Thomas Thieme
Acting
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 Greenstreet by Roger Ebert in his review. He played former Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß, who had to spent time in jail for tax evasion, in the 2015 television film Der Patriarch. He had a recurring role in the successful series Babylon Berlin as the police chief Karl Zörgiebel.
Born: October 29, 1948
Place of Birth: Weimar, Germany
Known For
Robin Hood
In the near future: the EU has collapsed, stock market prices have collapsed, energy costs have exploded; many thousands lose the roof over their heads and literally end up on the street. Alexander Scholl and Sophie Kaiser act as police officers investigating DNB, which has contributed to the precarious situation in Germany. Their CEO Rainer van Kampen is able to avert charges despite the overwhelming burden of proof. There is only one way out for Alexander: he joins forces with a group of outlaws: they commit robberies, hack into accounts and publicly pillory financial fraudsters. They distribute their loot to people on the street. Alex" is quickly celebrated by the people and the media as "Robin Hood". But for his former colleague Sophie, with whom Alex is secretly in love, Robin Hood is a nasty criminal. The situation escalates, as not only the police and Sophie are hot on Alexander's heels, but also those behind the DNB...
Ein weites Herz
When Isa provokes the Nazis with a satirical song at her graduation party, she is denied her degree despite passing her exams. She has to give up her plan to become a teacher and, against her mother Petra's wishes, manages to perform in a political cabaret. She enjoys stage success as a singer with an accordion and falls in love with the pianist Laurenz. During the Second World War, Isa's family gets caught up in the wheels of political power and is torn apart - until, after much turbulence, the Vermehrens regain their old cohesion and accompany Isa together as she enters a convent in Bonn.
Aghet
2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and other contemporary witnesses which are recited by modern German actors.
The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
Uli Hoeneß - Der Patriarch
An seiner Seite
Charlotte Kler has enjoyed a privileged life alongside her husband, star conductor Walter Kler, but has also jetted restlessly around the world with him. She is delighted that this is now to come to an end and the family will be reunited in Munich. But things turn out differently than she thinks: her husband secretly makes plans to take a job in New York, her daughter reproaches her and her granddaughter is not interested in her. Not a good start for Charlotte. But a chance acquaintance with a former lifeguard brings her back to what really matters in life.
Die Kommissarin
Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
Schimanski
Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
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.
Filmography
as Alfons Dahlmann
as Locke
as Horst Dobberkau
as Hermann von Lossberg
as Theodor Reifenrath
as Ernst Wittig
as Otto von Bismarck
as Martin Scherer
as Horst Dobberkau
as Rudolf Gombrowski
as Gerd Steigerwald
as Martin Scheerer
as Hubert
as Direktor
as Direktor (uncredited)
as Carl F. W. Borgward
as Narrator (voice)
as Karl Zörgiebel
as Jakob Franck
as Fritz Krozowski
as Locke
as Jakob
as Ernst Gennat
as Captain James Cook (voice)
as Theo Schwarzberg
as Karl-Heinz Kröhmer
as Kärrner
as Uli Hoeneß
as Dieter Kahnitz
as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Weilandt
as Holländer Michel
as Harthmann
as Heinz Braun
as Herr Wenzel
as Prinz Carl von Kronach
as Bischof Lorenz
as Rainer van Kampen
as Paul Wegener
as Dr. Lorenz
as Schadeck
as Sigmund
as Gustaf Schadt
as Günther von Kluge
as Karl Ferber
as Georgi Dimitroff
as Decker
as Wilfried König
as Will Vesper
as Dr. Roman Bosch
as Gerhard Mühlfellner
as Gerhard Mühlfellner
as Konstantin
as Walter Rößler
as Gerd Jänicke
as Siggi Butschma
as Stasi-Major Kutzner
as Heinz Koops
as Hans von Tschammer und Osten
as Klaus
as Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1932-1950)
as Ingo Kloos
as Herr von Briest
as Chefredakteur Rudolf
as Schlickenrieder 2
as Richter Dr. Prinzing
as Hans Dunke
as Ludwig Wellingsen
as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
as Martin Brandler
as Oberleutnant Fuchs
as Bruno Hempf
as Bernhard Blöger
as Dr. Rainer Stehl
as Martin Bormann
as Tolkening
as Hans Carstens
as Hans Schwarz
as Polonius 2
as Gerd Jänicke
as Reichsminister
as Herr Körber
as Manne Zach
as Hasso
as Self
as Norbert Grob
as Gustl
as Arnold Riegert
as Eisner
as Tischler
as Lindert
as Karl Landowski
as Gerhard Frank
as Dr. Julius Salm
as Jürgen Neumann
as Eckhoff
as Rudi Kröll
as Moritz Anderson
as Cäsar Müller
as Kadletz
as Peter Mantau
as Self
as Maximilian Bogenhausen
as Mac Donald
as Bruno Niemeyer
as Olaf Wirth
as Kommissar Lüttge
as Kommissar Schastock
as Kommissar Ufer
as Kommissar
as Harry Barski
as Hermann Bender
as Kaspar Schlosser
as Hartmut Obermayer
as Self
as Kestner
as Hans Regensberger
as Busch
as Bemering
as Busso von Mayer
as Horst Randers
as Gerd Hassler
as Agent Herbert Kroll
as Martin Lohmann
as Herzog Albrecht von Habsburg