
Hanns Zischler
Known for Acting · 284 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-18 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Biography
Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968.
Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dr. Joachim Dreher / Huber / Joachim Huber / Dr. Lars Heinemann / Ansgar Frey
ZIBB
2003
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

The Old Fox
1977
as Peter Binding / Anton Spengler / Ulrich Herzog

Derrick
1974
as Haffner / Karau / Gaston Riemann / Robert Reitmoor

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Christian Korte / Ekki von Dülmen / Roland Seedow
TV Shows (61)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dr. Joachim Dreher / Huber / Joachim Huber / Dr. Lars Heinemann / Ansgar Frey
ZIBB
2003
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

The Old Fox
1977
as Peter Binding / Anton Spengler / Ulrich Herzog

Derrick
1974
as Haffner / Karau / Gaston Riemann / Robert Reitmoor

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Christian Korte / Ekki von Dülmen / Roland Seedow
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self

A Case For Two
1981
as Dr. Roland Schäfer / Erich Schierer / Heiko Drews

Babylon Berlin
2017
as Engelbert Rath

Küstenwache
1997
as Hein Andersson

Wolffs Revier
1992
as Alex Kamrath / Dr. Peter Landsberg

Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Hilmar Renier / Bernd Höhne

Der Fahnder
1984

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Simon Höxter

Der Kriminalist
2006
as Günther Ellis

Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Dr. Bernhard Lindner

Beck
1999
as Josef Hillman
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self

Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Wolf Zöllner / Arthur Pollack
Thadeusz
2005
as self

Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Gerhard Mohr

Die Kanzlei
2015
as Hubertus Dehling

Donna Leon
2000
as Franco Murino

Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Ernst Stiller

Die Kommissarin
1994
as Joachim Hubrath

Edel & Starck
2002
as Alfred Mendel

Adelheid und ihre Mörder
1993
as Meier-Rottluff
Bloch
2002
as Claus Claussen
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Talk aus Berlin
2018
as Self

Stahlnetz
1958
as Konrad Bienek
West.art am Sonntag
2003
as Self

Flemming
2009
as Dr. Hans Matthei

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Udo Rohde
Denkzeit
2007
as Self
Jury Trial
1995
as Thorsten Gregor
Die Drei
1996
as Rolf Kemper / Semper
Stadt, Rad, Hund
2013
as Self

Kir Royal
1986
as Dr. Josef Geisshofer

Der kleine Mönch
2002
as Angermeyer

Die Kinder
1990
as Bellenberg

Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise
2011
as Kobold
Der König von Bärenbach
1994
as Gottfried Lederle

Commissario Laurenti
2006
as Salvio Giustina
Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen
2011
as Leon Menec

March of Millions
2007
as Graf Rüdiger von Gernstorff
Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt
2003
Alles Glück dieser Erde
1994
as Pfarrer Lucas Delbrück

End of Innocence
1991
as Paul Harteck
Rotlicht
1993
as Hans Fengler

Germaine et Benjamin
1994
Matussek trifft
2010
as Self

Jahrestage
2000
as De Rosny

Benzin im Blut
1999
as Frank Ellinghaus
Anwalt Martin Berg - Im Auftrag der Gerechtigkeit
1996
as Staatsanwalt Winkler

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
as Oetker's Attorney

Just Push Abuba
2018
as Professor Schwarz

Day of Disaster
2007
as Walter Köhler

Berlin und Brandenburg unterm Hakenkreuz
2019
as Self - Sprecher (voice)
Movies (223)

Fatherland
2026
as Thomas Mann

Munich
2005
as Hans

Amen.
2002
as Grawitz

Sunshine
1999
as Baron Margitta

Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
as Henryk Wald

The Cement Garden
1993
as Father

Flame & Citron
2008
as Gilbert

The French Revolution
1989
as Goethe

Europa Europa
1990
as Captain von Lerenau

Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
as Josef Hillman

The Edukators
2004
as Vermieter

Ripley's Game
2002
as Art Dealer

Black Island
2021
as Friedrich Hansen

Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Dr. Becker

Post Impact
2004
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf

Small Cuts
2003
as Verekher

Heil
2015
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf

Home Entertainment
2026

Rommel
2012
as Gerd von Rundstedt

Francesco
1989
as Pope Innocent III

Taking Sides
2002
as Rudolf Werner

Olga's Summer
2002
as Richard

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self

The Ring Finger
2005
as Le patron de l'hôtel

Kings of the Road
1976
as Robert Lander

Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
as Martins Vater

The Berlin Affair
1985
as Wolf von Hollendorf

Dr. M
1990
as Moser

23
1998
as Karls Vater

A Prominent Patient
2017
as Dr. Stein

The Universal Theory
2023
as Dr. Strathen

The Venus Trap
1988
as Kurt

Walk on Water
2004
as Axel's Father
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
as Self

