the age of 12 by stage director Thomas Heise, and cast in the stage play ''Im Schlagschatten des Mondes'' (Under the shadow of the Moon) at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, which he stayed with for the next four years to play in other productions as well. Acting jobs earned him enough money to move out of his parents' home when he was 18 and still at school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.neon.de/artikel/freie-zeit/kino-tv/ich-jammer-nicht/684451|title=Ich jammer nicht. Interview|publisher=Neon|first=Bauer|last=Patrick|date=16 August 2007|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> He left school with an Abitur certificate.
Schilling's screen acting debut was in 1996, when he appeared in the Sat.1 TV series ''Hallo, Onkel Doc!'' at the age of 14. He was later cast in the theatrical film ''{{ill|Paradise Mall (film)|de|3=Schlaraffenland (1999)|lt=Paradise Mall}}'' (1999) where he played alongside Franka Potente, Daniel Brühl and Heiner Lauterbach, but the breakthrough for him came with his performance in ''Crazy'' (2000, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid), for which he received the ''Talented Young Actor Award'' of the Bayerischer Filmpreis.
In the critically well-received 2004 film ''Before the Fall'' (German title: ''Napola – Elite für den Führer'', directed by Dennis Gansel) Schilling appeared alongside Max Riemelt as a young and fragile student at a Nazi elite school (Napola). In 2006, he received a scholarship for the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, where he studied for a semester.
Schilling was later given the role of the young Adolf Hitler in Urs Odermatt's 2009 film ''Mein Kampf'' (the UK DVD release is marketed as ''{{Ill|Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich|de|Mein Kampf (Spielfilm)}}''), co-starring Götz George.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/mein-kampf-adaptation-making-a-farce-of-hitler-as-a-young-man-a-748885.html|title=Mein Kampf adaptation – Making a Farce of Hitler as a Young Man|publisher=Der Spiegel Online|date=3 March 2011|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
Schilling originally wanted to become a painter and study art after school. In a 2008 interview he said he was not much of an extrovert, and that to him having to deliver oneself up on a day-to-day basis was a major disadvantage of being in the acting profession.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://planet-interview.de/tom-schilling-12052008.html|title=Tom Schilling. Die Presse sucht sich jede Woche einen neuen Shootingstar|publisher=Planet Interview|first=Tobias|last=Goltz|date=12 May 2008|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
In 2006, Schilling had a son by a woman whose name is not known. In spring 2014 he and his partner, assistant director Annie Mosebach,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/film/berlin-film-mit-tom-schilling-kommt-in-us-kinos/|title=Berlin-Film mit Tom Schilling kommt in US-Kinos. Interview|publisher=Kurier.at |date=15 June 2014|accessdate=17 September 2014}}</ref> had a son, followed by a daughter in January 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vip.de/cms/tom-schilling-als-papa-seltener-einblick-in-sein-privatleben-4107238.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401144307/http://www.vip.de/cms/tom-schilling-als-papa-seltener-einblick-in-sein-privatleben-4107238.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2017|title=Tom Schilling als Papa: Seltener Einblick in sein Privatleben|publisher=vip.de|date=24 March 2017|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref> In early 2019, Schilling and Mosebach got married.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Schilling and his wife Annie Mosebach during the Bunte New Faces... |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/tom-schilling-and-his-wife-annie-mosebach-during-the-bunte-news-photo/1140921938 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Getty Images |date=3 May 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-06-14|title=Sie haben geheiratet|date=20 March 2019 |url=https://www.gala.de/stars/news/tom-schilling-und-annie-mosebach--sie-haben-geheiratet-22029650.html}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Filmography == * 1996: Hallo, Onkel Doc! (TV series), episode: ''Manege frei'' * 1996: Für alle Fälle Stefanie (TV series), episode: Rettung des Retters * 1998: Der heiße Genuss (short film) * 1999: Tatort (TV series), episode: ''Kinder der Gewalt'' * 1999: {{ill|Paradise Mall (film)|de|3=Schlaraffenland (1999)|lt=Paradise Mall}} * 2000: Crazy * 2000: {{ill|Exit to Heaven|de|Der Himmel kann warten (2000)}} * 2001: Tatort (TV series), episode: ''Tot bist Du!'' * 2001: {{ill|Heart Over Head|de|Herz im Kopf}} * 2002: Fetisch (short film) * 2002: Mehmet (short film) * 2002: Schlüsselkinder (short film) * 2002: Weil ich gut bin * 2002: Weichei (short film) * 2003: {{Interlanguage link|Play It Loud! (film)|de|3=Verschwende deine Jugend (Film)|lt=Play It Loud!