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Mark Bellinghaus, actor, Muenster
©Bruno Hennig
  • Actor
Born 1963 in Koblenz (60 Years)

Basic data

LanguagesEnglishFrench
DialectsBavarian (Native dialect), Rheinisch (Native dialect)
SingingClassicSchlager
Skills (sports)bodybuildingboxingfencing (sport)figure skatinginline skatingroller figure skatingswimmingwakeboardyoga
Immediate working areaMuenster
1st residence (federal state or country)Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia
NationalityGerman

Contact

Mobile+49 159 06277799
WhatsAppMark Bellinghaus

News

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About Mark Bellinghaus

Mark Bellinghaus was born as Hans Siegfried Otto Schmidt Koenig, on July 20, 1963, in Koblenz, and he officially changed his maiden name, because it constantly reminds him of the terrible physical and sexualized tortures he experienced as a little boy for 2 1/2 years had to endure 6 years in an evangelical alumni, remembered.
Back in Koblenz, Bellinghaus was aiming for a career as a high-performance athlete, and became a single and pair skater in ice and roller art skating at Post-SV Koblenz. He made it in pair skating, after all, to the state champion of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the men's individual run, he was 3rd in roller art skating.
This artistic sport became the foundation for his later, very successful career as an actor. In addition to his school education, Bellinghaus began to gain experience as an extra at the Koblenz City Theater at the age of 16.
Due to a severe inflammation of the nerves in his back, a brain tumor was initially suspected, as Bellinghaus was paralyzed on one side for many months, he had to stop his sport. That was the first step into acting for Bellinghaus.
At the age of 17 he moved to Munich alone to make his dream come true.
During his acting training in Munich, he was hired by Frank Baumbauer, the then director of the Bavarian State Theater, the Residenztheater Munich, and thus one of the most renowned theaters in Germany, after an audition, away from the drama school. A short time later, the Constantin Film (Bernd Eichinger) film offer followed, as "Jorge's Novize", in the literature adaptation of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose," alongside film stars such as Sir Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater and others prominent actors to gain their first real experience in the film business. The then young actor immediately used this popularity to change his name to Mark Bellinghaus. Now reminded less of the torments than "Sigi", which determined his life as a boy who was exposed to the most severe physical and sexualised violence. And luck was always by the side of the active artist and actor. Unfortunately, however, there was also misfortune in the form of super powerful producers such as Bernd Eichinger, television casting professional Horst D. Scheel, and not least the general manager of the Bavarian State Theater, who followed Peter Baumbauer to the Munich theater after Peter Baumbauer left. Rape and sexual assault followed, which Bellinghaus immediately tried to report to the artistic management office and to the Munich police on the following day, but he was probably not believed at the time, since Günther Beelitz was married and had a young daughter. The massive abuse trauma was swallowed for decades and only "reappeared" through intensive and professional processing in the USA through psychotherapy. In 2019, Bellinghaus had already reported cases of abuse of his childhood to the Protestant Church 3 years earlier, Bellinghaus saw a theater performance, a guest performance, of the Theater Wuppertal, which was about sexual abuse. Thomas Melle's "Pictures of Us." This performance finally gave Bellinghaus the courage to come out as a victim of severe physical and sexual violence against children. There was no turning back. And that is why Bellinghaus used his personal pain and experience to create the world's first "memorial for the victims of physical and sexual violence against children, in the church and elsewhere" as a performing artist. It was exhibited and presented in the theater of the city of Münster in 2019.
A year later, when Münster shocked the world through the perfidious abuse complex of Münster, where boys were abused and filmed in a creepy gazebo in Münster's children's house, Mark Bellinghaus founded the initiative movement 'Saturdays for Children.'
www.saturdaysforchildren.com
After emigrating to the USA in 1995, Mark Bellinghaus left acting and devoted himself to other artistic and journalistic projects. He became the world's most respected expert on Marilyn Monroe and, by 2009, owned the largest collection of her artifacts. In 2006 Bellinghaus published his first blog because the renowned Los Angeles Times refused to believe what Bellinghaus had found out and was able to prove. Biggest exhibition fraud in history. A scam worth $ 100 million. The scammers fought back with an official lawsuit against the actor, who was defending himself in court as his own lawyer, and won. A David versus Goliath-like fight. Because Bellinghaus' opponent was the famous "lawyer for the dead," Mark Roesler, who lost his best "horse in the stable", namely Marilyn Monroe, forever after his defeat by Mark Bellinghaus

