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Acting

Thorsten Merten

Titles: 82movies47TV shows

Career: Active from 1992 to 2025, busiest in 2017 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Curveball
75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Thorsten Merten Catalog average

Politics
4.3average 2.6
Contemporary Realism
6.9average 5.4
Social Commentary
6.3average 4.9
Class & Capitalism
4.6average 3.3
Crime
4.8average 3.7
Family Dynamics
5.7average 4.8
Wit & Wordplay
4.5average 3.7
Pathos
5.8average 5.2

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.6, average 4.9
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 48
Comedy 29
TV Movie 11
Crime 8
Thriller 5
Romance 4
Family 3
Fantasy 2

Recurring tags

German Cinema 5
Character-Driven 4
Psychological Drama 4
Character Study 3
Class Conflict 3
Family Saga 2
Coming-of-Age Story 2
Berlin Setting 2
Mystery 2
Family Conflict 2
German Social Commentary 2
Cringe Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

128

Type

RoleAny Acting128 Appearances1

ScoreAny 60+70+80+

DecadeAny 1970s2 1990s9 2000s33 2010s48 2020s34 Upcoming2

GenreAny Drama77 Comedy42 Crime41 TV Movie17 Family7 Thriller7 Romance6 History5 Fantasy4 War4 Mystery3 Adventure2 Music2 Sci-Fi & Fantasy1

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Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

2 titles

as Jan Jürgens

Schwarzer Sommer

as Jan Jürgens

2020s

34 titles · average score 64

The Policeman's Niece

as Werner Barth

Berlin Hero

as Harald Wischnewsky

Miss Merkel - Ein Kreuzfahrt-Krimi

as Joachim

Der Fall Marianne Voss

as Fritz Malowski

Berlin Bad Trip

TV show · as Jens Lamprecht

Divided We Stand

TV show · as Hajo Gärster

Locked in Society

as Manfred Prohaska

Hunting Season

as Vermieter

Befriending the Grouch

TV show · as Nowak

The Last Word

TV show · as Andreas Borowski

Deutscher

TV show · as Frank Pielcke

In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum

as Wärter Grunert

All 34 titles from the 2020s

2010s

48 titles · average score 63

Atlas

as Alfred Hoppe

Gundermann

as Puppenspieler

Tiger Milk

as Stefan

Babylon Berlin

TV show · as Henning

Bruder - Schwarze Macht

TV show · as Bahr

Die Pfeiler der Macht

TV show · as Joseph Pilaster

Foreign Body

as Wolfgang

Sedwitz

TV show · as Ralf "Ralle" Pietzsch

Der Rücktritt

as Martin Heidemanns

Willkommen bei Habib

as Bruno

Kohlhaas or the Proportionality of Means

as Herse

Silvi - Maybe Love

as Michael

All 48 titles from the 2010s

2000s

33 titles · average score 61

I've Never Been Happier

as Schlickenrieder

Vom Atmen unter Wasser

as Jo

November Child

as Alexander

Lunik

as Toni Harmann

Meer is nich

as Friedrich

Hamburg Dockland

TV show · as Bernd Wöhler

Four Windows

as Vater

Wahrheit oder Pflicht

as Lehrer Behnke

Gun-shy

as Krausser

SOKO Köln

TV show · as Lars Beck

Grill Point

as Christian

SOKO Leipzig

TV show · as Volker Hoss

All 33 titles from the 2000s

1990s

9 titles · average score 58

Küstenwache

TV show · as Hartmut Schild

Wilsberg

TV show · as Rainer Wiedemann

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall

TV show · as Uwe Diepenbrock

Ein starkes Team

TV show · as Maik Lehmann

Im Namen des Gesetzes

TV show · as Bodo Seitz

Up – Down

as Peet

Bella Block

TV show · as Peter Liersch

Silent Country

as Kai Finke

Wolffs Revier

TV show · as Jörg Bauer

1970s

2 titles · average score 64

Polizeiruf 110

TV show · as Jan Jürgens / Hannes Iwanowski

Scene of the Crime

TV show · as Walter Lemke / Robert Roetgen