Falk Hentschel

German actor, dancer and choreographer

Falk Hentschel

Hentschel at Paradise City Comic Con, December 2016

Born|  (1982-03-31) 31 March 1982 (age 43)

Leipzig, East Germany

Occupation(s)| Actor, dancer, choreographer
Years active| 2005-present

Falk Hentschel is a German actor, dancer and choreographer. He is mostly involved in American productions and has had supporting roles in movies such as White House Down and Transcendence. He played superhero Hawkman, which he portrayed in the Arrowverse shows The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.

## Early life

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Hentschel was born in Leipzig, East Germany. With his parents, Jörg and Martina, and his brother Uwe, he escaped East Germany seven months before the Berlin Wall came down. He was raised bilingually, English and German, and moved around the world all his life.

## Career

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Hentschel worked in London as a professional backup dancer for artists such as Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Paulina Rubio, Jamelia and others. Later he was hired as a choreographer and worked on many music videos and tours in Canada and Asia.

In 2003, Falk decided to stay in Los Angeles for good and pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He made his acting debut in the Emmy Award-winning show Arrested Development in 2005. Small parts in Journeyman and numerous low-budget films followed.

In 2008, Hentschel decided to create his own projects and wrote the short film Who is Bobby Domino, where he met his production partner Jesse Grace. The two of them went on to write and produce more short films, of which many entered some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world and won numerous accolades.

In 2009, Hentschel worked as a go-go dancer in the piece "Untitled (Go-Go Dancing Platform)" by the artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres in the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.[1]

In 2009, Falk landed his first big-budget feature film role as Bernhard the assassin, co-starring next to Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day. The following year, Falk played the role of drug addict Richard Conway on TNT’s The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick.

In 2011, Hentschel played opposite singer Justin Bieber in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Targets of Obsession".[2] He also starred in the NCIS: Los Angeles episode "Archangel".[3]

In StreetDance 2 (2012), he played a major role as Ash, the leader of a street dance crew that performed at a championship in Paris against a rival crew called Invincible.[4]

In 2014 Hentschel guest starred in the episode "A Fractured House" of the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Hydra mercenary Marcus Scarlotti.[5]

In 2015, Hentschel portrayed the Carter Hall version of Hawkman in the 2016 show DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and also Arrow and The Flash.[6]

## Filmography

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Film roles  Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2006  | Intelligence | German Soldier #1  | Short film
18 Fingers of Death! | Lead Music Video Dancer  | Direct-to-Video
2008  | Thrill Killers | Bj  | Short film
2009  | Who Is Bobby Domino | Jake Sullivan  | Short film
The Letter |  | Short film
Cher Papa | Phillippe  | Short film
2010  | Knight & Day | Bernhard  |
Broken | Aaron Sevell  | Short film
2011  | Omission | Simon Cox  | Short film
2012  | StreetDance 2 | Ash  |
Lotus | Brad  | Short film
2013  | White House Down | Motts  |
Extraction | Martin  |
2014  | Transcendence | Bob  |
2016  | The Big Swim | Luca  | Short film
2017  | The Pick Up | Ike  | Short film
2018  | Welcome to Marwen | Hauptsturmführer Ludwig Topf  |
2020  | Ava | Gunther  |
Television roles  Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2005  | Arrested Development | Hot Cops "Jay"  | Episode: "Queen for a Day"; uncredited
2007  | Journeyman | Thug #1  | Episode: "Game Three"
2010  | The Closer | Richard Conway  | Episode: "Off the Hook"
2011  | NCIS: Los Angeles | Bradford Harris Elgin  | Episode: "Archangels"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Timothy Johnson  | Episode: "Targets of Obsession"
2013  | Revenge | Gregor Hoffman  | Episode: "Truth, Part 1"
2014  | Reckless | Arliss Fulton  | Recurring
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Marcus Scarlotti | Episode: "A Fractured House"
The Ladies Restroom | Dan  | Main cast
2015  | The Flash | Carter Hall / Hawkman | Episode: "Legends of Today"
Arrow | Episode: "Legends of Yesterday"
2016, 2021  | Legends of Tomorrow | Main role (season 1), guest role (season 7)[7]
2016  | Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher [de] | Frederick Abberline  | TV movie
2018  | The Alienist | Biff Ellison  | 2 episodes

## References

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1. ^ "Male go-go dancer, silver lame shorts -- it's the Hammer Museum". 9 January 2009.
2. ^ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11x15: 'Targets of Obsession'". TV.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
3. ^ "NCIS: Los Angeles 2x13: 'Archangel'". TV.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
4. ^ Kemp, Stuart (May 13, 2011). "Madonna dancer Sofia Boutella and actor Falk Hentschel Sign for 'Streetdance 2 3D' (Cannes)". The Hollywood Reporter.
5. ^ Syed, Anam (October 28, 2014). "Who Is Marcus Scarlotti? Whiplash Might Be 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Next Villain". Bustle.
6. ^ Shaw-Williams, H. (August 3, 2015). "'DC's Legends of Tomorrow' Casts Falk Hentschel as Hawkman". screenrant. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
7. ^ Agard, Chancellor (October 13, 2021). "'Legends of Tomorrow' brings back 7 heroes in 100th episode photos". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

## External links

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* Falk Hentschel at IMDb

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