Jan Niklas
Jan Niklas (born 15 October 1947), is a German film and television actor. He is best known for playing in TV films such as Peter The Great, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Anne Frank: The Whole Story. He won a Golden Globe Award for his appearance in the TV miniseries Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. Niklas also played in the Hungarian film Colonel Redl which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Early life
Jan Niklas was born on 15 October 1947 in Pottenstein, near Nuremberg, Germany. After attending boarding school in England, he took acting classes in London, following this he completed three years of acting classess at the Max Reinhardt Academy in Berlin.
Career
Niklas made his first television appearance on an episode of the German TV series Sonderdezernat K1 as Juniorchef. After playing in a couple of TV movies and miniseries Niklas slowly gained popularity, his breakthrough came in 1985, when he was cast to have a supporting role in István Szabó's war film Oberst Redl. But things went really well when in 1986 he was cast to portray a young Peter the Great in the miniseries Peter the Great, a lot of newspapers and magazines stated that it was Niklas' performance that made the miniseries so believable, the Miami Herald stated:
Niklas
Niklas [ˈniklas] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Miasto, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Stare Miasto, 13 km (8 mi) south of Konin, and 96 km (60 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.
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Coordinates: 52°6′11″N 18°13′44″E / 52.10306°N 18.22889°E
Niklas (name)
Niklas is the name of many males. It is also used as surname. Notable people with that name include:
Niklas (singer)
Niklas Holmgreen Fridh, more commonly known as just Niklas (born 16 September 1983) is a Danish singer songwriter. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but until he was 13 he lived in Sweden. He became famous with his YouTube renditions "Ingen dikkedarer" in 2010 and "Chiller, når du flexer" in 2011. He was signed to Sony Music and released his first official single "Ikke mer' mig (Niklas f*** dig)" in Sweden and Denmark and is preparing EP1 (on Instant Major record label)
