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Jonas Dassler

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Jonas Dassler at the Berlin Film Festival, 2019

Jonas Dassler (born March 22, 1996) is a German stage and film actor.[1]

Life

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Dassler was born on March 22, 1996, in Remscheid, Germany.[1] Beginning in the eighth grade he participated in the theatre club at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt high school. After graduating in 2014, he started studying acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin.[2]

During the 2016 season he performed the lead role in Georg Büchner's Danton's Death at the Schaubühne in Berlin.[3] Since the 2017/18 season he has been a permanent cast member at the Maxim Gorki Theatre and appeared in several productions.[4]

Reviewing his film performance in LOMO–The Language of Many Others, Variety wrote that Dassler "show[ed] strong heartthrob potential".[5] In June 2018, it was announced that Dassler would star in Fatih Akin's Der goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove) portraying the lead character, serial killer Fritz Honka.[6] His work earned him a German Film Awards nomination for Best Actor.[7]

Theater engagements

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Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jonas Dassler". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ Krekeler, Elmar (12 July 2018). "Der deutsche Film hat wieder ein Gesicht" (in German). WELT. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Jonas Dassler". Schaubühne (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Jonas Dassler". Gorki Theatre (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. ^ Kiang, Jessica (3 July 2017). "Film Review: 'LOMO – The Language of Many Others'". Variety. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Fatih Akin shoots Thriller: 22-year-old shootingstar Jonas Dassler plays murderer Fritz Honka". Focus Online. 29 June 2018.
  7. ^ Roxborough, Scott (20 March 2019). "Andreas Dresen's 'Gundermann' Leads German Film Awards With 10 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ Clarke, Kevin (17 December 2017). "A Star Is Born: Jonas Dassler In Spoliansky's "Alles Schwindel" At Gorki Theater". Operetta Research Center. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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