--- name: "Michael Gwisdek" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-gwisdek" fi1m_id: "michael-gwisdek" imdb_id: "nm0350350" tmdb_id: 697 wikidata_id: "Q70727" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 January 1942" died: "22 September 2020" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-01T20:25:47.020669+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." --- # Michael Gwisdek ## Identity Michael Gwisdek - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-gwisdek - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** michael-gwisdek - **IMDb ID:** nm0350350 - **TMDB ID:** 697 - **Wikidata ID:** Q70727 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gwisdek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/697 Actor. Born 14 January 1942 in Berlin, Germany. Died 22 September 2020. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 January 1942, Berlin, Germany - **Died:** 22 September 2020 - **Active:** 2003–2008 - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gwisdek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/697 ## Biography Michael Gwisdek was a German actor and film director. Born in Berlin-Weissensee on 14 January 1942, he trained at the Academy of Performing Arts in East Berlin from 1965 to 1968 and began his career in East German theatre, including engagements in Karl Marx Stadt and at the Volksbühne in Berlin. He appeared in more than 130 films and television productions from 1968 onwards. His directorial debut *Treffen in Travers* (1989) screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He played Klapprath in *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003) and Helmut Ensslin in *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008). Gwisdek won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1999 for *Nachtgestalten*. He died in Berlin on 22 September 2020. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, umass.edu.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, as Helmut Ensslin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, as Klapprath — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md) ## Complete filmography (160) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Liebe ist unberechenbar* (2021), as Franz Damovsky - *So einfach stirbt man nicht* (2019), as Kurt Lehmann - *Dream Factory* (2019), as Emil - *Dead End* (2019), series, as Peter Kugel - *Familie Wöhler auf Mallorca* (2019), as Helmut Wöhler - *The Silent Revolution* (2018), as Edgar - *Old Agent Men* (2017), as Jacky - *Unser Traum von Kanada* (2016), as Richard - *Father-Out-Law* (2015), as Hans - *Heil* (2015), as Chef des Verfassungsschutzes - *Eins ist nicht von dir* (2015), as Uli - *Bright Night* (2015), as Alter Herr - *Eichwald, MdB* (2015), series, as Walter - *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Alexander Albrecht - *Alle unter eine Tanne* (2014), as Robert - *Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren* (2014), as Volker Hartmann - *Die letzten Millionen* (2014), as Conrad - *The Man Cave* (2014), as Mann in Strickjacke - *Für immer ein Mörder - Der Fall Ritter* (2014), Actor - *Miss Sixty* (2014), as Dieter Düncker - *Joy of Fatherhood* (2014), as Vater von Felix - *Vijay and I* (2013), as Will's Father - *Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee* (2013), as Bademeister - *Flaschenpost an meinen Mann* (2013), as Thomas - *Jesus Loves Me* (2012), as Gott - *The Adventures of Huck Finn* (2012), as König - *The Pursuit of Unhappiness* (2012), as Paul - *A Coffee in Berlin* (2012), as Alter Mann - *Krömer - Late Night Show* (2012), series, Actor - *Schmidt & Schwarz* (2012), as Paul Schmidt - *The Secret of the Ark* (2011), as Professor Sörensen - *Shades of Happiness* (2011), series, as Siggi - *Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse* (2010), as König - *Vater Morgana* (2010), as Walther - *The Day I Was Not Born* (2010), as Anton Falkenmayer - *Mörder kennen keine Grenzen* (2010), as Boltun - *Boxhagener Platz* (2010), as Karl Wegner - *Über den Tod hinaus* (2009), Actor - *Liebe ist Verhandlungssache* (2009), as