Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner Lauterbach

1953-04-10 Köln, Germany 111 Credits

Biography

Heiner Lauterbach was born on April 10, 1953 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Mes deux hommes (1985),L'expérience (2001) and Der Skorpion (1997). He has been married to Viktoria Lauterbach since September 8, 2001. They have two children. He was previously married to Katja Flint.

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Ein Münchner im Himmel

2026

Acting

When cab driver Ludwig “Wiggerl” Brunner, a true Munich bon vivant, is hit by a streetcar and ends up in heaven, there is only one way back to his bel...

Ein fast perfekter Antrag

Ein fast perfekter Antrag

2026

as Walter

Acting

Grumpy widower Walter lives alone with his dog in Regensburg and spends his time writing restaurant reviews on the internet. But when he meets his old...

Nie mehr Vizekusen!

Nie mehr Vizekusen!

2024

as Self

Acting

Bayer Leverkusen, led by star coach Xabi Alonso, is crowned champion and looks back on an emotional journey. Special players and protagonists from tod...

Am Abgrund

Am Abgrund

2024

as Herbert Pfleiderer

5.7
Acting

Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, th...

Enkel für Fortgeschrittene

Enkel für Fortgeschrittene

2023

as Gerhard

6.7
Acting
Dear Kurt

Dear Kurt

2022

as Gauger

5.7
Acting

Kurt (Til Schweiger) and Lena (Franziska Machens) move together into an old house outside the city that is in need of renovation in order to be closer...

Immenhof - Das große Versprechen

Immenhof - Das große Versprechen

2022

as Malinckroth

5.6
Acting

When a poison attack is made on the racehorse Cagliostro, Lou flees the Immenhof with the horse. Together they find refuge with Cal, who lives away fr...

Hannes

Hannes

2021

as Dr. Klaus

5.4
Acting

Born at the same place, on the same day, Hannes and Moritz grow up to be inseparable friends. But one day a tragic motorcycle accident will change the...

It's for Your Own Good

It's for Your Own Good

2020

as Artur

6.1
Acting

Three fathers who are also brothers-in-law make a pact to save their daughters from their boyfriends.

Meister des Todes 2

Meister des Todes 2

2020

as Alex Stengele

6.0
Acting

In court for violations of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act and the War Weapons Control Act, the managers of HSW try to wriggle out of the trial whi...

Granny Nanny

Granny Nanny

2020

as Gerhard

6.5
Acting

Retirees Karin, Gerhard and Philippa are not in the mood for Nordic walking and seniors' courses at the university. When Philippa, who is living life ...

Ihr letzter Wille kann mich mal!

Ihr letzter Wille kann mich mal!

2020

as Heinrich

6.0
Acting

Heinrich Gruber, a public prosecutor as he stands, and the travel journalist Tom Gruber have little in common in life. The two gentlemen in their 60s ...

Dream Factory

Dream Factory

2019

as Beck

7.4
Acting

A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by t...

The Collini Case

The Collini Case

2019

as Richard Mattinger

7.4
Acting

A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.

Asi mit Niwoh

Asi mit Niwoh

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting

He went on a bender with Motörhead’s Lemmy and spend some night in jail. He was a street musician, a working class hero, a thug, a fairy and most of a...

Immenhof - The Adventure of a Summer

Immenhof - The Adventure of a Summer

2019

as Jochen Mallinckroth

6.7
Acting

After the death of their father three sisters, sixteen year old Lou, Charly who is in her early twenties and Emmie who is a mere child, have to try an...

Saat des Terrors

Saat des Terrors

2018

as Nicholas Krüger

4.4
Acting

In the feature film "Seed of Terror", a German secret service agent during her assignment abroad in Pakistan recognizes that attacks on civilians in M...

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

2018

as Raimund Groenert

6.7
Acting

Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raim...

Unzertrennlich nach Verona

Unzertrennlich nach Verona

2018

as Jan Biggemann

6.9
Acting

Single mother Ulla is constantly worried about the well-being and safety of her teenage daughter Julia. Her father is much more carefree and has even ...

