Biography
August Diehl (born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, known for playing the Gestapo Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. Description above from the Wikipedia article August Diehl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
2025
as Josef Mengele
Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who had practiced in the Auschwitz extermination camp, managed to escape...

The Ice Tower
2025
as Max
1970s. From her high mountain village, 15-year-old Jeanne dreams of leaving her childhood orphanage and discovering the world. Fleeing to the city of ...

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
as Martin Niemoller
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save m...

The Master and Margarita
2024
as Woland
Moscow, 1930s. A prominent writer's works are suddenly censored by the Soviet state and the premiere of his theatrical play about Pontius Pilate is ca...

Sidonie in Japan
2024
as Antoine Perceval
Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is welcom...

23 - Der mysteriöse Tod eines Hackers
2023
as Self
documentary about the mysterious death of german hacker Karl Koch aka hagbard.

The Robber Hotzenplotz
2022
as Petrosilius Zwackelmann
When the infamous Robber Hotzenplotz leaves his hideout in the forest to steal a beloved musical coffee grinder belonging to Kasperl’s grandmother, th...

The Perfumier
2022
To regain her sense of smell and get back her lover, a detective joins forces with a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to create the perfect scent...

Sauerdogs
2022
as Hans
As their loyalty begins to crumble, two unlucky prospectors and a battered dog sled try desperately to make it home under a glacial winter.

Munich – The Edge of War
2021
as Franz Sauer
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

The King's Man
2021
as Vladimir Lenin
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop ...

Plan A
2021
as Max
Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future aft...

The Last Vermeer
2019
as Alex De Klerks
A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a f...

A Hidden Life
2019
as Franz Jägerstätter
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

The Birdcatcher
2019
as Herman
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm wher...

The Emperor of Paris
2018
as Nathanaël
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When...

Kursk
2018
as Anton Markov
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew...

Midnight Confession
2017
as Kurt
West Berlin, 1989. Manny Jumpcannon prowls his dingy apartment, phoning various degenerates from his past. He's hoping for some uncertain vindication ...

The Young Karl Marx
2017
as Karl Marx
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has...

Allied
2016
as Hobar
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reuni...

Dark Diamond
2016
as Gabi
Pier Ulmann lives from hand-to-mouth in Paris, between construction work and petty theft that he commits on behalf of Rachid, his only “family”. But l...

Come What May
2015
as Hans
In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the rec...

The Disappearing Illusionist
2015
as Dirk Ohm
In midwinter the German illusionist Dirk Ohm arrives in the small town Grong, a place ridden by the disappearance of a young local woman Maria. Dirk s...

The Husband
2014
as Karl "Rusty" Rost
A darkly comic drama about a man left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for cheating on him with a minor.

Frau Ella
2013
as Klaus
A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.

Layla Fourie
2013
as Eugene Pienaar
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear La...

Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Young Jorge O'Kelly
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which...

The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
as Alter Finn
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by...

Confession of a Child of the Century
2012
as Desgenais
Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte,...

Shores of Hope
2012
as Andreas Hornung
In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to c...

If Not Us, Who?
2011
as Bernward Vesper
In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West G...

The Coming Days
2010
as Konstantin Richter
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are ...

Salt
2010
as Mike Krause
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russ...

Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Major Hellstrom
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

Buddenbrooks
2008
as Christian Buddenbrook
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach...

A Woman in Berlin
2008
as Gerd
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Dr. Alemán
2008
as Marc
Marc, an unexperienced medical doctor from Germany arrives at the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali, Colombia for his internship and soon finds...

Mr. Kuka's Advice
2008
as Lothar
Young Waldek wants to earn some money abroad and asks his experienced neighbour, Mr Kuka, for advice. When he finally gets to Vienna, he can confront ...

Head Under Water
2007
as Martin Wegner
Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old gramma...

The Counterfeiters
2007
as Burger
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during...

Nichts als Gespenster
2006
as Felix
Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.
Hamburger Lektionen
2006
as (voice)
The German actor Manfred Zapatka broadcasts in full, in an unusual reading form, the two sermons of the imam of the Hamburg mosque Mohammed Fazazi del...

Slumming
2006
as Sebastian
Two yuppies play mean pranks on those around them until one joke has unexpected consequences.

I Am the Other Woman
2006
as Robert Fabry
Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. The next day they meet again, but Carolin is now a corporate lawyer w...

Kabale und Liebe
2005
as Ferdinand von Walter
Ferdinand's father, the president of the residence, can not tolerate a serious relationship between his son and a commoner, and moreover intends to ma...

Mouth to Mouth
2005
as Tiger
An aimless adolescent joins several itinerant misfits who live on the fringe of society and welcome at-risk youths into their fold.
Feuer in der Nacht
2004
as Lukas Stein
A live broadcast TV-thriller by Kai Wessel.

The Ninth Day
2004
as Untersturmführer Gebhardt
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Love in Thoughts
2004
as Günther Scheller
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

Anatomy 2
2003
as Benny
The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser decides to move to Berlin and be an intern in a famous clinic, expecting to increase his kn...

The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003
as Oskar
Myriam, a survivor of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, is a filmmaker and journalist who has spent many years living abroad. She takes part in a m...

Distant Lights
2003
as Philip
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday s...

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021
2002
as A.M. Kaiser
Vienna in 2021. Europe is divided into American sectors. The currency is being converted from the euro to the dollar. Johnny Bush (the son of American...

Tattoo
2002
as Marc Schrader
Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins a homicide investigation conducted by Chief Inspec...

Love the Hard Way
2002
as Jeff
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Ja...

Shagging
2001
as Alex
A house, a party, a bunch of 18-year olds. Looking for a suitable girlfriend, Alex dumps frustrated Isabel, which in return hits on Alex' best friend ...

Kalt ist der Abendhauch
2000
as Hugo Wimmer (jung)
Love story spanning 60 years of the lives of Charlotte and Hugo. As a teenager before the war she is in love with him, but he marries her sister. They...

Die Braut
1999
as Fritz von Stein
The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and ...

23
1998
as Karl Koch
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch inve...

Cover
N/A
as Raphael Leblanc
Iconic model Justine gets entangled with the investigations of serial murders in the fashion scene, while her catwalk becomes a downward spiral of rea...
The Distant Near
N/A
An Olympic middle-distance runner is persecuted by Nazis for being gay and subsequently survives Mauthausen camp. He flees to India, becomes a coach ...
The Noise of Time
N/A
as Dimitri Shostakovich
The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when Shostakovich, aged 30, faces Stalin’s wrath after h...
Control
N/A
A troubled doctor wakes up one morning to the sound of a mysterious voice in his head. With his reality now in question, the voice makes a series of e...
Des rayons et des ombres
N/A
as Otto
Jean and Otto, a French press man and a young German Francophile, fight for peace in Europe. Jean's daughter, Corinne, begins a brilliant career as a ...
Olde Boys
N/A
Small-town lawyer and weekend striker Mike Giordano's over-50s soccer team is falling apart—until he enters them into the World Masters tournament in ...