Awards

YearAward
1990
1990Fantaspoa - Fantastic Film Festival Porto Alegre für "Josefine"
1990Los Angeles Filmfestival Bester Kurzfilm "Josefine"
1990Efebo d'oro prize - Agrigento for "Josefine".
1990Biberacher Filmfestspiele Fantasy Filmfest Preis in der Kategorie Bester Kurzfilm
1990Viareggio Film Festival Efebo d'oro Award for "Josefine
1990Film Festival MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE "Josefine
1990Hof - International Hof Film Festival Best Short Film

Movies as actor

Filter
YearTitleGenreDirectorRole
2012Ein Fall für zwei
Host [SR]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Christoph EichhornHost [SR]
1994Die Stadtindianer
Ritschie Hiller [SR]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Peter FratzscherRitschie Hiller [SR]
1994Wildbach
Julian [SR]
TV SeriesHans WernerJulian [SR]
1993SOKO 5113
Malte Borrell [LE]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Thomas NikelMalte Borrell [LE]
1993Liebe ist Privatsache (WT)
Aarvo [SRE]
TV Series, ProSieben [de]Hans Jürgen TögelAarvo [SRE]
1992Heidi und Erni
Jens Martens [LE]
TV Series, ARD [de]Erich NeureutherJens Martens [LE]
1992Immer wieder Sonntag
Knut Sonntag [SS]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Wolfgang LudererKnut Sonntag [SS]
1992Bundeswehr - Igel e.V.
Ralf Hermann [L]
Educational FilmPeter WohlgemuthRalf Hermann [L]
1992Religiöse Grundbegriffe (Schulfernsehen)
Dominik [LE]
Series, SWR [de]Christian RomanowskiDominik [LE]
1991Forsthaus Falkenau
Classmate Klaus [SR]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Klaus GendriesClassmate Klaus [SR]
1991Der Unschuldsengel
1. Polizist [SR]
TV Movie (multi-part), BR [de]Julian Roman Pölsler1. Polizist [SR]
1991Fremde Liebe Fremde
Kurti [SR]
TV Movie, BR [de]Jürgen BretzingerKurti [SR]
1991Border Frenzy
Diatester 2 [SR]
Feature FilmNiklaus SchillingDiatester 2 [SR]
1989Flaming Armadillo
Fred [L]
TV Movie, SRF [ch]Roger BurckhardtFred [L]
1989Big Man
Polizist [SR]
TV SeriesMaurizio PonziPolizist [SR]
1989Die Spinnen
Peter Buchwald [L]
TV Movie, ZDF [de]Pál ErdössPeter Buchwald [L]
1989Josefine
Andreas Alt [L]
Short FilmSusanne AerneckeAndreas Alt [L]
1988Mein Butler und Ich
Fredi [L]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Helmut FörnbacherFredi [L]
1988Mit fremden Augen
Milan [L]
Medium Length Film, ZDF [de]Monika Funke-SternMilan [L]
1988Verkehrsgericht
Rüdiger Burkhardt [L]
TV Series, ZDF [de]Bruno JantossRüdiger Burkhardt [L]

Theatre engagements

YearProduction nameRoleDirectorTheatre
1998A streetcar names desireStanley KowalskiAnna StrasbergThe Marilyn Monroe Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
1990Dear Yelena SergeyevnaVolodjaUte RichterZimmertheater Heidelberg
1988 - 1989Master Eder and his PumucklPumucklRudi PitzlStadt Theater Ingolstadt
1986 - 1988Edmond by David MametTractors and other rollersWalter BockmayerBayer. Staatsschauspiel, Marstall Theater, München
1985 - 1987Henry, or the Pains of ImaginationHitlerjunge HartmannVolker HesseBayer. Staatsschauspiel, Residenztheater München
1984 - 1986The Life of GalileoBegleiter des sehr alten KardinalsPeter LöscherBayer. Staatsschauspiel, Residenztheater München

Other projects

YearProject typeTitleActivityCompany
1989FestivalInvitation to the International Theatertreffen Berlin, 1989ActorsSelbst

Basic data

Height180 cm
Body typeslim
Clothing size46-48
Ethnic appearancewhite central european
Hair colourblond
Hair lengthshort
Eye colourblue-grey
NationalityGerman
LanguagesEnglishFrench
DialectsBavarian (Native dialect), Rheinisch (Native dialect)
Voice typetenor
SingingClassicSchlager
Skills (sports)bodybuildingboxingfencing (sport)figure skatinginline skatingroller figure skatingswimmingwakeboardyoga
Experience abroadCentral Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland
North America: USA
Northern Europe: Sweden
Southern Europe: Italy
Western Europe: France
Immediate working areaMuenster
1st residence (federal state or country)Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia
Accommodation possibilitiesBerlin, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Rome, Vienna
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