Martin May
Acting
Biography
Martin May was born on April 21, 1961 in Coburg, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Das Boot (1981), Das Boot (1985) and Der Flieger (1986).
Born: April 21, 1961
Place of Birth: Coburg, Germany
Known For
Das Boot
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
Das Boot
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Die Kommissarin
Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
Wilsberg
Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.
Der Fahnder
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
SOKO Stuttgart
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
Auf Achse
The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.
Rotkäppchen
Leonie goes to her grandmother's house with her parents and her little brother Simon. Simon wants her to read Little Red Riding Hood to him. The family's car suddenly breaks down. While her mother and brother try in vain to light a fire, Leonie goes to the entrance of a cave. She ventures inside. At the exit of the cave, a fairy tale land opens up.
Die Rosenheim-Cops
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Filmography
as Self - Das Boot Actor
as Arzt
as Walter McKien
as Till Tiedemann
as Mad B (voice)
as Zoobesucher
as Mike Nettleton
as Wolfgang Aichner
as Martin Thomsen
as Konrads Vater
as Henry Mengers
as Ehrhard Lauinger
as Freier Steingräber
as Gerhard Hündgen
as Artur Bär
as Anton Fischler
as Fähnrich Ullmann
as Kay Klowe
as Leonhard Pietsch
as Björn Kempe
as Manni Posanke
as Kai Wolf
as Erwin Lederer
as Andi
as Richard 'Richie' Karlmann
as Drug Addict
as Mann auf Brücke
as Bernd Klinger
as Ben Miller
as Bodo Bilgoreit
as Fähnrich Ullmann
as Reiner Klein
as Ullmann
as Pit Brauer
as Michael Hude
as Wolfgang Bloch
as Heinz Sawatzki
as Christian
as Mugner-Bruder
as Herbert Sterr
as Paul
as Polizeihauptmeister Robert Wegener
as Robert Wegener
as Wegener
as 17 jähriger Drogenabhängiger
as Assistent
as Robert Wegner
as Assistent Robert Wegner