}} ''(Verschwende deine Jugend)'' * 2004: Agnes and His Brothers ''(Agnes und seine Brüder)'' * 2004: {{Ill|Egoshooter|de|Egoshooter (2004)}} * 2004: Kurz – Der Film * 2004: Before the Fall ''(Napola – Elite für den Führer)'' * 2005: Die letzte Schlacht * 2005: Tatort (TV series), episode: ''{{Interlanguage link|Wo ist Max Gravert?|de|3=Tatort: Wo ist Max Gravert?|lt=Wo ist Max Gravert?}}'' * 2006: {{ill|Einfache Leute|it}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Einfache Leute - Trailer, Kritik, Bilder und Infos zum Film |url=https://www.prisma.de/filme/Einfache-Leute,464941 |publisher=prisma.de |accessdate=10 January 2019 |language=de}}</ref> * 2006: Atomised / The Elementary Particles ''(Elementarteilchen)'' * 2006: Joy Division * 2006: Black Sheep * 2006: Wigald (short film) * 2007: Pornorama * 2007: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst (TV series) * 2007: Tour Excess * 2007: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps ''(Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken)'' * 2008: Robert Zimmermann Is Tangled Up in Love (''Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe'') * 2008: Tatort (TV crime series), episode: ''Der frühe Abschied'' * 2008: Mordgeständnis * 2008: The Baader Meinhof Complex (theatrical film, drama) * 2009: {{Ill|Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich|de|Mein Kampf (Spielfilm)}} ''(Mein Kampf)'', inspired by a stage play by George Tabori * 2009: Bloch (TV series), episode: ''Tod eines Freundes'' * 2009: {{Ill|Ice Fever|de|Ken Folletts Eisfieber}} (German/Italian TV film based on Ken Follett's novel ''Whiteout'') * 2010: Tatort (TV series), episode: ''Am Ende des Tages'' * 2010: Ich, Ringo und das Tor zur Welt (TV biopic) * 2011: Polizeiruf 110 (TV series), episode: ''Die verlorene Tochter'' * 2011: Tatort (TV series), episode: ''Auskreuzung'' * 2012: A Coffee in Berlin (theatrical film, comedy/drama) * 2012: Ludwig II. (theatrical film, period drama) * 2013: {{Interlanguage link|Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga|de|Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga}} (TV mini-series) * 2013: {{Ill|The Tragedy of a Simple Man|de|Woyzeck (2013)}} (TV film) * 2013: {{Ill|Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake|de|Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee}} (theatrical film, comedy) * 2013: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter (TV mini-series) Also broadcast on BBC 2(UK) in April/May 2014 as ''Generation War''. * 2014: Who Am I – No System is Safe * 2014: Posthumous * 2014: Suite Francaise * 2015: Woman in Gold * 2015: {{Ill|Punk Berlin 1982|de|Tod den Hippies!! Es lebe der Punk}} ''(Tod den Hippies!! Es lebe der Punk)'' * 2016: {{ill|Point Blank (2016 film)|de|Auf kurze Distanz (2016)|lt=Point Blank}} (TV film) * 2016: NSU German History X * 2017: The Same Sky (TV Series), 6 episodes on Netflix * 2018: Never Look Away * 2019: ''Lara'' * 2019: The Goldfish ''(Die Goldfische)'' * 2019: ''Brecht'' * 2021: ''Fabian – Going to the Dogs'' * 2024: ''A Million Minutes'' * 2024: Murder Mindfully (Television Series)
== Audio plays == * 2003: Die Meute der Mórrígan (The Hounds of the Morrigan) – role: Pidge * 2003: Das Geheimnis der verborgenen Insel (Monster Mission) * 2003: Hanni und Nanni und ihre Gäste (based on Enid Blyton's book series ''St. Clare's'') – role: Peter * 2008: Jodi Picoult: ''Neunzehn Minuten'' (''Nineteen Minutes'') – role: ''Peter Houghton'' (audiobook), publisher: der Hörverlag, {{ISBN|978-3867172523}} * 2011: Übernacht – role: Jan * 2012: Als ich meine Eltern verließ – audiobook recording of the novel by Michel Rostain (orig. French title: ''Le Fils'')
== Awards == * 2000: Bavarian Film Awards, Germany: ''Young Talented Actor'' award for his performance in ''Crazy'' * 2005: Undine Awards, Germany: Best young character actor award (Bester jugendlicher Charakterdarsteller) for his performance in ''Before the Fall'' * 2005: Undine Awards, Germany: Audience award (Zuschauerpreis) for his performance in ''Before the Fall'' * 2008: Wiesbaden Fernsehkrimi-Festival: Deutscher Fernsehkrimipreis (German crime fiction TV award) special award for outstanding performance in ''Tatort – Der frühe Abschied'' * 2012: Oldenburg International Film Festival: Seymour Cassel Award for his performance in ''A Coffee in Berlin'' <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oh-boy-tom-schilling-oldenburg-film-festival-jan-ole-gerster-370647|title="Oh Boy" Scores Three for Three at Oldenburg Film Fest|first=Karsten|last=Kastelan|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=16 September 2012|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> * 2013: Bavarian Film Awards, Germany: Best male actor award (Bester Darsteller) for his performance in ''A Coffee in Berlin'' <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2013-01/filmpreis-bayern-oh-boy|title="Oh Boy" gewinnt beim Bayerischen Filmpreis|publisher=Zeit Online|date=18 January 2013|accessdate=24 March 2013}}</ref> * 2013: German Film Awards (Goldene Lola): Best male actor in a leading role (for his performance in ''A Coffee in Berlin'')
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0771713|Tom Schilling}}
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