Unter deutschen Betten

Unter deutschen Betten

2017

as Friedrich

4.8
Acting

After a disastrous performance and a philandering producer leave her publicly humiliated, a faltering pop star takes up work as a cleaning woman.

Gift

Gift

2017

as Günther Kompalla

6.8
Acting

After some faked medicine is found, an Interpol agent searches for evidence against high rank chairmen of medical companies.

Spuren der Rache

Spuren der Rache

2016

as Frank Henning

5.3
Acting

Frank Hennings loses his wife and daughter in a bomb attack in the middle of Berlin. In his grief, the retired civil servant focuses on just one goal:...

Spuren der Rache

Spuren der Rache

2016

Producer

5.3
Producing

Frank Hennings loses his wife and daughter in a bomb attack in the middle of Berlin. In his grief, the retired civil servant focuses on just one goal:...

Welcome to Hartmanns

Welcome to Hartmanns

2016

as Dr. Richard Hartmann

6.3
Acting

The Hartmann family is turned upside down when mother Angelika decides to take in the refugee Diallo, against her husband's will. Amidst the typical c...

GOLD. Der Film der Nibelungen

GOLD. Der Film der Nibelungen

2016

as Franz Koppoler, Bürgermeister

Acting
Frauen

Frauen

2016

as K.O. Schott

4.5
Acting

K.O. Schott, a filthy rich industrialist, has an urgent appointment in Bad Honnersheim. Due to a mix-up, he is picked up by the wrong chauffeur, Rüdig...

Frauen

Frauen

2016

Producer

4.5
Producing

K.O. Schott, a filthy rich industrialist, has an urgent appointment in Bad Honnersheim. Due to a mix-up, he is picked up by the wrong chauffeur, Rüdig...

Beste Feinde

Beste Feinde

2016

as Johannes Lemann

Acting

The quiet, level-headed, slightly pedantic delicatessen owner Johannes Lemann and the eternally vagabond, quick-tempered Bert Michilinski couldn't be ...

Das Programm

Das Programm

2016

as Victor Miro

6.0
Acting

A banker's family is to be included in a protection programme after the family father became involved in negligent transactions with a gangster. But h...

Weihnachts - Männer

Weihnachts - Männer

2015

as Fritz

4.0
Acting

Fritz, Walter and Andi are caught red-handed in the event of a burglary. But are the three friends in Santa Claus costume really a wanted gang of crim...

V8 - Revenge of the Nitros

V8 - Revenge of the Nitros

2015

as Rasmus V. Acht

8.5
Acting

The V8 team beat the Barracudas and came one step closer to getting to train at the legendary "Castle" where elite children learn racing skills, but R...

Die Udo Honig Story

Die Udo Honig Story

2015

as Ludwig Moser

4.4
Acting

An insight view on the life of Udo Honig, successful football manager with a gambling addiction (similarities to a successful football manager in real...

Meister des Todes

Meister des Todes

2015

as Alex Stengele

5.1
Acting

Based on explosive investigations, the thriller "Meister des Todes" ("Master of Death") tells of a German arms manufacturer and their questionable wea...

Letzte Ausfahrt Sauerland

Letzte Ausfahrt Sauerland

2015

as Horst Kierspe

5.0
Acting

"As a child, I always wished I had a fairy-tale uncle for a grandpa," says high school graduate Elyas, "but the truth is: my grandpa is a drunken old ...

Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen

Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen

2014

as König

6.0
Acting

Once Upon a Time there lived a brave man, Michael, who was unaware what fear is. At the same time, Princess Elisabeth lived with her father, the king...

Wir sind die Neuen

Wir sind die Neuen

2014

as Eddi

6.5
Acting

Three old friends from college move back in together in an apartment in Munich for financial reasons.

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

2013

as Khenze

6.5
Acting

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process b...

Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht

Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht

2013

as Bundeskanzler

3.4
Acting

Scientists try to simulate the Big Bang and the experiment gets out of control. While satellites come down and chaos arises, the stories of several pe...

