My favorite European actors and actresses
by meerschweinchen_freunde | created - 06 Jun 2016 | updated - 27 Sep 2022 | Public
101. Fanny Stavjanik
Actress | Tatort
Fanny Stavjanik was born on April 13, 1966 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte aus der Unterwelt (2023) and Beautiful Girl (2015). She is married to Thomas Herrmann. They have one child.
102. Ruth Leuwerik
Actress | Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika
Often called the First Lady of German cinema, Ruth Leuwerik was at the peak of her popularity during the 1950's when partnered on screen by the leading male stars of the post-war era: Dieter Borsche, Hannes Messemer, Curd Jürgens and O.W. Fischer. She proved her range by alternating between ...
103. Uta Franz
Actress | Sissi
Uta Franz was born on September 19, 1935 in Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria. She was an actress, known for Sissi (1955), Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957) and Una parigina a Roma (1954). She was married to Giuseppe Treu. She died on August 17, 2012 in Villach, Carinthia, Austria.
104. Vilma Degischer
Actress | Sissi
Vilma Degischer was, first of all, a famous and a very good theatre actress. She was born in Vienna on November, the 17th 1911. After attending school, she wanted to be a dancer and was taught ballet by Grete Gross, Gertrude Bodenwieser and Ellinor Tordis. However, after some time, she found the ...
105. Romy Schneider
Actress | L'important c'est d'aimer
Romy Schneider was born on 23 September 1938 in Vienna, Austria into a family of actors. Making her film debut at the age of 15, her breakthrough came two years later in the very popular trilogy Sissi (1955). Her mother, supervising her daughter's career, immediately approved Romy's participation ...
106. Magda Schneider
Actress | Sissi
Magda Schneider was born on 17 May 1909 in Augsburg, Germany and a singer, stage and film actress. After her graduation at a monastery school, she studied stenography and office management at a business school, but also attended ballet lessons and art courses at the Augsburg School of Music. Six ...
107. Catherine Flemming
Actress | Wunderkinder
Catherine Flemming was born on February 2, 1967 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and producer, known for Wunderkinder (2011), Victoria (2016) and Il giovane Casanova (2002).
108. Leonie Benesch
Actress | Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Leonie Benesch was born on April 22, 1991 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The White Ribbon (2009), The Teachers' Lounge (2023) and Babylon Berlin (2017).
109. Jeroen Krabbé
Actor | The Fugitive
Jeroen Krabbe was born in Amsterdam to a family of painters. His grandfather was a famous impressionist, his father a talented artist and his mother a qualified interpreter responsible for translating Dutch films into English. He was destined to be a painter but after high school and a year of ...
110. Tom Wlaschiha
Actor | Game of Thrones
Thomas Wlaschiha is a German actor. Internationally, he is known for his roles as Jaqen H'Ghar in the second, fifth and sixth seasons of the TV series Game of Thrones, as well as Sebastian Berger in the TV series Crossing Lines. He also appeared in four episodes of Jack Ryan. He plays Dmitri ...
111. Rune Temte
Actor | A Boy Called Christmas
Rune has made a strong impression by playing complex charismatic heavies, often with a twinkle in the eye. He is a classically trained actor from DSL in London. He is known for his work in Netflix's successful series "The Last Kingdom" (2015), were he plays "Ubba" a performance that earned him ...
112. Bodo Friesecke
Actor | Spectre
Bodo Friesecke is known for Spectre (2015), The 355 (2022) and Robert and the Toymaker (2017). He has been married to Margarida Friesecke since October 13, 2007. They have one child.
113. Antonio de la Torre
Actor | Balada triste de trompeta
Antonio studied journalism, but he always knew he wanted to be an actor. He worked as a sports journalist in Canal Sur Radio and Television. During this period, he often traveled to Madrid so he could assist to the Cristina Rota acting school. His first role in cinema was in Los peores años de ...
114. Stellan Skarsgård
Actor | Good Will Hunting
Stellan Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Gudrun (Larsson) and Jan Skarsgård. He became a star in his teens through the title role in the TV-series Bombi Bitt och jag (1968). Between the years 1972-88 he was employed at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where...
115. Marc Rissmann
Actor | Game of Thrones
Marc Rissmann is a German actor. He has appeared in films like Overlord, and TV series like The Last Kingdom, Game of Thrones, and The Man in the High Castle. Marc Rissmann studied at the College of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin. On stage, Rissmann performed at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin ...
116. Alexander Dreymon
Actor | Christopher and His Kind
Alexander Dreymon was born February 7, 1983 in Germany and grew up in France, Switzerland and the United States. He studied in Paris and trained three years at Drama Centre London. Dreymon worked on stage in London and Paris and made his screen debut alongside Doctor Who star Matt Smith in the ...