Hubert - *Männersache* (2009), as Rudi - *Hilde* (2009), as Großvater - *Hinter Kaifeck* (2009), as Pfarrer - *Die Blücherbande* (2009), as Herbert Kahnweiler - *Wenn wir uns begegnen* (2008), as Edgar Wurlitzer - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as Helmut Ensslin — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *Küss mich, wenn es Liebe ist* (2008), as Herbert - *Das Wunder von Berlin* (2008), as Walter Kaiser - *Die Anwälte* (2008), series, as Peter Rosbach - *Treasure Island* (2007), series, as Pew - *Pornorama* (2007), as Filmvorführer - *Alma Investigates - Tango and Death* (2007), as Robert - *Reine Formsache* (2006), as Felix’ Vater - *The Elementary Particles* (2006), as Professor Fleisser - *All Men Are Suspects* (2006), as Franz Forstmann - *Die Luftbrücke* (2005), series, as Herbert Prenske - *I am a Berliner* (2005), as Dietrich - *Speer & Hitler: The Devil's Architect* (2005), series, as Erich Raeder - *Miss Texas* (2005), series, as Mr. B - *Barefoot* (2005), as Bahnangestellter - *Hölle im Kopf* (2005), as Inspektor Galleo - *Marga Engel gibt nicht auf* (2004), as Henning Gössel - *Sterne leuchten auch am Tag* (2004), as Papa Hermann - *Problemzone Schwiegereltern* (2004), as Hermann Körnig - *Der Ausländer* (2004), Actor - *Das Traumhotel* (2004), series, as Julian von Behrenberg - *Das blaue Wunder* (2004), as Manni - *Kleinruppin Forever* (2004), as Erwin - *Die schnelle Gerdi und die Hauptstadt* (2004), series, as Frank - *Das Konto* (2004), series, as Dirk Osterwald - *Berlin Blues* (2003), as Hans - *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), as Klapprath — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md) - *Marga Engel kocht vor Wut* (2003), as Dr. Henning Gössel - *Wer liebt, hat Recht* (2002), as Bert - *Grains and Dog* (2002), series, as Prof. Harras - *Vaya con Dios* (2002), as Benno - *Edel & Starck* (2002), series, as Horst Fiebich - *Abschnitt 40* (2001), series, as Matuschek - *Mörderinnen* (2001), as Harald - *Marga Engel schlägt zurück* (2001), as Dr. Henning Gössel - *Frau2 Seeks HappyEnd* (2001), as Theo Feldkamp - *A Handful of Grass* (2000), as Kruse - *Donna Leon* (2000), series, as Giancarlo Santomauro, Giovanni Marcolini - *No Place to Go* (2000), as Joachim - *Zimmer mit Frühstück* (2000), as Klaus - *Friends* (2000), as Schenk - *Der Elefant in meinem Bett* (1999), Actor - *Night Shapes* (1999), as Peschke - *Die Bubi Scholz Story* (1998), as Lado Taubeneck · Manager - *Night Time* (1998), as Bernbeck - *The Big Mambo* (1998), as Martin · Director, Writer, Editor - *Der letzte Zeuge* (1998), series, as Daniel Uberoi - *Eine Frau nach Maß* (1998), as Walter - *Napoleon Fritz* (1997), as Dr. Sachs - *Napoleon Fritz* (1997), series, as Dr. Sachs - *Unter die Haut* (1997), as Schuster - *Gefährliche Freundin* (1996), as Brundle - *Der Blinde* (1996), as Pater Fisher - *Der Bulle von Tölz* (1996), series, as Ludwig Moosholzer - *Zerrissene Herzen* (1996), as Schlingschröder - *The Dead Woman of Amelung* (1995), series, as Ohm Weber - *Wachtmeister Zumbühl* (1995), as Wachtmeister Zumbühl - *Der Mann auf der Bettkante* (1995), as Stachniak - *Rosa Roth* (1994), series, as Andreas Flade - *Doppelter Einsatz* (1994), series, as Dr. Becker-Huberty - *Farewell to Agnes* (1994), as Heiner · Director - *The Border Guard* (1993), as Rolf - *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Dr.Ludwig - *Das große Fest* (1992), as Viktor - *Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers* (1992), as Costello - *Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness* (1992), as Verteidiger - *Sie und Er* (1992), as Peter - *The Suspicion* (1991), as Karins Vater - *Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse* (1991), as Farssmann - *The Tango Player* (1991), as Hans-Peter Dallow - *Herzlich willkommen* (1990), as Hausmeister - *Die gestundete Zeit* (1989), as Herr M - *Coming Out* (1989), as Achim - *Reunion in Travers* (1989), Director, Writer - *Pestalozzi's Mountain* (1989), as Perrault - *The Actress* (1988), as Mario Montegasso - *Jadup and Boel* (1988), as Gwissen - *Yasemin* (1988), as Vater Eggers, 1. Bekannter - *Der Werwolf von W.