Urs Rechn
Urs Rechn is a German actor, most known for his appearance in the 2015 Cannes Grand Prix-winning Holocaust drama Son of Saul.
Biography
Urs Günther Rechn was born on 18 January 1978, in Halle an der Saale, then German Democratic Republic, now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, to Günther Rechn and his wife Beate Rechn, the second of their three children.In 1997 he was drafted into the German paratrooper corps, and later was in the German special forces. In the meantime, he appeared in several TV episodes under to an agreement with his colonel. After leaving the military in 2002, Rechn attended the University of Music and Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig, and graduated in 2004.
He played the Jewish Oberkapo Biedermann in the film Son of Saul by Hungarian director László Nemes which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival as well as several further international awards. In June 2015, Hungary announced its submission of Son of Saul as their candidate for the foreign language film Oscar at the 2016 Academy Awards. On February 28, Son of Saul won the Oscar.
Filmography
TV (selection)
- 1999: Die Strandclique – Dir.: Wolfgang Münstermann
- 2000: Powderpark – Dir.: Christian Stier
- 2001: Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Dir.: Ullrich Zrenner
- 2002: Our Charly – Dir.: Franz Josef Gottlieb
- 2003: Die Kommissarin – Dir.: Rolf Liccini
- 2007: GSG 9 – Dir.: Florian Kern
- 2003: Der Ermittler: Stadt, Land, Mord, ZDF
- 2004: , TV movie
- 2005: Tatort – Freischwimmer, ARD
- 2015: Polizeiruf 110 – Im Schatten, ARD
- 2016: X Company, "Black Flag", CBC Television, Dir.: Kelly Makin
- 2018: Dogs of Berlin – Netflix, Dir.: Christian Alvart
Cinema (selection)
- 2003: Broad Hit, Dir.: Gennadi Poloka, RUS
- 2004: Juraan, Dir.: Andrej Kudinenko, RUS
- 2006: Eight Miles High, Dir.: Achim Bornhak, GER
- 2013: Run Boy Run, Dir.: Pepe Danquart, GER
- 2014: The King's Surrender, Dir.: Philipp Leinemann, GER
- 2015: Son of Saul, Dir.: László Nemes, HUN
- 2019: Inside Man: Most Wanted, Dir.: Michael J. Bassett, USA
- 2020: Waiting for Anya, Dir.: Ben Cookson, UK, BEL