Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

From IMDb Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German actor and he is one of the most internationally sought-after German actors of his generation. His international breakthrough came in 2006 with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-winning theatrical success "The Lives Of Others". For his outstanding portrayal of the GDR writer Georg Dreyman, Koch received numerous nominations and awards, including the 2007 Italian Foreign Press Award, the "Globo d'Oro" for Best European Actor. He has since appeared in numerous international film productions. Sebastian Koch has been a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since July 2019. In addition to his acting work, he regularly delights audiences with symphonic-scenic readings, including "Paradise" with violinist Daniel Hope, "Dream Story" with the Hubert Nuss Jazz Quartet and recently "The Kreutzer Sonata" after L. Tolstoy, which Sebastian Koch dramaturgically adapted and conceived as a stage play with piano and violin Description above from the IMDb

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Filmography

2025

TV
Etty
as Julius Spier
TV - Released: 9/1/2025

2024

Máxima
Máxima
as Claus
TV - Released: 4/20/2024

2022

Your Honor
Your Honor
as Michael Jacobi
TV - Released: 4/2/2022

2021

1821 at the Cinema
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/14/2021

2020

Shadowplay
Shadowplay
as Dr. Werner Gladow "Engelmacher"
TV - Released: 10/30/2020

2019

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
as Baron of Neuenberg
TV - Released: 3/4/2019

2018

Never Look Away
Never Look Away
as Carl Seeband
Movie - Released: 10/3/2018
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
as Messner
Movie - Released: 9/13/2018

2016

Take Down
Take Down
as Bobby Hartmann
Movie - Released: 5/5/2016
In Her Name
In Her Name
as Doctor Dieter Krombach
Movie - Released: 3/16/2016
Fog in August
Fog in August
as Dr. Werner Veithausen
Movie - Released: 9/29/2016
TV
Eine(r) von hier
as Self
TV - Released: 12/9/2016

2015

The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl
as Warnekros
Movie - Released: 11/27/2015
Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies
as Wolfgang Vogel
Movie - Released: 10/15/2015

2014

October November
October November
as Andreas
Movie - Released: 3/25/2014
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Heinz Wittmer (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/3/2014
Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel
Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel
as Alfred Nobel
Movie - Released: 12/10/2014

2013

A Good Day to Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard
as Yuri Komarov
Movie - Released: 2/6/2013
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/21/2013

2012

God Loves Caviar
God Loves Caviar
as Varvakis
Movie - Released: 8/4/2012
The Weekend
The Weekend
as Jens Kessler
Movie - Released: 8/26/2012
In the Shadow
In the Shadow
as Zenke
Movie - Released: 9/13/2012
Suspension of Disbelief
Suspension of Disbelief
as Martin
Movie - Released: 11/1/2012

2011

Unknown
Unknown
as Professor Leo Bressler
Movie - Released: 2/16/2011
Albatross
Albatross
as Jonathan
Movie - Released: 10/14/2011
Manipulation
Manipulation
as Harry Wind
Movie - Released: 2/3/2011
Camelot
Camelot
as King Uther Pendragon
TV - Released: 2/25/2011
Homeland
Homeland
as Otto Düring
TV - Released: 10/2/2011

2009

Effi Briest
Effi Briest
as Geert von Instetten
Movie - Released: 2/9/2009
Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf
as Wolf Larsen
Movie - Released: 12/24/2009
Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf
as Wolf Larsen
TV - Released: 11/4/2009

2008

In jeder Sekunde
In jeder Sekunde
as Dr. Hans Frick
Movie - Released: 12/11/2008

2007

The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo König
Movie - Released: 10/18/2007
Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig
Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 3/8/2007
Auf dem Vulkan
Auf dem Vulkan
as Dr. Moritz Jung
Movie - Released: 10/3/2007

2006

The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
as Georg Dreyman
Movie - Released: 3/23/2006
Black Book
Black Book
as Ludwig Müntze
Movie - Released: 9/14/2006

2005

Speer & Hitler: The Devil's Architect
Speer & Hitler: The Devil's Architect
as Albert Speer
TV - Released: 9/5/2005

2004

Operation Valkyrie
Operation Valkyrie
as Oberst Claus Graf Schenk v. Stauffenberg
Movie - Released: 2/24/2004
Princesse Marie
Princesse Marie
as Rodolphe Löwenstein
Movie - Released: 3/4/2004
Deadly Diversion
Deadly Diversion
as Philipp
Movie - Released: 4/29/2004

2003

The Flying Classroom
The Flying Classroom
as Robert 'Nichtraucher' Uthofft
Movie - Released: 1/16/2003
Tauerngold
Tauerngold
as Jakob Hirzbacher
Movie - Released: 4/13/2003
Two Days of Hope
Two Days of Hope
as Helmut Kaminski
Movie - Released: 5/14/2003

2002

Amen.
Amen.
as Höss
Movie - Released: 2/27/2002
Movie
Kollaps
as Konrad Lange
Movie - Released: 10/2/2002
Napoleon
Napoleon
as Maréchal Jean Lannes
TV - Released: 10/7/2002

2001

The Tunnel
The Tunnel
as Matthis Hiller
Movie - Released: 1/21/2001
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
as Richard Oetker
Movie - Released: 11/11/2001
Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman
Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman
as Klaus Mann
TV - Released: 12/5/2001

2000

Movie
Die Rückkehr des schwarzen Buddha
as Max / Nick
Movie - Released: 11/27/2000
TV
Koschwitz
as Self
TV - Released: 4/10/2000
Abendschau
Abendschau
as Self
TV - Released: 5/4/2000

