François Manfred André Göske[nb 1] (born 18 March 1989), known professionally as François Goeske, is a French-German actor and voice actor. He lives in Munich, Germany.
Biography
Goeske in 2009
Goeske was born in Saint-Doulchard, Cher, France. His parents nurtured his musical talent in his childhood. During that time, he also discovered his passion for the stage. At the age of nine he was accepted into the children's choir of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. With them, he was on stage performing as a soloist in La Boheme and Pique Dame, among other performances. He appeared as a leading actor in the Uli Brees musical Teddy – a Musical Dream.[1][2][3]
Goeske had his first part in a theatrical film as "Kreuzkamm Junior" in The Flying Classroom [de] in 2003.[1] Shortly afterwards, he lent his singing voice to Mowgli in the German version of Jungle Book 2.[1][4] Aside from other dubbing assignments, Goeske could be seen in various TV shows. In 2004, production commenced on the shoot of Joseph Vilsmaier's Rock Crystal, which hit the German film theaters in the winter of 2004/2005. In that film, Goeske played the lead role of Konrad. For this achievement, he received the Junior Media Award 'White Elephant' at 2005's Filmfest München[5] and a nomination for the International Undine Award (together, among others, with Alexandra Maria Lara, Tom Schilling, Mavie Hörbiger, Kostja Ullmann and Robert Stadlober).[6]
In the summer of 2005, Goeske played the lead in the German-French theatrical feature French for Beginners[7] (with co-stars like Christian Tramitz, among others), which was distributed in 2006 by Concorde Film in Germany. For this film, Goeske was again nominated for an International Undine Award in the fall of 2006.[8][9]
In 2007, Goeske played "Jim Hawkins" in the new TV version of the adventure classic Treasure Island. At his side were, among others, performers like Tobias Moretti and Jürgen Vogel.[10] Right after that, he shot a remake of the anti-war classic The Bridge with Franka Potente.[11]
In the summer of 2008, Goeske was hired as the protagonist of the film adaptation of Summertime Blues; the English young adult novel by Julia Clarke of the same name.[12][13] In the fall of 2008, Goeske earned his third nomination for the International Undine Award, this time for his performance in Treasure Island.[14]
A special TV event in 2014 was the music video "Traum" from Panda-Rapper Cro, which was simultaneously played in heavy rotation by MTV and local music broadcaster VIVA, in which Goeske was playing the two lead characters in a double role.
From 2015 to 2017, Goeske has been playing the title role in the successful ARD youth mystery series Arman's Secret.
In 2018/2019, Goeske starred in the MDR Sputnik web series Findher as a young man who tries to overcome his breakup with his girlfriend with the help of a dating app. In 26 episodes, he meets a wide variety of women and in the end learns to find himself anew.
Since 2020, Goeske has been part of the main cast of the new ZDF crime series Blutige Anfänger (Rookies).
^The actual spelling of the last name is 'Göske'. Since Goeske's participation in international productions was increasing, the agency decided in 2006 to change the official spelling to Goeske. Still, both spellings appear to date in press releases and on the web.
