Jürgen Vogel Biography: Girlfriend, Height, Net Worth, Movies & TV Shows, Age, Children

Jürgen Peter Vogel, known as Jürgen Vogel, is a German actor who emerged from Hamburg’s working-class background.

He gained recognition in 1992 with the gritty film Little Sharks, winning a Bavarian Film Prize, and later received a Silver Bear for his bold performance in The Free Will, which he co-wrote and produced. As co-founder of Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion with director Matthias Glasner, Vogel has influenced groundbreaking cinema.

Profile

• Full Name: Jürgen Peter Vogel
• Stage Name: Jürgen Vogel
• Born: 29, April 1968
• Age: 57 years old
• Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
• Nationality: German
• Occupation: Actor And Film Producer
• Height: 1.68m
• Parents: Mr. Vogel, and Mrs. Vogel
• Siblings: 2 sisters, and 1 brother
• Spouse: Madeleine Sommerfeld (ex)
• Girlfriend: Natalia Belitski
• Children: 7
• Relationship: Engaged
• Net Worth: $8 million

Early Life and Education

Jürgen Peter Vogel was born on April 29, 1968, in Hamburg, West Germany. His father worked as a waiter, and his mother was a housewife.

He grew up with two sisters and a brother in a modest household that valued hard work. Vogel began modeling for catalogs like Otto at age nine and made his screen debut in Kinder aus Stein at 15.

After finishing secondary school with average grades in 1985, he moved to Berlin, stayed with actor Richy Müller, and briefly attended drama school in Munich before leaving after one day, finding its approach too rigid for his natural style. He is of German ethnicity from Hamburg and keeps his religion private.

Career

Jürgen Peter Vogel cut his teeth on screen as a teen in Kinder aus Stein (1987), but his raw charisma ignited in the 1992 road-trip comedy Little Sharks, where he played a hapless dreamer fleeing routine—a breakout that snagged the Bavarian Film Prize for Best Young Actor and locked in his rep for blending laughs with pathos.

He hustled through ’90s indies like Bumerang Bumerang (1989) and Rosamunde (1990), often channeling blue-collar frustration, while TV stints in Dann eben mit Gewalt (1994) honed his edge.

By the late ’90s, he was a go-to for directors tackling social undercurrents, from Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993) to Sergeant Zumbühl (1994), building a portfolio that mixed grit with occasional levity.

The 2000s sharpened his blade: Vogel co-founded Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion in 1996 with Matthias Glasner, funneling his producer’s eye into bold scripts like The Free Will (2006), where he starred as a volatile ex-con grappling with rage and redemption—earning a Silver Bear at Berlinale for acting, writing, and producing.

He balanced intensity with accessibility in Emma’s Bliss (2006) as a terminally ill dreamer, nabbing another Bavarian prize, and The Wave (2008), channeling a teacher’s descent into cult-like fervor that drew international festival buzz.

Comedic detours like Where is Fred? (2006) and voice work in TKKG und die Rätselhafte Mind-Machine (2006) showcased his range, while producing kept him steering projects that probed human fractures.

Jürgen Peter Vogel thrives in television’s long-form trenches, anchoring Jenseits der Spree (2021–2024) as the haunted detective Robert Heffler across four seasons, a role that blends procedural punch with personal demons.

He dives into Call My Agent – Berlin (2024) for sharp industry satire, voices the brooding Jim Wellmann in Der Pfau (2023), and tackles paranoia in Informant: Angst über der Stadt (2024).

Up next, Der Saft des Bösen (2025) and the family dramedy Dahlmanns letzte Bescherung (2025) promise more of his trademark bite, while Schwarzweiss continues backing Glasner’s visions.

Vogel’s legacy cuts deep in German film, honoring the overlooked with unflinching honesty that lingers like a half-smoked cigarette.

Social Media

• Jürgen Peter Vogel has no verified social media account. 

Personal Life

Jürgen Peter Vogel married actress Madeleine Sommerfeld in 1997, subsequently adopting her two sons, Ritchie and Giacomo, and welcoming their daughter Emma in 1999.

The marriage ended some years later, after which Vogel managed co-parenting alongside his growing career. He has a son, Carlo, with assistant director Michelle Gornick, and a daughter, Maria, from a previous relationship.

In 2019, he and his fiancée, Russian-born actress Natalia Belitski—who is 16 years his junior—welcomed their youngest daughter.

Vogel proposed to Belitski the same year in a spontaneous kneeling moment. Residing in Berlin, Vogel embraces fatherhood across seven children with four women, carefully protecting their privacy while crediting them for providing stability amid his busy life.

Filmography

• Kinder aus Stein (1987)
• Bumerang Bumerang (1989)
• Rosamunde (1990)
• Little Sharks (1992)
• Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993)
• Sergeant Zumbühl (1994)
• Emma’s Bliss (2006)
• The Free Will (2006)
• Where is Fred? (2006)
• The Wave (2008)
• Paula’s Secret (2007)
• Iceman (2017)
• Stereo (2014)
• Blochin: The Living and the Dead (TV Miniseries, 2015)
• Jenseits der Spree (TV Series, 2021–2024)
• Call My Agent – Berlin (TV Series, 2024)
• Der Pfau (2023)

Net Worth

Jürgen Peter Vogel has an estimated net worth of $8 million, earned from over 150 film and TV roles, including residuals from hits like The Wave and The Free Will. As co-owner of Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion since 1996, he benefits from producer shares in acclaimed festivals.

Endorsements like his 2017 TePe dental campaign and Deutsche Post’s “Vogel checkt” ads since 2021 provide additional steady income, reflecting a career rooted in authenticity rather than showmanship.