Jacob Matschenz
Acting
Biography
Jacob Matschenz (born 1984, Berlin) is a German actor. He is notable for film and television work including The Wave (2008), 12 Paces Without a Head (2009) and The Sinking of the Laconia (2010). He won the Adolf Grimme Award in 2008 for his appearance in An die Grenze.
Born: January 1, 1984
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Known For
Charlotte Link - Einsame Nacht
Whispers of War
When Khalil, a primary school teacher in Berlin, gets hold of images of war from his Kurdish hometown of Cizre, he is forced to question his entire existence in Berlin. His life spirals out of balance as he seems to recognise his long lost sister in the videos – whom he thought long dead. He tries everything to get in contact, to save his sister, to inform the public about this brutal war. And loses himself.
Babylon Berlin
Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Never Look Away
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.
My Blind Date with Life
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
Till Eulenspiegel
The Wave
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
A Regular Woman
Hatun Aynur Sürücü, a German woman of Kurdish origin, was shot dead by her brothers at a bus stop in 2005. The story of a woman who fought for her freedom and independence despite her family's objections, and whose life ended in a horrific murder.
Charité
Berlin, 1888. After penniless Ida’s life is saved at the Charité Hospital she must work off the treatment costs. While she becomes acquainted with the most brilliant physicians of this era at the world-famous hospital, the self-determined young woman discovers her passion for medicine.
The Crocodiles
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member...
Filmography
as Sir Toby
as Sam Harris
as Tommy
as Zivilbeamter Müller
as Matze
as Paul Brehmer
as Sports Teacher Ströhle
as Tim Reichert
as Falk Laue
as Jannick Wolf
as Anton
as Tobias Ritter
as Jonas Lindberg
as Nils Forsberg
as Martin
as Jakob
as Gregi
as Christoph
as Alex
as Johannes
as Frederick
as Tim
as Flocke
as Pascal Kemper
as Arendt Ivo
as Marty Bach
as Max
as Fritz Höckert / Richard Pechtmann
as August
as Martin Schelling
as Max
as Leon
as Noah
as Tom
as Dietrich Necker
as Johnny
as Kaspar
as Marc
as Till Eulenspiegel
as Philipp
as Fidelius Aubacher
as Sebastian Laux
as Sebastian Laux
as Onkel Mike
as Ole
as Steffen
as Finn
as Philipp
as Toni Santer
as Soldier Otto
as Mike Hiller and Rolf Hiller
as Marcel
as Kerkerwächter #1
as Helge
as Johannes
as Johannes
as Johannes
as Dennis
as Mannesmann
as Tommy
as Christian
as Peter
as Müller Hans
as Nolle
as Dennis
as Tim Wenning
as Tobias Hollander
as Ludwig
as Dennis
as Jacob
as Joshi Jung
as Alexander Karow
as Oliver Kaspari
as Tamaz
as Achim
as Michael
as Guido
as Zivi Dominik
as Peter
as Malte
as Adam 'Häschen' Hoppeczynski
as Stan
as Pierre
as Benny Kubicek
as Jens
as Adam 'Häschen' Hoppeczynski
as Jakob Schmidt
as David Balthus
as Jacob Fahrenson
as Lenny Gravert
as Daniel Dietzel
as Sascha
as Bernd Hermann
as Michael Voss
as Andi Schwab