--- name: "Devid Striesow" canonical: "https://film.one/person/devid-striesow" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 October 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T21:36:12.575374+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." --- # Devid Striesow Actor. Born 1 October 1973 in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 October 1973, Bergen auf Rügen, Germany - **Active:** 2004–present - **Frequently works with:** [Edward Berger](https://film.one/person/edward-berger.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2020s 72 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devid_Striesow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6086 ## Coming up - *ZOMA* (2027-02-18) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*All Quiet on the Western Front*](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Devid Striesow is a German actor. After school he moved to Berlin intending to train as a goldsmith, but instead returned to education following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, graduating in 1999 alongside Nina Hoss and Fritzi Haberlandt. He has worked in theatre, film and television since the late 1990s. His film roles include appearances in *Downfall* (2004), *The Counterfeiters* (2007) as Sturmbannführer Herzog, and *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022) as General Friedrichs. He played Johannes R. Becher in *Fatherland* (2026). Striesow also narrates audiobooks. He has been married to his manager Ines Ganzberger since 2018. His son Ludwig Simon, from a previous relationship with actress Maria Simon, is also an actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), Fi1m 72, as General Friedrichs — [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md) - *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Feldwebel Tornow — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) ## Complete filmography (139) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *ZOMA* (2027), Actor - *Fatherland* (2026), as Johannes R. Becher — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/fatherland.md) - *Eat Pray Bark* (2026), as Helmut - *Final Hours* (2026), series, as Meckerle - *Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke* (2026), as Father Richard - *Die Hochzeit* (2025), series, as Thorsten Meurer - *Bach - A Christmas Miracle* (2024), as Johann Sebastian Bach - *Where's Wanda?* (2024), series, as Rüdiger - *Roxy* (2024), as Thomas Brenner - *Das Fest der Liebe* (2023), series, as Thorsten Meurer - *Berlin Bad Trip* (2023), series, as Janniks Vater - *When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before* (2023), as Richard - *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), as General Friedrichs — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md) - *Doppelhaushälfte* (2022), series, as Manni - *Love Your Enemies* (2022), as Sozialistischer Vater - *Das Begräbnis* (2022), series, as Thorsten Meurer - *Westwall* (2021), series, as Florian Keppler - *Come Closer* (2021), as Daniel - *The Last Execution* (2021), as Dirk Hartmann - *Forever Parents* (2021), as Michael Wagner - *Cloudy Clouds* (2021), as Erich Bulwer - *Das Unwort* (2020), as Direktor Ralf Stege - *Dignity* (2019), series, as Bernard Hausmann - *Unterm Birnbaum* (2019), as Geelhaar - *Alfons Zitterbacke* (2019), as Paul Zitterbacke - *I Was at Home, But...* (2019), as Teacher Gertjan - *8 Days* (2019), series, as Klaus Frankenberg - *Luther und die Frauen* (2018), as Martin Luther - *Schwartz & Schwartz* (2018), series, as Andi Schwartz - *Die Wunderübung* (2018), as Valentin Dorek - *Dr. Böhmermanns Struwwelpeter* (2018), as Hans - *Mademoiselle Paradis* (2017), as Franz Anton Mesmer - *My Brother Simple* (2017), as David - *Forwards Ever!* (2017), as Harry Stein - *The Nameless Day* (2017), as Ludwig Winther - *The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King* (2017), as Martin Schulze - *Zorn - Kalter Rauch* (2017), as Gregor Zettel - *Luther and I* (2017), as Martin Luther - *Liebe möglicherweise* (2016), as Michael - *Wellness für Paare* (2016), as Jan Erik Schult - *Die vierte Gewalt* (2016), as Frank Gruber - *The White Rabbit* (2016), as Simon Keller - *Seitenwechsel* (2016), Actor - *A Decent Man* (2016), as Thomas - *I'm Off Then* (2015), as Hape Kerkeling - *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Thorsten Paulsberg - *Paare* (2015), series, as Patient - *Till Eulenspiegel* (2014), series, as Klaas Wüllenwever - *We Are Young. We Are Strong.* (2014), as Martin - *The Burrow* (2014), as Arbeiter - *Age of Cannibals* (2014), as Frank Öllers - *Göttliche Funken* (2014), as Matthias Fabian - *Der Prediger* (2014), as Dr. Ralf Remberg - *Radical Evil* (2014), as Voice - *Sputnik* (2013), as Abschnittsbevollmächtigter Mauder - *Dreamland* (2013), as Martin - *Die Frau von früher* (2013), as Frank - *Hänsel und Gretel* (2012), as Händler - *Transpapa* (2012), as Sophia - *Blaubeerblau* (2012), as Fritjof - *Fraktus* (2012), as Roger Dettner - *Auslandseinsatz* (2012), as Herbert Glowalla - *Add a Friend* (2012), series, as Malte - *Riskante Patienten* (2012), as Jan - *Letzte Spur Berlin* (2012), series, as Siggi - *Grimms Meise* (2012), as Joachim - *Ein mörderisches Geschäft* (2011), as Tom Winkler - *A Good Summer* (2011), as Wilfried 'Frieder' Gross - *Familiengeheimnisse - Liebe, Schuld und Tod* (2011), as Simon - *Three* (2010), as Adam - *Oshima* (2010), Actor - *Es war einer von uns* (2010), as Björn Reichsmann - *Verhältnisse* (2010), as Philipp Schneider - *Henri 4* (2010), as D'Anjou - *Gier* (2010), series, as Andy Schroth - *12 Paces without a Head* (2009), as Simon von Utrecht - *SOKO Stuttgart* (2009), series, as Hans Berger - *Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten* (2009), as Magnum - *Das Glück ist eine ernste Sache* (2009), as Klaus Brandner - *Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen* (2009), as Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa - *This Is Love* (2009), as Roland - *Crash Point: Berlin* (2009), as Lars Jensen - *I've Never Been Happier* (2009), as Frank Knöpfel - *Der Tote in der Mauer* (2008), as Ralf und Frank Gerlach - *Copacabana* (2008), as Mark Schubert - *12 heißt: Ich liebe Dich* (2008), as Jan Kohlfeld - *The Heart Is a Dark Forest* (2007), as Thomas - *Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt* (2007), series, as Robert Grünberg - *Bis zum Ellenbogen* (2007), as Lehmann - *Yella* (2007), as Philipp - *Head Under Water* (2007), as Richard Sammer - *Ein verlockendes Angebot* (2007), as Jan Werther - *Valerie* (2007), as André - *Dr. Psycho* (2007), series, as Dr. Dieter Block - *The Counterfeiters* (2007), as Herzog - *KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst* (2007), series, as Keitel - *Der Kriminalist* (2006), series, as Christoph Bogner - *Tod einer Freundin* (2006), as Sebastian Stadler - *Eden* (2006), as Xaver Drebb - *Kommissar Stolberg* (2006), series, as Kalle Mosco - *Windows on Monday* (2006), as Fenstermacher - *Die Tote vom Deich* (2006), as Lars Frick - *No Room for Gerold* (2006), as Gerold (voice) - *Karol Wojtyla - Geheimnisse eines Papstes* (2006), as Der junge Karol Wojtyła - *The Red Cockatoo* (2006), as Hurwitz - *About a Girl* (2006), as Mario - *I Am Guilty* (2005), as Martin Steeb jr. - *Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses* (2005), as Martin Lünefeld - *Durch Liebe erlöst - Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses* (2005), series, as Martin Lünefeld - *Der Job seines Lebens 2 - Wieder im Amt* (2004), as Referent Delbrück - *Marseille* (2004), as Ivan - *Downfall* (2004), as Feldwebel Tornow — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) - *Before the Fall* (2004), as Heinrich Vogler - *Klassentreffen* (2004), as Bert - *My First Miracle* (2003), as Philipp - *Der Job seines Lebens* (2003), as Referent Delbrück - *Nachtschicht* (2003), series, as Theo Flipsen - *Kommissarin Lucas* (2003), series, as Christian Wittbach - *Distant Lights* (2003), as Ingo - *Morgen früh ist die Nacht rum* (2003), as Felix Haug - *Der Morgen nach dem Tod* (2002), as Amo - *Bloch* (2002), series, as Jens, Henny Fiedler - *Bungalow* (2002), as Max - *Hannas Baby* (2002), as Uwe Kraus - *Ende der Saison* (2001), as Marius Wahls - *What to Do in Case of Fire?* (2001), as Henkel - *Passing Summer* (2001), as Valeries Bruder - *Einsatz in Hamburg* (2000), series, Actor - *Kalt ist der Abendhauch* (2000), as Ernst-Ludwig Hoffmann - *Amerika* (2000), as Lanski - *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Patrick Zoell - *Für alle Fälle Stefanie* (1995), series, as Ulf Powileit - *Rosa Roth* (1994), series, as Stefan Gruber - *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Jan Martensen - *Großstadtrevier* (1986), series, as Manfred Dressler - *The Old Fox* (1977), series, as Juri Oleg, Martin Hellinger - *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Heiner Benneke, Ronny Krohm, Public Prosecutor, Henrik Seiffert - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Hauptkommissar Jens Stellbrink, Gernot Ulm, Jens Stellbrink, Gerti Plauer, Kriminalhauptkommissar Jens Stellbrink, Martin Schröder - *Oskarreif*, as Wolfgang ## Gallery - ![Devid Striesow at the Vienna International Film Festival 2017 (Gartenbaukino, Vienna, Austria).](https://film.one/media/person/96162/gallery-77aa278281ae.jpg) Devid Striesow at the Vienna International Film Festival 2017 (Gartenbaukino, Vienna, Austria). — Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Licht_Viennale_2017_Barbara_Albert_Lukas_Miko_Devid_Striesow_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Devid Striesow](https://film.one/media/person/96162/gallery-6c325c257c26.jpg) Devid Striesow — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Devid_Striesow_Berlinale_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Devid Striesow Arrival at the premiere of "Die Fälscher" (The Counterfeits), Berlinalepalast am Potsdamer Platz (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/96162/gallery-84b340cf605d.jpg) Devid Striesow Arrival at the premiere of "Die Fälscher" (The Counterfeits), Berlinalepalast am Potsdamer Platz (2007) — Thore Siebrands from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Devid_Striesow.jpg/1280px-Devid_Striesow.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Devid Striesow](https://film.one/media/person/96162/gallery-51e5f13704be.jpg) Devid Striesow — Image via TMDB - ![Devid Striesow](https://film.one/media/person/96162/gallery-326a1bf55d8e.jpg) Devid Striesow — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated - Bavarian TV Awards 2017: Bavarian TV Awards (won) - German Film Award for Best Actor 2010: German Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *I've Never Been Happier* - German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 2007: German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *The Counterfeiters* - German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 2003: German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Distant Lights* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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