Thomas Thieme

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| caption = Thieme in 2014

| name = Thomas Thieme

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Weimar, Soviet occupation zone in Germany

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1973–present

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Thomas Thieme (born 29 October 1948) is a German actor. He is considered to be a prolific stage actor{{Cite web|last=Winkler|first=Paula|date=27 February 2020|title=Wenn Sie mal nicht so gut drauf sind, was dann?|url=https://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/sagen-sie-jetzt-nichts/thomas-thieme-sagen-sie-jetzt-nichts-88422|access-date=6 March 2021|website=SZ Magazin|language=de}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Emerson|first=Jim|date=15 February 2007|title=The Lives of Others movie review (2007) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lives-of-others-2007|access-date=6 March 2021|website=rogerebert.com|language=en}} He played former Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß, who had to spend time in jail for tax evasion, in the 2015 television film Der Patriarch.{{Cite web|last=Schmitz|first=Joachim|title=ZDF-Dokudrama "Der Patriarch": Thomas Thieme – der Mann, der Uli Hoeneß ist|url=https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/medien/artikel/605940/thomas-thieme-der-mann-der-uli-hoeness-ist|access-date=6 March 2021|website=www.noz.de|date=15 August 2015 }} He had a recurring role in the successful series Babylon Berlin as the police chief Karl Zörgiebel.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1973 \|Erziehung vor Verdun. Der große Krieg der weißen Männer \| \|
1975 \|Lotte in Weimar \|Kestner - Young \|
1982 \|Das Fahrrad \| \|
1998 \|Fat World \|Gustl \|
2001 \|Taking Sides \|Reichsminister \|
rowspan=2\|2003 \|Eierdiebe \|Hans Schwarz \|
Hamlet_X \|Polonius #2 \|
2004 \|Downfall \|Martin Bormann \|
2006 \|The Lives of Others \|Kulturminister Bruno Hempf \|
rowspan=2\|2007 \|{{Ill\|The Hunt for Troy\|de\|Der geheimnisvolle Schatz von Troja}} \|Emperor William I \|TV film
{{Ill\|Duel at Night\|de\|Duell in der Nacht}} \|Ludwig Wellingsen \|TV film
2008 \|The Baader Meinhof Complex \|Richter Dr. Prinzing \|
rowspan=8\|2009 \|Effi Briest \|Herr von Briest \|
{{ill\|Männersache\|de}} \|Ingo Kloos \|
{{Ill\|Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace\|de\|Krupp – Eine deutsche Familie}} \|Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach \|TV miniseries
Berlin 36 \|Hans von Tschammer und Osten \|
{{ill\|Murder on Amrum\|de\|Mörder auf Amrum}} \|Heinz Koops \|TV film
The Door \|Siggi Butschma \|
{{ill\|Der Mann aus der Pfalz\|de}} \|Helmut Kohl \|TV film
Beloved Berlin Wall \|Stasi-Major Kutzner \|
rowspan=4\|2011 \|If Not Us, Who? \|Will Vesper \|
Lessons of a Dream \|Dr. Roman Bosch \|
Hotel Lux \|Georgi Dimitroff \|
{{ill\|Bastard (2011 film)\|de\|Bastard (2011)\|lt=Bastard}} \|Alexander Decker \|
rowspan=3\|2012 \|Frauensee \|The Old Fisherman \|
{{Ill\|Strangers and Lovers\|de\|Gestern waren wir Fremde}} \|Karl Ferber \|TV film
Rommel \|Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge \|TV film
rowspan=4\|2013 \|{{ill\|Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga\|de\|Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga}} \|Gustaf Schadt \|TV miniseries
{{ill\|Robin Hood (2013 film)\|de\|Robin Hood (2013)\|lt=Robin Hood}} \|Rainer Van Kampen \|
The Berlin File \|Siegmund \|
{{Ill\|George (2013 film)\|de\|3=George (Fernsehfilm)\|lt=George}} \|Paul Wegener \|TV film
rowspan=3\|2014 \|The King's Surrender \|Harthmann \|
{{Ill\|The Cold Heart (2014 film)\|de\|3=Das kalte Herz (2014)\|lt=The Cold Heart}} \|Holländer-Michel \|TV film
{{Ill\|Besondere Schwere der Schuld\|de\|Besondere Schwere der Schuld (Film)}} \|Heinz Braun \|TV film
2014–2015 \|Ein Fall für Zwei \|Dr Oskar Renners \| 7 episodes
2015 \|Look Who's Back \|Senderchef Kärrner \|
2016 \|{{ill\|Fritz Lang (film)\|de\|Fritz Lang – Der andere in uns\|lt=Fritz Lang}} \|Ernst Gennat \|
2017 \|{{ill\|Old Agent Men\|de\|Kundschafter des Friedens (Film)}} \|Locke \|
2017–2020 \|Babylon Berlin \| Karl Zörgiebel \|TV series
rowspan=2\|2018 \|Parfum \| Internatsleiter \|TV series
{{ill\|Die Affäre Borgward\|de}} \| Carl F. W. Borgward \|TV film
2019 \|The Audition \| Walter \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1973

|Erziehung vor Verdun. Der große Krieg der weißen Männer

1975

|Lotte in Weimar

|Kestner - Young

1982