# Hans-Michael Rehberg

Hans-Michael Rehberg (2 April 1938 – 7 November 2017) was a German actor.

## Biography

Rehberg, born in Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, was one of six children. He grew up in Bavaria after the family moved to Lake Starnberg. After training as an actor at the Folkwang School in Essen from 1956 to 1958, his professional career began at the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach. He soon came to the Residenztheater in Munich, where he was appointed Bavarian State Actor at the age of 30. In 1973 he moved to the Münchner Kammerspiele, in 1975 to the Schauspielhaus Hamburg. The versatile actor was present in theater, television and cinema. Rehberg was also active as a director and has received several awards for his work. He was at home on almost every major German-speaking theatre stage. Rehberg died in Berlin at the age of 79.

## Awards

* 1968: Appointment to Bayerischer Staatsschauspieler
* 1994: Austrian theatre award Kainz Medal [de]
* 1999: Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring
* 2000: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
* 2015: Award of the Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen, Actor leading role

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | Supermarket | Homosexueller | |
| 1977 | Die Konsequenz | Rusterholz, Anstaltsleiter | |
| 1979 | The Day Elvis Came to Bremerhaven | Herbert Teschner | |
| 1980 | As Far as the Eye Sees [de] | Richard Kuhl | |
| 1982 | War and Peace | General | |
| 1983 | Strange Fruits [de] | Feininger | |
| 1984 | Der Havarist | Psychiatrist | |
| 1984 | Cold Fever | Dr. Schumann | |
| 1985 | The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time | Herr von Gerlach | |
| 1986 | Stammheim | Siegfried Buback – Generalbundesanwalt | |
| 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg | Pabst | |
| 1987 | Schmutz | Oberkontrollor | |
| 1989 | C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de] | Lawyer | |
| 1989 | Der Geschichtenerzähler | Herr Jensen | |
| 1989 | Seven Minutes [de] | Brecht | |
| 1990 | Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden [de] | Dr. Vial | TV film |
| 1990 | Death of a Schoolboy [de] | School headmaster | |
| 1991 | Love at First Sight [de] | Elsa's Father | |
| 1991 | Das tätowierte Herz | | |
| 1993 | Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte [de] | Kurt Schumacher | TV film |
| 1993 | The Lucona Affair [de] | Minister Robert Falk | |
| 1993 | Im Himmel hört Dich niemand weinen | | |
| 1993 | Domenica | Josef Rothenberg | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Rudolf Höß | |
| 1993 | Engel ohne Flügel | | |
| 1993 | Shiva und die Galgenblume | Graf Gortschakoff | Documentary film about an unfinished film from 1945 |
| 1995 | Deathmaker | Kommissar Rätz | |
| 1996 | Peanuts – The Bank Pays Everything [de] | Ibrahim Jafari | |
| 1998 | Campus | Hirschberg | |
| 2000 | Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile | Dr. Wiemann | |
| 2001 | Passing Summer [de] | Valerie's Professor | |
| 2002 | Gebürtig | Konrad Sachs | Voice |
| 2003 | Hamlet X | King | |
| 2003 | Mein Name ist Bach | Medikus | |
| 2003 | MA 2412 – Die Staatsdiener | | |
| 2004 | The Architects [de] | Daniel Tieck | TV film |
| 2004 | Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 | Regulator Rogul | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Von Oppeln | |
| 2009 | Phantomanie | Edgar | |
| 2009 | Germany 09 | Narrator | Voice, (segment "Séance") |
| 2009 | Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling | Christopher Kimbel | |
| 2010 | Kennedy's Brain [de] | Ingvar Holmqvist | TV film |
| 2010 | Transfer | Hermann | |
| 2010 | Young Goethe in Love | Kammermeier | |
| 2011 | My Best Enemy | Karel Brinek | |
| 2012 | The Wall | Cottager | |
| 2012 | Leg ihn um! – Ein Familienfilm | August Manzl | |
| 2014 | The Dark Valley | Brenner | |
| 2016 | Original Bliss [de] | Reitinger | |
| 2022 | Rimini | The father | |