Английская Википедия:Falk Hentschel
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Falk Hentschel is a German actor, dancer and choreographer. He is mostly involved in American productions and has had supporting roles in movies such as White House Down and Transcendence. He played superhero Hawkman, which he portrayed in the Arrowverse shows The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
Early life
Hentschel was born in Leipzig, East Germany. With his parents, Jörg and Martina, and his brother Uwe, he escaped East Germany seven months before the Berlin Wall came down. He was raised bilingually, English and German, and moved around the world all his life.
Career
Hentschel worked in London as a professional backup dancer for artists such as Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Paulina Rubio, Jamelia and others. Later he was hired as a choreographer and worked on many music videos and tours in Canada and Asia.
In 2003, Falk decided to stay in Los Angeles for good and pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He made his acting debut in the Emmy Award-winning show Arrested Development in 2005. Small parts in Journeyman and numerous low-budget films followed.
In 2008, Hentschel decided to create his own projects and wrote the short film Who is Bobby Domino, where he met his production partner Jesse Grace. The two of them went on to write and produce more short films, of which many entered some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world and won numerous accolades.
In 2009, Hentschel worked as a go-go dancer in the piece "Untitled (Go-Go Dancing Platform)" by the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.[1]
In 2009, Falk landed his first big-budget feature film role as Bernhard the assassin, co-starring next to Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day. The following year, Falk played the role of drug addict Richard Conway on TNT’s The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick.
In 2011, Hentschel played opposite singer Justin Bieber in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Targets of Obsession".[2] He also starred in the NCIS: Los Angeles episode "Archangel".[3]
In StreetDance 2 (2012), he played a major role as Ash, the leader of a street dance crew that performed at a championship in Paris against a rival crew called Invincible.[4]
In 2014 Hentschel guest starred in the episode "A Fractured House" of the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Hydra mercenary Marcus Scarlotti.[5]
In 2015, Hentschel portrayed the Carter Hall version of Hawkman in the 2016 show DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and also Arrow and The Flash.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Intelligence | German Soldier #1 | Short film |
| 18 Fingers of Death! | Lead Music Video Dancer | Direct-to-Video | |
| 2008 | Thrill Killers | Bj | Short film |
| 2009 | Who Is Bobby Domino | Jake Sullivan | Short film |
| The Letter | Short film | ||
| Cher Papa | Phillippe | Short film | |
| 2010 | Knight & Day | Bernhard | |
| Broken | Aaron Sevell | Short film | |
| 2011 | Omission | Simon Cox | Short film |
| 2012 | StreetDance 2 | Ash | |
| Lotus | Brad | Short film | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Motts | |
| Extraction | Martin | ||
| 2014 | Transcendence | Bob | |
| 2016 | The Big Swim | Luca | Short film |
| 2017 | The Pick Up | Ike | Short film |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Hauptsturmführer Ludwig Topf | |
| 2020 | Ava | Gunther |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Arrested Development | Hot Cops "Jay" | Episode: "Queen for a Day"; uncredited |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Thug #1 | Episode: "Game Three" |
| 2010 | The Closer | Richard Conway | Episode: "Off the Hook" |
| 2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Bradford Harris Elgin | Episode: "Archangels" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Timothy Johnson | Episode: "Targets of Obsession" | |
| 2013 | Revenge | Gregor Hoffman | Episode: "Truth, Part 1" |
| 2014 | Reckless | Arliss Fulton | Recurring |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Marcus Scarlotti | Episode: "A Fractured House" | |
| The Ladies Restroom | Dan | Main cast | |
| 2015 | The Flash | Carter Hall / Hawkman | Episode: "Legends of Today" |
| Arrow | Episode: "Legends of Yesterday" | ||
| 2016, 2021 | Legends of Tomorrow | Main role (season 1), guest role (season 7)[7] | |
| 2016 | Jack the Ripper | Frederick Abberline | TV movie |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Biff Ellison | 2 episodes |
References
External links
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- German male film actors
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- Actors from Leipzig
- German emigrants to the United States
- Dancers from Saxony
- 1982 births
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