
Sylvester Groth
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1958-03-31 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Jerichow, Germany
- Also known as
- सिल्वेस्टर ग्रॉथ
Biography
Sylvester Groth was born in Jerichow, German Democratic Republic on March 31st, 1958. He is an actor with an extensive television and theater career, well known for portraying Goebbels in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Clausen in Dark (2019) and starring in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Stalingrad (1993) and Deutschland 83 (2015).
Known For

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Pathologe / Christian Seitz / Rainer Vaske / Norbert Müller / Dieter Gottschalk / Justus Fürmann / Polizeipräsident

The Old Fox
1977
as Herbert Rühle / Josef Böcking

Morgenmagazin
1992
as self

Dark
2017
as Investigator Clausen

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Hauptkommsissar Jochen Drexler / Peter Wengler / Hauptkommissar Jochen Drexler

Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Joseph Goebbels
TV Shows (32)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Pathologe / Christian Seitz / Rainer Vaske / Norbert Müller / Dieter Gottschalk / Justus Fürmann / Polizeipräsident

The Old Fox
1977
as Herbert Rühle / Josef Böcking

Morgenmagazin
1992
as self

Dark
2017
as Investigator Clausen

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Hauptkommsissar Jochen Drexler / Peter Wengler / Hauptkommissar Jochen Drexler

Sense8
2015
as Sergei Bogdanow
German Film Award
1951
as Self

Der Kriminalist
2006
as Dieter Rohrbach / Martin Kippendorf
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self

Bella Block
1993
as Dr. Jakob Groth

Deutschland
2015
as Walter Schweppenstette

Rosa Roth
1994
as Michael Katzmann

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst
2007
as Richard Plötz

Generation War
2013
as Hiemer
Sperling
1996
as Ewald

Schimanski
1997
as Christian Wörner

Mein Leben & Ich
2001
as Dr.Reimann

Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
2004
as Christian Rilling

Criminal: Germany
2019
as Karl Schultz

Rote Erde
1983
as Fritz Rewandowski

NSU German History X
2016
as Walter Ahler
Bruder Esel
1996
as Elias Busch

Unwanted
2023
as Klaus

The Sheikh
2022

The Witnesses
2021
as Prof. Max Felsner

German Crime Story: Gefesselt
2023
as Ludwig Lübke
Schuld und Unschuld
2007
as Jakob Raffael

Der Club der singenden Metzger
2019

Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit
2003

Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
2007
as Staatsanwalt Feddersen

Meines Vaters Straßenbahn
1980
as Janker
Movies (75)

Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Joseph Goebbels

The Reader
2008
as Prosecuting Council

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
as Uncle Rudi

Silent Friend
2026
as Anton

The 355
2022
as Jonas Muller

Stalingrad
1993
as Otto

Breathe
2017
as Dr. Erik Langdorf

My Führer
2007
as Joseph Goebbels

Berlin, I Love You
2019
as Frosch

Tom Sawyer
2011
as Doc Robinson

The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Groth

Gentle Monster
2026
as Hermann Kühn

Romeo
2001
as Klaus Weingarten alias Hermann Weber

In Times of Fading Light
2017
as Kurt

Momo
1986
as Agent BLW 553 X

Aghet
2010
as Martin Niepage

Buddenbrooks
2008
as Kesselmeyer

The Last U-Boat
1993
as Funker Maschke

Hilde
2009
as Boleslaw Barlog

BFF Detectives
2019
as Klaus Schmitt

Naked Among Wolves
2015
as Helmut Krämer

Lulu
2006
as Dr. Schön

The Volcano
1999
as Hans Hollmann

Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
2008
as Oliver Bendt

Whiskey with Vodka
2009
as Martin Telleck

Ein Kommissar kehrt zurück
2016
as Michael Adam

The Master Butcher
2019
as Robert

Meines Vaters Straßenbahn
1980
as Janker
Jenseits
2001
as Matthias Mund

Journey to Weimar
1996
as Dr. Hauke Wolf

Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching
2011
as Richard Wilhelm - German(voice)

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben
2009
as Kawalerowicz

Shores of Hope
2012
as Roman

Das Wunder von Lengede
2003
as Harald Hansen

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe
2011
as Martin Volke

The Third Wave
2003
as Dauphin

Keiner geht verloren
2010
as Hotte
Die Weisheit der Wolken
2008
as Max Eisenacher

The Weekend
2012

Der Verleger
2001
as Christian Kracht

Kati: A Freestyle That Stays
2024
as Binges

Der Kronzeuge
2007
as Frank Roloff
Inspektor Barbarotti - Mensch ohne Hund
2010
as Inspektor Gunnar Barbarotti

The New End
2018
as Doktor
Käthchens Traum
2004

Ihr Brief zur Hochzeit
2012
as Liebhaber

Zorn - Kalter Rauch
2017
as Adam Völx

Kolle - Ein Leben für Liebe und Sex
2002
as Oswalt Kolle

Die Mutter des Mörders
2015
as Dr. Benjamin
Die Geisel
2003
as Olaf Bodenteich
Outside Time
1995
as Georg

Nevermore
2006
as Pfarrer Ekdahl
Die Vergebung
1994
as Mann
Der Briefbomber
2000
as Frank Meyer

Kaisersturz
2018
as Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Frisch gepresst
2012
as Helgo

The House on the River
1986
as Heinz Hüsgen

Zarte Parasiten
2009
as Martin

Requiem for a Romantic Woman
1999
as Clemens Brentano

Zerbrechliche Zeugin
2004
Der Preis der Sehnsucht
1999
as Aleksander

The Turning Point
1983
as Mark Niebuhr

Die geheime Inquisition
2002
as Großinquisitor Santori
Gesche's Poison
1998
as Johann Timm
Plankton oder das Wunder der Anpassung
1980
as Kilian

A Pact
2013
as Georg
Junge Leute in der Stadt
1985
as Reinhardt

Bittere Kirschen
2012

Der Schimmelreiter
1985
as Hauke Haien
Verzweiflung
2000
as Sigs

Verlorene Landschaft
1992
as Father (Young)
Liebe. Macht. Blind.
2001
as Béla
Dog
2025
as Taxifahrer
Ein glücklicher Tag
2004
as George

Farewell to Agnes
1994
as Stefan
About Sylvester Groth
Sylvester Groth was born in Jerichow, German Democratic Republic on March 31st, 1958. He is an actor with an extensive television and theater career, well known for portraying Goebbels in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Clausen in Dark (2019) and starring in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Stalingrad (1993) and Deutschland 83 (2015). With 107 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Sylvester Groth has appeared in 75 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvester Groth Movies
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as Joseph Goebbels
- The Reader (2008) — as Prosecuting Council
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) — as Uncle Rudi
- Silent Friend (2026) — as Anton
- The 355 (2022) — as Jonas Muller
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