--- name: "Heino Ferch" canonical: "https://film.one/person/heino-ferch" fi1m_id: "heino-ferch" imdb_id: "nm0272224" tmdb_id: 1086 wikidata_id: "Q64008" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 August 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T20:25:46.980247+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." --- # Heino Ferch ## Identity Heino Ferch - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/heino-ferch - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** heino-ferch - **IMDb ID:** nm0272224 - **TMDB ID:** 1086 - **Wikidata ID:** Q64008 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heino_Ferch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086 Actor. Born 18 August 1963 in Bremerhaven, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 August 1963, Bremerhaven, Germany - **Active:** 1998–2008 - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 73 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, History 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $127m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heino_Ferch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64008, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Downfall*](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) (81) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Heino Ferch is a German actor known for roles in film, theatre and television. Born on 18 August 1963 in Bremerhaven, he began performing on stage as a teenager and trained at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, graduating in 1987. He joined the ensemble of the Freie Volksbühne Berlin shortly afterwards and later appeared at the Schillertheater. Ferch gained prominence with his performance as Albert Speer in *Downfall* (2004). Other notable film roles include Harry Melchior in *The Tunnel* (2001), a part in *Run Lola Run* (1998) and appearances in *Comedian Harmonists* (1997) and *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008). He has received awards including the Bambi, Bavarian Film Awards and Golden Camera. He has also worked extensively in television, including the series *Scene of the Crime* and international productions such as *Napoleon* (2002). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmportal.de.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, as Herolds Assistent — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, as Albert Speer — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) - *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Ronnie — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) ## Complete filmography (158) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Bloß nicht Liebe* (2026), as Dr. Justus Förster - *Ein Ort, der sich Zuhause nennt* (2026), series, as Otto Winter - *Der unsichtbare Zeuge* (2026), Actor - *Manipulation* (2026), as Father Vitus - *Dahlmanns letzte Bescherung* (2025), as Leander Dahlmann - *Stammheim - Zeit des Terrors* (2025), as Alfred Klaus - *Lillys Verschwinden* (2025), series, as Robert Bischoff - *Smeilingen* (2024), series, as Hauke Mayer - *Viktor bringt's* (2024), series, as Richard Schauer - *Death in Mombasa* (2024), as Moritz Wagner - *The Seed* (2023), series, as Max Grosz - *Das Beste kommt noch!* (2023), as Dr. Karven - *Letters from the Beyond* (2023), as Ingo Thiel - *Allmen und das Geheimnis des Koi* (2023), as Johann Friedrich von Allmen - *INTIMATE.* (2023), series, as Ralph - *Die Frau im Meer* (2023), series, as Simon Kessler - *Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt* (2022), as Captain Smith - *Dad Got Grounded* (2022), as Paul Langner - *The Palace* (2022), series, as Roland Wenninger - *The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea* (2021), as Robert Fleckmann - *Allmen und das Geheimnis der Erotik* (2021), as Johann Friedrich von Allmen - *Ku'damm 63* (2021), series, as Professor Fassbender - *Liebe ist unberechenbar* (2021), as Prof. Leonard Damovsky - *Wer einmal stirbt dem glaubt man nicht* (2020), as Ulf Lundin - *The Bedfellow* (2020), series, as Heino Fersch - *Das Mädchen am Strand* (2020), series, as Simon Kessler - *Liebe verjährt nicht* (2019), as Piet N. Schneller - *Allmen and the Mystery of the Dahlias* (2019), as Johann Friedrich von Allmen - *Die verschwundene Familie* (2019), series, as Simon Kessler - *Der Froschkönig* (2018), as Simeon Herzog - *Der Richter* (2018), as Dr. Joachim Glahn - *Ku'damm 59* (2018), series, as Dr. Jürgen Fassbender - *Hot Dog* (2018), as Arno Hedmann - *Ingo Thiel* (2017), series, as Ingo Thiel - *Angst* (2017), as Randolph Tiefenthaler - *Ein Kind wird gesucht* (2017), as Ingo Thiel - *Tigers* (2017), as Michael - *Allmen and the Pink Diamond* (2017), as Johann Friedrich von Allmen - *Conni & Co 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex* (2017), as Mayor - *Hans im Glück* (2016), as Herr - *Conni & Co* (2016), as Schuldirektor - *Allmen and the Dragonflies* (2016), as Johann Friedrich von Allmen - *Fritz Lang* (2016), as Fritz Lang - *Ku'damm 56 – Rebel with a Cause* (2016), series, as Professeur Fassbender - *Keine Ehe ohne Pause* (2016), as Max Mangold - *The Wagner-Clan* (2015), as Houston Stewart Chamberlain - *Unterm Radar* (2015), as Heinrich Buch - *Call Me Helen* (2015), as Tobias Wilke - *Mara and the Firebringer* (2015), as Dr. Thurisaz - *Suite Française* (2015), as Major - *Death of a Girl* (2015), series, as Simon Kessler - *Der Verlust* (2014), as Uli Martens - *Sarajevo* (2014), as Dr. Herbert Sattler - *Helen Dorn* (2014), series, as Jugendrichter Dr. Kleinert - *Verratene Freunde* (2013), as Peter Staude - *Hotel Adlon* (2013), series, as Louis Adlon - *Wenn es am schönsten ist* (2013), as Peter - *Ein vorbildliches Ehepaar* (2012), as Roman Ellermann - *Deckname Luna* (2012), series, as Stasi-Major Moll - *Hanni & Nanni 2* (2012), as Georg Sullivan - *Ruhm* (2012), as Ralf Tanner - *München '72 - Das Attentat* (2012), as Dieter Waldner - *Lost in the Cape* (2011), series, as Claas Lohmann - *Verschollen am Kap* (2011), as Claas Lohmann - *Vater Mutter Mörder* (2011), as Tom Wesnik - *Anatomy of Evil* (2011), series, as Richard Brock - *Rottmann schlägt zurück* (2011), as Klaus Rottmann - *Max Schmeling* (2010), as Max Machon - *Im Dschungel* (2010), as Henning Lohmann - *Life Is Too Long* (2010), as Professor Mohr - *Tod in Istanbul* (2010), as Mark Kleinert - *Hanni & Nanni* (2010), as Georg Sullivan - *Vincent Wants to Sea* (2010), as Robert - *Kennedy's Brain* (2010), as Dr. Holloway - *Jerry Cotton* (2010), as Klaus Schmidt - *Die Toten vom Schwarzwald* (2010), as Matthias Auerbach - *Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen* (2009), as Mönch Volmar - *Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace* (2009), series, as Gustav Krupp - *Entführt* (2009), series, Actor - *Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen* (2008), as Manuel Aranda - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as Herolds Assistent — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *Das Wunder von Berlin* (2008), as Jürgen Kaiser - *Messy Christmas* (2007), as Jan - *The Hunt for Troy* (2007), as Heinrich Schliemann - *Die Mauer – Berlin '61* (2006), as Hans Kuhlke - *Auf ewig und einen Tag* (2006), as Jan Ottmann - *Ghetto* (2006), as Gens - *Die Luftbrücke* (2005), series, as Philipp Turner - *Pastewka* (2005), series, as Heino Ferch - *Hunt for Justice* (2005), as Thomas Keller - *Hölle im Kopf* (2005), as Marc Hoffmann - *D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers* (2005), series, as Athos - *D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers* (2005), as Athos - *About the Looking for and the Finding of Love* (2005), as Hermes - *Mord am Meer* (2004), as Kommissar Anton Glauberg - *Downfall* (2004), as Albert Speer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) - *Das Konto* (2004), series, as Michael Mühlhausen - *The Lion* (2003), as Julien Keller - *Das Wunder von Lengede* (2003), as Franz Wolbert - *The Miracle of Lengede* (2003), series, as Franz Wolbert - *Kommissarin Lucas* (2003), series, as Magnus Guttmann - *Der Anwalt und sein Gast* (2003), as Anwalt Weller - *Julius Caesar* (2002), series, as Vercingetorix - *Extreme Ops* (2002), as Mark - *Napoleon* (2002), series, as Marquis Armand de Caulaincourt - *Nachts im Park* (2002), as Steffen Hennings - *The Seagull's Laughter* (2001), as Björn Theódór - *The Tunnel* (2001), as Harry Melchior - *The Unscarred* (2000), as Johann - *Marlene* (2000), as Carl Seidlitz - *The Green Desert* (1999), as Simon - *Der Feuerteufel - Flammen des Todes* (1999), as Peter Bender - *Straight Shooter* (1999), as Volker Bretz - *Total Recall 2070* (1999), series, Actor - *Mortal Enemies: The Wrong Decision* (1998), as Max Klausmann - *Run Lola Run* (1998), as Ronnie — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) - *Tower of the First Born* (1998), as Leon - *Single sucht Nachwuchs* (1998), as Robert Breuer - *Two Women, Two Men* (1998), as Nick - *Widows* (1998), as Vince Travelli - *The Harmonists* (1997), as Roman Cycowski - *Spiel um dein Leben* (1997), as Plato - *Der Schutzengel* (1997), as Marc Bittner - *Winter Sleepers* (1997), as Marco Mullier - *Koma - Lebendig begraben* (1997), as Franky - *Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur* (1997), as Weber - *Life Is All You Get* (1997), as Hoffmann - *Lucie Aubrac* (1997), as Klaus Barbie - *It Happened in Broad Daylight* (1997), as Bock - *The Ogre* (1996), as SS Officer Raufeisen - *Wer Kollegen hat, braucht keine Feinde* (1995), as Georg Meier - *Küß mich!