---
name: "Angela Merkel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/angela-merkel"
fi1m_id: "angela-merkel"
imdb_id: "nm1361767"
tmdb_id: 66620
wikidata_id: "Q567"
roles: []
born: "17 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T02:50:52.134770+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Angela Merkel

## Identity

Angela Merkel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/angela-merkel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** angela-merkel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1361767
- **TMDB ID:** 66620
- **Wikidata ID:** Q567
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361767/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66620

Actor. Born 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, Germany.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 July 1954, Hamburg, Germany
- **Also known as:** 앙겔라 메르켈, Angela Dorothea Merkel , 安格拉·默克尔
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361767/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66620

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power*](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Navalny* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/navalny.md)
- *An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power* (2017), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-to-power.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Στο Χιλιοστό* (2026), series, Actor
- *Angela Merkel - Freiheit* (2024), as Angela Merkel
- *The Queen and the Prime Ministers* (2024), as Sig selv (arkiv)
- *Angela Merkel im Gespräch* (2022), as Angela Merkel
- *Drei Tage im September: Die Flüchtlingsentscheidung* (2017), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Angela Merkel](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-844c1e2fb14b.jpg) Angela Merkel — EU2017EE Estonian Presidency, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Angela_Merkel._Tallinn_Digital_Summit.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rysunek ołówkiem (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-41cbb3c4663f.jpg) Rysunek ołówkiem (2026) — Edward Knapczyk, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Angela_Merkel_-_kanclerz_Niemiec.jpg/1280px-Angela_Merkel_-_kanclerz_Niemiec.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Angela Merkel war Kandidatin für den Klimavollfosten des Monats beim Klimamontag, Berlin, Alexanderplatz, 07.06.21 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-3a7b89d8bd49.jpg) Angela Merkel war Kandidatin für den Klimavollfosten des Monats beim Klimamontag, Berlin, Alexanderplatz, 07.06.21 (2021) — Stefan Müller (climate stuff) from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Angela_Merkel_war_Kandidatin_f%C3%BCr_den_Klimavollfosten_des_Monats_beim_Klimamontag_%2851238407266%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kabarettist Arnulf Rating in seinem aktuellen Programm ZIRKUS BERLIN 2022, Foto von Barbara Thiele](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-3578962d6541.jpg) Kabarettist Arnulf Rating in seinem aktuellen Programm ZIRKUS BERLIN 2022, Foto von Barbara Thiele — Barbara Thiele, Fotografin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Arnulf_Rating_live_2022.jpg/1280px-Arnulf_Rating_live_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Angela Merkel](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-d3638953ea15.jpg) Angela Merkel — Image via TMDB
- ![Briefe an Regierungsmitglieder und Politikerinnen in der Oposition bzgl. Einhaltung des 1,5°-Ziels während einer Demo von Fridays For Future zum fünften Jahres (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-8fa32ec5b772.jpg) Briefe an Regierungsmitglieder und Politiker*innen in der Oposition bzgl. Einhaltung des 1,5°-Ziels während einer Demo von Fridays For Future zum fünften Jahres (2020) — Stefan Müller (climate stuff) from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Briefe_an_Regierungsmitglieder_und_Politiker%2Ainnen_in_der_Oposition_bzgl._Einhaltung_des_1%2C5%C2%B0-Ziels_%2850708854691%29.jpg/1280px-Briefe_an_Regierungsmitglieder_und_Politiker%2Ainnen_in_der_Oposition_bzgl._Einhaltung_des_1%2C5%C2%B0-Ziels_%2850708854691%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carte des pays visités par Angela Merkel de 2005 à 2021](https://film.one/media/person/4169900/gallery-6741170c7e57.png) Carte des pays visités par Angela Merkel de 2005 à 2021 — Rossbif, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Carte_des_pays_visit%C3%A9s_par_Angela_Merkel_de_2005_%C3%A0_2021.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 62 won

- Distinguished Member of the European Order of Merit 2026: Distinguished Member of the European Order of Merit (won)
- honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science 2025: honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science (won)
- Bavarian Order of Merit 2023: Bavarian Order of Merit (won)
- Grand Cross special issue of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, special issue 2023: Grand Cross special issue of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, special issue (won)
- honorary doctorate from Sciences Po 2023: honorary doctorate from Sciences Po (won)
- State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia 2023: State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia (won)
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize 2022: Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (won)
- Nansen Refugee Award 2022: Nansen Refugee Award (won)
- Decoration for Exceptional Merits 2021: Decoration for Exceptional Merits (won)
- European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma 2021: European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma (won)
- Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry 2021: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (won)
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold 2021: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (won)
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 2021: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (won)
- honorary doctor of Johns Hopkins University 2021: honorary doctor of Johns Hopkins University (won)
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion 2021: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (won)
- Order of Liberty 2021: Order of Liberty (won)
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class 2021: Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (won)
- Supreme Order of the Renaissance 2021: Supreme Order of the Renaissance (won)
- Buber Rosenzweig Medal 2020: Buber Rosenzweig Medal (won)
- Henry A. Kissinger Prize 2020: Henry A. Kissinger Prize (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross 2019: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross (won)
- honorary citizen of Templin 2019: honorary citizen of Templin (won)
- honorary doctor of Harvard University 2019: honorary doctor of Harvard University (won)
- Order of the Three Stars 2019: Order of the Three Stars (won)
- Eugen Bolz Prize 2017: Eugen Bolz Prize (won)
- honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2017: honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (won)
- Honorary doctors of Ghent University 2017: Honorary doctors of Ghent University (won)
- Order of Vytautas the Great 2017: Order of Vytautas the Great (won)
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal 2016: Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal (won)
- Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University 2016: Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University (won)
- Abraham Geiger Prize 2015: Abraham Geiger Prize (won)
- Financial Times Person of the Year 2015: Financial Times Person of the Year (won)
- Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria 2015: Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (won)
- Order of the Republic 2015: Order of the Republic (won)
- Time Person of the Year 2015: Time Person of the Year (won)
- Ehrenplakette des Bundes der Vertriebenen 2014: Ehrenplakette des Bundes der Vertriebenen (won)
- honorary doctor of Comenius University 2014: honorary doctor of Comenius University (won)
- Presidential Medal of Distinction 2014: Presidential Medal of Distinction (won)
- Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 2014: Wilhelm Leuschner Medal (won)
- Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2013: Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (won)
- Heinz-Galinski-Award 2012: Heinz-Galinski-Award (won)
- honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University 2011: honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University 2010: honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University (won)
- Leo-Baeck-Medal 2010: Leo-Baeck-Medal (won)
- Eric M. Warburg Award 2009: Eric M. Warburg Award (won)
- German Media Award 2009: German Media Award (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry 2009: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (won)
- Honorary doctor at the University of Bern 2009: Honorary doctor at the University of Bern (won)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding 2009: Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (won)
- Lucius D. Clay Medal 2009: Lucius D. Clay Medal (won)
- Charlemagne Prize 2008: Charlemagne Prize (won)
- Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2008: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru 2008: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (won)
- honorary doctor of the Leipzig University 2008: honorary doctor of the Leipzig University (won)
- honorary doctor of Wrocław University of Science and Technology 2008: honorary doctor of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (won)
- German Leo Baeck Award 2007: German Leo Baeck Award (won)
- Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit 2007: Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (won)
- honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2007: honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (won)
- Robert Schuman Medal 2007: Robert Schuman Medal (won)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2006: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1996: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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