Portrait of Udo Samel

Acting

Udo Samel

Career

Active from 1978 to 2022, busiest in 1993 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Udo Samel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4
  • Futuristic
    0.3, average 0.9
  • Biographical
    0.4, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Nazi Germany 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Quirky Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 59
No Hit Wonder
No Hit Wonder (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

as Helmut

The Rebellion
The Rebellion (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator (voice)

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Arbeit am Limit
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Arbeit am Limit (2023)

as Boris

Serviam – I Will Serve
Serviam – I Will Serve (2022)

as Man

Rival
Rival (2021)

as Schwarz

The Story of My Wife
The Story of My Wife (2021)
GoodWatch score 39

as Private Detective

2010s

21 titles · average score 63
How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
How I Taught Myself to Be a Child (2019)
GoodWatch score 66

as Tibor Silberstein

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tate Moishe Wolkenbruch

Babylon Berlin
Babylon Berlin (2017)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Ernst Gennat

Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide (2017)

as Präfekt Locmariaquer

Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Pride
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Pride (2017)

as Präfekt Locmariaquer

Angst
Angst (2017)

as Tiberius

Goodbye Berlin
Goodbye Berlin (2016)
GoodWatch score 67

as Teacher

Das Zeugenhaus
Das Zeugenhaus (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

as Heinrich Hoffmann

Friends Forever
Friends Forever (2012)

as Choirmaster

My Best Enemy
My Best Enemy (2011)
GoodWatch score 39

as Jakob Kaufmann

Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus
Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus (2010)
GoodWatch score 49

as Heribert Pilch

Danni Lowinski
Danni Lowinski (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Erik Danzer

2000s

17 titles · average score 66
Domain
Domain (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

as Le directeur de sanatorium

A Night at the Grand Hotel
A Night at the Grand Hotel (2008)

as Petersen

Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr
Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr (2006)

as Eustach Schiller

Kommissar Stolberg
Kommissar Stolberg (2006)

TV show · as Stefan Neisse

Die Nachrichten
Die Nachrichten (2005)

as Charlie Grundmann

The Call of the Toad
The Call of the Toad (2005)

as Vielbrand

Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch
Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch (2005)

as Eustach Schiller

Go for Zucker
Go for Zucker (2004)
GoodWatch score 53

as Samuel

Silentium
Silentium (2004)
GoodWatch score 79

as Festspielpräsident

Treibjagd
Treibjagd (2003)

as Mooser

Das Haus der toten Augen
Das Haus der toten Augen (2002)

as Reverend Dearborn

The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dr. George Blonskij

1990s

27 titles · average score 61
Sturmzeit
Sturmzeit (1999)

TV show · as Tom Wolff

Liebe Lügen
Liebe Lügen (1997)

as Kleiner

The Killer Condom
The Killer Condom (1996)
GoodWatch score 53

as Luigi Mackeroni

Angst hat eine kalte Hand
Angst hat eine kalte Hand (1996)

as Jörg 'Bohne' Bohnart

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1995)
GoodWatch score 70

as Paul Brunner

Auf Teufel komm raus
Auf Teufel komm raus (1995)

as Turbo Leo

Ich bin unschuldig - Ärztin im Zwielicht
Ich bin unschuldig - Ärztin im Zwielicht (1995)

as Klaus Kreutzer

Back to Square One
Back to Square One (1994)

as Victor Rote

Kaspar Hauser
Kaspar Hauser (1993)
GoodWatch score 66

as Daumer

Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma
Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma (1993)

TV show · as Max Salomon

The Last U-Boat
The Last U-Boat (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Falke

End of Innocence
End of Innocence (1991)

TV show · as Kurt Diebner

1980s

10 titles · average score 66
The Seventh Continent
The Seventh Continent (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

as Alexander

The Case of Mr. Spalt
The Case of Mr. Spalt (1988)

as Edgar

Ausgeklinkt
Ausgeklinkt (1988)

as Wolfgang Deutz

Mit meinen heißen Tränen
Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986)

TV show · as Franz Schubert

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich (1986)

as Gerichtsgehilfe

The Death of the White Stallion
The Death of the White Stallion (1985)

as Pater Andreas, Benediktinermönch

Class Enemy
Class Enemy (1983)

as Vollmond

Variation
Variation (1983)

as Peter

A Case For Two
A Case For Two (1981)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Wolfgang Fischer / Kommissar

Die Kinder aus Nr. 67
Die Kinder aus Nr. 67 (1980)

as Lehrer Köwel

1970s

5 titles · average score 70
The End of the Rainbow
The End of the Rainbow (1979)

as Dieter

Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen
Liebe, Tod und Heringshäppchen (1979)

as Justus

Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head (1978)
GoodWatch score 81

as Schurig

Derrick
Derrick (1974)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Thomas Randel

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Trachtenfels-Lissé / Wolly Deutz