Rufus Beck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 23, 1957 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Worms, Germany
- Credits
- 103
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.
Known for
Sapphire Blue
2014Movie
Xemerius (voice)
Emerald Green
2016Movie
Xemerius (voice)
The Wild Soccer Bunch
2003Movie
Willi
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Mickey, Gereon, Stefan Stoll, Alex, Udo Retzlaff, Johannes Anders
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994Movie
Waltraud
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004Movie
Maribor (voice)
Filmography
Geheimsache Kopernikus
2023Movie
Kopernikus
Reschke Fernsehen
2023TV
Self
Peter Maffay – Begegnungen
2020TV
Self
Tabaluga
2018Movie
Kolk (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Nanny verzweifelt gesucht
2018Movie
Tabaluga - Es lebe die Freundschaft! Live
2017Movie
Magier & Glückskäfer
Sternenjäger - Abenteuer am Nachthimmel
2017Movie
Children Of The Wild
2017Movie
Narrator (voice)
King Laurin
2016Movie
König Dietrich
Emerald Green
2016Movie
Xemerius (voice)
The Wild Soccer Bunch 6
2016Movie
Willi
Blütenträume
2015Movie
Ulf
Sapphire Blue
2014Movie
Xemerius (voice)
Zwei allein
2014Movie
Linus Gobert
München Mord
2014TV
Oliver Papst
Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit
2012Movie
Magier
Das Geheimnis der Villa Sabrini
2012Movie
Andreas von Weissenfels
Die Sterntaler
2011Movie
Caspar
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011Movie
Klick ins Herz
2009Movie
Alexander Randow
SOKO Stuttgart
2009TV
Felix Zink
Jasper: Journey to the End of the World
2009Movie
Kakapo (voice)
The Meerkats
2008Movie
Narrator (Russian release) (voice)
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008TV
Sergio Spinosa
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007TV
Self
The Visible and the Invisible
2007Movie
Leo Barnstein
0511 TV Lokal
2007TV
Self
Hamburg Dockland
2007TV
Markus Herold
Tabaluga und Lilli
2006Movie
Magier
The Robber Hotzenplotz
2006Movie
Petrosilius Zwackelmann
Going Public
2005Movie
Bruno
München 7
2004TV
Erich Schlicker
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
2004Movie
Maribor (voice)
Germanikus
2004Movie
Prefect
Inga Lindström
2004TV
Herzog Anders von Köping, Marvin Blom
Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück
2004Movie
Magier
ZIBB
2003TV
Self
Es wird etwas geschehen
2003Movie
Benno
SOKO Köln
2003TV
Thomas Lambrecht
The Wild Soccer Bunch
2003Movie
Willi
Hamlet_X
2003Movie
Insurance Salesman
Gangster
2002Movie
Kevin
Bibi Blocksberg
2002Movie
Maribor (voice)
Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk
2002TV
Self
Inspektor Rolle
2002TV
Inspektor Rolle
Edel & Starck
2002TV
Britz
Brazilero
2001Movie
Alex
Emil and the Detectives
2001Movie
Hotelportier
Hart aber fair
2001TV
Self
Drehkreuz Airport
2001TV
Kiss Me, Frog
2000Movie
Hofzauberer Gorm
Frauen lügen besser
2000Movie
Markus Kopf
Der Preis der Schönheit
2000Movie
Guido Sprüngli
Lieber böser Weihnachtsmann
1999Movie
Dieter Barth
Volle Kanne
1999TV
Self
Jimmy the Kid
1999Movie
Kelp
Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!
1999TV
Kurt Bojarski
Vorübergehend verstorben
1998Movie
Schubert
HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin
1998TV
Marcel Dante
Der letzte Zeuge
1998TV
Tom Burkhardt
Lonny, der Aufsteiger
1998Movie
Guido Sprüngli
Leute heute
1997TV
Self
Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher
1997Movie
Einbrecher Paul Paul
Tietjen und Bommes
1997TV
Self
Die rote Waschmaschine
1997Movie
Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten
1996TV
Günter Dorn
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
1996Movie
Nikolaus
Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles
1996Movie
Peter Hackmann
Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
1996Movie
Dr. Carlo van Rees
Tigerenten Club
1996TV
Self
Ein tödliches Vergehen
1996Movie
David
Die Straßen von Berlin
1995TV
Waldemar 'Waldi' Schmitz
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995TV
Self
Versteckte Kamera
1995TV
Self
Heimliche Zeugen
1995Movie
Peter Dähnert
Im Innern des Bernsteins
1995Movie
Thomas Kast
Der König
1994TV
Maybe... Maybe Not
1994Movie
Waltraud
Weihnachtsfest mit Hindernissen
1994Movie
Franz
Tödliche Dienstreise
1994Movie
Ali
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993TV
Mr. Bluesman
1993Movie
Lentz
Alarm auf Station 2
1993Movie
Dr. Hartenstein
Der Bergdoktor
1992TV
Guido Mooslechner
Little Sharks
1992Movie
Woyczek
Riverboat
1992TV
Self
DAS!
1991TV
Self
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
1990TV
himself
Café Meineid
1990TV
Ralf Hagedorn
Peter Strohm
1989TV
Tommy Schneider
Blauer Panther
1989TV
Self - Moderator
Liebling Kreuzberg
1986TV
Das Traumschiff
1981TV
Magnus Tennstett, Paul Gassner
NDR Talk Show
1979TV
Self
SOKO München
1978TV
Kühn, Prof. Dr. Maximilian Sundt
The Old Fox
1977TV
Erich Kapuste
Derrick
1974TV
Manfred Georg, Benno Hauke
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Mickey, Gereon, Stefan Stoll, Alex, Udo Retzlaff, Johannes Anders
German Film Award
1951TV
Self
Bambi
1948TV
Self
An Impossible Wedding
Movie
Freddi
Der bewegte Mann – Reloaded
Movie
Waltraud
Cloud Study
Movie
Hanni