Gedeon Burkhard, the star of the hit television series Commissioner Rex in the 1990s, recently celebrated his 49th birthday. How does the personal and creative life of a man who was considered one of the sexiest men in Germany at the end of the 20th century develop?
Biography
Gedeon Burkhard was born in Munich on July 3, 1969. His family has been associated with acting for several generations: his parents were artists, his maternal grandfather was an Austrian film director, and his great-grandfather was a famous theater actor. The boy received his unusual name from his mother in honor of one of the lovers of her youth.
Burkhart's childhood years passed in an atmosphere of creativity. From an early age, the child did not show much interest in learning (he had problems with school education - he was forced to change schools and was even considered difficult to educate), but he strove to the stage. His childhood dream was to become a ballet dancer. It was this that brought Burkhart to the Munich Ballet Academy.
Career
Of course, Burkhart did not immediately become a famous actor. There is different evidence when he first appeared on television: Wikipedia claims that it happened in 1979 in the film Tante Maria, and imdb gives Und ab geht die Post in 1981. He first appeared on television at the age of twelve, and his first role played in the film at the age of nineteen.
For a long time, Burkhart played in television series and films that did not appear outside Germany. The turning point in his career was "Commissioner Rex": the role of Alexander Brandtner, the second owner of the service shepherd dog, glorified him in fifty countries in which the series was released at different times. However, in 2001 Burkhart left the series, explaining this by disagreement with the creators, for whom his role has always been only an addition to the game of the dog.
Burkhart has played in 76 films of various genres: among his acting work, roles in detective stories and comedies. It's even strange that for such a number of roles he received relatively few prizes. In 1998, he was voted one of the sexiest men in Germany.
Personal life
In recent years, Gedeon Burkhard has carefully guarded his privacy from the attention of the paparazzi. There is almost no information about how this actor lives now. It is only known that he now lives in Vienna and is raising a fourteen-year-old daughter from a relationship with the model Philomena Iannacone.
Despite the fact that the actor has several official novels, he was married only once: in 1996, having arrived in Las Vegas in pursuit of the American dream, he married Bridget Cunningham. The marriage did not last even six months. Rumor has it that Burkhard's new fleeting love was to blame for the breakup, but he himself never confirmed this.
The big actor did not marry, although he was credited with a long affair with actress Anika Bormann.
