Axel Prahl

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Born: March 26, 1960
From: Eutin, Germany
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Biography

Axel Prahl grew up in Neustadt in Holstein alongside a brother. His mother was a sales assistant, and his stepfather worked at the employment office. At the age of 14, Prahl entered a music competition in Neustadt in Holstein; he won the local round, thereby qualifying to compete at the state level. However, fearing that such success might fundamentally alter his life, he declined to participate in the state finals. He dropped out of a vocational training program in the metalworking trade after just one year, spent time living as a street musician in Spain, subsequently earned his specialized university entrance qualification, and went on to study music and mathematics for five semesters at the College of Education in Kiel. Prahl is an accomplished guitarist and counts Pat Metheny among his musical role models, though during his youth, he also performed Irish folk music. Ultimately, from 1982 to 1985, he completed a degree in acting in Kiel. Prahl began his professional theater career in 1984, subsequently joining the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. Prahl has lived in Berlin since 1992. This was followed by engagements at the Renaissance-Theater, the Grips-Theater, and the *Kammerspiele* (chamber theater) of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. During his drama school days—while holding an apprentice contract at the Theater Kiel—Prahl performed with the band Ougenweide and subsequently founded the band Impuls. At that time, his musical and acting pursuits ran in parallel, until Prahl ultimately decided to focus exclusively on acting. Axel Prahl made his television debut in 1992 in Max Färberböck’s *Schlafende Hunde*. Also in 1992, he provided the German voice dubbing for Michael Chiklis in an episode of the series *Miami Vice*. In *Nachtgestalten* (1999)—Prahl’s first feature film—he played a police officer in a supporting role; since then, he has frequently been cast in similar roles, including in *Die Polizistin*, *Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt*, and *Der Grenzer und das Mädchen*. The film *Nachtgestalten* also marked the beginning of a successful collaboration with director Andreas Dresen: for *Die Polizistin*, *Halbe Treppe*, and *Willenbrock*, Axel Prahl was honored with various acting awards, including the Adolf Grimme Prize. Since 2002, in his role as Chief Inspector Frank Thiel, he has teamed up with Jan Josef Liefers to form the investigative duo based in Münster for the WDR’s *Tatort* series. In 2007, Prahl also contributed the title song—a reinterpretation of a well-known pop hit—to the feature film *Du bist nicht allein*. In the music video for the song "Wenn es passiert" by the band Wir sind Helden, he appears as a traveling salesman. Prahl and Andreas Dresen perform together in a band with no name, whose repertoire includes cover versions of songs by artists such as Rio Reiser and Gerhard Gundermann. On February 27, 2009, the audiobook *Wo die wilden Maden graben* by Thorsten Nagelschmidt was released, featuring Axel Prahl as a guest narrator alongside Farin Urlaub. Prahl subsequently narrated the audiobook *North Western* in 2013. Axel Prahl has three daughters and one son. He is divorced from his second wife and resides in Berlin.

Works

88 films

The Pianist

20028.4

Spy Cat

20196.7

The Red Baron

20086.7

99€ Films

20016.0

The Little Witch

20187.0

60 Jahre Dinner for One - Die Jubiläumsshow

2023

I Love You All

20048.7

Hundsköpfe

20034.0

Gun-shy

20035.6

Trenk, the Little Knight

20155.5

Herzrasen

200110.0

Zuckerbrot

20034.0

Summer in Berlin

20056.3

Ottos Märchenshow

2022

Falcons

20024.9

alaska.de

20007.1

Ich bin! Margot Friedländer

20235.0

Summer Sunday

20087.0

Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner

20255.0

Schleudertrauma

20026.5

Das Märchen von der Regentrude

20184.8

Moinsen! Ich bin Axel Prahl

2025

Secrets of the North Sea

20137.2

Mondkalb

20086.3

Capt'n Sharky

20185.6

12 Winter

20095.5

The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter

20177.1

Lessons of a Dream

20117.0

Night Shapes

19996.7

Blame Game

20195.9

NeuFundLand

20034.7

Berlin '36

20095.4

The Wild Chicks

20066.2

Liebe und Verrat

20029.0

Here Comes Lola!

20105.8

Gundermann

20187.2

Das Wunder von Lengede

20036.3

The Pasta Detectives

20146.4

Stella and the Star of the Orient

20084.8

Not All Were Murderers

20066.7

An Enemy to Die For

20125.7

Mullewapp - A Pig's Tail

20166.7

Extraklasse

20189.0

Peaceful Times

20081.0

Der gute Bulle

20177.5

You're Not Alone

20075.2

Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt

20225.1

Willenbrock

20056.3

Extraklasse 2+

20213.4

Love Your Enemies

20226.0

Spieglein, Spieglein

2019

Die Lehrerin

20116.2

The Whole Shebang

20144.6

Die Mauer – Berlin '61

20067.2

Die Mutter des Mörders

20151.7

Liesl Karlstadt und Karl Valentin

20086.0

Die Schimmelreiter

20095.8

Zoom - It's Always About Getting Closer

20014.0

Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt

20028.7

The Burrow

20145.2

Grill Point

20026.6

Gloria, die schönste Kuh meiner Schwester

20184.0

Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter

20027.0

Block 10

2026

Schwanensee

2015

In der Welt habt ihr Angst

201110.0

Das Phantom

19946.3

Nur mit Dir zusammen

20197.1

Geht nicht gibt's nicht

20028.0

Die Lichtenbergs - zwei Brüder, drei Frauen und jede Menge Zoff

20146.5

Gott ist auch nur ein Mensch

20177.0

Liberated Zone

20045.3

Die Sterntaler

20114.9

Harms

20134.5

Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film

20246.5

Die unheimlichen Briefe

20025.5

Extraklasse - On Tour

20226.0

Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live

20169.0

Das Millionen Rennen

20125.0

Policewoman

20006.8

Dorfpunks

20095.8

Run While You Can

20017.0

Die Weisheit der Wolken

20086.0

Eisland

20216.8

Regrettably Kin

20172.6

Paulas Schuld

20017.0

Der Grenzer und das Mädchen

20054.0

Die Kette

20062.0