Bjorn Freiberg is a popular German actor. In adulthood, he left his former profession and took up a career on the television screen. He played in the acclaimed film When Harry Met Sejal. Bjorn is also known to the public as an artist and writer.
Biography
Bjorn Freiberg was born on March 28, 1970 in Isny im Allgäu, Germany. For a long time he worked as a translator and was one of the university teachers. Freiberg not only plays in films, but also deals with dubbing.
He has a background in philosophy. In this area, he received his doctorate. Freiberg also holds a master's degree in economics. His teaching career lasted from 2000 to 2014. He worked at the Hungarian University. Ssecheny Istvan in the city of Gyor.
Carier start
Bjorn started acting relatively late. He was already 44 years old when he left his job at the university and appeared in films. His first role was as a German soldier in the military drama Camp X. This series has 3 seasons. The stories of guys from Canada, America and the UK are told. They are trained to work as agents on German soil. In 2015, the actor worked on Laszlo Nemesh's war drama Son of Saul. The action takes place in Auschwitz in 1944. The hero of the film is a Jewish prisoner. He meets the prisoners and cleans up after them. Once a man survived the gas chamber. A few minutes later, he still died, but the hero managed to become attached to him. Now he wants to carry him out with dignity on his last journey. The funeral of a stranger becomes the central character's obsession. In a concentration camp, the task seems impossible. The drama has won the Grand Jury Prize, the FIPRESCI Prize, the François Chalet Prize and the Vulcain Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globe, Oscar and British Academy Awards. Also, the picture was nominated for the Cesar and Goya awards.
Then Freiberg is invited to the Hungarian TV series "Golden Life". This dramatic action movie tells the story of the leader of a scam gang. Having lost his father, he promises to change his life and become law-abiding. His decision was influenced by his father's refusal to say goodbye to his son, who lives by robberies. The protagonist gets away with another crime, and he regards it as a sign that it's time to change. The thriller ran from 2015 to 2018. It consists of 3 seasons. The next role of the actor took place in an action movie with elements of the comedy "Pure Heart, or Killers on Wheels." Director and screenwriter - Attila Till. The film tells about the personal life of disabled people from a special boarding school. Despite the comfortable conditions, they are burdened by the lack of entertainment and hope for an improvement in their condition. Their lives change when they meet a wheelchair user with a criminal past. Despite his position, he lives a full life. The film was nominated for the Main Prize of the "East of the West" program.
Further Freiberg played a security officer in the fantastic drama "The White King" co-produced by Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and Hungary. The film is a dystopia about life in a country where totalitarianism has won. The main character is a teenager who turns out to be the son of an enemy of the people. The father is arrested, and the boy and his mother become outcasts. The film was presented at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal, the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Nashville Film Festival and the Pulse Film Festival. Later, the actor got the role of a West German police officer in the comedy drama Journey with Father, co-produced by Germany, Romania, Hungary and Sweden. The director and screenwriter of the film is Anca Miruna Lazarescu. The action takes place in Romania in the late 1960s. The main characters are a father and sons from a small town. Due to differences in political views, the family quarrels. The film has been screened to guests at events such as the Munich International Film Festival, Jameson Cinefest, Schlingel Film Festival, Turin Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Cleveland International Film Festival.
Creation
Bjorn played a pilot in Ali Abbas Zafar's Indian sports drama Sultan. The plot tells about a local wrestling champion and an assertive young girl. First, the heroes confront each other, and then a romantic relationship appears between them. The actor went on to act in Indian cinema and played the role of a sniper in the thriller "Force Force 2". According to the scenario of the militant, a dangerous terrorist destroys Indian agents in Eastern Europe. The deputy chief inspector is tasked with catching and neutralizing the criminal. The film has been shown in Kuwait, Canada, the United States and the Netherlands.
Then the actor was offered the role of Kramer in the television war drama The Gray Envoys. The action takes place on the Italian front during the First World War. Later, Bjorn was invited to the historical mini-series "Maximilian" co-produced by Austria, Germany and Hungary. Freiberg's next work is in the Indian comedy melodrama When Harry Met Sejal. In 2017, the actor starred in the Chinese thriller Butterfly Cemetery. The film tells about students who went to a cemetery in the hope that their wishes will come true, as stated in an ancient tradition. 2018 brought him roles in Curtis, Sunset and The Golden Job. Among the last works of Bjorn - roles in the TV series "Hidden" and the films "What Would Be" and "Newbies". Freiberg played one of the characters in the drama "Dune", which is scheduled for release in 2020.
