Background
Hoppe was born as son of a master baker in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany.
Hoppe was born as son of a master baker in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany.
After his apprenticehip as a baker, he worked from 1945 to 1948, as a coachman. He then started an actors’ training in Erfurt and worked in the circus aeronautics He later engaged at Thalia Theater in Halle (Saale) and at the Young World Theatre in Leipzig.
He acted at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and the Salzburg Festival.
He was internationally active in Switzerland, Italy, and China. In the East German DEFA movies, Hoppe often played villains, e.g., in different Osterns.
Hoppe lives in Weißig in Dresden.
1971: National Prize of East Germany 1. class for art and literature 1981: Critics Award of the Hungarian Journalist. Association for his role in Mephisto 1995: Lessing Award of the Free State of Saxony 1998: Grimme-Preis for his role in the television miniseries Sardsch 2005: Goldene Henne for his lifetime achievement 2007: Art Award, City of Dresden 2010: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1st Class.
Sächsische Akademie der Künste.
