
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

DAS!
1991
as Self
ZIBB
2003
as Self

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

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

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

DAS!
1991
as Self
ZIBB
2003
as Self

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

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

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

Küstenwache
1997
as Hein Andersson

Babylon Berlin
2017
as Engelbert Rath

Wolffs Revier
1992
as Alex Kamrath / Dr. Peter Landsberg

Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
as Hilmar Renier / Bernd Höhne

Der Fahnder
1984

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Simon Höxter

Der Kriminalist
2006
as Günther Ellis

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

Adelheid und ihre Mörder
1993
as Meier-Rottluff

Stahlnetz
1958
as Konrad Bienek

Flemming
2009
as Dr. Hans Matthei

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Udo Rohde
Denkzeit
2007
as Self
Jury Trial
1995
as Thorsten Gregor
Die Drei
1996
as Rolf Kemper / Semper
Stadt, Rad, Hund
2013
as Self

Kir Royal
1986
as Dr. Josef Geisshofer

Der kleine Mönch
2002
as Angermeyer
Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt
2003
Der König von Bärenbach
1994
as Gottfried Lederle

Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise
2011
as Kobold

March of Millions
2007
as Graf Rüdiger von Gernstorff

Commissario Laurenti
2006
as Salvio Giustina

Die Kinder
1990
as Bellenberg
Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen
2011
as Leon Menec

Germaine et Benjamin
1994
Rotlicht
1993
as Hans Fengler

End of Innocence
1991
as Paul Harteck
Alles Glück dieser Erde
1994
as Pfarrer Lucas Delbrück

Benzin im Blut
1999
as Frank Ellinghaus

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

Day of Disaster
2007
as Walter Köhler

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

Berlin und Brandenburg unterm Hakenkreuz
2019
as Self - Sprecher (voice)
Movies (223)

Munich
2005
as Hans

Fatherland
2026
as Thomas Mann

Sunshine
1999
as Baron Margitta

Amen.
2002
as Grawitz

The Edukators
2004
as Vermieter

The Cement Garden
1993
as Father

The French Revolution
1989
as Goethe

Heil
2015
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf

Flame & Citron
2008
as Gilbert

Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Dr. Becker

The Ring Finger
2005
as Le patron de l'hôtel

Beck 11 - The Cartel
2001
as Josef Hillman

Rommel
2012
as Gerd von Rundstedt

Europa Europa
1990
as Captain von Lerenau

Ripley's Game
2002
as Art Dealer

Black Island
2021
as Friedrich Hansen

Clouds of Sils Maria
2014
as Henryk Wald

Small Cuts
2003
as Verekher

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

Dr. M
1990
as Moser

Post Impact
2004
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf

Todsünde
2008
as Polonius Fischer

23
1998
as Karls Vater

Drancy Future
1997
as The Old Man (voice)

Francesco
1989
as Pope Innocent III

Olga's Summer
2002
as Richard

The Venus Trap
1988
as Kurt
Der Handymörder
1998
as Bundeskanzler

A Year Ago in Winter
2008
as Dr. Thomas Richter

The Berlin Affair
1985
as Wolf von Hollendorf

Taking Sides
2002
as Rudolf Werner

Home Entertainment
2026

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
1993
as Count Zelten

Aghet
2010
as Leslie Davis

Kings of the Road
1976
as Robert Lander

Walk on Water
2004
as Axel's Father

The Universal Theory
2023
as Dr. Strathen

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

A Prominent Patient
2017
as Dr. Stein

Stations of the Cross
2014
as Bestatter

Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
as Martins Vater

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

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self

I'm The Father
2002
as Dr. Beilenberg

Hilde
2009
as Erich Pommer

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
1994
as Dieter Reich

The Left-Handed Woman
1978

Doctor Faustus
1982
as Dr. Serenius

The Meetings of Anna
1978
as Hans

Salt on Our Skin
1992
as Sidney

Malevil
1981
as le vétérinaire

The Rose Garden
1989
as Eckert

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
2002
as Josef Hillman

Crash Test Aglae
2017
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO

Herzsprung
1992
as Herr Papenfuß

Undercover
2005
as Landsbichler
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
2008
as Self

Die Bubi Scholz Story
1998
as Otto Grimm

John Cranko
2024
as Walter Erich Schäfer
The Denunciation
1993
as Erfinder

A Woman in Flames
1983
as Kurt

Relativity
2019
as Aron's Father

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
2002
as Josef Hillman

Beck 12 - The Loner
2002
as Josef Hillman

Bastard
2011
as Samuel Schweizer
Saltimbank
2003
as Johann Kreisler

David
1979

Axolotl Overkill
2017
as Film Award Laudator
Anemia
1986
as Umberto

Zettl
2012
as Gaishofer

All Will Be Revealed
2023
as Dr. Abweger

Pharos of Chaos
1983
as Self

All of a Sudden
2016
as Klaus
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick
2000
as Raabe senior

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

Domino
1982
as Zollner

The Last Courier
1996
as Kant

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

Playoff
2011
as Franz

Gate to Heaven
2003
as Polizist

A Girl Called Rosemarie
1996

Outside the Box
2015
as Bruno Bickstein

Black Box
2023
as Hanns Böhm

Two Days of Hope
2003
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)
Ende einer Leidenschaft
1997
as Dr. Blöss

The Blue One
1994
as Minister

Allmen and the Dragonflies
2016
as Hirt Senior

Der Tote im Eis
2013
as Dr. Lutz Conrad

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
2002
as Josef Hillman
Der falsche Tod
2007
as Dr. Franz Stoever

Manhunt
2008
as Klaus Barbie

Mädchen Nr. 1
2003
as Alfred Hammerstein

Balle perdue
1994
as Victor Trampot

King Ordinary
2013
as Wallenstein

Closed Circuit
1983
as Melo

Der Bankraub
2016
as Harald Kühnen

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

Angels of Iron
1981
as Ridzinski

Der Leibwächter
1989
as Dr. Kant

Prince
2021
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier

Superbrain
1996
as Kottke

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

Eine Krone für Isabell
2006
as Archibald Kent

The Red Room
2010
as Prof. Mühsam

Professor Wall im Bordell
2019
as Professor Wall

Wen die Liebe trifft
2005
as Henry Rhomberg

Black Sun
1998
as Narrator

Venus Talking
2001

The Horsemen of the Storm
1984
as Castaing
Null Risiko und reich
1997

In the Shadows
2010
as Planer

George
2013
as Max Beckmann

Tarot
1986
as Eduard
Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte
2008
as Produzent

Milan noir
1987
as Hardy

Gefährliche Wahrheit
2021
as Richard Freydank
When in Doubt
1995
as Klaus Merten

So Long Daddy, See You in Hell
2022
as Politiker
Solange wir lieben
2001
as Prof.Rudolf Zondek
Die Tannerhütte
1976
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
- Amen. (2002) — as Grawitz
- The Edukators (2004) — as Vermieter
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