Tom Schilling

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Tom Schilling
Schilling in 2008
Born (1982-02-10) 10 February 1982 (age 42)
East Berlin, East Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
SpouseAnnie Mosebach
Children3

Tom Schilling (born 10 February 1982) is a German film and television actor.

Life and acting career[edit]

Schilling grew up in the formerly East German borough of Berlin Mitte. He was discovered at the age of 12 by stage director Thomas Heise, and cast in the stage play Im Schlagschatten des Mondes (Under the shadow of the Moon) at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, which he stayed with for the next four years to play in other productions as well. Acting jobs earned him enough money to move out of his parents' home when he was 18 and still at school.[1] He left school with an Abitur certificate.

Schilling's screen acting debut was in 1996, when he appeared in the Sat.1 TV series Hallo, Onkel Doc! at the age of 14. He was later cast in the theatrical film Paradise Mall [de] (1999) where he played alongside Franka Potente, Daniel Brühl and Heiner Lauterbach, but the breakthrough for him came with his performance in Crazy (2000, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid), for which he received the Talented Young Actor Award of the Bayerischer Filmpreis.

In the critically well-received 2004 film Before the Fall (German title: Napola – Elite für den Führer, directed by Dennis Gansel) Schilling appeared alongside Max Riemelt as a young and fragile student at a Nazi elite school (Napola). In 2006, he received a scholarship for the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, where he studied for a semester.

Schilling was later given the role of the young Adolf Hitler in Urs Odermatt's 2009 film Mein Kampf (the UK DVD release is marketed as Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich [de]), co-starring Götz George.[2]

Schilling originally wanted to become a painter and study art after school. In a 2008 interview he said he was not much of an extrovert, and that to him having to deliver oneself up on a day-to-day basis was a major disadvantage of being in the acting profession.[3]

In 2006, Schilling had a son by a woman whose name is not known. In spring 2014 he and his partner, the assistant director Annie Mosebach,[4] had a son, followed by a daughter in January 2017.[5] In early 2019, Schilling and Mosebach got married.[6][7]

Filmography[edit]

Audio plays[edit]

  • 2003: Die Meute der Mórrígan (The Hounds of the Morrigan) – role: Pidge
  • 2003: Das Geheimnis der verborgenen Insel (Monster Mission)
  • 2003: Hanni und Nanni und ihre Gäste (based on Enid Blyton's book series St. Clare's) – role: Peter
  • 2008: Jodi Picoult: Neunzehn Minuten (Nineteen Minutes) – role: Peter Houghton (audiobook), publisher: der Hörverlag, ISBN 978-3867172523
  • 2011: Übernacht – role: Jan
  • 2012: Als ich meine Eltern verließ – audiobook recording of the novel by Michel Rostain (orig. French title: Le Fils)

Awards[edit]

  • 2000: Bavarian Film Awards, Germany: Young Talented Actor award for his performance in Crazy
  • 2005: Undine Awards, Germany: Best young character actor award (Bester jugendlicher Charakterdarsteller) for his performance in Before the Fall
  • 2005: Undine Awards, Germany: Audience award (Zuschauerpreis) for his performance in Before the Fall
  • 2008: Wiesbaden Fernsehkrimi-Festival: Deutscher Fernsehkrimipreis (German crime fiction TV award) special award for outstanding performance in Tatort – Der frühe Abschied
  • 2012: Oldenburg International Film Festival: Seymour Cassel Award for his performance in A Coffee in Berlin [9]
  • 2013: Bavarian Film Awards, Germany: Best male actor award (Bester Darsteller) for his performance in A Coffee in Berlin [10]
  • 2013: German Film Awards (Goldene Lola): Best male actor in a leading role (for his performance in A Coffee in Berlin)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patrick, Bauer (16 August 2007). "Ich jammer nicht. Interview". Neon. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Mein Kampf adaptation – Making a Farce of Hitler as a Young Man". Der Spiegel Online. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ^ Goltz, Tobias (12 May 2008). "Tom Schilling. Die Presse sucht sich jede Woche einen neuen Shootingstar". Planet Interview. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Berlin-Film mit Tom Schilling kommt in US-Kinos. Interview". Kurier.at. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Tom Schilling als Papa: Seltener Einblick in sein Privatleben". vip.de. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Tom Schilling and his wife Annie Mosebach during the Bunte New Faces..." Getty Images. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Sie haben geheiratet". 20 March 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Einfache Leute - Trailer, Kritik, Bilder und Infos zum Film" (in German). prisma.de. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  9. ^ Kastelan, Karsten (16 September 2012). ""Oh Boy" Scores Three for Three at Oldenburg Film Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  10. ^ ""Oh Boy" gewinnt beim Bayerischen Filmpreis". Zeit Online. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

External links[edit]

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