Hanns Zischler
Known for Acting · 286 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-18 (age 79)
- 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 / Joachim Huber / Dr. Lars Heinemann / Ansgar Frey
ZIBB
2003
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Peter Binding / Anton Spengler / Ulrich Herzog
Derrick
1974
as Haffner / Karau / Gaston Riemann / Robert Reitmoor
DAS!
1991
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as Dr. Roland Schäfer / Erich Schierer / Heiko Drews
TV Shows (63)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dr. Joachim Dreher / Joachim Huber / Dr. Lars Heinemann / Ansgar Frey
ZIBB
2003
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Peter Binding / Anton Spengler / Ulrich Herzog
Derrick
1974
as Haffner / Karau / Gaston Riemann / Robert Reitmoor
DAS!
1991
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as Dr. Roland Schäfer / Erich Schierer / Heiko Drews
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Christian Korte / Ekki von Dülmen / Roland Seedow
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
Babylon Berlin
2017
as Engelbert Rath
Wolffs Revier
1992
as Alex Kamrath / Dr. Peter Landsberg
Küstenwache
1997
as Hein Andersson
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Hilmar Renier / Bernd Höhne
Der Fahnder
1984
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Simon Höxter
Beck
1999
as Josef Hillman
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Günther Ellis
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Dr. Bernhard Lindner
Die Kanzlei
2015
as Hubertus Dehling
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self
Die Kommissarin
1994
as Joachim Hubrath
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Wolf Zöllner / Arthur Pollack
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Gerhard Mohr
Donna Leon
2000
as Franco Murino
Edel & Starck
2002
as Alfred Mendel
Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Ernst Stiller
West.art am Sonntag
2003
as Self
Bloch
2002
as Claus Claussen
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Talk aus Berlin
2018
as Self
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
1993
as Meier-Rottluff
Flemming
2009
as Dr. Hans Matthei
Stahlnetz
1958
as Konrad Bienek
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Udo Rohde
Kir Royal
1986
as Dr. Josef Geisshofer
Denkzeit
2007
as Self
Die Drei
1996
as Semper / Rolf Kemper
Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise
2011
as Kobold
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
as Oetker's Attorney
Commissario Laurenti
2006
as Salvio Giustina
Stadt, Rad, Hund
2013
as Self
Jury Trial
1995
as Thorsten Gregor
Day of Disaster
2007
as Walter Köhler
Die Kinder
1990
as Bellenberg
End of Innocence
1991
as Paul Harteck
Benzin im Blut
1999
as Frank Ellinghaus
Vera Brühne
2001
as Kanzleramtsminister Prof. Behmke
Der kleine Mönch
2002
as Angermeyer
March of Millions
2007
as Graf Rüdiger von Gernstorff
Jean Moulin
2002
as Le major von Gutlingen
Im Zweifel für..
1995
as Klaus Merten
Rotlicht
1993
as Hans Fengler
Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt
2003
Anwalt Martin Berg - Im Auftrag der Gerechtigkeit
1996
as Staatsanwalt Winkler
Der König von Bärenbach
1994
as Gottfried Lederle
Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen
2011
as Leon Menec
Germaine et Benjamin
1994
Berlin und Brandenburg unterm Hakenkreuz
2019
as Self - Sprecher (voice)
Just Push Abuba
2018
as Professor Schwarz
Movies (223)
Fatherland
2026
as Thomas Mann
I'm The Father
2002
as Dr. Beilenberg
Munich
2005
as Hans
Overnight
2007
as Fischer
Home Entertainment
2026
Rommel
2012
as Gerd von Rundstedt
Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
as Henryk Wald
Domino
1982
as Zollner
Olga's Summer
2002
as Richard
The Edukators
2004
as Vermieter
Todsünde
2008
as Polonius Fischer
Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
as Josef Hillman
The French Revolution
1989
as Goethe
Sunshine
1999
as Baron Margitta
Beck 16 - The Last Witness
2002
as Josef Hillman
The French as Seen by…
1988
as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
as Josef Hillman
About Narration
2025
Black Sun
1998
as Narrator
Europa Europa
1990
as Captain von Lerenau
The Cement Garden
1993
as Father
The Specimen
2002
Chamisso’s Shadow
2016
as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)
Total vereist
1981
as Pilot
Dr. M
1990
as Moser
Der Leibwächter
1989
as Dr. Kant
When in Doubt
1995
as Klaus Merten
Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
as Josef Hillman
Flame & Citron
2008
as Gilbert
The Berlin Affair
1985
as Wolf von Hollendorf
John Cranko
2024
as Walter Erich Schäfer
Aghet
2010
as Leslie Davis
Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small
1997
as Michael
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
Gute Referenzen
1994
Ripley's Game
2002
as Art Dealer
Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Dr. Becker
Putting Things Straight
1979
as Alfred Flechtheim
Walk on Water
2004
as Axel's Father
Tracing Battleship Potemkin
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Balle perdue
1994
as Victor Trampot
Traveling Roadshow
2016
as Self
Es wird etwas geschehen
2003
as Alfred Wunsiedel
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam
1982
Manoeuvres d'Élégance
1992
The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Hans
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
1993
as Count Zelten
Amen.
