{{Short description|German actor (1962–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Uwe Bohm | image = Uwe Bohm Viennale 2013 b (cropped).jpg | caption = Bohm in 2013 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|1|23|df=yes}} | birth_name = Uwe Enkelmann | birth_place = Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, West Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|4|8|1962|1|23|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1976–2022 }}
[[File:MJK 71133 Ninon, Jimmy und Uwe Bohm (arte-Empfang, Berlinale 2020).jpg|thumb|Ninon, Jimmy and Uwe Bohm at Berlinale 2020]] '''Uwe Bohm''' (born '''Uwe Enkelmann'''; 23 January 1962 – 8 April 2022) was a German actor.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/uwe-bohm-schauspieler-unerwartet-gestorben-mit-60-jahren-a-f0ea4a8b-4183-4c35-902b-fc532a53d26e|title=Uwe Bohm: »Tatort«-Schauspieler unerwartet gestorben - mit 60 Jahren - DER SPIEGEL|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=9 April 2022|via=www.spiegel.de}}</ref> He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows from 1973 to 2020.
== Biography == Director Hark Bohm engaged the 11-year-old Uwe Enkelmann for the film ''I can also build an Ark'' in 1973. In 1976 he played the leading role in Hark Bohm's youth drama ''{{ill|North Sea Is Dead Sea|de|Nordsee ist Mordsee}}''. The director finally adopted Enkelmann, who came from a problematic family background, and brought him to Munich. Enkelmann took Bohm's name and worked with him on numerous films. He played a leading role in ''Yasemin'' (1988) by Hark Bohm, which was West Germany's official submission for Best Foreign film at the 61st Academy Awards. He also starred in Hark Bohm's 1990 film ''Herzlich willkommen'', which was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1990/02_programm_1990/02_Programm_1990.html |title=Berlinale: 1990 Programme |access-date=19 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
As a young adult he began an apprenticeship as a painter and varnisher, but broke it off and has been working as an actor ever since.<ref>{{Cite web |last=dpa |title=Im "Tatort" und am Theater - Schauspieler Uwe Bohm überraschend gestorben |url=https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/welt/panorama/im-tatort-und-am-theater-schauspieler-uwe-bohm-ueberraschend-gestorben_arid-406450 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Allgäuer Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> On stage, he worked multiple times with the famous stage director Peter Zadek between the 1980s and 2000s. Bohm was also a prolific actor on German television, especially known for villainous roles, and appeared alone in the series ''Tatort'' nine times.<ref name="auto"/>
Bohm was married to the actress Ninon Bohm. The couple had one child.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin, Deutschland. Februar 2020. Ninon Bohm und Uwe Bohm mit Sohn beim ARTE-Empfang im Rahmen der Internationalen Filmfestspiele der Berlinale 2020/70 in der Akademie der Kunden am Pariser Platz. Berlin, 25. Februar 2020 - weltweite Nutzung Credit: Dpa / Alamy Live News Stockfotografie - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.de/berlin-deutschland-februar-2020-ninon-bohm-und-uwe-bohm-mit-sohn-beim-arte-empfang-im-rahmen-der-internationalen-filmfestspiele-der-berlinale-202070-in-der-akademie-der-kunden-am-pariser-platz-berlin-25-februar-2020-weltweite-nutzung-credit-dpa-alamy-live-news-image345247373.html |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.alamy.de |language=de}}</ref> Bohm died unexpectedly from a sudden cardiac arrest in April 2022, aged 60.<ref name="auto"/>
==Selected filmography== * ''{{ill|North Sea Is Dead Sea|de|Nordsee ist Mordsee}}'' (1976) * ''Moritz, Dear Moritz'' (1978) * ''{{ill|The Heartbreakers (1983 film)|de|3=Die Heartbreakers|lt=The Heartbreakers}}'' (1983) * ''Yasemin'' (1988) * ''Herzlich willkommen'' (1990) * ''{{Ill|A Demon in My View (film)|fr|3=L'Homme d'à côté|lt=A Demon in My View}}'' (1992) * ''Paul und Clara – Liebe vergeht nie'' (1999, TV film) * ''Cloned to Kill'' (2000, TV film) * ''{{Ill|Heart (2001 film)|de|3=Herz (Film)|lt=Heart}}'' (2001) * ''Unpleasant Encounter in the Moonlight'' (2004, TV film) * ''{{ill|Hunger for Life (film)|de|3=Hunger auf Leben|lt=Hunger for Life}}'' (2004, TV film) * ''{{Ill|Vacation (2007 film)|fr|3=Ferien, chronique d'un été|lt=Vacation}}'' (2007) * ''{{ill|The Lie (2008 film)|de|3=Die Lüge (2008)|lt=The Lie}}'' (2008, TV film) * ''Germany 09'' (2009) * ''In the Shadows'' (2010) * ''Gold'' (2013) * ''{{ill|A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt|de|Ein blinder Held – Die Liebe des Otto Weidt}}'' (2014, TV film) * ''Sanctuary'' (2015) * ''Goodbye Berlin'' (2016)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0006740|Uwe Bohm}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohm, Uwe}} Category:1962 births Category:2022 deaths Category:German male film actors Category:German male stage actors Category:Male actors from Hamburg Category:German male television actors Category:20th-century German male actors Category:21st-century German male actors