Udo Samel

{{short description|German actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Udo Samel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Trier-Eitelsbach, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1977–present }}

'''Udo Samel''' (born 25 June 1953)<ref name="kino-zeit">{{cite web |url=http://www.kino-zeit.de/biographien/udo-samel-biographie-und-filmographie |title=Udo Samel - Biographie und Filmographie |access-date=11 June 2011 |work=kino-zeit}}</ref> is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1994 film ''Back to Square One'', which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/02_programm_1994/02_Programm_1994.html |title=Berlinale: 1994 Programme |access-date=11 June 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Knife in the Head'' (1978) * ''{{Ill|Class Enemy (1983 film)|de|3=Klassen Feind|lt=Class Enemy}}'' (1983) * ''The Death of the White Stallion'' (1985) * ''Mit meinen heißen Tränen'' (1986, TV film) * ''{{ill|The Case of Mr. Spalt|de|Zum Beispiel Otto Spalt}}'' (1988) * ''The Seventh Continent'' (1989) * ''Winckelmann's Travels'' (1990) * ''{{ill|Ende der Unschuld|de}}'' (1991, TV film) * ''{{Ill|The Movie Teller|de|Der Kinoerzähler}}'' (1993) * ''71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance'' (1994) * ''Back to Square One'' (1994) * ''Killer Condom'' (1996) * ''{{Ill|In the Name of Innocence|de|Im Namen der Unschuld}}'' (1997, TV film) * ''The Piano Teacher'' (2001) - Dr. George Blonskij * ''Alles auf Zucker!'' (2004) * ''The Call of the Toad'' (2005) * ''{{ill|The Witness House|de|Das Zeugenhaus (Film)}}'' (2014, TV film) * ''Goodbye Berlin'' (2016) * ''Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile'' (2017) * ''The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch'' (2018) * ''Babylon Berlin'' (2018, TV series) * ''The Story of My Wife'' (2021) * ''No Hit Wonder'' (2025)

==Awards== * 1977: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in Northrhine-Westphalia<ref>[https://www.duesseldorf.de/kulturamt/auszeichnungen/literatur Udo Samel in: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf]</ref> * 1987: German Actors Award (Chaplin Shoe) * 1987: 23.Adolf Grimme Preis (with Gold) * 1988: European Film Award - Barcelona (best main actor) * 1994: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (TV Award) for "Max Salomon" in "Durchreise"

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0759797|Udo Samel}}

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