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Falk Hentschel
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Hentschel at Paradise City Comic Con, December 2016
Born (1982-03-31) 31 March 1982 (age 42)
Occupation 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

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

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, 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
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
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)
2016 Jack the Ripper Frederick Abberline TV movie
2018 The Alienist Biff Ellison 2 episodes

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Falk Hentschel para niños

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