Editing Gedeon Burkhard

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{{Short description|German actor (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Gedeon Burkhard
|image = GedeonB.jpg
|imagesize = 
|caption=Burkhard in 2014
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|7|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] 
|birth_name = Daniel Gedeon Burkhard
|occupation = Actor 
|years_active = 1981–present
|spouse = [[Birgit Cunningham]] (divorced)<ref> Neil Sears, Nick Fagge "Tory Lord trysts with a blonde", ''Thurrock Mail'', 24 January 2011</ref>
}}
'''Daniel Gedeon Burkhard''' (born 3 July 1969) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series ''[[Kommissar Rex]]'' (1998–2001), or as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki in the 2009 film ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''. He is also well recognised for his role as Chris Ritter in the long-running series ''[[Alarm für Cobra 11]]''.

==Life and career==
Gedeon Burkhard was born in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]], the son of Wolfgang Burkhard and German actress Elisabeth von Molo (then Burkhard) who is the granddaughter of [[Alexander Moissi]], a famous Albanian-born Austrian actor of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/leute/article439566/Riesentheater_auch_ohne_Hund.html|title=Riesentheater - auch ohne Hund|date=2 March 2003}}</ref> Gedeon was educated at a boarding school in England and began his acting career in 1979 in the German TV film ''Tante Maria''.

During the 1990s, he lived in the United States, working in several productions, but without much recognition. Burkhard married [[Birgit Cunningham]], then divorced three months later.{{cn|date=February 2021}} After that, he lived in Vienna for ''Kommisar Rex'' for more than five years, then moved to Berlin. Burkhard was working in Cologne on the TV series [[Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei|''Alarm für Cobra 11'']] as the detective Chris Ritter until November 2007. His character Chris Ritter had a heroic death. He then returned to Berlin to be close to his daughter and to work on projects. He said "For the moment I will dedicate myself again fully to my artistic vagabond life in Berlin".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/leute/2007/09/25/burkhard-gedeon-cobra/aus-tv-sendung,geo=2551334.html |title=Gedeon Burkhard stirbt den Heldentod - Bild.de<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=23 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224051545/http://www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/leute/2007/09/25/burkhard-gedeon-cobra/aus-tv-sendung,geo=2551334.html |archive-date=24 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Burkhard appeared in the [[Quentin Tarantino]] movie ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''. In February 2009, he was shooting the film ''Massel'', made for German television. In 2011, he was in Rome, shooting the Italian miniseries ''[[Caccia al Re – La narcotici]]''.

In 2011, he competed in ''[[Ballando con le Stelle]]'', the Italian version of "[[Dancing with the Stars]]", accompanied by professional Italian dancer Samanta Togni, in which he danced with his "daughter" Laura Glavan.

