Best German Actors and Actresses / Die besten deutschen Schauspieler und Schauspielerinnen
by doschland | created - 27 Feb 2017 | updated - 01 Mar 2017 | Public
1. Michael Fassbender
Actor | Shame
Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when ...
2. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
3. Elyas M'Barek
Actor | Fack ju Göhte
Elyas M'Barek was born on May 29, 1982 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Who Am I (2014) and The Wave (2008).
4. Karoline Herfurth
Actress | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Karoline Herfurth was born on May 22, 1984 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Text for You (2016) and Einfach mal was Schönes (2022).
5. Josefine Preuß
Actress | Türkisch für Anfänger
Josefine Preuß was born on January 13, 1986 in Zehdenick, Brandenburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Türkisch für Anfänger (2012), Türkisch für Anfänger (2006) and Sapphire Blue (2014).
6. Fahri Yardim
Producer | Curveball
Fahri Yardim was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of an academic family of Turkish extraction. Performing on stage in school productions he developed his love of acting. He trained at the Hamburger Bühnenstudio der darstellenden Künste (Hamburg Stage Studio of the Performing Arts) and appeared in ...
7. Michael Herbig
Actor | Der Schuh des Manitu
Michael 'Bully' Herbig studied photography and is well known in the German comedy scene as a writer, director and producer. In addition to his morning radio show 'Langemann und die Morgencrew' from 1992 to 1995, he also made 800 episodes of the comedy radio show 'Die Bayern Cops'. He has appeared ...
8. Frederick Lau
Actor | Victoria
Frederick Lau is a German actor. He was born and raised in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, and still lives there. He played in over 50 roles since 2000. In 2008 he won the Deutscher Filmpreis award (Lola) for best male role for being Tim Stoltefuss in "Die Welle". He is also known for portraying ...
9. Jennifer Ulrich
Actress | Die Welle
Jennifer Ulrich was born on October 18, 1984 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Wave (2008), Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012) and We Are the Night (2010).
10. Jürgen Vogel
Actor | Die Welle
Jürgen Vogel was born on April 29, 1968 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wave (2008), Der freie Wille (2006) and Life is All You Get (1997).
11. Oliver Welke
Writer | heute-show
Oliver Welke was born on April 19, 1966 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for heute-show (2009), Der Wixxer (2004) and Ich bin Boes (2010). He has been married to Diane since 1997. They have two children.
12. Palina Rojinski
Actress | Willkommen bei den Hartmanns
Palina Rojinski was born on April 21, 1985 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She is an actress and writer, known for Welcome to Germany (2016), Tatort (1970) and Nightlife (2020). She has been married to Ilya since April 2022.
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