---
name: "Bernd Birkhahn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernd-birkhahn"
fi1m_id: "bernd-birkhahn"
imdb_id: "nm1089157"
tmdb_id: 1149702
wikidata_id: "Q17310508"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-30T09:16:09.760259+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."
---

# Bernd Birkhahn

## Identity

Bernd Birkhahn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernd-birkhahn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernd-birkhahn
- **IMDb ID:** nm1089157
- **TMDB ID:** 1149702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17310508
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17310508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1149702

Actor. Born 1 January 1945 in Bremerhaven, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1945, Bremerhaven, Germany
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17310508, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1149702

## Biography

Bernd Birkhahn is a German actor born in 1945 in Bremerhaven. He trained at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum and began his career with engagements at the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Stadttheater Koblenz and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In 1986 he joined the ensemble of the Burgtheater in Vienna, where he has remained a member.

On screen he is known for appearances in the television series *Inspector Rex* (2000–2001) and *The Empress* (2024), and for film roles including Otto von Bismarck in *Ludwig II* (2012) and Schwarzbach in *Domain* (2009). He played Prof. Wild in *Silent Friend* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, schauspielervideos.de, cinema-francais.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silent Friend* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Prof. Wild — [page](https://film.one/film/silent-friend.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Silent Friend* (2026), as Prof. Wild — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/silent-friend.md)
- *Kolleginnen - Für immer* (2022), as Erik Hamann
- *The Ground Beneath My Feet* (2019), as Mr. Degenhardt
- *Kaisersturz* (2018), as Philipp Scheidemann
- *Burning Souls* (2014), Actor
- *Ludwig II* (2012), as Otto von Bismarck
- *Murder in the North* (2012), series, Actor
- *Schenk mir dein Herz* (2010), as Max Pinas
- *Domain* (2009), as Schwarzbach
- *Annas zweite Chance* (2009), as Spannberger
- *Unter anderen Umständen* (2006), series, as Roland Kirch
- *Mozart Werke Ges.m.b.H.* (2006), as The factory owner
- *Alles Glück dieser Erde* (2003), as Verkäufer
- *Inspector Rex* (1994), series, as Hans Bergmann, Dr. Fritsch
- *Unheimliche Geschichten* (1982), series, Actor
- *Achtung Zoll* (1980), series, as Karl Zimmer
- *Goya* (1969), as Javier Goya

## Gallery

- ![Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-5712698406f1.jpg) Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10049.jpg/1280px-Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10049.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-149244ba22f2.jpg) Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10051.jpg/1280px-Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10051.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Die Komödie der Irrungen (William Shakespeare)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-634a83374090.jpg) Die Komödie der Irrungen (William Shakespeare) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Die_Kom%C3%B6die_der_Irrungen_%28William_Shakespeare%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9685.jpg/1280px-Die_Kom%C3%B6die_der_Irrungen_%28William_Shakespeare%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9685.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-351563308cea.jpg) Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10043.jpg/1280px-Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10043.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-10b69a994a48.jpg) Der stumme Diener (Harold Pinter) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10052.jpg/1280px-Der_stumme_Diener_%28Harold_Pinter%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._10052.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Die Komödie der Irrungen (William Shakespeare)](https://film.one/media/person/7028317/gallery-a9cbfe0f9898.jpg) Die Komödie der Irrungen (William Shakespeare) — Gerd Weiss, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Die_Kom%C3%B6die_der_Irrungen_%28William_Shakespeare%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9678.jpg/1280px-Die_Kom%C3%B6die_der_Irrungen_%28William_Shakespeare%29_-_LABW_-_Generallandesarchiv_Karlsruhe_57-3_Nr._9678.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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