Thomas Thieme
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.
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Full filmography
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Busch
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Bemering
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Busso von Mayer
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Horst Randers
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Gerd Hassler
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Agent Herbert Kroll
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Martin Lohmann
- The Old Fox (1977) as Hermann Bender
- The Old Fox (1977) as Kaspar Schlosser
- The Old Fox (1977) as Hartmut Obermayer
- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Hans Regensberger
- Babylon Berlin (2017) as Karl Zörgiebel
- Volle Kanne (1999) as Self
- Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
- SOKO Leipzig (2001) as Manne Zach
- A Case For Two (1981) as Bruno Niemeyer
- A Case For Two (1981) as Olaf Wirth
- A Case For Two (1981) as Kommissar Lüttge
- A Case For Two (1981) as Kommissar Schastock
- A Case For Two (1981) as Kommissar Ufer
- A Case For Two (1981) as Kommissar
- A Case For Two (1981) as Harry Barski
- Riverboat (1992) as Self
- Inspector Rex (1994) as Gerhard Frank