---
name: "Michael Epp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-epp"
fi1m_id: "michael-epp"
imdb_id: "nm1981574"
tmdb_id: 1338019
wikidata_id: "Q29646026"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T17:33:37.581880+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."
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# Michael Epp

## Identity

Michael Epp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-epp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-epp
- **IMDb ID:** nm1981574
- **TMDB ID:** 1338019
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29646026
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Epp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29646026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1981574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338019

Actor. Born 19 September 1983 in Konstanz, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1983, Konstanz, Germany
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** マイケル・エップ, Михаэль Эпп
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 64 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $238m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Epp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29646026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1981574/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1338019

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Brutalist*](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Fountain of Youth*](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Michael Epp is a German-British actor born on 19 September 1983 in Konstanz, Germany. The son of a German father and a British mother, he was raised bilingually and holds both German and British citizenship. He grew up in Allensbach, Baden-Württemberg.

After training at the HB Studio of Acting in New York from 2005 to 2007, Epp lived and worked in the city for seven years, primarily in theatre at smaller venues along with short films and minor television roles. He began appearing regularly in German-language film and television productions from 2012 while also taking on English-language and international projects.

His credits include *The Beekeeper* (2024) as Pettis, *The Brutalist* (2024) as Jim Simpson, *Spencer* (2021) as Lance Corporal Jacobs, and *Secret Invasion* (2023) as Ruben Steiner. He trained initially after a journalistic internship and a business school graduation in Konstanz.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Fi1m 48, as Praeger — [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *The Beekeeper* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Pettis — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beekeeper.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Jim Simpson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Spencer* (2021), Fi1m 73, as Lance Corporal Jacobs — [page](https://film.one/film/spencer.md)
- *War and Peace* (2016), Fi1m 65, as Austrian Official — [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Die Landarztpraxis – Team Sonnenhof* (2026), series, as Cast Driver
- *The Chronology of Water* (2025), as Mike
- *Die Tote vom Jakobsweg* (2025), as David Acosta
- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), as Praeger — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *The World Will Tremble* (2025), as Lenz
- *The Brutalist* (2024), as Jim Simpson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Unspoken* (2024), as Jan
- *Red Eye* (2024), series, as Sergei Vostok
- *The Beekeeper* (2024), as Pettis — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beekeeper.md)
- *Kolleginnen - Abgetaucht* (2023), as Lars Ostermeier
- *Ein Sommer auf Malta* (2023), as John
- *Secret Invasion* (2023), series, as Ruben Steiner
- *Nurnberg* (2023), as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- *Lamia* (2022), series, as Raphael
- *Complete* (2022), as Brian
- *The Survivor* (2022), as SS Kuttner
- *Spencer* (2021), as Lance Corporal Jacobs — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/spencer.md)
- *Saving Legacy* (2021), Actor
- *O My God* (2020), as Hagen Seibold
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, as Rainer Schröder
- *Hanna* (2019), series, as Military Attache
- *Bayerns Weg zur Demokratie* (2018), series, as Franz Höss
- *Overlord* (2018), as German Soldier
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, as Yuri Bashkin
- *Heimat Helgoland* (2017), as Captain Andrew Cunningham
- *Longing for a Kiss* (2017), as Romeo
- *Unlocked* (2017), as David Mercer
- *Another Mother's Son* (2017), as Weigart
- *We Are The Tide* (2016), as Soldat Mike
- *Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich* (2016), as Karl Krauss
- *Collide* (2016), as Family Car Owner
- *The Childhood of a Leader* (2016), as Economist
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as Austrian Official — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Und ich so: Äh* (2015), as Leistungsträger
- *The Nightmare* (2015), as Schonrath
- *Young Doctors* (2015), series, as Eric Thalbach
- *I like* (2014), as Police Officer
- *The Ones You Love* (2013), as John
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Bank Manager
- *Binny and the Ghost* (2013), series, as neuer Mieter
- *Die Holzbaronin* (2013), as Herr Zeipert
- *Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden* (2012), series, as Ralf Zimmerman
- *Music. Love. Wasted.* (2011), as John Kaiser
- *Alex and Leo* (2010), Music
- *SOKO Stuttgart* (2009), series, as Wolf Fehling
- *Hey Diddle Diddle* (2009), as Martin
- *Vienna Crime Squad* (2005), series, as Dennis Hüttner
- *SOKO Wismar* (2004), series, as David Meinecke
- *SOKO München* (1978), series, as Ludwig Eder

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