V8 - Start Your Engines

V8 - Start Your Engines

2013

as Rasmus V. Acht

6.4
Acting

Four very unequal children at the age of 6 until 11 are chosen to become the new soap box racing team to compete at the secret "Castle", where all the...

The Blind Spot

The Blind Spot

2013

as Dr. Hans Langemann

6.2
Acting

The true story of a journalist who investigates the backgrounds of the Oktoberfest terror attack of 1980.

Harms

Harms

2013

as Harms

5.0
Acting

After 16 years in jail is Harms attracted by the big bucks: a raid on the central bank, 70 to 100 millions in cash. A former staff member can arrange ...

Einfach die Wahrheit

Einfach die Wahrheit

2013

as Roman Giesecke

5.7
Acting

Prosecutor Charlotte Reinke investigates in a sensitive case: The eight-year-old Laura accuses her father novel of sexual abuse. This indignantly reje...

Ein schmaler Grat

Ein schmaler Grat

2013

as Johannes Heintz

4.0
Acting

Psychothriller by facts. A lightly labile journalist (Felicitas Woll) wants to explore the motives of a women murderer (Heiner Lauterbach). When he wa...

Break Up Man

Break Up Man

2013

as Georg Adler

5.9
Acting

BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to se...

The Guardians

The Guardians

2012

as Thomas Backer

6.0
Acting

15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thom...

Vatertage - Opa über Nacht

Vatertage - Opa über Nacht

2012

as Lambert

5.4
Acting

The 37-year-old Munich survivor and rickshaw driver Basti struck by lightning than one day unexpectedly the 17-year-old Dina from Bitterfeld turns up ...

Doppelgängerin

Doppelgängerin

2012

as Wolter von Auenstedt

Acting

Wolter von Auenstedt is repeatedly deceived by his glamorous wife Hedwig.

Reality XL

Reality XL

2012

as Professor Carus

6.8
Acting

On 13 January 2011, 24 scientists on night shift enter the control room. On 14 January 2011 at 6.00 PM clock only 1 scientist exits the control room. ...

Top Mission - Im Netz des Todes

Top Mission - Im Netz des Todes

2012

as Heiner

6.0
Acting

Special agent Michael, who is not at a loss for martial arts skills, is personally commissioned by his boss to infiltrate a gangster syndicate suspect...

Mörderischer Besuch

Mörderischer Besuch

2010

as Michael Ochajon

Acting
Ken Folletts Eisfieber

Ken Folletts Eisfieber

2010

as Stanley Oxenford

6.8
Acting

A deadly virus is stolen from the high-security laboratory of a biotechnology company. Although the thief can be found, lifeless and bleeding from the...

Rabbit Without Ears 2

Rabbit Without Ears 2

2009

as Herb

5.8
Acting

Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...

Die Seele eines Mörders

2009

as Michael Ochajon

Acting
Volcano

Volcano

2009

as Gerhardt Maug

7.2
Acting

When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.

The Papal Council

The Papal Council

2008

as Rami Hamdan

3.0
Acting

An assassination attempt on the highest dignitary of the Catholic Church? According to providence, this is exactly what is supposed to happen on a cer...

M/S Gustloff

M/S Gustloff

2008

as Harald Kehding

5.9
Acting

Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end o...

Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt

Das Glück am anderen Ende der Welt

2007

as Wolf Holländer

4.3
Acting

A woman travels to New Zealand for the purpose of visiting his daughter. Give the fact that your company is interested in buying the farm where the gi...

Die Entführung

Die Entführung

2007

as Robert Lund

2.0
Acting

On his birthday, Tobias goes shopping to the city with his mother. While waiting in the car for her to remove money from an ATM, he disappears without...

Andersrum

2005

as Toni Kowitz

Acting

Ferdinand was abandoned as an infant by his parents in the forest. There he was found by a homosexual couple. Ludwig (called "Laila") and Harry adopte...

Andersrum

2005

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Ferdinand was abandoned as an infant by his parents in the forest. There he was found by a homosexual couple. Ludwig (called "Laila") and Harry adopte...

