Thure Riefenstein

'Thure Riefenstein' (qv) is a German-Serbian born actor, writer and producer who started his career at German Broadway theaters such as the "Berliner Ensemble" or the "Hamburger Schauspielhaus" after graduating drama school. He is best known for playing strong and enigmatic heroes or villains in many Feature Films and TV Series worldwide.Riefenstein has worked with the finest directors such as Academy Winners 'Steven Soderbergh' (qv) in _Behind The Candelabra (2013)_ (qv), or 'Jan Sverák' (qv) in _Dark Blue World (2001)_ (qv). He played with 'Michael Douglas' (qv) and 'Matt Damon' (qv), Guest-starred opposite Academy Award winner 'Timothy Hutton' (qv) in _Leverage (2008)_ (qv) or 'Tim Robbins" in _"The Brink (2015)_ . He is a lead in _Die Kreuzritter (2001)_ (qv) opposite Academy Award nominees 'Armin Mueller-Stahl' (qv) or in _Baltic Storm (2003)_ (qv) opposite Golden Globe winners 'Donald Sutherland' (qv) and 'Greta Scacchi' (qv) .His acclaimed work for TV includes the International Emmy Award nominated French cloak & dagger movie _Julie - Agentin des Königs (2004)_ (qv), where he starred with 'Marisa Berenson' (qv), 'Pierre Arditi' (qv) and 'Gottfried John' (qv). Riefenstein, received a "Best Actor" nomination for _Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009)_ (qv), the official German entry for the International Emmy 'Awards' (qv) in 2010. He starred as Detective Stefan Deuter in The TV series _Kommissarin Lucas (2003)_ (qv), which received the Adolph Grimme Award nomination among others.Thure speaks four languages fluently and is highly versatile with many accents. He loves working on extreme characters such as "Adolf Hitler" in _Der Weg zur Macht (2012)_ (qv) or Trickster-Villains in action movies such as _Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit (2008)_ (qv), or as the dark, tormented Circus character "Magnus" opposite 'John Rhys-Davies' (qv) and 'Deborah Kara Unger' (qv) in the feature _Sophie & Sheba (2010)_ (qv). He plays the gentle hero in romantic dramas as well as the "quirky Artist" in black comedies such as _666 - Traue keinem, mit dem Du schläfst! (2002)_ (qv).Thure believes any artist, any creative person should never stop working on his craft. His acting teachers include Doug Warhit, Tim Robbins & Cynthia Ettinger (Actors Gang), Dustin Hoffman ("Masterclass"), Sam Christensen, ACI, Michelle Danner, Kristen Linklater (NY), Nelia Veksel (Russia), Vlad Mugur (Romania). He also works as writer and director, is a graduate of the John Trubys masterclass in screen-writing, and won several awards for "Lonely nights" and "God Is No Soprano" (writer, director and producer).Riefenstein is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie, Germany's Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and served as a juror for the International Emmy 'Awards' (qv) and other film-festivals.::Agency, 1-2016