1999

Das Tal der Schatten
Das Tal der Schatten
as von Sviet
Movie - Released: 8/9/1999
Movie
Die Rache der Carola Waas
as Bernd Waas
Movie - Released: 6/14/1999
Der Mörder meiner Mutter
Der Mörder meiner Mutter
as Marc Balthasar
Movie - Released: 7/1/1999
Schwarzes Blut
Schwarzes Blut
as Patrick Schönfeldt
Movie - Released: 4/26/1999
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday
as Obersturmbannführer Eichbaum
Movie - Released: 10/21/1999
TV
German Television Award
as Self
TV - Released: 10/2/1999
Beckmann
Beckmann
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1999

1998

Der Rosenmörder
Der Rosenmörder
as Bernd
Movie - Released: 2/27/1998
Der letzte Zeuge
Der letzte Zeuge
as Tim Guddenberg
TV - Released: 3/23/1998
TV
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1998

1997

Movie
Woanders scheint nachts die Sonne
as Pit
Movie - Released: 10/20/1997
Movie
Tödlicher Duft
as Robert
Movie - Released: 2/24/1997
Movie
Ende einer Leidenschaft
as Martin Zenker
Movie - Released: 5/12/1997
Hollister
Hollister
as Mark Hollister
Movie - Released: 1/6/1997
Schimanski
Schimanski
as Dirk Vogel
TV - Released: 11/9/1997
Dead Pool
Dead Pool
as Andreas Baader
TV - Released: 6/15/1997
TV
Leute heute
as Self
TV - Released: 7/23/1997

1996

The Burning Snail
The Burning Snail
as Gerd
Movie - Released: 5/28/1996
Fähre in den Tod
Fähre in den Tod
as Clas van Damme
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung
Ein fast perfekter Seitensprung
as Martin von Platt
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Movie
Der Mörder und die Hure
as Roman
Movie - Released: 3/23/1996
Movie
Die Nacht hat 17 Stunden
as Dr. Stadler
Movie - Released: 9/30/1996
Movie
Zwei vom gleichen Schlag
as Sven Eisner
Movie - Released: 10/19/1996
TV
Sperling
as Georg Giessen
TV - Released: 3/2/1996
The Alsatians or the two Mathilde
The Alsatians or the two Mathilde
as Wismar-Marbach
TV - Released: 10/11/1996

1995

Movie
Schrecklicher Verdacht
as Ernst Hoffmann
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Movie
Blutige Spur
as Daniel
Movie - Released: 5/31/1995
Flirt
Flirt
as Dick
Movie - Released: 9/14/1995
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time
Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time
as Kurt
Movie - Released: 11/26/1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/5/1995

1994

Movie
Der Mann mit der Maske
as Bernhard 'Bernd' Schild
Movie - Released: 1/2/1994
Movie
Freundinnen
as Marcel
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
Rosa Roth
Rosa Roth
as Rolf Kage
TV - Released: 11/5/1994
Ein starkes Team
Ein starkes Team
as Stefan
TV - Released: 3/28/1994
Ärzte
Ärzte
TV - Released: 1/19/1994
Alles außer Mord
Alles außer Mord
as Jo Möller
TV - Released: 4/10/1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
TV - Released: 12/27/1994

1993

Movie
Das Sahara-Projekt
as Toni Waldegg
Movie - Released: 10/24/1993
Movie
Im Himmel hört Dich niemand weinen
Movie - Released: 7/1/1993
Movie
An Impossible Teacher
as Robby
Movie - Released: 1/1/1993
Bella Block
Bella Block
as Friedemann Mommsen
TV - Released: 12/17/1993
Bella Block
Bella Block
as Max Klöckner
TV - Released: 12/17/1993
TV
Hecht & Haie
as Hans Ditsch
TV - Released: 3/4/1993

1992

Cosimas Lexikon
Cosimas Lexikon
as Sven
Movie - Released: 4/9/1992
Wolffs Revier
Wolffs Revier
as Stefan Schmidt
TV - Released: 9/17/1992
Morgenmagazin
Morgenmagazin
as Self
TV - Released: 7/19/1992

1991

Transit
Transit
as Gerhardt
Movie - Released: 1/16/1991
Movie
Der Tod kam als Freund
as Gerhard Selb (Jung)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991
Boulevard Bio
Boulevard Bio
as Self
TV - Released: 8/6/1991
DAS!
DAS!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/2/1991

1989

TV
Blauer Panther
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1989

1988

Movie
Der Liebe auf der Spur
as Mücke
Movie - Released: 7/16/1988
TV
Anwalt Abel
as Peter Salewsky
TV - Released: 9/4/1988
Die Männer vom K3
Die Männer vom K3
as Richard Diestel
TV - Released: 9/24/1988

1987

Nachtcafé
Nachtcafé
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1987

1984

Der Fahnder
Der Fahnder
as Frank
TV - Released: 9/21/1984
TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self - Laudatio
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1981

A Case For Two
A Case For Two
as Schütz
TV - Released: 9/11/1981
A Case For Two
A Case For Two
as Dr. Martin Velder
TV - Released: 9/11/1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1981

1979

NDR Talk Show
NDR Talk Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/9/1979

1977

Der Alte
Der Alte
as Hansi Wallner
TV - Released: 4/11/1977
Der Alte
Der Alte
as Herr Pontini
TV - Released: 4/11/1977

1976

Kölner Treff
Kölner Treff
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1976

1974

Derrick
Derrick
as Martin Sasse
TV - Released: 10/20/1974
TV
3 nach 9
as Self
TV - Released: 11/19/1974

1970

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
as Heinz Stolle
TV - Released: 11/29/1970

1964

TV
Grimme Awards Ceremony
as Self
TV - Released: 1/16/1964

1948

Bambi-Verleihung
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1948

Unknown