In Liebe eine Eins

In Liebe eine Eins

2005

as Manfred Zörnig

6.0
Acting

Flower seller Leni Bluhm is kind-hearted, but illiterate and not very bright. That's why the single mother can't help her son Dominik at school. His t...

Der Bernsteinfischer

2005

as Jacob Thiele / Tom Reuter

4.3
Acting

With "Der Bernsteinfischer" director Olaf Kreinsen has staged a moving love story. Romantic, but not kitschy, the film tells the story of a man who, t...

Zwei Männer und ein Baby

Zwei Männer und ein Baby

2004

as Max Stein

4.5
Acting

The notoriously single and not-so-successful womanizer Max has settled down perfectly into his bachelor life when suddenly the enchanting Lisa, sister...

Ein seltsames Paar

Ein seltsames Paar

2004

as Oskar

Acting

Im Namen des Herrn

2003

as Pater Verimund

1.0
Acting

Treibjagd

2003

as Walter Stein

2.0
Acting

The love of his life, Svetlana, chose suicide twelve years ago. At that time, Stein resigned from the Federal Intelligence Service. Since then, the ex...

In der Mitte eines Lebens

In der Mitte eines Lebens

2003

as Andreas Ambach

Acting

Set in the present day, the story is full of dramatic twists and emotions, and the hero of the story is the talented composer Andreas Ambach, who is w...

In Search of an Impotent Man

In Search of an Impotent Man

2003

as Stefan

3.3
Acting

Carmen Legg, a tall sporty red-head, is fed up with men and their one-track minds. She is thirty something, drives her own BMW, lives in her own apart...

Eine Liebe in Afrika

Eine Liebe in Afrika

2003

as Jo, Bischof von Uzimvubu

2.0
Acting

Stefan is a well respected doctor. Together with his fiancée Miriam, he visits his father in South Africa on the occasion of his birthday. Miriam meet...

Tödliches Rendezvous - Die Spur führt nach Palma

2002

as Mike Hansen

Acting

Star photographer Mike Hansen doesn't just want to shoot glamour photos. On Mallorca, he thinks he's on the trail of a criminal gang who is selling gi...

666: In Bed with the Devil

666: In Bed with the Devil

2002

as Heiner Lauterbach

4.9
Acting

Frank Faust is a born loser. At some point it even becomes too much for his great love, Jennifer, who leaves him and flees to Munich. Frank's desperat...

Der Verleger

Der Verleger

2001

as Der Verleger

2.0
Acting

"The Publisher" is about the success story of a visionary man who begins after 1945 with a rickety car and a stack of novels. With his charismatic per...

The Experiment

The Experiment

2001

as Dennis (voice)

7.4
Acting

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in a...

Nicht heulen, Husky

Nicht heulen, Husky

2000

as Oliver

Acting
Marlene

Marlene

2000

as Erich Pommer

5.7
Acting

Marlene is a 2000 German biopic film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer and Herbert Knaup. It follows the life o...

Zwei Asse und ein König

Zwei Asse und ein König

2000

as Jan de Fries

1.0
Acting
Enlightenment Guaranteed

Enlightenment Guaranteed

2000

as Heiner

6.9
Acting

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of...

Paradise Mall

Paradise Mall

1999

as Mark Popp

6.0
Acting
St. Pauli Nacht

St. Pauli Nacht

1999

as Taxi-Fahrgast

3.7
Acting

Sometimes your fate lies in the hands of those you meet. Filled with promising ambitions, shattered dreams, love and revenge and in the end hope, the ...

The Polar Bear

The Polar Bear

1998

as Gesundheitsinspektor

6.4
Acting

Four characters become involved in one dramatic story: Nico has a mission to drive a car containing a live bomb to a specified destination, park the c...

Eine Sünde zuviel

Eine Sünde zuviel

1998

as Bert Feltoff

4.0
Acting
Cascadeur

Cascadeur

1998

as Oberst

4.0
Acting

An action-adventure search for a priceless cultural treasure stolen by Russia from the Nazis during World War II.

