---
name: "Rainer Reiners"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rainer-reiners"
fi1m_id: "rainer-reiners"
imdb_id: "nm0718030"
tmdb_id: 1309014
wikidata_id: "Q23061313"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T22:51:01.232149+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."
---

# Rainer Reiners

## Identity

Rainer Reiners

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rainer-reiners
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rainer-reiners
- **IMDb ID:** nm0718030
- **TMDB ID:** 1309014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23061313
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23061313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1309014

Actor. Born 1 January 1959 in Preetz, Germany.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1959, Preetz, Germany
- **Active:** 2008–2013
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $269m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23061313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1309014

## Biography

Rainer Reiners is a German actor. Born in 1959 in Preetz, he grew up on a small farm in northern Germany before moving to the Palatinate at age 15. He studied advertising in Berlin from 1985 and later trained as an actor at Die Etage, graduating in 1990.

Reiners has appeared in numerous theatre productions as well as international films and television. He is known for roles including Herr Mendl in *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), the Priest in *The Book Thief* (2013), Rainer Huber in *Blood Red Sky* (2021), and appearances in *Bridge of Spies* (2015), *Never Look Away* (2018) and *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Book Thief* (2013), Fi1m 49, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, as Polizist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Bridge of Spies* (2015), Fi1m 75, as Cab Driver (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/bridge-of-spies.md)

## Complete filmography (94)

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

- *Im Grunde Mord - Blutsbande* (2026), as Holger Schäfer
- *Comandante Fritz* (2025), Actor
- *Kundschafter des Friedens 2* (2025), as Klaus
- *Stille Nacht, raue Nacht* (2024), as Wolfgang Teske
- *Last to Break* (2024), series, as Schwarztman
- *Death Code X* (2024), as Hans
- *Flow and Ebb* (2024), as Malte Dunkedit
- *The Cuckoo's Curse* (2023), as Hans
- *Hijack* (2023), series, as Detlef — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)
- *The Night Between Us* (2023), as Lutz
- *German Genius* (2023), series, as Alfred
- *The Ordinaries* (2023), as Factory Director
- *Familie Anders* (2023), series, as Bernd Krause
- *Dünentod – Ein Nordsee-Krimi* (2023), series, as Torsten Nibbe
- *Die Innenministerkonferenz* (2022), as Sachsen
- *Kleo* (2022), series, as Reiner Oligschläger
- *Dr. Hoffmann - Die russische Spende* (2022), as Dr. Valenta
- *Mirella Schulze rettet die Welt* (2021), series, as Herr Marquardt
- *Blood Red Sky* (2021), as Rainer Huber
- *Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Operation Miethai* (2021), as Waselitzki
- *Nicht tot zu kriegen* (2020), as Herr Licht
- *Der Bulle und das Biest* (2019), series, as Richard Hofreiter
- *1918 Aufstand der Matrosen* (2018), as Gustav Noske
- *The Photographer of Mauthausen* (2018), as Poschacher
- *Never Look Away* (2018), as Mr. Rebernik
- *Ella Schön* (2018), series, as Hans Kollkamp
- *The Institute - Oasis of Failure* (2018), series, as Johannes Gmeiner
- *Modern Family* (2017), as Manni
- *Lammerts Leichen* (2017), series, as Herr Radke
- *Zwei Bauern und kein Land* (2017), as Botin
- *Familie ist kein Wunschkonzert* (2017), as Mendel
- *Ostfriesenkrimis* (2017), series, as Stefan Voss
- *My Blind Date with Life* (2017), as Deutschlehrer
- *Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit* (2016), as Kudella
- *A Minute’s Silence* (2016), as Fischereiexperte
- *Seitenwechsel* (2016), Actor
- *The Pasta Detectives 3* (2016), as Schaffner
- *Alone in Berlin* (2016), as Salesman Franz Kanz
- *Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys* (2016), as Mühlenhofbauer
- *Pälzisch im Abgang* (2015), series, as Rudi
- *Bridge of Spies* (2015), as Cab Driver (uncredited) — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/bridge-of-spies.md)
- *Im Namen meines Sohnes* (2015), as Prof. Franke
- *Becks letzter Sommer* (2015), as Werner Berchthold
- *Eichwald, MdB* (2015), series, as Berndt Engemann
- *Weak Heart Drop* (2015), as Dominik
- *Unfinished Business* (2015), as Tourist
- *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Herrmann
- *Blindgänger* (2015), as Bahnbeamter Gerlach
- *1864: Brødre i krig* (2014), as Gottfried Piefke
- *Eine wie diese* (2014), as Dieter Baum
- *Freiland* (2014), as Harry Moser
- *Frauchen und die Deiwelsmilch* (2014), as Nagel
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), as Herr Mendl — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Unter Anklage: Der Fall Harry Wörz* (2014), as Gutachter Köberl
- *Crashkurs* (2014), as Herr Henkes
- *The Book Thief* (2013), as Priest — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-book-thief.md)
- *Heiter bis tödlich - Hauptstadtrevier* (2012), series, Actor
- *Reported Missing* (2012), as Lous Vater
- *Letzte Spur Berlin* (2012), series, as Rudi Lutzke
- *Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara* (2012), series, as Frank
- *Unter Mietern* (2012), Actor
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Village Priest — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Niemand ist eine Insel* (2011), as Theaterchef
- *Tom Atkins Blues* (2010), as Walther
- *13 Hours: Race Against Time* (2010), series, as Herr Wagner
- *Lotta & ...* (2010), series, as Herr Rohner
- *SOKO Stuttgart* (2009), series, as Dr. Rainer Peters, Matthias Gärtner
- *Salami Aleikum* (2009), as Rudolf
- *Der Tote in der Mauer* (2008), as Matthias Krüger
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as Polizist — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Max Minsky and Me* (2007), as Polizist
- *Kein Geld der Welt* (2007), as Herr Müller
- *GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben* (2007), series, as Pfarrer
- *Der Kriminalist* (2006), series, as Verkäufer
- *The Crows* (2006), as Klempner
- *Unser Kindermädchen ist ein Millionär* (2006), as Conférencier
- *The Red Cockatoo* (2006), as Beamter
- *Noch einmal lieben* (2005), as Verkäufer
- *Der Staatsanwalt* (2005), series, as Peter Kowalski
- *Morning Flirt* (2005), as Man
- *SOKO Wismar* (2004), series, as Kurt Ströther, Henning Paulsen
- *Land`s End* (2004), as Siegfried
- *Asyl* (2004), Actor
- *Paule and Julia* (2002), as Verkäufer
- *Berlin, Berlin* (2002), series, as Fremdenführer
- *Berlin is in Germany* (2001), as Gefängniswärter
- *The Days Between* (2001), Actor
- *Leipzig Homicide* (2001), series, as Kommissar Stinnes
- *Der letzte Zeuge* (1998), series, as Arthur Rapp
- *Move On Up* (1998), as Armin
- *Wolffs Revier* (1992), series, Actor
- *Fünf Bier und ein Kaffee* (1989), as Policeman
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Rolf Schulte
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Heiner Dietz, Helmut Bader, Maurice Zefarelli, Felix Steinmann

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