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German actor (born )

Daniel Gedeon Burkhard (born 3 July ) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex (–), or as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki in the film Inglourious Basterds.

He is also well recognised for his role as Chris Ritter in the long-running series Alarm für Cobra 11.

Life and career

Gedeon Burkhard was born in Munich, West Germany, the son of Wolfgang Burkhard and German actress Elisabeth von Molo (then Burkhard) who is the granddaughter of Alexander Moissi, a famous Albanian-born Austrian actor of the 20th century.^[2] Gedeon was educated at a boarding school in England and began his acting career in in the German TV film Tante Maria.

During the s, he lived in the United States, working in several productions, but without much recognition. Burkhard married Birgit Cunningham, then divorced three months later.^{[citation needed]} After that, he lived in Vienna for Kommisar Rex for more than five years, then moved to Berlin.

Gedeon burkhard biography samples All All. Sign In. He was sent to boarding school in England at the age of 8 and transferred to American high school at the age of By demand of the American and German Producers each scene was shot once in English and once in German, due to his bilingual upbringing, Gedeon was the only actor who did not have to be dubbed in either version. Gedeon continuously worked in various projects during school vacations until he dropped out of high school after 11th grade.

Burkhard was working in Cologne on the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 as the detective Chris Ritter until November His character Chris Ritter had a heroic death. He then returned to Berlin to be close to his daughter and to work on projects. He said "For the moment I will dedicate myself again fully to my artistic vagabond life in Berlin".^[3] Burkhard appeared in the Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds.

In February , he was shooting the film Massel, made for German television.

Biography template Burkhard was born in in Munich, the capital of Bavaria and one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Germany. At the age of 8, he was sent to a boarding school in England, and at 12, he returned to his homeland and attended an American school where he studied in the upper classes. This allowed him to become fluent in both German and English. Burkhard had the opportunity to live overseas as well - from to , he spent time in America during this period, although he did not achieve much fame while working in the USA, he seemed to have stepped out of a movie plot: he arrived in Las Vegas and got married there. At the age of 10, Burkhard began his film career with a lead role in the German film "Tante Maria".

In , he was in Rome, shooting the Italian miniseries Caccia al Re – La narcotici.

In , he competed in Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of "Dancing with the Stars", accompanied by professional Italian dancer Samanta Togni, in which he danced with his "daughter" Laura Glavan.

In , Burkhard played Gustav Froehlich, a German actor and UFA star, in the international movie The Devil's Mistress by Czech director Filip Renč.

The biographical film is about the life of actress Lída Baarová and her relationship with Joseph Goebbels. The film was released in January in Prague.^[4]

Selected filmography

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