Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor. He is best known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film Downfall. Life and work Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He studied acting in the early 1980s in Berlin under Else Bongers. In the 2004 movie Downfall he plays Joseph Goebbels. In the 2004 movie The Ninth Day, he plays Fr. Henri Kremer, a Catholic priest imprisoned at Dachau. He is also the standard German voice for Kenneth Branagh along with Martin Umbach. In 2019, Matthes served on the jury that chose Pauline Curnier Jardin as winner of the Preis der Nationalgalerie. Awards 1985: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in Northrhine-Westphalia 1999: Bavarian Film Award – Best Actor for performance in Rider of the Flames 2003: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2007: Theaterpreis Berlin 2008: Deutscher Theaterpreis Der Faust 2015: Goldene Kamera – Best German Actor for performances in the Tatort episode Im Schmerz geboren (“Born in pain”) and in Bornholmer Straße (“Bornholm street”) 2015: Grimme-Preis – Best Actor for performance in Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren 2015: German Television Academy Award – Best Actor for performance in Bornholmer Straße 2016: Lielais Kristaps – Best Actor for performance in Pelnu Sanitorija (Exiled) 2022 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany