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Acting

August Diehl

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
49
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
August Diehl Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Moral Dilemma 6
  • Political Intrigue 6
  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • European Cinema 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • World War II Drama 3
  • Historical Accuracy 3
  • World War II 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Cover
Cover

as Raphael Leblanc

The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil

TV show · as Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt

The Noise of Time
The Noise of Time

as Dimitri Shostakovich

2020s

15 titles · average score 65
Fatherland
Fatherland (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

as Klaus Mann

The Rays and Shadows
The Rays and Shadows (2026)
GoodWatch score 73

as Otto Abetz

Schöne Seelen
Schöne Seelen (2026)

as Freddy

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

as Josef Mengele

The Ice Tower
The Ice Tower (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

as Max

Borowski Und Das Haupt Der Medusa
Borowski Und Das Haupt Der Medusa (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as Robert Frost

The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Woland

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

as Martin Niemoller

Sidonie in Japan
Sidonie in Japan (2024)
GoodWatch score 58

as Antoine Perceval

Sauerdogs
Sauerdogs (2022)

as Hans

Plan A
Plan A (2021)
GoodWatch score 49

as Max

Munich - The Edge of War
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

as Franz Sauer

2010s

26 titles · average score 60
A Hidden Life
A Hidden Life (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

as Franz Jägerstätter

Bauhaus: A New Era
Bauhaus: A New Era (2019)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Walter Gropius

The Emperor of Paris
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

as Nathanaël

Perfume
Perfume (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Moritz de Vries

Kursk
Kursk (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

as Anton Markov

The Young Karl Marx
The Young Karl Marx (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

as Karl Marx

Dark Diamond
Dark Diamond (2016)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gabi Ulmann

Come What May
Come What May (2015)
GoodWatch score 44

as Hans

Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
GoodWatch score 50

as Young Jorge O'Kelly

Confession of a Child of the Century
Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)
GoodWatch score 19

as Desgenais

If Not Us, Who?
If Not Us, Who? (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bernward Vesper

Salt
Salt (2010)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mike Krause

2000s

26 titles · average score 60
Dr. Alemán
Dr. Alemán (2008)
GoodWatch score 59

as Marc

Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

as Christian Buddenbrook

The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

as Burger

I Am the Other Woman
I Am the Other Woman (2006)
GoodWatch score 35

as Robert Fabry

Kabale und Liebe
Kabale und Liebe (2005)

as Ferdinand von Walter

Love in Thoughts
Love in Thoughts (2004)
GoodWatch score 70

as Günther Scheller

The Ninth Day
The Ninth Day (2004)
GoodWatch score 62

as Untersturmführer Gebhardt

Love the Hard Way
Love the Hard Way (2003)
GoodWatch score 41

as Jeff

The Birch-Tree Meadow
The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

as Oskar

Tattoo
Tattoo (2002)
GoodWatch score 53

as Marc Schrader

Shagging
Shagging (2001)

as Alex

Kalt ist der Abendhauch
Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

as Hugo Wimmer (jung)

1990s

2 titles · average score 72
Die Braut
Die Braut (1999)

as Fritz von Stein

23
23 (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

as Karl Koch

1970s

1 title · average score 66
Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Robert Frost