
Thomas Thieme
Acting
🎂 1948-10-29
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.
Cast credits(154)

Busch
1970

Bemering
1970

Busso von Mayer
1970

Horst Randers
1970

Gerd Hassler
1970

Agent Herbert Kroll
1970

Martin Lohmann
1970

Hermann Bender
1977

Kaspar Schlosser
1977

Hartmut Obermayer
1977

Hans Regensberger
1971

Manne Zach
2001
Self
1999

Karl Zörgiebel
2017

Self
1976

Moritz Anderson
1994

Bruno Niemeyer
1981

Olaf Wirth
1981

Kommissar Lüttge
1981

Kommissar Schastock
1981

Kommissar Ufer
1981

Kommissar
1981

Harry Barski
1981

Self
1992
Self
1984
Self
1998

Gerhard Frank
1994

Arnold Riegert
1998

Martin Brandler
2006

Dr. Rainer Stehl
2005

1992

Kadletz
1992

Peter Mantau
1992

Martin Bormann
2004
self
2005

Wilfried König
2011

Bruno Hempf
2006

Maximilian Bogenhausen
1988

Lindert
1995
Paul Flecker
2013

Tischler
1996

Kärrner
2015

Siggi Butschma
2009

Heinz Braun
2014

Jakob Franck
2017

Stasi-Major Kutzner
2009

Richter Dr. Prinzing
2008

Hasso
2000

Eckhoff
1994

Harthmann
2014
Thomas Reuter
2013

Herr Körber
2002

Dr. Roman Bosch
2011

Carl F. W. Borgward
2018

Sigmund
2013

Dr. Julius Salm
1994

Prinz Carl von Kronach
2013
Helmut Kohl
2009
Dr. Eberhard
2002

Jürgen Neumann
1994

Gustaf Schadt
2013

1973

Martin Scherer
2021
Prof. Hübner
2002

Rudi Kröll
1994

Fritz Krozowski
2017

Locke
2025

Paul Wegener
2013

Günther von Kluge
2012

Chefredakteur Rudolf
2009

Hans Dunke
2007
1996
Self
2005

Hans von Tschammer und Osten
2009

Karl Ferber
2012
Prof. Digel
2004

Georgi Dimitroff
2011

Narrator (voice)
2017

Direktor (uncredited)
2018

Direktor
2018
Trumphagen
1994

Theo Schwarzberg
2016

Gerd Jänicke
2009
Luzifer
2001

Mac Donald
1987

Holländer Michel
2014

Heinz Koops
2009

Herr von Briest
2009

Kestner
1975

Rainer van Kampen
2013

Otto von Bismarck
2021
Othello
2003

Hubert
2019

Hans Schwarz
2004

Hans Carstens
2004

Reichsminister
2002

Gerd Steigerwald
2019

Hermann von Lossberg
2024
Ludwig Ecker
1993

Decker
2011

Kaiser Wilhelm I.
2007
Alfred
2001
Self
2007

Dieter Kahnitz
2015

Oberleutnant Fuchs
2006

Horst Dobberkau
2020

2012

Polonius 2
2003

Walter Rößler
2010

Schlickenrieder 2
2009

Ingo Kloos
2009

Cäsar Müller
1994

Gerhard Mühlfellner
2011

Horst Dobberkau
2024
Felix Zeisberg
2000

Gerd Jänicke
2002
Ekleim
2000

Bischof Lorenz
2013

Ernst Gennat
2016

Locke
2017

Rudolf Gombrowski
2020
Franz Wellbrock
2009

Dr. Lorenz
2013

2019
Karl Landowski
1995

Karl-Heinz Kröhmer
2016

Gustl
1999

Herr Wenzel
2014

Will Vesper
2011
Gerd Funke
2000

Norbert Grob
1999
Chefkoch - Küchenbulle
2005

Ludwig Wellingsen
2007

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Weilandt
2015

Martin Scheerer
2019

Captain James Cook (voice)
2016
Lohmann
1999

Klaus
2009

Uli Hoeneß
2015

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1932-1950)
2009

Konstantin
2010

Theodor Reifenrath
2022

Ernst Wittig
2022
Alfons Dahlmann

Bernhard Blöger
2005

Tolkening
2004
Max Glöckler
1999

Jakob
2016
2020

Gerhard Mühlfellner
2011

2008

Schadeck
2013

Herzog Albrecht von Habsburg
2023
narrator
1990