
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 / Dr. Lars Heinemann / Joachim Huber / Ansgar Frey
ZIBB
2003
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

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

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

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

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

DAS!
1991
as Self

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

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

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Christian Korte / Ekki von Dülmen / Roland Seedow

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self

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

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 Kriminalist
2006
as Günther Ellis

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Simon Höxter

Der Fahnder
1984

Beck
1999
as Josef Hillman

Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Dr. Bernhard Lindner
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self

Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Wolf Zöllner / Arthur Pollack

Die Kanzlei
2015
as Hubertus Dehling

Donna Leon
2000
as Franco Murino

Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Gerhard Mohr
Thadeusz
2005
as self

Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Ernst Stiller

Die Kommissarin
1994
as Joachim Hubrath

Edel & Starck
2002
as Alfred Mendel
West.art am Sonntag
2003
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Talk aus Berlin
2018
as Self
Bloch
2002
as Claus Claussen

Adelheid und ihre Mörder
1993
as Meier-Rottluff

Stahlnetz
1958
as Konrad Bienek

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Udo Rohde

Flemming
2009
as Dr. Hans Matthei
Denkzeit
2007
as Self
Die Drei
1996
as Rolf Kemper / Semper
Jury Trial
1995
as Thorsten Gregor

Der kleine Mönch
2002
as Angermeyer

Kir Royal
1986
as Dr. Josef Geisshofer
Stadt, Rad, Hund
2013
as Self

Commissario Laurenti
2006
as Salvio Giustina

Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise
2011
as Kobold

Die Kinder
1990
as Bellenberg
Der König von Bärenbach
1994
as Gottfried Lederle
Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt
2003

March of Millions
2007
as Graf Rüdiger von Gernstorff
Rotlicht
1993
as Hans Fengler

Germaine et Benjamin
1994

Day of Disaster
2007
as Walter Köhler

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker
2001
as Oetker's Attorney
Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen
2011
as Leon Menec
Alles Glück dieser Erde
1994
as Pfarrer Lucas Delbrück

End of Innocence
1991
as Paul Harteck

Benzin im Blut
1999
as Frank Ellinghaus

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

Jahrestage
2000
as De Rosny
Matussek trifft
2010
as Self
Anwalt Martin Berg - Im Auftrag der Gerechtigkeit
1996
as Staatsanwalt Winkler

Just Push Abuba
2018
as Professor Schwarz
Movies (223)

Munich
2005
as Hans

Fatherland
2026
as Thomas Mann

Sunshine
1999
as Baron Margitta

Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
as Josef Hillman

Amen.
2002
as Grawitz

The Edukators
2004
as Vermieter

The Cement Garden
1993
as Father

Europa Europa
1990
as Captain von Lerenau

Black Island
2021
as Friedrich Hansen

The French Revolution
1989
as Goethe

Flame & Citron
2008
as Gilbert

Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Dr. Becker

Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
as Henryk Wald

The Ring Finger
2005
as Le patron de l'hôtel

Ripley's Game
2002
as Art Dealer

Dr. M
1990
as Moser

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

Heil
2015
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf

Rommel
2012
as Gerd von Rundstedt

Todsünde
2008
as Polonius Fischer

Post Impact
2004
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf

23
1998
as Karls Vater

Kings of the Road
1976
as Robert Lander

Small Cuts
2003
as Verekher

Aghet
2010
as Leslie Davis

Drancy Future
1997
as The Old Man (voice)

Taking Sides
2002
as Rudolf Werner

Home Entertainment
2026

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
1993
as Count Zelten

The Venus Trap
1988
as Kurt

Olga's Summer
2002
as Richard

Francesco
1989
as Pope Innocent III

The Berlin Affair
1985
as Wolf von Hollendorf

Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
as Martins Vater

Malevil
1981
as le vétérinaire

I'm The Father
2002
as Dr. Beilenberg

Hilde
2009
as Erich Pommer

Stations of the Cross
2014
as Bestatter

The Universal Theory
2023
as Dr. Strathen
Der Handymörder
1998
as Bundeskanzler

A Prominent Patient
2017
as Dr. Stein

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

Walk on Water
2004
as Axel's Father

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
as Josef Hillman

A Year Ago in Winter
2008
as Dr. Thomas Richter

John Cranko
2024
as Walter Erich Schäfer

Salt on Our Skin
1992
as Sidney

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
1994
as Dieter Reich

David
1979

A Woman in Flames
1983
as Kurt

The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Hans

Two Days of Hope
2003
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
as Self

Outside the Box
2015
as Bruno Bickstein

Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
as Josef Hillman

Herzsprung
1992
as Herr Papenfuß

The Left-Handed Woman
1978

All of a Sudden
2016
as Klaus

Relativity
2019
as Aron's Father
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick
2000
as Raabe senior

Grenzgang
2013
as Rektor Granitzny

Zettl
2012
as Gaishofer

Die Bubi Scholz Story
1998
as Otto Grimm

Axolotl Overkill
2017
as Film Award Laudator

Undercover
2005
as Landsbichler

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
as Josef Hillman

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

Gate to Heaven
2003
as Polizist

Bastard
2011
as Samuel Schweizer

Allmen and the Dragonflies
2016
as Hirt Senior

Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self
Anemia
1986
as Umberto

Black Sun
1998
as Narrator

The Blue One
1994
as Minister

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

Doctor Faustus
1982
as Dr. Serenius

Black Box
2023
as Hanns Böhm

Wen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Henry Rhomberg

Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO

Manhunt
2008
as Klaus Barbie

A Girl Called Rosemarie
1996

Eine Krone für Isabell
2006
as Archibald Kent

George
2013
as Max Beckmann

Gefährliche Wahrheit
2021
as Richard Freydank

The Last Courier
1996
as Kant

The Rose Garden
1989
as Eckert

Domino
1982
as Zollner

Red & Blue
2004
as Samuel Eisenstein
Saltimbank
2003
as Johann Kreisler

Mädchen Nr. 1
2003
as Alfred Hammerstein

All Will Be Revealed
2023
as Dr. Abweger

The Red Room
2010
as Prof. Mühsam

Brief an mein Leben
2015
as Dr. Pogel

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

Angels of Iron
1981
as Ridzinski

The Horsemen of the Storm
1984
as Castaing

In the Shadows
2010
as Planer

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

Für immer im Herzen
2004
as Richard Berger
The Denunciation
1993
as Erfinder
Ende einer Leidenschaft
1997
as Dr. Blöss

Tarot
1986
as Eduard

Der Tote im Eis
2013
as Dr. Lutz Conrad
When in Doubt
1995
as Klaus Merten

No
2021
as Joachim

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

Prince
2021
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück
1998
as Dieter
Der falsche Tod
2007
as Dr. Franz Stoever
Rotlicht
1993
as Hans Fengler

Closed Circuit
1983
as Melo

Professor Wall im Bordell
2019
as Professor Wall

King Ordinary
2013
as Wallenstein

A Perfect Friend
2006
as Rodolph Hartmann

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
2001
as Josef Hillman

Playoff
2011
as Franz

Balle perdue
1994
as Victor Trampot

Adieu, Mon Ami
1996
as Serge

The Case of Jakob von Metzler
2012
as Friedrich von Metzler
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
- Munich (2005) — as Hans
- Fatherland (2026) — as Thomas Mann
- Sunshine (1999) — as Baron Margitta
- Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001) — as Josef Hillman
- Amen. (2002) — as Grawitz
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