Thomas Thieme

Actor Oct 29 (age 77) Weimar, Germany 1970–2025 (55 year career)

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Biography

Thomas Thieme (born 29 October 1948) is a German actor. He is considered to be a prolific stage actor and also appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1973. In his film and television appearances, Thieme often plays powerful but morally dubious characters. He is perhaps best-known internationally for his roles as Martin Bormann in Downfall (2004) and as Communist minister Bruno Hempf in the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others, for which he was compared to Sydney Greenstree…

Known For

Film

The Lives of Others

Bruno Hempf

Film

Downfall

Martin Bormann

Film

Look Who's Back

Kärrner

Film

Babylon Berlin

Karl Zörgiebel

Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex

Richter Dr. Prinzing

Film

The Berlin File

Sigmund

Film

Lessons of a Dream

Dr. Roman Bosch

Film

The Door

Siggi Butschma

Filmography

Acting (137)

Movies (90)

Kundschafter des Friedens 2

2025

as Locke

5.0

Dahlmanns letzte Bescherung

2025

as Alfons Dahlmann

6.3

LasVegas

2024

as Hermann von Lossberg

6.5

Max and the Senior Squad

as Horst Dobberkau

Kaiserspiel

as Otto von Bismarck

An seiner Seite

as Martin Scherer

Max und die wilde 7

as Horst Dobberkau

The Audition

Blame Game

as Hubert

Menuett

as Martin Scheerer

Die Affäre Borgward

2018

as Carl F. W. Borgward

The Nameless Day

as Jakob Franck

Rübezahls Schatz

as Narrator (voice)

Old Agent Men

as Locke

Willkommen bei den Honeckers

as Fritz Krozowski

Im Zweifel

as Theo Schwarzberg

Fritz Lang

as Ernst Gennat

Chamisso’s Shadow

as Captain James Cook (voice)

6.3

Look Who's Back

2015

as Kärrner

6.8

Uli Hoeneß - Der Patriarch

2015

as Uli Hoeneß

8.0

Der weisse Äthiopier

2015

as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Weilandt

Die Eisläuferin

as Dieter Kahnitz

The King's Surrender

as Harthmann

Lucky Child

as Herr Wenzel

Heart of Stone

as Holländer Michel

Besondere Schwere der Schuld

2014

as Heinz Braun

6.5

Der Tote im Watt

2013

as Paul Flecker

The Berlin File

as Sigmund

George

as Paul Wegener

Striving for Freedom

as Prinz Carl von Kronach

Robin Hood

as Rainer van Kampen

Das letzte Wort

as Bischof Lorenz

Engel der Gerechtigkeit - Kopfgeld

2013

as Thomas Reuter

Ein weites Herz

as Schadeck

Strangers and Lovers

as Karl Ferber

Rommel

as Günther von Kluge

Woman's Lake

Bastard

as Decker

Mörderisches Wespennest

2011

as Gerhard Mühlfellner

Lessons of a Dream

as Dr. Roman Bosch

If Not Us, Who?

as Will Vesper

Hotel Lux

as Georgi Dimitroff

Letzter Moment

as Konstantin

Aghet

as Walter Rößler

I've Never Been Happier

as Schlickenrieder 2

Was glücklich macht

as Klaus

Männersache

as Ingo Kloos

The Door

as Siggi Butschma

Beloved Berlin Wall

as Stasi-Major Kutzner

Effi Briest

as Herr von Briest

Murder on Amrum

as Heinz Koops

Berlin '36

as Hans von Tschammer und Osten

5.5

Ein Dorf sieht Mord

2009

as Franz Wellbrock

5.0

Liebling, weck die Hühner auf

2009

as Gerd Jänicke

5.4

Der Mann aus der Pfalz

2009

as Helmut Kohl

5.0

Schuldig

2009

as Chefredakteur Rudolf

4.5

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

as Richter Dr. Prinzing

Vertraute Angst

Duel at Night

as Ludwig Wellingsen

The Hunt for Troy

as Kaiser Wilhelm I.

Die Katze

as Hans Dunke

The Lives of Others

as Bruno Hempf

Der Vater meiner Schwester

2005

as Chefkoch - Küchenbulle

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

2005

as Self

Die Nachrichten

as Bernhard Blöger

Downfall

as Martin Bormann

Die Frau des Architekten

2004

as Tolkening

The Family Jewels

as Hans Schwarz

Die Versuchung

as Hans Carstens

Ich will laufen! Der Fall Dieter Baumann

2004

as Prof. Digel

Hamlet_X

2003

as Polonius 2

4.3

Othello

2003

as Othello

Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett

as Gerd Jänicke

Taking Sides

as Reichsminister

Hannas Baby

as Dr. Eberhard

Liebe. Macht. Blind.

2001

as Alfred

Planet B - C.I.Angel

2001

as Luzifer

Der Gerechte Richter

2000

as Ekleim

Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet

as Lohmann

Fette Welt

as Gustl

Warten ist der Tod

as Max Glöckler

Gates of Fire

1996

as Tischler

Tresko - Im Visier der Drogenmafia

Das Phantom

as Rudi Kröll

Lemgo

as Trumphagen

Der Test

1990

as narrator

Wallenstein

1987

as Mac Donald

Lotte in Weimar

1975

as Kestner

5.2

Erziehung vor Verdun

1973

Tell – Jagd auf Ewig

as Herzog Albrecht von Habsburg

Television (47)

Muttertag

2022

as Theodor Reifenrath

6.0

Das Begräbnis

2022

as Ernst Wittig

7.0

Unterleuten: The Torn Village

as Rudolf Gombrowski

The Wall

Erzgebirgskrimi

as Gerd Steigerwald

Perfume

as Direktor

Babylon Berlin

as Karl Zörgiebel

Die Stadt und die Macht

2016

as Karl-Heinz Kröhmer

Tempel

as Jakob

Hotel Adlon

as Gustaf Schadt

Crime Stories

as Dr. Lorenz

Nord Nord Mord

as Wilfried König

Finn Zehender

as Gerhard Mühlfellner

6.0

Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace

2009

as Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1932-1950)

7.3

Dickes B

2007

as Self

Der Kriminalist

2006

as Martin Brandler

4.5

Spreewaldkrimi

2006

as Oberleutnant Fuchs

Der Staatsanwalt

as Dr. Rainer Stehl

Thadeusz

as self

Bloch

as Prof. Hübner

Edel & Starck

as Herr Körber

SOKO Leipzig

as Manne Zach

Donna Leon

as Hasso

Die Spur meiner Tochter

2000

as Felix Zeisberg

Im Fadenkreuz

2000

as Gerd Funke

Volle Kanne

1999

as Self

3.8

Delta Team - Auftrag geheim!

1999

as Norbert Grob

Alpha Forum

1998

as Self

Siska

as Arnold Riegert

Balko

as Lindert

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

1995

as Karl Landowski

Inspector Rex

as Gerhard Frank

Ein starkes Team

as Moritz Anderson

Die Kommissarin

as Jürgen Neumann

Schwarz greift ein

as Cäsar Müller

Doppelter Einsatz

as Eckhoff

Rosa Roth

as Dr. Julius Salm

Hecht & Haie

as Ludwig Ecker

Riverboat

as Self

Wolffs Revier

as Kadletz

Die Männer vom K3

as Maximilian Bogenhausen

Goldene Kamera

as Self

A Case For Two

as Olaf Wirth

Der Alte

as Hermann Bender

Kölner Treff

as Self

Polizeiruf 110

as Hans Regensberger

Scene of the Crime

as Busch