# Udo Samel

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Udo_Samel
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Udo_Samel.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Samel
> Source revision: 1357317549
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Trier), 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](/source/Back_to_Square_One_(film))'', which was entered into the [44th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/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](/source/Knife_in_the_Head)'' (1978)
* ''{{Ill|Class Enemy (1983 film)|de|3=Klassen Feind|lt=Class Enemy}}'' (1983)
* ''[The Death of the White Stallion](/source/The_Death_of_the_White_Stallion)'' (1985)
* ''[Mit meinen heißen Tränen](/source/Mit_meinen_hei%C3%9Fen_Tr%C3%A4nen)'' (1986, TV film)
* ''{{ill|The Case of Mr. Spalt|de|Zum Beispiel Otto Spalt}}'' (1988)
* ''[The Seventh Continent](/source/The_Seventh_Continent_(1989_film))'' (1989)
* ''[Winckelmann's Travels](/source/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](/source/71_Fragments_of_a_Chronology_of_Chance)'' (1994)
* ''[Back to Square One](/source/Back_to_Square_One_(film))'' (1994)
* ''[Killer Condom](/source/Killer_Condom)'' (1996)
* ''{{Ill|In the Name of Innocence|de|Im Namen der Unschuld}}'' (1997, TV film)
* ''[The Piano Teacher](/source/The_Piano_Teacher_(film))'' (2001) - Dr. George Blonskij
* ''[Alles auf Zucker!](/source/Alles_auf_Zucker!)'' (2004)
* ''[The Call of the Toad](/source/The_Call_of_the_Toad_(film))'' (2005)
* ''{{ill|The Witness House|de|Das Zeugenhaus (Film)}}'' (2014, TV film)
* ''[Goodbye Berlin](/source/Goodbye_Berlin)'' (2016)
* ''Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile'' (2017)
* ''[The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch](/source/The_Awakening_of_Motti_Wolkenbruch)'' (2018)
* ''[Babylon Berlin](/source/Babylon_Berlin)'' (2018, TV series)
* ''[The Story of My Wife](/source/The_Story_of_My_Wife_(film))'' (2021)
* ''[No Hit Wonder](/source/No_Hit_Wonder)'' (2025)

==Awards==
* 1977: [Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf](/source/F%C3%B6rderpreis_f%C3%BCr_Literatur_der_Landeshauptstadt_D%C3%BCsseldorf) in [Northrhine-Westphalia](/source/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"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samel, Udo}}
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Trier
Category:German male film actors
Category:German male television actors
Category:20th-century German male actors
Category:21st-century German male actors
Category:German gay actors
Category:Male actors from Rhineland-Palatinate

{{Germany-screen-actor-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Udo Samel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Samel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Samel?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.