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name: "Wolfgang Michael"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wolfgang-michael"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 June 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T09:17:33.399798+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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# Wolfgang Michael

Actor. Born 15 June 1955 in Heinsberg, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1955, Heinsberg, Germany
- **Active:** 2015–2019
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2590605, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0584226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54903

## Biography

Wolfgang Michael is a German actor. He was born on 15 June 1955 in Heinsberg and trained at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, graduating in 1980.

He has had a long stage career, with early engagements in Bremen and Mannheim, followed by work at the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 1987, the Schaubühne Berlin from 1993, the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1999, the Schauspiel Frankfurt from 2009, and the Berliner Ensemble since 2017. His screen roles include the Doctor in *Youth* (2015), Igor in *Blood Red Sky* (2021), Eckinger in *A Hidden Life* (2019), and Wilhelm in the series *Die Discounter* (2021–).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Hidden Life* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Eckinger — [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Of Living Without Illusion* (2023), as Joachim
- *Tender Hearts* (2023), series, as Holger
- *Music* (2023), as Hugh
- *Homeshopper's Paradise* (2022), as Eule
- *The Discounters* (2021), series, as Wilhelm
- *Blood Red Sky* (2021), as Igor
- *Mein Schwiegervater, der Camper* (2019), as Jack Silverwater
- *A Hidden Life* (2019), as Eckinger — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-hidden-life.md)
- *I Was at Home, But...* (2019), as Principal
- *8 Days* (2019), series, as Jörg
- *Spätwerk* (2018), Acting
- *Hit Mom – Mörderische Weihnachten* (2017), Acting
- *Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland* (2016), as Meister Feuerstein
- *Never Too Late for Justice* (2016), series, as Klaus Winterfeld
- *Beyond This Day* (2015), Acting
- *Youth* (2015), as Doctor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Wirt
- *Dr. Gressmann zeigt Gefühle* (2014), as Ali
- *Der Schmetterlingsjäger* (2014), as Igor, der Pianist
- *Nacht ohne Morgen* (2011), as Jochen Lemberg
- *Morgen musst du sterben* (2010), as Mann vom Schlüsseldienst
- *Palermo Shooting* (2008), as Erwin (uncredited)
- *Homicide Hills* (2008), series, as Wolfgang Zastrow
- *Nimm dir dein Leben* (2007), as Dr. Keitel
- *Post Mortem* (2007), series, as Simon Ahlers
- *Eva Zacharias* (2006), as Michael Arabeck
- *Tausendmal berührt* (2004), as 1. Junger
- *The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey* (2004), series, as Agenten
- *Marseille* (2004), as Schauspieler
- *The Edelweiss Pirates* (2004), as Peter Hüppeler
- *SOKO Köln* (2003), series, as Gernot Prosch
- *Brothers* (2002), as Michael Sigl
- *Murder in the Mountains* (2001), series, as Heinz Worasch
- *Passing Summer* (2001), as Maries Mann
- *Nightfall* (1999), as Anton
- *My Sister’s Good Fortune* (1995), as Christian
- *Inspector Rex* (1994), series, as Detlef Wiegand
- *I Stayed in Berlin All Summer* (1994), as Alexander
- *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Andreas Zeil
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Laue, Günther Wernicke, Günther Wernecke
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Enno Steger, Stefan Zittner "Zitze", Jan Schultz

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