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August Diehl
Actor · Crew· West Berlin, West Germany [now Berlin, Germany]
August Diehl, born on January 4, 1976, is a German actor whose versatility has been on display in films like Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," where he portrayed the menacing Gestapo officer Dieter Hellstrom, and in the espionage thriller "Salt," as Michael Krause, the unsuspecting husband of the embattled CIA agent Evelyn Salt. His ability to convey complex characters through chilling performances has marked him as a formidable presence in contemporary cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
54 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Rays and Shadows | Otto Abetz | Film |
| 2026 | Schöne Seelen | Freddy | Film |
| 2026 | Helene Weigel - Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht | Self - Narrator | Film |
| 2026 | Fatherland | Klaus Mann | Film |
| 2025 | The Ice Tower | Max | Film |
| 2025 | The Disappearance of Josef Mengele | Josef Mengele | Film |
| 2025 | Borowski Und Das Haupt Der Medusa | Robert Frost | Film |
| 2024 | The Master and Margarita | Woland | Film |
| 2024 | Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin | Martin Niemoller | Film |
| 2024 | Sidonie in Japan | Antoine Perceval | Film |
| 2022 | The Robber Hotzenplotz | Petrosilius Zwackelmann | Film |
| 2021 | Munich - The Edge of War | Franz Sauer | Film |
| 2019 | The Last Vermeer | Alex De Klerks | Film |
| 2019 | The Birdcatcher | Herman | Film |
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | Franz Jägerstätter | Film |
| 2018 | The Emperor of Paris | Nathanaël | Film |
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | Karl Marx | Film |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Dieter Koehler | TV |
| 2016 | Allied | Hobar | Film |
| 2016 | Dark Diamond | Gabi Ulmann | Film |
| 2014 | The Husband | Karl "Rusty" Rost | Film |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Young Jorge O'Kelly | Film |
| 2013 | Layla Fourie | Eugene Pienaar | Film |
| 2012 | Confession of a Child of the Century | Desgenais | Film |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Alter Finn | Film |
| 2012 | Shores of Hope | Andreas Hornung | Film |
| 2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Bernward Vesper | Film |
| 2010 | The Coming Days | Konstantin Richter | Film |
| 2010 | Salt | Mike Krause | Film |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Major Hellstrom | Film |
| 2008 | Dr. Alemán | Marc | Film |
| 2008 | Buddenbrooks | Christian Buddenbrook | Film |
| 2008 | A Woman in Berlin | Gerd | Film |
| 2008 | Mr. Kuka's Advice | Lothar | Film |
| 2007 | Head Under Water | Martin Wegner | Film |
| 2007 | The Counterfeiters | Burger | Film |
| 2007 | Lichtblick | Perpetrator | Film |
| 2006 | I Am the Other Woman | Robert Fabry | Film |
| 2006 | Slumming | Sebastian | Film |
| 2006 | Nichts als Gespenster | Felix | Film |
| 2005 | Tide | Robert | Film |
| 2005 | Mouth to Mouth | Tiger | Film |
| 2004 | Love in Thoughts | Günther Scheller | Film |
| 2004 | The Ninth Day | Untersturmführer Gebhardt | Film |
| 2003 | The Birch-Tree Meadow | Oskar | Film |
| 2003 | Distant Lights | Philip | Film |
| 2003 | Love the Hard Way | Jeff | Film |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 | Benny | Film |
| 2002 | Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 | A.M. Kaiser | Film |
| 2002 | Tattoo | Marc Schrader | Film |
| 2000 | Kalt ist der Abendhauch | Hugo Wimmer (jung) | Film |
| 1998 | 23 | Karl Koch | Film |
| Control | Film | ||
| The Boys from Brazil | Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt | TV |
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