Biography
Johannes Hegemann is a German-Swiss actor. Born in Jena in 1996, he grew up in Zurich from the age of eight. He studied acting at the Zurich University of the Arts from 2016 to 2018 before completing his training at the University of Music and Theatre Rostock in 2020.
During his studies he appeared at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and the Mecklenburg State Theater Schwerin. After graduating he joined the ensemble of the Thalia Theater Hamburg, where he received the Boy Gobert Award in 2022 and was named Young Actor of the Year by Theater heute magazine.
Hegemann made his feature-film debut as Hans Coppi in Andreas Dresen’s From Hilde, with Love (2024). He has since appeared as Thomas in Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend (2025) and as Wolfgang Gerhard in The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025).
