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Rufus Beck is the only child of a business-owning couple. Because his parents traveled extensively abroad, he lived in the boarding school of the Odenwald School. After graduating from high school in 1976 and completing his civilian service, Beck studied Islamic Studies, Ethnology, and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, but later dropped out. From 1976 onward, he appeared as a musician and acting student at the Heidelberg Municipal Theatre. The following year, he was a guest performer at the Saarland State Theatre, followed by engagements at the Tübingen State Theatre, the Frankfurt Theatre, the Cologne Theatre, the Bavarian State Theatre, the Munich Kammerspiele, and the Berliner Ensemble. He later also appeared as a guest performer at the Berlin Renaissance Theatre (2006), the Stuttgart State Theatre (2010), and the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2014). In 1989, Beck was named "Young Actor of the Year" by the magazine Theater heute. Also in 1989, he received the Young Actor Award from the Friends of the Bavarian State Theatre. In 1990, he toured the Soviet Union with Friedrich Schiller's *The Robbers*, performing in Moscow, Irkutsk, and Alma-Ata. He toured South America in 1991 with G.E. Lessing's *Miss Sara Sampson*. In 1994, he toured Germany with Peter Maffay's *Tabaluga*. Beck's breakthrough in film came in 1994 with Sönke Wortmann's *The Most Desired Man*, for which he received a Bambi Award for his role as Waltraut. In 1999, he was nominated for the German Film Award for *Jimmy the Kid*. He has appeared in more than 70 television and 14 feature films (as of 2018). In the children's film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* (2003), he played the role of "Coach Willi." He reprised this role in *The Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives!* (2016). Rufus Beck is the narrator and producer of more than 200 audiobooks, including the Harry Potter novels. He gives each of the many characters a distinct voice, employing various dialects and accents. His audiobooks have received numerous awards. During the 2006 and 2007 festival seasons, Beck played Mephisto in Goethe's *Faust* at the Bad Hersfeld Festival. Under the artistic direction of Dieter Wedel, he played Joseph Süß Oppenheimer in Jehoschua Sobol's *The Story of Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Called Jud Süß* at the 2011 Worms Nibelungen Festival. In 2004, he directed the dance spectacular for the world tour of *Night of the Sultans – Pandora's Legend* in Istanbul. In 2003, 2012, and 2016, he was responsible for directing, writing, and playing the magician and the beetle in the musical Tabaluga. Rufus Beck wrote several stage adaptations for his own shows. In 2006, he published the anthology *Stories for Us Children*. His non-fiction book *Children Love Fairy Tales and Discover Values* was published in 2007. He appeared with his son Jonathan Beck in the film *The Wild Soccer Bunch* and toured with him in 2014/15 with the play *Zorn*. Jonathan Beck also played the role of 0815 in his father's Tabaluga productions in 2012 and 2016 and was also his assistant director. Since 2018, he has starred in the television series *Deutsch-Les-Landes*. His daughters Sarah Beck and Natalie Spinell also work as actors. Rufus Beck lives in Munich.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-07-23
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.5
- info Birth Place Worms, Germany
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Rufus Beck
6.3
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994-10-05
6.4
The Wild Soccer Bunch
2003-10-02
4
Germanikus
2004-03-26
5.5
The Robber Hotzenplotz
2006-03-23
5.4
Klick ins Herz
2009-11-23
5
The Visible and the Invisible
2007-06-28
9
Mr. Bluesman
1993-04-01
0
Tabaluga und Lilli
2006-12-01
5
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
2012-03-04
6.2
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004-09-29
6.1
Bibi Blocksberg
2002-09-25
6.4
Emil and the Detectives
2001-02-22
6.2
Kiss Me, Frog
2000-12-26
4.5
Zwei allein
2014-07-25
4
Im Innern des Bernsteins
1995-01-01
5.5
