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 character.
Films (selection)
1973: Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Friedrich von der Trenck
1973: Abenteuer eines Sommers (directed by Helmut Pfandler) – Michelitsch
1974: (TV film, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Miroslav als Erwachsener
1975: (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Orlov
1975: (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Simplex
1976: Fluchtgefahr (TV film, directed by Markus Imhoof) – Winarski
1976: Coup de Grâce (directed by Volker Schlöndorff) – Erich von Lhomond
1977: (directed by Bernhard Sinkel and Alf Brustellin) – Jan Amery
1977: (directed by Jean-Claude Tramont) – Bruno
1978: (directed by Bernhard Sinkel) – Leonard
1978: (TV film, directed by Egon Günther) – Zwingli
1980: (directed by Robert van Ackeren)
1982: Imperative (directed by Krzysztof Zanussi) – Theologist
1982: Jack Holborn (TV miniseries, directed by Sigi Rothemund) – Kapitän & Richter / Captain & Lord Sharingham
1983: Embers (directed by Thomas Koerfer)
1984: Les Morfalous (directed by Henri Verneuil) – Karl
1987: Pink Palace, Paradise Beach (directed by Milan Dor) – Daniel
1987: The Cry of the Owl (TV film, directed by ) – Robert
1988: The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (directed by Thomas Brasch) – Körner
1988: Straight for the Heart (directed by Léa Pool) – Pierre Kurwenal
1988: Crash (TV film, directed by Tom Toelle) – Richard Jansen
1988: (directed by Jacques Rouffio) – Schulze-Bousen
1989: Noch ein Wunsch (TV film, directed by Thomas Koerfer) – Martin
1990: Farendj (directed by Sabine Prenczina) – Bruno
1990: (TV film, directed by Ludvík Ráža) – Magnus
1991: (directed by Rainer Simon) – Hauptmann / Teiresias
1991: The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) (directed by Léa Pool) – Élysée
1992: (TV film, directed by ) – Franz
1992: Extralarge (TV series, episode: "Cannonball", directed by Enzo G. Castellari) – Dr. Shuby
1993: The Last U-Boat (TV film, directed by Frank Beyer) – Mellenberg – General
1994: Lauras Entscheidung (TV film, directed by Uwe Janson) – Joachim Böllinger
1995: Deutschlandlied (TV miniseries, directed by Tom Toelle) – Konrad Schuhbeck
1995: (directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky) – Chris Corday
1995: Das zehnte Jahr (directed by Käthe Kratz) – Max
1996: Slaughter of the Cock (directed by Andreas Pantzis)
1996: Tatort: (TV, directed by Nina Grosse) – Prof. Otto Sorensky
1996: Beyond Silence (directed by Caroline Link) – Gregor (Clarissa's husband)
1997: (directed by Andreas Kleinert) – Kommissar Norbert Michaelis
1997: The Rat (TV film, directed by ) – Markus Frank
1997: (TV film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) – Der Fremde
1998: Sugar for the Beast (TV film, directed by ) – Dr. Kaltenbach
1999: Picknick im Schnee (TV film, directed by ) – Johannes Breutigam
1999: Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland (TV series, directed by and Kai Wessel) – Victor Klemperer
2000: (TV miniseries, directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Heinrich Cressphal
2001: Boran (directed by ) – Boran
2001: Enemy at the Gates (directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud) – General Paulus
2001: Nowhere in Africa (directed by Caroline Link) – Walter Süßkind
2003: (TV film, directed by Gernot Roll) – General von Habich
2003: Two Days of Hope (TV film, directed by Peter Keglevic) – Otto Kaminski
2003: Getting a Life (directed by Vivian Naefe) – Michael Berkhoff
2004: Nero (TV film, directed by Paul Marcus) – Seneca
2004: Downfall (directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) – Prof. Werner Haase
2005: Waves (TV film, directed by Vivian Naefe) – Rolf von Buttlär
2005: (TV film, directed by Roland Suso Richter) – Richard – Catherine's Father
2005: A Witch's Kiss (TV film, directed by Diethard Küster) – Der Herr der Finsternis
2005: The Call of the Toad (directed by Robert Gliński) – Alexander Reschke
2006: (TV film, directed by ) – Ben
2007: Afrika, mon amour (TV miniseries, directed by )
2007: Caótica Ana (directed by Julio Medem) – Klaus
2008: The Reader (directed by Stephen Daldry) – Peter Berg
2009: Tatort: (TV, directed by ) – Roland Plauer
2009: (TV film, directed by ) – Peter Grabowski
2009: Der Großvater (Short, directed by )
2009: (directed by ) – Alain Laroche
2010: Nanga Parbat (directed by Joseph Vilsmaier) – Pfarrer
2010: Barriere (directed by Andreas Kleinert) – Hans Meinhold
2010: Last Moment (TV film, directed by Sathyan Ramesh) – Peter Romberg
2010: Die Schwester (TV film, directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Gregor Antonion
2010: (TV film, directed by ) – Peter
2011: Bloch: Der Heiland (TV, directed by ) – Martin Weidner
2011: (TV film, directed by ) – Harry Berg
2012: (TV film, directed by ) – Utz von Zernikow
2012: (TV film, directed by Dror Zahavi) – Paul
2012: Liebe am Fjord – Abschied von Hannah (TV film, directed by ) – Henrik Agdestein
2013: (directed by Vivian Naefe) – Carsten Lexow
2014: Die Toten von Hameln (TV film, directed by Christian von Castelberg) – Dr. Georg Bischoff
2014: (TV film, directed by Jan Georg Schütte) – Helge Löns
2014: Where I Belong (directed by Fritz Urschitz) – Friedrich
2015: (directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Paul Kromberger
2015: (TV film, directed by ) – Holm Hardenberg
2017: Berlin Syndrome (directed by Cate Shortland) – Erich
References
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1940 births
Living people
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
Male actors from Gdańsk
People from West Prussia