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Ulrich Mühe

1953 - 2007

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Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (German pronunciation: [ˈʊlʁɪç ˈmyːə] ; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others, 2006), for which he received the gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, at the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. After leaving school, Mühe was employed as a construction worker and a border guard at the Berlin Wall. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulrich Mühe has received more than 676,749 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ulrich Mühe is the 1,415th most popular actor (up from 1,597th in 2019), the 2,047th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,210th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ulrich Mühe ranks 1,415 out of 13,578. Before him are Najwa Nimri, Shadia, DeForest Kelley, Martin Freeman, Joss Ackland, and Will Ferrell. After him are Claire Bloom, Ken Takakura, Lil Dagover, Craig T. Nelson, Jon Favreau, and Joan Bennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ulrich Mühe ranks 100. Before him are Ivo Sanader, William E. Moerner, Manfred Kaltz, Jerome Powell, Teresa Orlowski, and Danny Elfman. After him are Jeb Bush, Aleksandr Akimov, Nan Goldin, Rick Moranis, James Remar, and David Hurley. Among people deceased in 2007, Ulrich Mühe ranks 96. Before him are Hrant Dink, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Ralph Asher Alpher, Viliam Schrojf, Dashrath Manjhi, and Gordon Scott. After him are Pierre Messmer, Raymond Barre, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Al Oerter, Edward Yang, and David Lane.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulrich Mühe ranks 2,047 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857), Philip, Elector Palatine (1448), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Curt Sachs (1881), and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711). After him are Ralf Hütter (1946), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688), George Müller (1805), Veit Harlan (1899), and Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Ulrich Mühe ranks 41. Before him are Elke Sommer (1940), Uta Hagen (1919), Kurt Gerron (1897), Ernst Busch (1900), Barbara Sukowa (1950), and Marianne Koch (1931). After him are Loriot (1923), Maria Riva (1924), Rachel Félix (1821), William Dieterle (1893), Werner Krauss (1884), and Marianne Sägebrecht (1945).

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