August Diehl: movies and TV shows
August Diehl has 83 credits in the archive: 68 films and 15 TV series, from 1951 to 2026. Highest rated: Inglourious Basterds (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Rays and Shadows | Otto Abetz | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2026 | Fatherland | Klaus Mann | Film | — | 50 |
| 2026 | Schöne Seelen | Freddy | Film | — | 50 |
| 2026 | Helene Weigel - Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 50 |
| 2025 | The Disappearance of Josef Mengele | Josef Mengele | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2025 | The Ice Tower | Max | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2024 | The Master and Margarita | Woland | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2024 | Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin | Martin Niemoller | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2024 | Sidonie in Japan | Antoine Perceval | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2023 | 23 - Der mysteriöse Tod eines Hackers | Self | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2022 | The Perfumier | Film | 4.5 | 46 | |
| 2022 | Sauerdogs | Hans | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2022 | The Robber Hotzenplotz | Petrosilius Zwackelmann | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Vladimir Lenin | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 2021 | Furia | Jan | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 2021 | Munich - The Edge of War | Franz Sauer | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2021 | Plan A | Max | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 2019 | Pagan Peak | Stefan Polt | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | Franz Jägerstätter | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2019 | Bauhaus: A New Era | Walter Gropius | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2019 | The Last Vermeer | Alex De Klerks | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 2019 | The Birdcatcher | Herman | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2018 | Perfume | Moritz de Vries | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 2018 | Kursk | Anton Markov | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2018 | The Emperor of Paris | Nathanaël | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | Karl Marx | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2017 | Midnight Confession | Kurt | Film | 3.0 | 41 |
| 2016 | Allied | Hobar | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Dieter Koehler | TV | 5.1 | 40 |
| 2016 | Dark Diamond | Gabi Ulmann | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! | Dieter Daimler | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 2015 | Come What May | Hans | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 2015 | The Disappearing Illusionist | Dirk Ohm | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 2014 | The Husband | Karl "Rusty" Rost | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Young Jorge O'Kelly | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 2013 | Frau Ella | Klaus | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 2013 | Layla Fourie | Eugene Pienaar | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 2012 | Confession of a Child of the Century | Desgenais | Film | 4.5 | 36 |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Alter Finn | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 2012 | Shores of Hope | Andreas Hornung | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Bernward Vesper | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 2010 | Salt | Mike Krause | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 2010 | The Coming Days | Konstantin Richter | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Major Hellstrom | Film | 8.2 | 33 |
| 2008 | Dr. Alemán | Marc | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | A Woman in Berlin | Gerd | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | Buddenbrooks | Christian Buddenbrook | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 2008 | Mr. Kuka's Advice | Lothar | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | The Counterfeiters | Burger | Film | 7.4 | 31 |
| 2007 | Head Under Water | Martin Wegner | Film | 5.1 | 31 |
| 2006 | Hamburg Lectures | (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 2006 | I Am the Other Woman | Robert Fabry | Film | 5.3 | 30 |
| 2006 | Nichts als Gespenster | Felix | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 2006 | Slumming | Sebastian | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 2005 | Kabale und Liebe | Ferdinand von Walter | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 2005 | Mouth to Mouth | Tiger | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 2004 | The Ninth Day | Untersturmführer Gebhardt | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 2004 | Love in Thoughts | Günther Scheller | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 2004 | Feuer in der Nacht | Lukas Stein | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 2003 | Love the Hard Way | Jeff | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 | Benny | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 2003 | The Birch-Tree Meadow | Oskar | Film | 7.6 | 27 |
| 2003 | Distant Lights | Philip | Film | 7.4 | 27 |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV | — | 26 |
| 2002 | Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 | A.M. Kaiser | Film | 5.5 | 26 |
| 2002 | Tattoo | Marc Schrader | Film | 6.1 | 26 |
| 2001 | Shagging | Alex | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 2000 | Kalt ist der Abendhauch | Hugo Wimmer (jung) | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1999 | Die Braut | Fritz von Stein | Film | 2.8 | 23 |
| 1998 | 23 | Karl Koch | Film | 6.8 | 22 |
| 1997 | Leute heute | Self | TV | 5.2 | 21 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 19 |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 3 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV | — | 3 |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9 | Self | TV | 7.2 | 1 |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Robert Frost | TV | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1951 | German Film Award | Self | TV | 6.0 | 24 |
| The Boys from Brazil | Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt | TV | — | — | |
| Olde Boys | Film | — | — | ||
| Cover | Raphael Leblanc | Film | — | — | |
| The Noise of Time | Dimitri Shostakovich | Film | — | — | |
| Control | Film | — | — | ||
| Tide | Robert | Film | — | — |