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Mathias Bothor

Ulrich Matthes

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Mathias Bothor

Ulrich Matthes was born in West Berlin. His first engagements took him to the Vereinigte Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach, the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel. In 1988, he moved to the Münchner Kammerspiele, and in 1992 to the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.

Ulrich Matthes has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Theater Berlin since the 2004/05 season. He has received numerous awards, including the Gertrud Eysoldt Ring in 2004 for outstanding acting achievements and the Theaterpreis der Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung theatre award. In 2005 and 2008, Theater heute magazine voted him Actor of the Year, and in 2008 he received the DER FAUST theatre award for his role as Vanya in Uncle Vanya (directed by Jürgen Gosch). He received the Bavarian Film Award in 1998 for his performance in the film Feuerreiter. In 2015, he was awarded the Grimme Prize for his role in Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren and the Golden Camera for Best Actor National. He also received the German Television Academy Award for his role in Bornholmer Straße. In 2023, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.
As of December 2025

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