Pierre Franckh is the youngest son of the actress Ursula Franckh and the director, actor, and translator of French literature Hans Heinz Franckh. At the age of six, Franckh was already on stage with
Theo Lingen. At the age of ten, he made his film debut in the feature film
Das Haus in Montevideo (1963) by
Helmut Käutner as one of
Heinz Rühmann's children. In
Pepe, der Paukerschreck (1969), he played a student spy infiltrated by his uncle and principal (Theo Lingen) at the
Mommsen Gymnasium, but who eventually adapts. His breakthrough came at the age of 14 when he played a leading role in
Der Kommissar. Since then, he has appeared in many feature films, frequently appeared on theater stages such as the
Residenztheater in
Munich, the Renaissance Theater in
Berlin, and performed in
Stuttgart and
Frankfurt am Main. On television, he appeared in over 350 television productions. In series such as
Derrick or
Der Alte,
Diese Drombuschs,
Rivalen der Rennbahn, etc., he took on character roles and comedic roles in numerous television plays. From 1976 to 1978, he hosted
Hit-Kwiss, the first pop music quiz program for young people, with hits and stars from international hit parades, which ran successfully for over three years on
ARD, a novelty in German television history. In 1995, he played the
stenographer in the national and international award-winning film
Der Totmacher, a film directed by
Romuald Karmakar that mainly dealt between three people, alongside
Götz George and
Jürgen Hentsch. This film is the most awarded in German cinema history, including the
German Film Award, and was submitted as an official entry for the Academy Awards in 1996. In 2002,
Costa-Gavras' film
The Deputy, in which Franckh played the role of Pastor Wehr, screened in competition at the
Berlin International Film Festival. He debuted as a
screenwriter and director in 2000 with the feature film
Just the Beginning. He is the author of the theater play
Das ist mein Bett. His great-granduncle founded Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung in 1822
Friedrich Schiller's sister, Luise Dorothea Katharina Schiller, married Johann Gottlieb Franckh, (b. 1766; † 1836), a dean by profession, a great-granduncle of Pierre Franckh. Pierre Franckh's grandfather, Manfred Franckh, was a friend and patron of
Count Zeppelin, and published his first books. Franckh's grandfather, Manfred Franckh, was a friend and patron of Count Zeppelin. Pierre Franckh has been married to Michaela Merten since 1992 and lives in
Munich. In 1993, a daughter was born to them. == Writer and Coach ==