--- name: "Udo Samel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/udo-samel" fi1m_id: "udo-samel" imdb_id: "nm0759797" tmdb_id: 6264 wikidata_id: "Q71497" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 June 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T03:24:27.976662+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Udo Samel ## Identity Udo Samel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/udo-samel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** udo-samel - **IMDb ID:** nm0759797 - **TMDB ID:** 6264 - **Wikidata ID:** Q71497 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Samel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6264 Actor. Born 25 June 1953 in Trier-Eitelsbach, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 June 1953, Trier-Eitelsbach, Germany - **Active:** 2001–2017 - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_Samel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6264 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Piano Teacher*](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Udo Samel is a German actor. He was born on 25 June 1953 in Trier-Eitelsbach, Germany. After studying Slavonic studies and philosophy, he trained at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main from 1974 to 1976. He began his career in theatre, with early work at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, before joining the Berliner Schaubühne in 1978. Samel has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1977. His film debut was in *Messer im Kopf* (1978). He is known for roles including Dr. George Blonskij in *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Ernst Gennat in *Babylon Berlin* (2017), Alexander in *The Seventh Continent* (1989), and Franz Schubert in *Mit meinen heißen Tränen* (1986). He also appeared in *Back to Square One* (1994), which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org, metacritic.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Babylon Berlin* (2017), Fi1m 82, as Ernst Gennat — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md) - *The Piano Teacher* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Dr. George Blonskij — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *No Hit Wonder* (2025), as Helmut - *Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Arbeit am Limit* (2023), as Boris - *Serviam – I Will Serve* (2022), as Man - *Rival* (2021), as Schwarz - *The Story of My Wife* (2021), as Private Detective - *Allmen and the Mystery of the Dahlias* (2019), as Severin Erlbaum - *How I Taught Myself to Be a Child* (2019), as Tibor Silberstein - *The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch* (2018), as Tate Moishe Wolkenbruch - *Life Guidance* (2018), as Grundherr - *Angst* (2017), as Tiberius - *Babylon Berlin* (2017), series, as Ernst Gennat — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md) - *Ostfriesenkrimis* (2017), series, as Prof. Freimut Diebold - *Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide* (2017), as Präfekt Locmariaquer - *Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Pride* (2017), as Präfekt Locmariaquer - *Bubis - Das letzte Gespräch* (2017), as Bubis - *Night of a 1000 Hours* (2016), as Polizist - *Goodbye Berlin* (2016), as Teacher - *Letzte Ausfahrt Gera: Acht Stunden mit Beate Zschäpe* (2016), as BKA-Mann Humburg - *Das Zeugenhaus* (2014), as Heinrich Hoffmann - *Alles Schwindel* (2013), as Albert Wolf - *Friends Forever* (2012), as Choirmaster - *Joachim Vernau* (2012), series, as Hans-Jörg Hellmer - *My Best Enemy* (2011), as Jakob Kaufmann - *Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus* (2010), as Heribert Pilch - *Carlos* (2010), as Bruno Kreisky - *Danni Lowinski* (2010), series, as Erik Danzer - *Domain* (2009), as Le directeur de sanatorium - *Palermo Shooting* (2008), as Banker - *A Night at the Grand Hotel* (2008), as Petersen - *Notturno* (2006), as Franz Schubert - *Kommissar Stolberg* (2006), series, as Stefan Neisse - *Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr* (2006), as Eustach Schiller - *Die Nachrichten* (2005), as Charlie Grundmann - *The Call of the Toad* (2005), as Vielbrand - *Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch* (2005), as Eustach Schiller - *Go for Zucker* (2004), as Samuel - *Silentium* (2004), as Festspielpräsident - *Der Auftrag* (2004), as Antoine - *Strauss II: Die Fledermaus* (2003), as Frosch - *Treibjagd* (2003), as Mooser - *Das Haus der toten Augen* (2002), as Reverend Dearborn - *Blumen für Polt* (2001), as Willi - *The Piano Teacher* (2001), as Dr. George Blonskij — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano-teacher.md) - *Sturmzeit* (1999), series, as Tom Wolff - *The Volcano* (1999), as Professor Benjamin Abel - *Die Braut* (1999), Actor - *Woyzeck* (1999), as Woyzeck - *Hundert Jahre Brecht* (1998), as Flüchtling - *In the Name of Innocence* (1997), as Robert Kunze - *Der Hauptmann von Köpenick* (1997), as Bürgermeister Obermüller - *Liebe Lügen* (1997), as Kleiner - *The Killer Condom* (1996), as Luigi Mackeroni - *Angst hat eine kalte Hand* (1996), as Jörg 'Bohne' Bohnart - *71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance* (1995), as Paul Brunner - *Auf Teufel komm raus* (1995), as Turbo Leo - *Ich bin unschuldig - Ärztin im Zwielicht* (1995), as Klaus Kreutzer - *Hölderlin-Comics* (1994), as Younger Hölderlin - *Back to Square One* (1994), as Victor Rote - *Faust* (1994), series, as Dr. Hannsen - *The Film Narrator* (1993), as Herr Lange - *The Rebellion* (1993), as Narrator (voice) - *Kaspar Hauser* (1993), as Daumer - *Faraway, So Close!* (1993), as Security Guard - *Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma* (1993), series, as Max Salomon - *Hecht & Haie* (1993), series, as Bredemeyer - *The Last U-Boat* (1993), as Dr. Falke - *Die Elefantenbraut* (1993), as Sulzbecker - *Der Showmaster* (1993), as Regisseur - *Schuld und Sühne* (1992), Actor - *Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland* (1992), Actor - *End of Innocence* (1991), series, as Kurt Diebner - *Der einsame Weg* (1991), as Direktor Reumann - *Winckelmanns Reisen* (1990), as Rüdiger - *Vorwärts* (1990), as Otto Treber - *The Seventh Continent* (1989), as Alexander - *Der Mitwisser* (1989), Actor - *Ausgeklinkt* (1988), as Wolfgang Deutz - *The Case of Mr. Spalt* (1988), as Edgar - *Close Up* (1987), Actor - *Mit meinen heißen Tränen* (1986), series, as Franz Schubert - *Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich* (1986), as Gerichtsgehilfe - *The Death of the White Stallion* (1985), as Pater Andreas, Benediktinermönch - *Der Mord mit der Schere* (1984), Actor - *Variation* (1983), as Peter - *Class Enemy* (1983), as Vollmond - *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Kommissar, Wolfgang Fischer - *Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe* (1980), Actor - *Big and Little* (1980), Actor - *Die Kinder aus Nr. 67* (1980), as Lehrer Köwel - *The End of the Rainbow* (1979), as Dieter - *Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen* (1979), as Justus - *Knife in the Head* (1978), as Schurig - *Rückfälle* (1977), Actor - *Derrick* (1974), series, as Thomas Randel - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Wolly Deutz, Trachtenfels-Lissé, Dr. Markus Seitz ## Gallery - ![Udo Samel](https://film.one/media/person/979936/gallery-f67966be9992.jpg) Udo Samel — Image via TMDB - ![Udo Samel](https://film.one/media/person/979936/gallery-e24ae8c6041c.jpg) Udo Samel — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - Bavarian TV Awards 1994: Bavarian TV Awards (won), for *Durchreise* - European Film Award for Best Actor 1988: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Mit meinen heißen Tränen* - Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf 1977: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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