Edgar Selge

Edgar Selge
Selge at Berlinale in 2019
Born (1948-03-27) 27 March 1948 (age 76)
Brilon, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present

Edgar Selge (born 27 March 1948) is a German actor and writer.[1][2][3] Selge was born in Brilon in 1948, the son of a prison warden, grew up in Herford.[2] He studied philosophy and German in Munich and Dublin as well as classical piano in Vienna.[2] He graduated in 1975 from the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich.[2]

Launched in October 2021, his first book, the autobiographical "Hast du uns endlich gefunden" became a bestseller on the German language book market.[4]

Selected filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Herschel und die Musik der Sterne Alexander Herschel TV film
1988 Schön war die Zeit Helmut Hartmeyer
1990 Der neue Mann [de] Felix TV film
1991 The Terrible Threesome Werner Hennes
1992 Abgetrieben Block TV film
1996 Hamsun Josef Terboven
1998 Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller Michael Walner
1999 Prototype Janson TV film
2001 Das Experiment Klaus Thon
2005 No Sweat [de] Norbert Reich
2007 Fashion Victims Wolfgang Senker
Angsthasen [de] Adrian Zumbusch TV film
The Debt Max Rainer
2009 Die Freundin der Tochter [de] Paul TV film
Beyond the Wall [de] Ulrich Molitor TV film
2010 The Day of the Cat [de] Nuncio
The Lost Father Arndt Salzbrenner TV film
The Poll Diaries Ebbo von Siering
2012 Hanna's Decision [de] Karl Forster TV film
Ludwig II Richard Wagner
2013 Wetlands Dr. Notz
2014 A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt [de] Otto Weidt TV film
Miss Sixty [de] Frans Winther
The Witness House [de] Mr. Gärtner TV film
2015 Bach in Brazil Marten Brückling
A Grand Farewell [de] Adrian TV film
2018 Unterwerfung François TV film
2022 Honecker und der Pastor [de] Erich Honecker TV film
2022 Skin Deep (Aus meiner Haut) Stella
TV Series
Year Title Role Notes
1998–2009 Polizeiruf 110 Kommissar Jürgen Tauber 21 episodes
2000 Anniversaries [de] Rohlfs TV miniseries
2011 Der Kriminalist Doc Episode: Abgetaucht

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Edgar Selge". Archived from the original on 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Edgar Selge – Biografie". www.deutsches-filmhaus.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ Rundfunk, Bayerischer (26 October 2009). "Warum ein einarmiger Kommissar?: Interview zum letzten Selge/May-Polizeiruf" (in German). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Schröder, Julia (26 October 2021). "Edgar Selge: "Hast du uns endlich gefunden"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2022.