
Matthias Habich
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1940-01-12 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Gdańsk, Poland
Biography
Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris.
In his career, he appeared in a number of internationally recognized films. In the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates about Stalingrad, he played the part of General (later Field Marshal) Friedrich Paulus. In the 2004 film Downfall, he portrayed Werner Haase. In the 2008 Oscar-winning drama The Reader he appeared as the father of the title character.
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Known For
TV Shows (26)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Prof. Sorensky / Roland Plauer / Maximilian Heinrich

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self

SOKO Kitzbühel
2001
as Franz Koch
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self

Bella Block
1993
as Henning Harmsen
German Television Award
1999
as Self
Bloch
2002
as Martin Weidner
Anwalt Abel
1988
as Staatsanwalt Reuss

Joachim Vernau
2012
as Utz von Zernikow

Detective Extralarge
1991

Imperium: Nero
2004
as Seneca

Afrika, mon amour
2007
as Dr. Franz Lukas

Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
1975
as Simplex

Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland
1999
as Victor Klemperer

Schöne Ferien
1985
as Wolf Blankenburg

Jack Holborn
1982
as Kapitän Sharingham, Richter Sharingham

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
1976
as Friedrich von der Trenck

Der Forellenhof
1965

Il giovane Garibaldi
1974

Jack Holborn
1982
as Capitaine Sheringham / Lord Sheringham

Princesse Alexandra
1992
as Franz
Schuld und Unschuld
2007
as Friedrich Fischer

Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski
1975
as Orlow

Jahrestage
2000
as Heinrich Cressphal
Movies (89)

Enemy at the Gates
2001
as General Paulus

The Reader
2008
as Peter Berg

Downfall
2004
as Prof. Dr. Werner Haase

Chaotic Ana
2007
as Klaus

Berlin Syndrome
2017
as Erich Werner

Boran
2002
as Boran

Nowhere in Africa
2001
as Süßkind

Lassie Come Home
2020
as Graf von Sprengel

Nanga Parbat
2010
as Pfarrer

Nero
2004
as Seneca

Letzter Moment
2010
as Peter Romberg

The Last U-Boat
1993
as Mellenberg - General

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
as Körner

Beyond Silence
1996
as Gregor

Narcissus and Goldmund
2020
as Burgherr

Ursula
1978
as Zwingli

The Vultures
1984
as Karl Brenner

Two Days of Hope
2003
as Otto Kaminski

Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
2003
as General von Habich

The Taste of Apple Seeds
2013
as Carsten Lexow

Ein großer Aufbruch
2015
as Holm Hardenberg
Getting a Life
2003
as Michael Berkhoff

No Sky Limit with Africa
2005
as Richard

Ceasefire
2009
as Alain

Babyraub - Kinder fremder Mächte
1998
as Horst Glockner

Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
2014
as Helge Löns
Deutschlandlied
1995
as Konrad Schuhbeck

Waves
2005
as Rolf von Buttlär

Good-for-Nothing
1978
as Leonard

Conni & Co 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex
2017
as Ingo Jonas

Straight for the Heart
1988
as Pierre Kurwenal

Embers
1983
as Albert Korb

The Call of the Toad
2005
as Alexander Reschke

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
1973
as Friedrich von der Trenck

Maiden's War
1977
as Jan Amery

Matthiesens Töchter
2015
as Matthiesen

Coup de Grâce
1976
as Erich von Lhomond
Die Rättin
1997
as Markus Frank

Imperative
1982
as Theologist

Picknick im Schnee
1999
as Johannes Breutigam

What Maisie Knew
1993
as Bertrand

Princess
2021
as Josef (old)
Where I Belong
2014
as Friedrich

Farendj
1990
as Bruno
Ich bin unschuldig - Ärztin im Zwielicht
1995
as Juergen Liebig

The Misplaced World
2015
as Paul Kromberger

Die Toten von Hameln
2014
as Dr. Georg Bischoff

Das Gewinnerlos
2015
as Georg Freudenreich
Das Klavier
1972
as Arthur Rödlich

The Judgement
1997
as Fremder

The Cry of the Owl
1987
as Robert

Und alle haben geschwiegen
2013
as Paul
Davids Rache
1997
as Christian

Black for Remembrance
1995
as Chris Corday

The Savage Woman
1991
as Elysée

O Janovi a podivuhodném příteli
1990
as Magnus
Lauras Entscheidung
1994
as Joachim Böllinger

Playing God
2020
as Richard Gärtner
Undine
1965

Boundaries
2010
as Hans Meinhold

Silberhochzeit
2006
as Ben

Der Fall Ö.
1991
as Hauptmann / Teiresias

Sister
2010
as Gregor Antonion

Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
1974
as Miroslav als Erwachsener

A Witch's Kiss
2005
as Der Herr der Finsternis

Das Kindermädchen
2012
as Utz von Zernikow

Sein gutes Recht
2015
as Max Büttner
Zucker für die Bestie
1998
as Dr. Kaltenbach

Half a Life
2009
as Peter Grabowski

Morgen musst du sterben
2010
as Peter
Der Prototyp
1975
as Wolf D. Steiner
Slaughter of the Cock
1996

Eine halbe Ewigkeit
2012
as Harry Berg
Die Konvention Belzebir
1968
as Balembrun

In the Name of Innocence
1997
as Kommissar Norbert Michaelis

Liebe am Fjord - Abschied von Hannah
2012
as Henrik Agdestein
Abenteuer eines Sommers
1973
as Michelitsch
À deux pas du paradis
1992
Neugierig wie ein Kind
1974

L'olandese scomparso
1974
as Prof. Eric Vansee

Fluchtgefahr
1974

Pink Palace, Paradise Beach
1990
as Daniel
Noch ein Wunsch
1989
as Martin

Purity of Heart
1980

Das zehnte Jahr
1995
as Max

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1991

Das Leben vor mir
2018
as Cornelius

Duo
1990
as Ambrosius

Der Großvater
2009
as Großvater
About Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris. In his career, he appeared in a number of internationally recognized films. In the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates about Stalingrad, he played the part of General (later Field Marshal) Friedrich Paulus. In the 2004 film Downfall, he portrayed Werner Haase. In the 2008 Oscar-winning drama The Reader he appeared as the father of the title cha… With 115 credits spanning from 1951 to 2021, Matthias Habich has appeared in 89 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Matthias Habich Movies
- Enemy at the Gates (2001) — as General Paulus
- The Reader (2008) — as Peter Berg
- Downfall (2004) — as Prof. Dr. Werner Haase
- Chaotic Ana (2007) — as Klaus
- Berlin Syndrome (2017) — as Erich Werner
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