666: In Bed with the Devil
2002
as Prince of Darkness

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
1993
as Count Zelten

Malevil
1981
as le vétérinaire

Aghet
2010
as Leslie Davis

The Last Courier
1996
as Kant

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
as Oetker's Attorney

All of a Sudden
2016
as Klaus

John Cranko
2024
as Walter Erich Schäfer

Bastard
2011
as Samuel Schweizer

Prince
2021
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier

Salt on Our Skin
1992
as Sidney

The French as Seen by…
1988
as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

Gate to Heaven
2003
as Polizist

Two Days of Hope
2003
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)

The Blue One
1994
as Minister

A Woman in Flames
1983
as Kurt

A Year Ago in Winter
2008
as Dr. Thomas Richter

Angels of Iron
1981
as Ridzinski

Playoff
2011
as Franz

Hilde
2009
as Erich Pommer
Saltimbank
2003
as Johann Kreisler

The Last Word
1988

Zettl
2012
as Gaishofer

The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Hans

Relativity
2019
as Aron's Father

A Girl Called Rosemarie
1996

Axolotl Overkill
2017
as Film Award Laudator

The Horsemen of the Storm
1984
as Castaing

Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO

All Will Be Revealed
2023
as Dr. Abweger

David
1979

I'm The Father
2002
as Dr. Beilenberg

Milan noir
1987
as Hardy

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
as Josef Hillman

Die Bubi Scholz Story
1998
as Otto Grimm

The Red Room
2010
as Prof. Mühsam

Stations of the Cross
2014
as Bestatter

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
as Josef Hillman

George
2013
as Max Beckmann

Manhunt
2008
as Klaus Barbie

Todsünde
2008
as Polonius Fischer

So Long Daddy, See You in Hell
2022
as Politiker

Wen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Henry Rhomberg
Die Tannerhütte
1976

Brief an mein Leben
2015
as Dr. Pogel

Black Box
2023
as Hanns Böhm

The Rose Garden
1989
as Eckert

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
as Self

Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
as Josef Hillman
Ende einer Leidenschaft
1997
as Dr. Blöss

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
1994
as Dieter Reich
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick
2000
as Raabe senior

Whatever Happens Next
2018
as Silbermann

Der Bankraub
2016
as Harald Kühnen

Allmen and the Dragonflies
2016
as Hirt Senior

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl
2017
as Self - Reader

In the Shadows
2010
as Planer

King Ordinary
2013
as Wallenstein

Professor Wall im Bordell
2019
as Professor Wall

Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women
2000
as Adam
Anemia
1986
as Umberto

Red & Blue
2004
as Samuel Eisenstein

Undercover
2005
as Landsbichler

Mädchen Nr. 1
2003
as Alfred Hammerstein

Heiraten macht mich nervös
2005
as Oskar Becker

The Violin Player
1994
as Michael

Herzsprung
1992
as Herr Papenfuß

Outside the Box
2015
as Bruno Bickstein
Null Risiko und reich
1997

Tarot
1986
as Eduard

Drancy Future
1997
as The Old Man (voice)

The Left-Handed Woman
1978

Douce France
1986
as Karl

Superbrain
1996
as Kottke

Der große Rudolph
2018
as Toni

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
as Josef Hillman

Liebe auf den zweiten Blick
2005
as Norbert Hahn

Gelübde des Herzens
2003
as Professor Leunitz

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
as Josef Hillman

Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel
2017
as H. Moldenhauer

Adieu, Mon Ami
1996
as Serge

Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self

Debt of Love
1998
as Besse

Balle perdue
1994
as Victor Trampot
In der Welt habt ihr Angst
2011
as Johannes Baumann
About Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 284 credits spanning from 1958 to 2026, Hanns Zischler has appeared in 223 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hanns Zischler Movies
- Fatherland (2026) — as Thomas Mann
- Munich (2005) — as Hans
- Amen. (2002) — as Grawitz
- Sunshine (1999) — as Baron Margitta
- Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) — as Henryk Wald
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