Michael Maien
Biography
Michael Maien (born October 12, 1945, in Nuremberg, Germany) is a German actor, pop singer, screenwriter, and author. Trained at Munich’s Otto Falckenberg School, he made his film debut in 1965 with the controversial drama Wälsungenblut, earning the Bambi Award for Best Newcomer.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Maien became a prominent screen presence in popular cinema, appearing in educational films by Oswalt Kolle, crime films, sex comedies, and international genre productions. At the same time, he pursued a Schlager music career with several singles and frequent television appearances. From the late 1970s onward, he shifted his focus to television, theatre, and writing. Since the 1990s, Maien has worked primarily as a freelance writer, publishing novels and cultural essays while living in Düsseldorf.
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Full filmography
- The Old Fox (1977) as Blacky
- The Old Fox (1977) as Francesco Colucci
- The Old Fox (1977) as Carlo Girotti
- The Old Fox (1977) as Boris Karlov
- The Old Fox (1977) as Robert Lupo
- The Old Fox (1977) as Tonio Benetti
- Derrick (1974) as Friedrich Bursbach
- Derrick (1974) as Leiter des Fotoshootings
- Derrick (1974) as Jablonski
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- The Commissioner (1969) as Juri Brandic
- 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1966) as Self
- Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde (1969) as Self
- Mark of the Devil (1970) as Baron Daumer
- 2069: A Sex Odyssey (1974) as Dr. Mansfeld
- Swap Meet at the Love Shack (1973) as Mr. Windhusen
- Women Without Innocence (1978) as Dr. Antonio
- Soeben eingetroffen (1965) as self
- Four Times That Night (1971) as Pino / Bill (uncredited)
- Hotel Royal (1969) as Amiel
- Eye in the Labyrinth (1972) as Louis
- Sexual Partnership (1968) as Michael
- Sex After Six (1972) as Dieter
- The General's Nephews (1969) as Nephew