Find out more about the greatest German Actors, including Michael Fassbender, Christoph Waltz, Werner Herzog, Heike Makatsch and Sibel Kekilli
Michael Fassbender02 April 1977
Actor
Christoph Waltz04 October 1956
Actor
Werner Herzog05 September 1942
Actor, Director
Boris Kodjoe08 March 1973
Actor, Former Model
George Dzundza19 July 1945
Actor
Conrad Veidt22 January 1893
Actor
Max Riemelt07 January 1984
William Dieterle15 July 1893
Actor, Director
Hans Albers22 September 1891
Actor
Darren Le Gallo21 July 1974
Actor, Artist
Jaden Bojsen01 August 2000
Actor
Till Lindemann04 January 1963
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Dominic Monaghan08 December 1976
Actor
LeVar Burton16 February 1957
Actor
Eric Braeden03 April 1941
Actor, Film actor
Klaus Kinski18 October 1926
Actor
Thomas Kretschmann08 September 1962
Actor
Karl Wallenda21 January 1905
Artist, Circus performer
Sebastian Koch31 May 1962
Television actor, Actor
Udo Kier14 October 1944
Actor
Til Schweiger19 December 1963
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Jürgen Prochnow10 June 1941
Voice actor, Stage actor, Film actor
Wim Wenders14 August 1945
Film director, Actor, Photographer, Screenwriter,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder31 May 1945
Screenwriter, Playwright, Film director, Actor,
Peter Kürten26 May 1883
Criminal, Serial killer
Gert Fröbe25 February 1913
Actor
Klaus Voormann29 April 1938
Bassist, Painter, Actor, Graphic artist
Horst Buchholz04 December 1933
Actor
Thomas Anders01 March 1963
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Record
Jens Lehmann10 November 1969
Association football player, Actor
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt18 June 1943
Musician, Socialite
David Kross04 July 1990
Actor
Curd Jürgens13 December 1915
Film director, Stage actor, Film actor
Max Schreck06 September 1879
Actor
August Diehl04 January 1976
Stage actor, Film actor
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Hardy Krüger12 April 1928
Actor, Autobiographer, Writer
Fritz Haarmann25 October 1879
Serial killer
Jens Söring01 August 1966
Autobiographer
Armin Mueller-Stahl17 December 1930
Television actor, Voice actor, Film director,
Tom Schilling10 February 1982
Stage actor, Film actor
Joachim Kroll17 April 1933
Criminal, Serial killer
Dieter Laser17 February 1942
Stage actor, Film actor
Ernst Udet26 April 1896
Aviator, Officer, Actor
Peter Stumpp
Josef Sommer26 June 1934
Television actor, Film actor, Actor
Walter Gotell15 March 1924
Actor
Blixa Bargeld12 January 1959
Actor, Composer, Experimental musician, Singer,
Ernst Lubitsch29 January 1892
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Emil Jannings23 July 1884
Actor
Wilhelm von Homburg25 August 1940
Actor, Boxer
Thorsten Kaye22 February 1966
Actor, Film actor
Jürgen Schmidhuber17 January 1963
Computer scientist
Sylvester Groth31 March 1958
Singer, Stage actor, Film actor
Xavier Naidoo02 October 1971
Singer, Vocalist, Actor
Karl Denke12 August 1860
criminal, murderer, serial killer
Scott Elrod10 February 1975
Actor, Television actor
Moritz Bleibtreu13 August 1971
Actor
Günter Meisner18 April 1926
Actor, Writer
Karl-Otto Alberty13 November 1933
Actor
Wolf Kahler03 April 1940
actor, character actor
Anton Diffring20 October 1916
actor
Richard Sammel1960 AD
actor
Gedeon Burkhard03 July 1969
Actor
Heino13 December 1938
Singer
Alexander Fehling29 March 1981
Actor
Martin Wuttke08 February 1962
Stage actor, Film actor
Götz Otto15 October 1967
Actor, Racecar driver
Khalid El-Masri29 June 1963
Patrik Baboumian01 July 1979
Powerlifter
Christian Berkel28 October 1957
Actor
Philip Wiegratz17 February 1993
Actor
Gottfried John29 August 1942
Voice actor, Stage actor, Film actor
Ken Duken17 April 1979
Television actor, Actor
Andreas Wisniewski03 July 1959
Actor
Torsten Voges1961 AD
actor, film actor, television actor, stage actor,
Peter Berlin28 December 1942
Film director, Photographer, Cinematographer, Film
Sig Ruman11 October 1884
Actor
Rudolf Martin31 July 1967
Actor
Sky du Mont20 May 1947
Actor, Writer, Voice actor
Frank Wedekind24 July 1864
Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Ferdy Mayne11 March 1916
Actor
Logan McCree31 December 1977
Disc jockey, Adult Film Star, Model
Gerhard Sommer24 June 1921
Military personnel
Ulrich Tukur29 July 1957
Musician, Stage actor, Singer, Film actor
Markus Hess
Charles Becker24 November 1887
actor
Frederick Lau17 August 1989
Actor
Johannes Heesters05 December 1903
Singer, Television actor, Film actor, Actor
Horst Tappert26 May 1923
Television actor, Actor
Emanuel Schikaneder01 September 1751
Librettist, Singer, Opera singer, Actor,
Hanno Koffler25 March 1980
Musician, Stage actor, Film actor
Mido Hamada1971 AD
stage actor, film actor
Günther Kaufmann16 June 1947
Television actor, Actor
Heinz Rühmann07 March 1902
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Stage
Reinhard Marx21 September 1953
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Jo Weil29 August 1977
Voice actor, Singer, Stage actor, Film actor