Background
Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife.
Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife.
He is one of the most successful character actors of German cinema and had his break in 1992 with Little Sharks. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day. In 1985 he moved to Berlin, where he shared a flat with German actor Richy Müller.
He states himself that he got inspired by the movie Taxi Driver with Robert De Niro.
Vogel has a daughter, Maria (born 1988) from a previous relationship.
1989: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best young actor in Rosamunde 1992: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best actor in Kleine Haie (Little Sharks) 1994: Telestar for Dann eben mit Gewalt (Violence: The Last Resort) 1997: Deutscher Filmpreis – best male lead in Das Leben ist eine Baustelle (Life is All You Get) 1998: Deutscher Shooting Star 2000: Jupiter – best television Star 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Das Phantom (The Phantom) 2003: Goldene Kamera – best German actor in Nackt und Scherbentanz (Shattered Glass) 2006: 42nd Chicago International Film Festival – Silver Hugo Award – best actor in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Tribeca Film Festival, New York – best male lead in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2006: Silberner (silver) Bär in the category of special artistic performance in Der freie Wille (The Free Will) 2007: Bayerischer Filmpreis – best male lead in Emmas Glück (Emma"s Bliss) 2007: Ernst-Lubitsch-Preis for his roles in Ein Freund von mir (A Friend of Mine) and Wo ist Fred? (Where is Fred?) 2009: Jupiter - best actor in Die Welle (The Wave) 2010: Herbert-Strate-Preis.
