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name: "René Hofschneider"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rene-hofschneider"
fi1m_id: "rene-hofschneider"
imdb_id: "nm0389425"
tmdb_id: 28656
wikidata_id: "Q2144698"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:02:08.266241+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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# René Hofschneider

## Identity

René Hofschneider

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rene-hofschneider
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rene-hofschneider
- **IMDb ID:** nm0389425
- **TMDB ID:** 28656
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2144698
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2144698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28656

Actor. Born 1 January 1960 in Detmold.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1960, Detmold
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2144698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28656

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Europa Europa*](https://film.one/film/europa-europa.md) (74)

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## Biography

René Hofschneider is a German actor and voice actor. He was born in 1960 in Detmold and grew up in Berlin. He began stage work as an extra at the age of 15 at Berlin's Municipal Theatre and later trained at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He appeared in various West German theatres and spent five years touring with the Grips Theater musical *Linie 1*.

His film debut came in 1990 as Isaak Perel, brother of the lead character, in Agnieszka Holland's *Europa Europa*. He has since appeared in numerous German television productions, including episodes of *Tatort* (*Scene of the Crime*), *SOKO Leipzig*, *SOKO Wismar*, *Danni Lowinski*, *Unsere Farm in Irland* and *Wilsberg*. He played the lead role in the early German sitcom *Ein Job fürs Leben* (1993). He is the older brother of actor Marco Hofschneider.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Europa Europa* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Isaak Perel / Salomon's Brother — [page](https://film.one/film/europa-europa.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Franz* (2025), as Herr Bauer
- *Die Whistleblowerin* (2023), Actor
- *Morpheus* (2015), as Markus
- *Alles Verbrecher: Eiskalte Liebe* (2014), as Rüdiger Vogelsang
- *Heldt* (2013), series, as Dr. Frederick Drösner
- *Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden* (2012), series, as Dr. Hendrik Gassmann
- *Danni Lowinski* (2010), series, as Judge Rensing
- *The Wall - The Final Days* (2008), series, as Gregor Schönfeld
- *Unsere Farm in Irland* (2007), series, as Dr. Flanders
- *Hamburg Dockland* (2007), series, as Reinhard Frerichs
- *Kreuzfahrt ins Glück* (2007), series, as Ranger Bob
- *Before The Concert* (2007), as Der Cellist
- *Mr. Nanny - Ein Mann für Mama* (2006), as Benno Krüger
- *Alles über Anna* (2006), series, as Jörg Michalke
- *Die Familienanwältin* (2006), series, as Nikolaus Decker
- *M.E.T.R.O. – Ein Team auf Leben und Tod* (2006), series, as Edgar
- *Ab heute heißt du Sara* (2006), Actor
- *Brautpaar auf Probe* (2005), as Peter Lehmann
- *Typisch Sophie* (2004), series, as Herr Lieffers
- *SOKO Wismar* (2004), series, as Dr. Georg Bruns
- *Geheimnis der Karibik* (2004), as Rolf Gerdes
- *Ein Zwilling ist nicht genug* (2004), as Marius
- *Inga Lindström* (2004), series, as Arzt
- *D.I.K. - Jagd auf Virus X* (2003), as Dr. Arnold Trompetter
- *Berlin, Berlin* (2002), series, as Dr. Strangelove
- *Edel & Starck* (2002), series, as Lothar Buschhausen
- *Murder in the Mountains* (2001), series, as Herbert Stiller
- *Abschnitt 40* (2001), series, as Henning
- *Der Ermittler* (2001), series, as Albrecht Behnken
- *SOKO Leipzig* (2001), series, as Goran Falk, Kai Berger, Dr. Vorbach
- *...and It Is Only the Beginning* (2000), as Michael Fuhrmann
- *Fieber: Ärzte für das Leben* (1998), series, as Dr. Tino Schwarz
- *Virtual Vampire* (1998), as Andres
- *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Marholz, Laudrup
- *Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP* (1997), series, as Knut Müller
- *Tut mir leid wegen gestern* (1997), as Bernd
- *Schlosshotel Orth* (1996), series, as Bernhard Hauff
- *Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police* (1996), series, as Jürgen Kemmer, Niklas Gerlach
- *Für alle Fälle Stefanie* (1995), series, as Mario Liesing
- *Im Zweifel für..* (1995), series, as Tobias Merten
- *Wilsberg* (1995), series, as Feldhaus, Ansgar
- *Im Namen des Gesetzes* (1994), series, as Axel Fischer, Dr. Friedrich
- *Ein Job fürs Leben* (1993), series, as Vito Castelli
- *Wolffs Revier* (1992), series, Actor
- *Dana Lech* (1992), as Roberto
- *Europa Europa* (1990), as Isaak Perel / Salomon's Brother — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/europa-europa.md)
- *Letzten Sommer in Kreuzberg* (1989), Actor
- *Praxis Bülowbogen* (1987), series, as Kai Steinhauer
- *The Family or Schroffenstein* (1984), as Ottokar
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Bernd Matzke, Bertram Nock

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