117. Herbert Knaup
Actor | Lola rennt
Herbert Knaup was born on March 23, 1956 in Sonthofen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Run Lola Run (1998), The Invincibles (1994) and The Little Ghost (2013). He has been married to Christiane Knaup since 2006.
118. Gustav Knuth
Actor | Sissi
Gustav Knuth was born on 7 July 1901 in Brunswick, Germany. After he received acting lessons from Casimir Paris, a well known actor at that time, he made his stage debut at the Stadttheater Heidelberg in 1918. Later, he played in Hamburg and also in Basel, Switzerland, but finally returned to ...
119. Josef Meinrad
Actor | Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin
Josef Meinrad was born on April 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956), Die Fledermaus (1983) and Dulcinea del Toboso (1964). He was married to Germaine Renée Clement. He died on February 18, 1996 in Großgmain bei...
120. Hans Holt
Actor | Wen die Götter lieben
Hans Holt was born on November 22, 1909 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Wen die Götter lieben (1942), The Mozart Story (1948) and The Trapp Family (1956). He was married to Renate Bremer. He died on August 3, 2001 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
121. Stefan Walz
Actor | Good Bye Lenin!
Stefan Walz was born in 1963 in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Undine (2020) and Geteilte Nacht (1993).
122. Jonas Malmsjö
Actor | The Last Kingdom
Jonas Malmsjö was born on September 2, 1971. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last Kingdom (2015), Operation Ragnarok (2018) and Labyrint mobisodes (2007).
123. Fritz Karl
Actor | Höhenangst
Fritz Karl (born December 21, 1967) is an Austrian film, television and stage actor born in Gmunden, Upper Austria. He is one of the busiest Austrian actors. Karl lives in both Munich and Vienna with his longtime companion Elena Uhlig. The two of them have three children, born in 2007, 2010 and ...
124. Xaver Hutter
Actor | In Heaven
Xaver Hutter was born on March 12, 1976 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and writer, known for In Heaven (1999), Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006) and Bronski & Bernstein (2001).
125. Borík Procházka
Actor | T.M.A.
Borík Procházka was born on November 29, 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for T.M.A. (2009), The Snowdrop Festivities (1984) and Proc? (1987). He died on May 13, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.
126. Philippe Morier-Genoud
Actor | Au revoir les enfants
Philippe Morier-Genoud was born on March 2, 1944. He is an actor, known for Goodbye, Children (1987), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and Three Colors: White (1994).
127. Stephan Luca
Actor | Eva - ganz mein Fall
Stephan Luca was born on July 3, 1974 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Eva - ganz mein Fall (2002), Held der Gladiatoren (2003) and Zorn (2014). He has been married to Julia Jüngling since September 12, 2006.
128. Hans Löw
Actor | In My Room
Hans Löw was born in 1976 in Bremen, Germany. He is an actor, known for In My Room (2018), Toni Erdmann (2016) and I'm Your Man (2021).
129. Bernard Le Coq
Actor | Joyeux Noël
Bernard Le Coq was born on September 25, 1950 in Le Blanc, Indre, France. He is an actor, known for Joyeux Noel (2005), Van Gogh (1991) and Caché (2005).
130. Jochen Stern
Actor | Good Bye Lenin!
Jochen Stern was born on September 13, 1928 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. He is an actor, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973) and Verbotene Liebe (1995).
131. Otto Treßler
Actor | Sissi
Otto Treßler was born on April 13, 1871 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sissi (1955), Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936) and The Story of Vickie (1954). He was married to Hilde Wagener, Eleonore Keil von Bündten, Sophie von Dierkes and Hilde Toscani. He died on April 27, ...
132. Alexander Tol
Actor | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Alexander Tol is a Dutch American actor. He moved to the UK and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. After graduating from drama school, he was cast to play "Hibbert" in a 4 month national tour of "Journey's End", one of the most iconic WWI plays in history. Since his theatre ...
133. Ben Stylianou
Actor | Jason Bourne
Ben Stylianou is known for Jason Bourne (2016), Offender (2012) and Anuvahood (2011).
134. Yves Aubert
Actor | The Da Vinci Code
Yves Aubert is known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and The Chef's Apprentice (1989).
135. Elisabeth Schwarz
Actress | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Elisabeth Schwarz was born on November 7, 1938 in Stuttgart, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Jeanne oder Die Lerche (1966) and Banklady (2013).
136. Natja Brunckhorst
Actress | Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Natja Brunckhorst was born on September 26, 1966 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Christiane F. (1981), Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001) and La mer (2006).
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