Alexander Fehling (born 29 March 1981) is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film Inglourious Basterds and Jonas Hollander in the Showtime original series Homeland as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.

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Alexander Fehling
Fehling after receiving the Shooting Stars Award 2011
Born	(1981-03-29) 29 March 1981 (age 43) East Berlin, East Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

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Fehling was born in East Berlin, East Germany.^[1][2] He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.

He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come Tourists.^[3] He previously won the OE Hasse Prize from the Akademie der Künste, Berlin for his role as Prince in the theater production of Schneewittchen (Snow White).

Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's World War II 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. Fehling is incorrectly referred to as a Staff Sgt by the English captions. Fehling also dubs his performance in the German version of the film.

Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Homeland, which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.^[1]

• 2005: The O.E. Hasse-Preis of the Akademie der Künste for his role as Prince in Robert Walser's 1901 drama Schneewittchen (Snow White)
• 2007: The Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Young German Cinema Award) in the best actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in And Along Come Tourists (2006)
• 2011: The Shooting Stars Award by European Film Promotion at the Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]