2002
as Grawitz
A Woman in Flames
1983
as Kurt
Gefährliche Wahrheit
2021
as Richard Freydank
Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self
Southeast Passage
2002
Taking Sides
2002
as Rudolf Werner
Francesco
1989
as Pope Innocent III
Black Island
2021
as Friedrich Hansen
Logik des Gefühls
1982
The Venus Trap
1988
as Kurt
Post Impact
2004
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf
Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle!
1996
as Til Deboers
Salt on Our Skin
1992
as Sidney
The Last Courier
1996
as Kant
Henry Angst
1980
Antonia – Tränen im Paradies
2003
as Friedrich Fürstenberg
No Sex
1999
as Friedrich Liebermann
The Autograph
1984
as Lieutenant Suarez
A Fine Day
2001
as Regisseur
Kings of the Road
1976
as Robert Lander
The Violin Player
1994
as Michael
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
Blinker
1969
666: In Bed with the Devil
2002
as Prince of Darkness
A Prominent Patient
2017
as Dr. Stein
Small Cuts
2003
as Verekher
Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO
Venus Talking
2001
Stations of the Cross
2014
as Bestatter
The Universal Theory
2023
as Dr. Strathen
Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte
2008
as Produzent
Herzsprung
1992
as Herr Papenfuß
The Rose Garden
1989
as Eckert
Debt of Love
1998
as Besse
Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau
1997
as Schmidthenner
A Year Ago in Winter
2008
as Dr. Thomas Richter
Die Frau aus dem Meer
2008
as Michael Kolberg
Stille Nächte
2014
as Paul
Der falsche Tod
2007
as Dr. Franz Stoever
The Ring Finger
2005
as Le patron de l'hôtel
Manhunt
2008
as Klaus Barbie
A Girl Called Rosemarie
1996
Axolotl Overkill
2017
as Film Award Laudator
1917: The Real October
2017
as Alexander Benois (voice)
Access Denied
2000
as Wilhelm Täufer
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping
2004
as Sven Hedin
Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
as Martins Vater
The Open Universe
1993
as Frank
Die Bubi Scholz Story
1998
as Otto Grimm
23
1998
as Karls Vater
Two Days of Hope
2003
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)
Keine zweite Chance
2017
as Reinhard
Küss mich, Kanzler!
2004
as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer
Relativity
2019
as Aron's Father
Angels of Iron
1981
as Ridzinski
Gate to Heaven
2003
as Polizist
Playoff
2011
as Franz
Mise-en-scene
1991
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
as Josef Hillman
Wen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Henry Rhomberg
Der Bankraub
2016
as Harald Kühnen
Hilde
2009
as Erich Pommer
Closed Circuit
1983
as Melo
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
as Oetker's Attorney
Wenn man sich traut
2000
as Isabell's Vater
Tanners letzte Chance
2002
as Karl Sedlag
A Place Called Dignity
2021
as Uncle Paul
Berlin Chamissoplatz
1980
as Martin
Malevil
1981
as le vétérinaire
Solange wir lieben
2001
as Prof.Rudolf Zondek
Bastard
2011
as Samuel Schweizer
Whatever Happens Next
2018
as Silbermann
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
1994
as Dieter Reich
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 286 credits spanning from 1958 to 2026, Hanns Zischler has appeared in 223 films and 63 TV shows.
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Most Popular Hanns Zischler Movies
- Fatherland (2026) — as Thomas Mann
- I'm The Father (2002) — as Dr. Beilenberg
- Munich (2005) — as Hans
- Overnight (2007) — as Fischer
- Home Entertainment (2026)
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