Marc Rissmann

{{Short description|German actor}}

{{Undisclosed paid|date=August 2019}}

{{BLP more sources|date=April 2025}}

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Marc Rissmann (also spelled Rißmann, born 1980) is a German actor. He has appeared in films like Overlord, and TV series like The Last Kingdom,{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1097391/Game-of-Thrones-season-8-spoilers-Cersei-Lannister-Daemerys-Targaryen-Harry-Strickland-HBO|title=Game of Thrones season 8 spoilers: Cersei to take down Daenerys with THIS character?|last=Beard|first=Liam|date=2019-03-08|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}} Game of Thrones,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/game-of-thrones-season-8-the-golden-company-cersei-daario-fan-theory-harry-strickland-a8006466.html|title=Game of Thrones season 8 casting announcement debunks fan theory|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy|date=October 18, 2017|website=The Independent|accessdate=November 7, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://winteriscoming.net/2017/10/16/actor-marc-rissmann-cast-book-character-game-thrones-season-8/|title=Actor Marc Rissmann joins the cast of Game of Thrones season 8 as a book character|website=winteriscoming.net|date=16 October 2017 |accessdate=January 6, 2018}} and The Man in the High Castle.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/the-man-in-the-high-castle-marc-rissmann-recur-season-4-1202479236/|title='The Man In The High Castle': Marc Rissmann To Recur In Season 4|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2018-10-09|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}

Early life and career

Born in Berlin, Marc Rissmann studied at the College of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin. On stage, Rissmann performed at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in Danton's Death In 2009, under the direction of Kay Voges, he played Lysander in the Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 2009 to 2011, he was a permanent member of the Theater Magdeburg ensemble.

Rissmann has appeared in numerous German series early in his career, including Der letzte Bulle, SOKO – Der Prozess, and Binny and the Ghost. He then broke into the international market, with roles in The Last Kingdom, Riviera, and Into the Badlands.

In 2019, he appeared in the eighth season of Game of Thrones as Harry Strickland, the commander of the mercenary company the Golden Company, and as Wilhelm Goertzmann in season four of The Man in the High Castle.

Rissmann also works as a director – his recent works include the Please Tell Rosie music video for Alle Farben, and a commercial campaign for the German National Lotto.

Filmography

= As actor =

==Film==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2025

|The Amateur

|Mishka Blazhic

|

2020

|Saturn

|Titan

|

2019

|Liberté: A Call to Spy

|Klaus Barbie

|

2018

| Overlord

| Scherzer

|

2015

| Friesland: Familiengeheimnisse

| Thorsten

|

2013

| Prehistoria

| Kev

| Short film

2012

| Marie Brand und das Lied von Tod und Liebe

| Michael Fleck

|

2012

| Tod einer Polizistin

| Oli

|

2011

| Nazi Goreng

| Jan

|

==Television==

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2021

|1883

|Josef

|

2019

|The Man in the High Castle

|Wilhelm Goertzmann

|3 episodes

2019

| Game of Thrones

| Harry Strickland[https://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/game-of-thrones-soeldnerfuehrer-fuer-staffel-acht-gefunden "Game of Thrones": Söldnerführer für Staffel acht gefunden?]. Wunschliste.de from 18. October 2017. Accessed on 10 January 2018.[https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/marc-rissmann-berliner-schauspieler-soll-rolle-in--game-of-thrones--uebernehmen-28620158 Marc Rissmann: Berliner Schauspieler soll Rolle in „Game of Thrones“ übernehmen]. Berliner Zeitung, 19 October 2017. Accessed on 10 January 2018.

|2 episodes

2018

|Gegen die Angst

|Mirko

|

2018

|Tatort – Alles was sie sagen

|Olaf Spieß

|1 episode

2017

|Into the Badlands

| Nos

| 1 episode

rowspan=1| 2017

| Riviera

| Klaus Schneider

| 2 episodes

2017

| The Last Kingdom

| Tekil

| 4 episodes

2017

| Stuttgart Homicide

| Mark Schildt / Andi Springer

| 2 episodes

2016

|Tatort – Tanzmarichen

|Daniel Mühlberger

|1 episode

2015

|Paare

|Thomas

|1 episode

2015

|Reiff für die Insel

|violinist

|1 episode

2014

|Aus der Haut

|Fritzi

|1 episode

2014

|Alarm für Cobra 11

|

|1 episode

2013

|Letzte Spur Berlin

|

|1 episode

2013

|SOKO Wismar

|

|1 episode

2013

|Christine, Perfekt war gestern

|

|

= As director =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Notes

2018

|Lisa & Frank{{Cite web|url=https://www.horizont.net/agenturen/nachrichten/Blood-Actvertising-So-leise-ist-die-neue-Kampagne-der-Deutschen-Fernsehlotterie-166853|title=Blood Actvertising: So leise ist die neue Kampagne der Deutschen Fernsehlotterie|website=horizont.net|language=de|access-date=2019-03-08}}

|Commercial campaign for the German National Lotto

2017

|Please Tell Rossie

|Alle Farben's music video

2016

|Supergirl

|Anna Naklab feat. YOUNOTUS & Alle Farben

References

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