Acting
Rufus Beck
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.
Filmography
Geheimsache Kopernikus
Film · 2023
Reschke Fernsehen
Series · 2023
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
Series · 2020
Tabaluga
Film · 2018
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
Film · 2018
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
Film · 2017
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
Film · 2017
Children Of The Wild
Film · 2017
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
Film · 2016
King Laurin
Film · 2016
Emerald Green
Film · 2016
Blütenträume
Film · 2015
Zwei allein
Film · 2014
Sapphire Blue
Film · 2014
München Mord
Series · 2014
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
Film · 2012
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
Film · 2012
Die Sterntaler
Film · 2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Film · 2011
Klick ins Herz
Film · 2009
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
Film · 2009
SOKO Stuttgart
Series · 2009
The Meerkats
Film · 2008
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
Series · 2008
The Visible and the Invisible
Film · 2007
Hamburg Dockland
Series · 2007
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Series · 2007
0511 TV Lokal
Series · 2007
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Film · 2006
Tabaluga und Lilli
Film · 2006
Going Public
Film · 2005
Germanikus
Film · 2004
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Film · 2004
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
Film · 2004
München 7
Series · 2004
Inga Lindström
Series · 2004
Inga Lindström
Series · 2004
The Wild Soccer Bunch
Film · 2003
Hamlet_X
Film · 2003
Es wird etwas geschehen
Film · 2003
SOKO Köln
Series · 2003
ZIBB
Series · 2003
Bibi Blocksberg
Film · 2002
Gangster
Film · 2002
Inspektor Rolle
Series · 2002
Edel & Starck
Series · 2002
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
Series · 2002
Emil and the Detectives
Film · 2001
Brazilero
Film · 2001
Drehkreuz Airport
Series · 2001
Hart aber fair
Series · 2001
Kiss Me, Frog
Film · 2000
Frauen lügen besser
Film · 2000
Der Preis der Schönheit
Film · 2000
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
Film · 1999
Jimmy the Kid
Film · 1999
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
Series · 1999
Volle Kanne
Series · 1999
Vorübergehend verstorben
Film · 1998
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
Film · 1998
Der letzte Zeuge
Series · 1998
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
Series · 1998
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
Film · 1997
Die rote Waschmaschine
Film · 1997
Leute heute
Series · 1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Series · 1997
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
Film · 1996
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
Film · 1996
Ein tödliches Vergehen
Film · 1996
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
Film · 1996
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
Series · 1996
Tigerenten Club
Series · 1996
Im Innern des Bernsteins
Film · 1995
Heimliche Zeugen
Film · 1995
Die Straßen von Berlin
Series · 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Series · 1995
Versteckte Kamera
Series · 1995
Maybe... Maybe Not
Film · 1994
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
Film · 1994
Tödliche Dienstreise
Film · 1994
Der König
Series · 1994
Mr. Bluesman
Film · 1993
Alarm auf Station 2
Film · 1993
RTL Samstag Nacht
Series · 1993
Little Sharks
Film · 1992
Der Bergdoktor
Series · 1992
Riverboat
Series · 1992
DAS!
Series · 1991
Café Meineid
Series · 1990
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
Series · 1990
Peter Strohm
Series · 1989
Blauer Panther
Series · 1989
Liebling Kreuzberg
Series · 1986
Das Traumschiff
Series · 1981
Das Traumschiff
Series · 1981
NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979
SOKO München
Series · 1978
SOKO München
Series · 1978
The Old Fox
Series · 1977
Derrick
Series · 1974
Derrick
Series · 1974
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
German Film Award
Series · 1951
Bambi
Series · 1948
Cloud Study
Film
An Impossible Wedding
Film
Der bewegte Mann – Reloaded
Film