“Tatort” and theater actor Uwe Bohm died at the age of 60
Uwe Bohm (1962-2022)
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According to the family of actor Uwe Bohm, he died “suddenly and unexpectedly”. You are now asking for privacy. Director Hark Bohm’s adopted son turned 60.
Dhe actor Uwe Bohm, known from the “Tatort”, is dead, he was 60 years old.
“It is with infinite sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, husband, son and amazing actor Uwe Bohm,” his wife Ninon Bohm wrote in an email on Saturday. “He died suddenly and unexpectedly.” The family asked for privacy.
Bohm’s adoptive mother, Natalia Bowakow-Bohm, confirmed when asked that she had also received the news of the death. The agency Louisa Held Management also said when asked: “Unfortunately, it’s a reality. Uwe passed away.” Details were not initially known.
Breakthrough in “Nordsee ist Mordsee”
Uwe Bohm was born as Uwe Grossmann in January 1962 in Hamburg. As a child, he ended up in a home, as he told the “Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin” in 2016: “My father was a dock worker and, as it later turned out, had spied for the GDR. He started drinking and must have been very afraid of persecution.” The father had been imprisoned for treason. “I came to the home because the youth welfare office decided that my home was no longer working. And I had behavioral problems.” His mother died a little later of cirrhosis of the liver.
Uwe Bohm in 2013, on the sidelines of a funeral service
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The boy, then eleven years old, was discovered by the director Hark Bohm for the film “I can also build an ark” in 1973. Three years later the main role in Hark Bohm’s youth drama “Nordsee ist Mordsee” followed, which made both of them famous.
The director finally adopted the boy and brought him to Munich. Uwe took Bohm’s name. He began an apprenticeship as a painter and varnisher, but broke it off and tried his hand at acting – ultimately with success.
From 1984 onwards he was seen again and again in “Tatort” and other thrillers as a suspect, murderer or psychopath. But Bohm created a diverse repertoire. According to his biography, by 2014 he had worked in around 80 film and television productions. He was also in the 2016 film “Tschick”, based on the young adult novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf, directed by Fatih Akin.
Recently things had calmed down around him
At the same time, Uwe Bohm acted successfully in theater for decades. In the late 1980s he worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg with the director Peter Zadek. In 1990 he stood on the stage of the Vienna Burgtheater for the first time. He played at the Salzburg Festival, at the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen and at the Berliner Ensemble, also in comedies and light-hearted roles.
In recent years, the actor has become quieter. According to what he told SZ Magazin, he had five children by four women. Most recently, Bohm lived with his wife Ninon in Berlin. He once told “Bild am Sonntag” that he was very happy to be able to play the roles of the bad guys in the crime genre, in ambiguous characters. But he also said: “A role as a “Tatort” commissioner would of course appeal to me. But to get such a job is very lucky, a great task and an honour.”