Sebastian Koch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1962-05-31

Place of Birth

Karlsruhe, Germany
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Sebastian Koch

Biography

From IMDb Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German actor and he is one of the most internationally sought-after German actors of his generation. His international breakthrough came in 2006 with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-winning theatrical success "The Lives Of Others". For his outstanding portrayal of the GDR writer Georg Dreyman, Koch received numerous nominations and awards, including the 2007 Italian Foreign Press Award, the "Globo d'Oro" for Best European Actor. He has since appeared in numerous international film productions. Sebastian Koch has been a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since July 2019. In addition to his acting work, he regularly delights audiences with symphonic-scenic readings, including "Paradise" with violinist Daniel Hope, "Dream Story" with the Hubert Nuss Jazz Quartet and recently "The Kreutzer Sonata" after L. Tolstoy, which Sebastian Koch dramaturgically adapted and conceived as a stage play with piano and violin Description above from the IMDb

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Acting History

2025
Etty part 1 as Julius Spier
2025
Etty part 2 as Julius Spier
2025
Etty as Julius Spier
2024
Máxima as Claus
2022
Your Honor as Michael Jacobi
2021
1821 at the Cinema as (archive footage)
2020
Shadowplay as Dr. Werner Gladow "Engelmacher"
2019
The Name of the Rose as Baron of Neuenberg
2018
Never Look Away as Carl Seeband
2018
Bel Canto as Messner
2016
Eine(r) von hier as Self
2016
Fog in August as Dr. Werner Veithausen
2016
Take Down as Bobby Hartmann
2016
In Her Name as Doctor Dieter Krombach
2015
The Danish Girl as Warnekros
2015
Bridge of Spies as Wolfgang Vogel
2014
Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel as Alfred Nobel
2014
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden as Heinz Wittmer (voice)
2014
October November as Andreas
2013
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies as Self
2013
A Good Day to Die Hard as Yuri Komarov
2012
Suspension of Disbelief as Martin
2012
In the Shadow as Zenke
2012
The Weekend as Jens Kessler
2012
God Loves Caviar as Varvakis
2011
Albatross as Jonathan
2011
Homeland as Otto Düring
2011
Camelot as King Uther Pendragon
2011
Unknown as Professor Leo Bressler
2011
Manipulation as Harry Wind
2009
Sea Wolf as Wolf Larsen
2009
Sea Wolf as Wolf Larsen
2009
Effi Briest as Geert von Instetten
2008
In jeder Sekunde as Dr. Hans Frick
2007
The Shell Seekers as Cosmo König
2007
Auf dem Vulkan as Dr. Moritz Jung
2007
Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig as Thomas
2006
Black Book as Ludwig Müntze
2006
The Lives of Others as Georg Dreyman
2005
Speer & Hitler: The Devil's Architect as Albert Speer
2004
Deadly Diversion as Philipp
2004
Princesse Marie as Rodolphe Löwenstein
2004
Operation Valkyrie as Oberst Claus Graf Schenk v. Stauffenberg
2003
Two Days of Hope as Helmut Kaminski
2003
Tauerngold as Jakob Hirzbacher
2003
The Flying Classroom as Robert 'Nichtraucher' Uthofft
2002
Napoleon as Maréchal Jean Lannes
2002
Kollaps as Konrad Lange
2002
Amen. as Höss
2001
Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman as Klaus Mann
2001
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker as Richard Oetker
2001
The Tunnel as Matthis Hiller
2000
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha as Max / Nick
2000
Abendschau as Self
2000
Koschwitz as Self
1999
Gloomy Sunday as Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum
1999
German Television Award as Self
1999
Das Tal der Schatten as von Sviet
1999
Der Mörder meiner Mutter as Marc Balthasar
1999
Die Rache der Carola Waas as Bernd Waas
1999
Schwarzes Blut as Patrick Schönfeldt
1999
Beckmann as Self
1998
Der letzte Zeuge as Tim Guddenberg
1998
Der Rosenmörder as Bernd
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
1997
Schimanski as Dirk Vogel
1997
Woanders scheint nachts die Sonne as Pit
1997
Leute heute as Self
1997
Dead Pool as Andreas Baader
1997
Ende einer Leidenschaft as Martin Zenker
1997
Tödlicher Duft as Robert
1997
Hollister as Mark Hollister
1996
Zwei vom gleichen Schlag as Sven Eisner
1996
The Alsatians or the two Mathilde as Wismar-Marbach
1996
Die Nacht hat 17 Stunden as Dr. Stadler
1996
The Burning Snail as Gerd
1996
Der Mörder und die Hure as Roman
1996
Sperling as Georg Giessen
1996
Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung as Martin von Platt
1996
Fähre in den Tod as Clas van Damme
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time as Kurt
1995
Flirt as Dick
1995
Blutige Spur as Daniel
1995
Schrecklicher Verdacht as Ernst Hoffmann
1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
1994
Rosa Roth as Rolf Kage
1994
Alles außer Mord as Jo Möller
1994
Ein starkes Team as Stefan
1994
Ärzte
1994
Der Mann mit der Maske as Bernhard 'Bernd' Schild
1994
Freundinnen as Marcel
1993
Bella Block as Friedemann Mommsen
1993
Bella Block as Max Klöckner
1993
Im Himmel hört Dich niemand weinen
1993
Hecht & Haie as Hans Ditsch
1993
An Impossible Teacher as Robby
1992
Wolffs Revier as Stefan Schmidt
1992
Morgenmagazin as Self
1992
Cosimas Lexikon as Sven
1991
Boulevard Bio as Self
1991
Transit as Gerhardt
1991
DAS! as Self
1991
Der Tod kam als Freund as Gerhard Selb (Jung)
1989
Blauer Panther as Self
1988
Die Männer vom K3 as Richard Diestel
1988
Anwalt Abel as Peter Salewsky
1988
Der Liebe auf der Spur as Mücke
1987
Nachtcafé as Self
1984
Der Fahnder as Frank
1984
Goldene Kamera as Self - Laudatio
1981
A Case For Two as Schütz
1981
A Case For Two as Dr. Martin Velder
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
1979
NDR Talk Show as Self
1977
Der Alte as Hansi Wallner
1977
Der Alte as Herr Pontini
1976
Kölner Treff as Self
1974
3 nach 9 as Self
1974
Derrick as Martin Sasse
1970
Scene of the Crime as Heinz Stolle
1964
Grimme Award as Self
1948
Bambi as Self
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The Lüneburg Variant
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The Road in Between