* (1995), as Johannes - *Deutschlandlied* (1995), as Hanno - *Das Baby der schwangeren Toten* (1994), as Michael Brauer - *Ein starkes Team* (1994), series, as Willi - *Der letzte Kosmonaut* (1994), as Popov - *Lauras Entscheidung* (1994), as Wasserverkmeister Galreith - *Gefährliche Verbindung* (1993), as Andi - *Sylter Geschichten* (1993), series, Actor - *An Impossible Teacher* (1993), as Ernst - *Wolffs Revier* (1992), series, as Franz Opitz - *Everything's a Lie* (1992), as Representative - *Schön ist’s im Labyrinth – George Grosz in Amerika* (1992), Actor - *Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?* (1991), as Müller - *Mocca für den Tiger* (1991), Actor - *Scheidung a la carte* (1991), as Walter - *Der Tod kam als Freund* (1991), as Korten (Jung) - *Wie gut, daß es Maria gibt* (1990), series, Actor - *Wedding* (1990), as Klaus - *Reise hinter den Spiegel* (1990), Actor - *Peter Strohm* (1989), series, Actor - *Innocence Unknown* (1988), Actor - *Die Männer vom K3* (1988), series, as Edgar Hinrichs - *Schloß Königswald* (1988), as Funker - *Praxis Bülowbogen* (1987), series, as Klaus Urban - *Berliner Weiße mit Schuß* (1984), series, as Thomas Spannhake - *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Uwe Rockstroh, Wolf Kleinhaupt - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Leo Fellner, Jan-Peter Landmann, Albrecht Dürr ## Gallery - ![Heino Ferch](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-f9bf72e46da3.jpg) Heino Ferch — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/MJK_11955_Heino_Ferch_crop.jpg/1280px-MJK_11955_Heino_Ferch_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Heino Ferch bei der Premerie von "Fritz Lang – Der andere in uns" am 6. April 2016 im Kino Bambi-Filmstudio in der Klosterstraße in Düsseldorf.](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-3a99820e049b.jpg) Heino Ferch bei der Premerie von "Fritz Lang – Der andere in uns" am 6. April 2016 im Kino Bambi-Filmstudio in der Klosterstraße in Düsseldorf. — Gereon K., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/HeinoFerchDuesseldorf.jpg/1280px-HeinoFerchDuesseldorf.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Heino Ferch at the Romy film awards (Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-d2024c8fe35f.jpg) Heino Ferch at the Romy film awards (Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna) (2013) — Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Heino_Ferch_-_Romy_2013.jpg/1280px-Heino_Ferch_-_Romy_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Heino Ferch und Anna Bederke beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-b25fba73eb48.jpg) Heino Ferch und Anna Bederke beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_-_Anna_Bederke_1.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_-_Anna_Bederke_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Heino Ferch und Anna Bederke beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-c96220e7d389.jpg) Heino Ferch und Anna Bederke beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_-_Anna_Bederke_2.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_-_Anna_Bederke_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Heino Ferch beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016](https://film.one/media/person/98479/gallery-99d6f063376b.jpg) Heino Ferch beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2016 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_1.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Filmpreis_2016_-_Heino_Ferch_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 2003: Berliner Bär (won) ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - Askania Award for Best Actor 2017: Askania Award for Best Actor (won) - Bavarian TV Awards 2013: Bavarian TV Awards (nominated), for *Avenging Angel* - Bavarian TV Awards 2001: Bavarian TV Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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