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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor and painter

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Born
December 17, 1930
Age in 2026
96
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1930

About Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a German retired actor who appeared in numerous English-language films starting in the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Shine. In 2011, he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear. His father, Alfred Müller, was a bank teller who changed the family's surname to "Mueller-Stahl". Mueller-Stahl was a concert violinist while he was a teenager and enrolled at an East Berlin acting school in 1952.

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Armin Mueller-Stahl timeline

  1. Mueller-Stahl was a concert violinist while he was a teenager and enrolled at an East Berlin acting school in 1952.
  2. In 2011, he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear.

The world when Armin Mueller-Stahl was born

Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1930

  • #1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
  • Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
  • Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
  • Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
  • Defining fadMiniature golf craze
  • Notable inventionScotch tape
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Armin Mueller-Stahl's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19302026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,500$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population123.2M341 million

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