In 2016, Burkhard played [[Gustav Fröhlich|Gustav Froehlich]], a German actor and UFA star, in the international movie ''The Devil's Mistress'' by Czech director [[Filip Renč]]. The biographical film is about the life of actress [[Lída Baarová]] and her relationship with [[Joseph Goebbels]]. The film was released in January 2016 in Prague.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strbova|first=Denisa|title=Devil's Mistress Premieres on Netflix - FilmNewEurope.com|url=https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/czech-news/item/114569-devil-s-mistress-pemieres-on-netflix|access-date=3 June 2020|website=www.filmneweurope.com|language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''Und ab geht die Post'' (1981, TV movie) (segment "Des isch die Poscht")
* ''Tante Maria'' (1981, TV movie) as Andreas Büdenbender
* ''[[Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler|Blut und Ehre: Jugend unter Hitler]]'' ({{aka}} ''Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler'' (USA)) (1982, TV series) as Hartmut Keller
* ''Nordlichter: Geschichten zwischen Watt und Wellen'' (1983, TV series)
* ''[[The Passenger – Welcome to Germany|Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany]]'' ({{aka}} ''The Passenger – Welcome to Germany'', {{aka}} ''Welcome to Germany'' (USA)) (1988) as Janko
* ''[[Der Fahnder]]'' (1988, TV series) as Hendrik Roloff
* ''[[Forsthaus Falkenau]]'' (1989, TV series) as Konrad 'Konni' Frank
* ''[[Zwei Frauen]]'' ({{aka}} ''Silence Like Glass'' (USA)) (1989) as Bud
* ''Sekt oder Selters'' (1990, TV series)
* ''Šípková Ruženka'' ({{aka}} ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Europe: English title)) (1990) as Princ Viliam / Johan
* ''The New Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1990-1992, TV series) as Manfred
* ''{{ill|The Necklace (TV series)|cs|3=Náhrdelník (seriál)|lt=Náhrdelník}}'' ({{aka}} ''The Necklace'' (Europe: English title)) (1992, TV series) as Julius
* ''[[Little Sharks|Kleine Haie]]'' ({{aka}} ''Acting It Out'', {{aka}} ''Little Sharks'') (1992) as Ali
* ''[[Abgeschminkt!]]'' ({{aka}} ''Making Up!'' (USA)) (1993) as René
* ''Mein Mann ist mein Hobby'' (1993, TV movie) as Franz Ferdinand
* ''{{ill|Sommerliebe (1994 film)|fr|Un amour d'été|lt=Sommerliebe}}'' (1994, TV movie) as Matthias
* ''Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet'' (1994, TV series)
* ''Affären'' (1994) as Thomas Prinz
* ''[[La piovra]] - {{Interlanguage link multi|La piovra (season 7)|it|3=La piovra 7 - Indagine sulla morte del commissario Cattani|lt=season 7}}'' (1994, TV miniseries) as Daniele Rannisi, the pirate reporter
* ''[[Der König]]'' (1994, TV series) as Markus Bassermann
* ''[[Ein Fall für zwei]]'' (1995, TV series) as Michael Marten
* ''[[Kommissar Rex]]'' ({{aka}} ''Inspector Rex'' (Austria), {{aka}} ''Rex: A Cop's Best Friend'' (UK)) (1995-2001, TV series) as Alexander Brandtner / Stefan Lanz
* ''Wem gehört Tobias?'' ({{aka}} ''In the Wrong Hands'' (USA), {{aka}} ''Mit aller Gewalt – Mein Sohn gehört mir'') (1996, TV movie) as Thomas Urban
* ''[[SOKO 5113]]'' (1996, TV series) as Philip Steger
* ''[[Polizeiruf 110]]'' (1996, TV series) as Louis
* ''Magenta'' (1996) as Roy
* ''[[Four for Venice|2 Männer, 2 Frauen – 4 Probleme!?]]'' ({{aka}} ''Four for Venice'', {{aka}} ''Two Women, Two Men'' (USA)) (1998 as Luis
* ''The Brylcreem Boys'' (1998) as Krach
* ''Gefährliche Lust – Ein Mann in Versuchung'' ({{aka}} ''Scent of Seduction'') (1998, TV movie) as Leon Heflin
* ''{{Ill|Superfire (film)|it|3=Inferno di fuoco (film 2002)|lt=Superfire}}'' (2002, TV movie) as Reggie
* ''Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit'' (2002, TV movie) as Jan Richter
* ''We'll Meet Again'' (2002, TV movie) as Dr. Peter Gaynes
* ''[[Yu (film)|Yu]]'' (2003) as Tom
* ''{{Ill|Cleaning Up (2003 film)|de|3=Das bisschen Haushalt|lt=Das bisschen Haushalt}}'' ({{aka}} ''Cleaning Up'') (2003, TV movie) as Reinhard Burger
* ''{{Ill|The Wishing Tree (miniseries)|de|3=Der Wunschbaum (2004)|lt=The Wishing Tree}}'' (2004, TV miniseries) as Steve Kammer
* ''Der Vater meines Sohnes'' (2004, TV movie) as Ricardo Potero
* ''Utta Danella – Eine Liebe in Venedig'' (2005, TV series) as Francesco di Selari
* ''[[Der Todestunnel]]'' (2005, TV movie) as Andrea Sala
* ''[[Leipzig Homicide]]'' (2005, TV series) as Ralph Kessler
* ''[[Goldene Zeiten]]'' (2006) as Mischa Hahn
* ''[[The Last Train (2006 film)|Der letzte Zug]]'' (2006) as Henry Neumann
* ''[[Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei|Alarm für Cobra 11]]'' (2007-2008, TV series) as Chris Ritter / Mark Jäger
* ''{{ill|Melodies of Spring|de|Märzmelodie}}'' (2007) as Florian (lead)
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (2009, USA movie) as Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
* ''{{Ill|Oh, What a Mess|de|So ein Schlamassel}}'' (2009, TV movie) as Patrick Silberschatz
* ''[[Caccia al Re – La narcotici|La Narcotici]]'' (2009, TV series) as Chief Daniele Piazza (lead)
* ''Inga Lindström – Millionäre küsst man nicht'' (2010-2013, TV series) as Jasper Svensson / Tomas Lindberg
* ''{{ill|Wunderkinder (2011 film)|de|3=Wunderkinder (Film)|lt=Wunderkinder}}'' (2011, German movie) as Boris Brodsky (lead)
* ''Bridges'' (2011, German animated short film-noir) as Captain Saul Bridges (lead)
* ''[[Ludwig II (2012 film)|Ludwig II]]'' (2012) as Graf [[Maximilian von Holnstein]]
* ''[[Kokowääh 2]]'' (2013) as Luc
* ''Ohne Gnade'' (2013, German movie) as Ronzo
* ''Tränen der Sextner Dolomiten'' (2014) as Pfarrer Oberrainer
* ''{{ill|Unknown Heart|fr|De cœur inconnu}}'' (2014) as Andrew Shaw
* ''Gefällt mir'' (2014) as Peter Jungbluth
* ''[[Shades of Truth (film)|Shades of Truth]]'' (2015, by Liana Marabini (Condor Pictures),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3565406/|title = Shades of Truth (2015)| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> as Father Roberto
* ''Lída Baarová'' (''Devil's Mistress'') (2016, Czech film) as [[Gustav Fröhlich]]
* ''The Key'' (2016) as Tim
* ''{{ill|Plan B (2016 film)|de|Plan B: Scheiß auf Plan A|lt=Plan B}}'' (2016) as Schulz
* ''Titanium White'' (2016) as Agent Buckley
* ''Schneeflöckchen'' (2017) as Winter
* ''Rhein-Lahn Krimi: Jammertal'' (2017) as Peter Löber
* ''Ronny & Klaid'' (2018) as Bouncer
* ''Sauerkrautkoma'' (2018) as Karl-Heinz Fleischmann

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