Alexander Fehling


Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film Inglourious Basterds, and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series Homeland as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.

Early life and education

Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981, in East Berlin, East Germany.
He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.

Career

Fehling won the OE Hasse Prize from the Academy of Arts, Berlin, for his role as Prince in the stage production of Schneewittchen.
He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film And Along Come Tourists.
Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 World War II film Inglourious Basterds. He also dubs his performance in the German version of the film.
Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Homeland, which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.

Awards

Theatre credits

Schneewittchen by Robert Walser, directed by Thorsten Lensing and Jan Hein Glaube Liebe Hoffnung by Ödön von Horváth; directed by Thomas Dannemann Die lustigen Nibelungen by Oscar Straus, directed by Robert Borgmann Wallensteins Lager / Die Piccolomini / Wallensteins Tod by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Peter Stein

Filmography

And Along Come Tourists – Sven LehnertBuddenbrooks – Morten SchwarzkopfStorm – Patrick FärberInglourious Basterds – Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri13 Semester – BerndGoethe! – Johann GoetheIf Not Us, Who? – Andreas BaaderThe River Used to Be a Man ' – Cornelis SchmidtErased – FloydBuddy – Eddie WeberLabyrinth of Lies – Johann RadmannPosthumous – Erik AlderAtomic Falafel – OliIn Times of Fading Light – Sascha Umnitzer