* (1987), as Commissioner Giershausen - *Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund* (1987), as Heinrich Knudsen - *Der kleine Staatsanwalt* (1987), as Wuttke - *Merkwürdiges Beispiel einer weiblichen Rache* (1987), as Marquis d'Arcis - *Hälfte des Lebens* (1985), as Jakob Gontard - *Der Fall Bachmeier - Keine Zeit für Tränen* (1984), as Martin Birkhoff - *Woman Doctors* (1984), as Dr. Werner Michelsberg - *Olle Henry* (1983), as Henry Wolters - *Stella* (1982), as Ferdinand - *Your Unknown Brother* (1982), as Walter, Conférencier - *Schwarz Rot Gold* (1982), series, as Paul Spemann - *Exploring the Brandenburg Marche* (1982), as Dr. Albin - *Das Traumschiff* (1981), series, as Heinz Kolatschek, Martin Koch, Walter König - *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Karl Hoprecht - *Die Stunde der Töchter* (1981), Actor - *Feuerdrachen* (1981), series, as Werner Hellwitz - *Ramona* (1980), Actor - *Muhme Mehle* (1980), as Paul - *Der Menschenhasser* (1979), as Clitandre - *Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr* (1979), as Karl Moor - *Addio, piccola mia* (1979), as Ludwig Weiding - *Der gepuderte Mann im bunten Rock* (1978), as Frank - *Die seltsame Reise des Alois Fingerlein* (1977), as Leutnant - *Schach von Wuthenow* (1977), as Rittmeister von Schach - *Bird Waking Weather* (1976), as Kutte - *Jede Woche Hochzeitstag* (1976), as Gerhard Krause - *Man against Man* (1975), as Michael Mähr - *Till Eulenspiegel* (1975), as Landsknecht bei Kunz - *Mein lieber Mann und ich* (1975), as Schmidtchen - *Derrick* (1974), series, as Andreas Heine - *Das Schilfrohr* (1974), Actor - *Stülpner-Legende* (1973), series, as Wächter - *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Mr. Weigbrecht, Herbert Lohmann - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Paul Winter, Florsheim, Hugo Kowalski, Martin Blum, Captain Bleibtreu, Richter Dr. Jens Voigt - *White Wolves* (1969), as Mann im Camp - *Maiden, You Please Me* (1969), as Soldat - *The Dead Stay Young* (1968), Actor - *Trail of the Falcon* (1968), Actor ## Gallery - ![Michael Gwisdek](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-4e7a9c62e6a1.jpg) Michael Gwisdek — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Michael_Gwisdek_-_Gabriela_Gwisdek_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Aushangphoto Spielfilm „Wachtmeister Zumbühl“ von Urs Odermatt, mit Michael Gwisdek (1993)](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-7fec5de68b5e.jpg) Aushangphoto Spielfilm „Wachtmeister Zumbühl“ von Urs Odermatt, mit Michael Gwisdek (1993) — Arnold Odermatt, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Aushangphoto_Wachtmeister_Zumb%C3%BChl.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-5a4305dcbb0d.jpg) Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Armin_Rohde_-_Melika_Foroutan_-Michael_Gwisdek_1.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Armin_Rohde_-_Melika_Foroutan_-Michael_Gwisdek_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-18ae58979842.jpg) Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Armin_Rohde_-_Melika_Foroutan_-Michael_Gwisdek_2.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Armin_Rohde_-_Melika_Foroutan_-Michael_Gwisdek_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-faadcaa261ea.jpg) Armin Rohde, Melika Foroutan und Michael Gwisdek beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Armin_Rohde_-_Melika_Foroutan_-Michael_Gwisdek_2_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Michael Gwisdek| und Ehefrau Gabriela beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015](https://film.one/media/person/98263/gallery-90305073bb7f.jpg) Michael Gwisdek| und Ehefrau Gabriela beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2015 — JCS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Michael_Gwisdek_-_Gabriela_Gwisdek.JPG/1280px-Hessischer_Film-_und_Kinopreis_2015_-_Michael_Gwisdek_-_Gabriela_Gwisdek.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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