Alexander Fehling (born 29 March 1981) is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film Inglourious Basterds and Jonas Hollander in the Showtime original series Homeland as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.
Life and career
Fehling was born in East Berlin, East Germany. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.
He received the award in the Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come Tourists. He previously won the Prize from the for his role as Prince in the theater production of (Snow White).
Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's World War II 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. Fehling is incorrectly referred to as a Staff Sgt by the English captions. Fehling also dubs his performance in the German version of the film.
Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Homeland, which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.
Awards
2005: The of the for his role as Prince in 's 1901 drama (Snow White) 2007: The (Young German Cinema Award) in the best actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in And Along Come Tourists (2006) 2011: The Shooting Stars Award by European Film Promotion at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Theater and filmography
Theater credits
Schneewittchen by Robert Walser, directed by Thorsten Lensing and Jan Hein (2005) by ; directed by Thomas Dannemann (2005) by Oscar Straus, directed by Robert Borgmann (2006) by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Peter Stein (2007)
Film
And Along Come Tourists (2007, Director: Robert Thalheim) – Sven Lehnert
Buddenbrooks (2007, Director: Heinrich Breloer) – Morten Schwarzkopf
Storm (2009, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid) – Patrick Färber
Inglourious Basterds (2009, Director: Quentin Tarantino) – Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri (2009, Director: Frieder Wittich) – Bernd Goethe! (2010, Director: Philipp Stölzl) – Johann Goethe If Not Us, Who? (2011) – Andreas Baader The River Used to Be a Man (2011) (2012) – Cornelis Schmidt Erased (The Expatriate) (2012) – Floyd (2013, Director: ) – Eddie Weber Labyrinth of Lies (2014) – Johann Radmann Posthumous (2014) – Erik Alder Atomic Falafel (2015) – Oli In Times of Fading Light (2017) – Sascha Umnitzer (2015) – David Burger Three Peaks (2017, Director: Jan Zabeil) – Aaron The Captain (2017) – Junker Das Ende der Wahrheit (2019) – Patrick Lemke A Hidden Life (2019) – Lawyer Feldman Gut gegen Nordwind (2019) – Leo ''Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes (2023) - Decimus