Frank Giering

Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind. Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night. The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded. Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany). Description above is sections taken from IMDB.

Cast

Gigantic

(Floyd)

Anatomy 2

(Sven)

Funny Games

(Peter)

Baader

(Andreas Baader)

The Castle

(Artur)

A Birthday to Remember

(Paul)

Der Mörder ist unter uns

(Kai Wegner)

Kaliber Deluxe

(Rochus)

Free to Leave

(Thomas Hudetz)

Nightsongs

(Junger Mann)

Keine Angst

(Thomas)

Tod einer Freundin

(Dieter Wittmann)

Black Sheep

(Doorman #1 of KitKat-Club)

Der Himmel kann warten

(Alex Feldkamp)

Dirty Sky

(Philosoph)

Ebene 9

(Gregor)

Der Tote in der Mauer

(Kommissar Klaus Wendt)

Jerry Cotton

(Receptionist)

Die Spielerin

(Dietrich Schröder)

Ein mörderischer Plan

(Psychopath Mark Stettner)

One Hell of a Night

(Rudi (Wurstverkäufer))

Opera ball

(Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur')

Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst

(Tom Walden)

Die Rosenzüchterin

(Alan Shaye)

Hannas Baby

(Junger Mann)

Und alles wegen Mama

(Benny Zucker)

Der Gerechte Richter

(Jan)

Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!

(Frank Wolters)

Love Your Female Neighbor!

(Locke)

Klassentreffen

(Stüze)

Großglocknerliebe

(Uwe Ringelmann)

Marmor, Stein & Eisen

(Nicki)

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

(Hans Sittler)

Die Halbstarken

(Günther)

Clowns

(Nick)

Gran Paradiso

(Edwin)

Hundert Jahre Brecht

Esperanza

(Franz)

A Pirate's Heart

(Jan Broderson)

Die Aufschneider

(Nick)

Love Scenes from Planet Earth

(Henrik Jr.)

Sentimental Education

(Minaichmis)

Gangster

(Vincent)

Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show

(Self)

Polizeiruf 110

Der letzte Zeuge

(Helmut Kluge)

Wolffs Revier

(Stefan Träger)

Lasko – Die Faust Gottes

(Thomas Schaller)

Polizeiruf 110

(Gregor Karolewski)

Polizeiruf 110

(Louis)

Der Kriminalist

(Kommissar Henry Weber)

Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt

(Philipp Armbruster)

Zwei Brüder

(Joseph Herzfeld)

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde

(Prinz Hohlholm von Sülzenstein)

Der König

(Jens Wohlbrück)

Rosa Roth

(Wolf Gotschlich)

Die Cleveren

(Siegfried Schwender)

Auf eigene Gefahr

Siska

(Sven Gardener)

Der Alte

(Joachim Horst)

Ein starkes Team

(Ulrich Baring)

Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell

(Oberst Sprüngli)

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

(Hans-Joachim Schneider)

Wolkenstein

(Stefan Zeranski)

Scene of the Crime

(Herr Heymann)

Im Visier der Zielfahnder

(Norman Bleich)

SOKO Leipzig

(Dr. Fischer)

A Case For Two

(Rolf Fürst)

A Case For Two

(Albert Becker)

Scene of the Crime

(Markus Engel)

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

(Ziegler)

Die Kids von Berlin

(Alexander Bürkel)

Die Kirschenkönigin

(Colonel Stone)

Deutscher Filmpreis

(Self)

Volle Kanne

(Self)

Opernball

(Jörg Blahacek, Ingenieur)

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

(Self)

Nachtcafé

(Self)

NDR Talk Show

(Self)

Koschwitz

(Self)

Riverboat

(Self)

ZIBB

(Self)

Thadeusz

(self)

Morgenmagazin

(self)

Brisant

(Self)

Hier ab vier

(Self)

Sachsen-Anhalt heute

(Self)