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
1996-03-21
8
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
1999-12-14
7.2
Sapphire Blue
2014-08-14
8
Frauen lügen besser
2000-01-03
9
Vorübergehend verstorben
1998-10-19
8
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
1996-10-24
7
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
1994-01-01
8
Der Preis der Schönheit
2000-01-01
8
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
1997-04-24
9
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
1998-01-01
4.9
Die Sterntaler
2011-12-26
4
Blütenträume
2015-10-07
10
Ein tödliches Vergehen
1996-01-01
6.5
Alarm auf Station 2
1993-01-01
4.4
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
2016-02-11
4.8
Hamlet_X
2003-06-21
6.8
The Meerkats
2008-10-15
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Vor Mitternacht
2022-02-03
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Tod im roten Kleid
2022-01-27
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Scheidung auf Kroatisch
2024-02-08
6
Split Homicide: Dead Wives from Brac
2024-02-15
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Der Todesritt
2023-02-23
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Split vergisst nie
2023-03-02
6.5
King Laurin
2016-09-01
3.5
Going Public
2005-07-15
0
Cloud Study
9
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
2017-03-10
10
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
2004-01-05
9
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
2012-11-30
7
Emerald Green
2016-07-07
5.5
Jimmy the Kid
1999-05-06
10
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996-02-13
10
Es wird etwas geschehen
2003-11-01
7
Tödliche Dienstreise
1994-01-01
8
Die rote Waschmaschine
1997-01-01
5.3
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
2009-08-13
7.2
Little Sharks
1992-09-03
6.3
Ice Princess Lily
2018-12-06
8
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
2017-01-12
7
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
2018-05-20
5.5
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011-04-07
6
Der Kroatien-Krimi: Jagd auf einen Toten
2021-04-22
5.7
Brazilero
2001-09-16
7
Gangster
2002-12-20
0
Children Of The Wild
2017-01-01
0
Geheimsache Kopernikus
2023-02-17
9
Heimliche Zeugen
1995-01-31
10
An Impossible Wedding
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
7.5
München 7
2004-10-24
6.1
Derrick
1974-10-20
6.1
Derrick
1974-10-20
5
Der letzte Zeuge
1998-03-23
5.4
Inga Lindström
2004-01-25
6.4
The Old Fox
1977-04-11
8
Café Meineid
1990-10-06
6
Hamburg Dockland
2007-01-04
0
Inspektor Rolle
2002-04-10
5.3
Der Bergdoktor
1992-10-26
5.5
Edel & Starck
2002-02-04
8
Die Straßen von Berlin
1995-12-13
4
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008-05-08
10
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
1999-04-27
7.2
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995-12-05
7.2
SOKO Köln
2003-10-22
9
Der König
1994-10-23
5.9
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986-02-17
6.8
Peter Strohm
1989-01-04
4.2
München Mord
2014-03-29
5.4
Inga Lindström
2004-01-25
5.9
SOKO München
1978-01-02
5.9
SOKO München
1978-01-02
0
Drehkreuz Airport
2001-01-10
6.6
SOKO Stuttgart
2009-11-12
7.5
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998-10-02
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
5.2
Leute heute
1997-07-23
0
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
2020-09-21
6
German Film Award
1951-06-06
0
Blauer Panther
1989-01-01
9
Bambi
1948-01-01
9
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
1990-12-20
5.3
Riverboat
1992-01-03
4.5
Volle Kanne
1999-08-30
0
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007-10-14
1
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
1996-12-04
9
Tietjen und Bommes
1997-02-23
7.9
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993-11-06
0
Versteckte Kamera
1995-04-25
4.7
DAS!
1991-01-02
6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09
5
Hart aber fair
2001-01-31
5
Das Traumschiff
1981-11-22
5
Das Traumschiff
1981-11-22
7
ZIBB
2003-11-10
7
Tigerenten Club
1996-01-06
0
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
2002-07-07
0
0511 TV Lokal
2007-03-19
8
Reschke Fernsehen
2023-02-02