Der dreckige Tod

1998

as Oskar Kunze

Acting
Opera ball

Opera ball

1998

as Kurt Frazer

7.0
Acting

The Vienna State Opera on Thursday before the Carnival. As every year the large ball rather is attended by celebrities from politics and the media. Ju...

Der Campus

Der Campus

1998

as Hanno Hackmann

6.5
Acting

A married university professor ends his explosive affair with a female student who then accuses him of sexual harassment. A satire with plenty of situ...

Tödliche Diamanten

1998

as Paul Schalla

2.0
Acting
The Scorpion

The Scorpion

1997

as Josef Berthold

5.2
Acting

Josef Bertholt is head of operations of the Munich Police's drug squad. When his wife Lily is the victim of a hit by drug dealers, he becomes even mor...

Rossini

Rossini

1997

as Oskar Reiter

6.2
Acting

Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in the film. Meanwhile, ruthless producer Oskar Reiter...

A Girl Called Rosemarie

A Girl Called Rosemarie

1996

as Konrad Hartog

7.0
Acting

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she enc...

The Superwife

The Superwife

1996

as Viktor Lange

4.5
Acting

Franziska is a romantically inclined housewife with two children and a husband who spends most of his time traveling around the world and working as a...

Das Wunschkind

1995

as Georg Bogendorff

Acting

Ignaz Semmelweis - Arzt der Frauen

1994

as Semmelweis

Acting
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

1994

as Wolf Palfy

6.0
Acting

The two twelve-year-old girls Charlotte Palfy and Louise Kröger meet on a language trip to Scotland and discover that they are twins who were separate...

Nicht nur der Liebe wegen

1994

Acting
Ebbies Bluff

Ebbies Bluff

1993

as Ebbie

4.0
Acting

Rudy actually wanted to become one of the greats as a boxer - but when he gets knocked out again and the money is so tight that he has to drive out eg...

African Timber

1989

as Peter Bechtle

Acting

Peter Bechtle is a man in his mid-thirties. He is a manager of a large company and wants to try a project in Africa. The work will be led by the indus...

Bangkok Story

1989

as Michael Brandau

Acting

Umwege nach Venedig

1989

as Jochen Ammer

Acting
Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie

Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie

1989

as Nova

5.8
Acting

A brainy kid clones a "suaver, hipper" version of himself to romance the rock singer girlfriend of his school's meanest bully.

Liebe, Tod und Eisenbahn

Liebe, Tod und Eisenbahn

1989

as Raimund

4.5
Acting

A horror comedy directed by Gert Steinheimer.

Paradise

Paradise

1986

as Viktor

5.5
Acting

Viktor and Angelika are a straight couple. He is a professor of veterinary science and she has studied art history. Both are more interested in their ...

Die Andere

1986

as Walter Scheidt

Acting
Men...

Men...

1985

as Julius Armbrust

6.2
Acting

A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares with his wife after she confesses to having an affair. He looks fo...

Kolp

Kolp

1985

as Karl

Acting

Set in the fast and loose ambience of 1947 in West Germany, this story is about Hans Kolp, an inventive, teenage urban con artist who takes advantage ...

Eine Frau für gewisse Stunden

1985

as Schmal

2.0
Acting

Liza Hofer is a luxury prostitute and drug addict who works at the nightclub of William Ackermann. One day, Liza walking her friend's dog, meets a stu...

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

7.2
Acting

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon...

Wochenendgeschichten

1980

Acting
Naughty Freshmen

Naughty Freshmen

1977

as Achim (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

This is the 11th of "Schulmädchen" movies and core issues this time is protection of young people and helping them in dangerous or critical situations...

Campus Teasers

Campus Teasers

1976

5.4
Acting

Seven more first-hand accounts of sexual awakening amongst school girls in the early Seventies.

Varsity Playthings

Varsity Playthings

1975

as Paul Bellmann

4.4
Acting

Schoolgirls before high school graduation - By law they are of age, but despite their physical maturity, both innocent and experienced young women can...

Hagen Benz - Das Böse in dir

N/A

as Hagen Benz

Acting