
Thomas Thieme
Acting
Born: October 29, 1948
Weimar, Germany
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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September 16, 2004

March 23, 2006

October 08, 2015

September 25, 2008

October 13, 2017

November 14, 2018

November 14, 2018

November 10, 1994

January 30, 2013

November 26, 2009

February 24, 2011

November 29, 1970