Matthias Brandt

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Matthias Brandt
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Brandt in 2016
Born (1961-10-07) 7 October 1961 (age 63)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • narrator
Years active1989–present
SpouseSofia Brandt
Children1
Parent(s) Willy Brandt
Rut Hansen

Matthias Brandt (born 7 October 1961) is a German actor and audiobook narrator. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1989.

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Early life

Brandt was born in West Berlin. He is the youngest of the three sons of the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his Norwegian-born wife Rut. [1] He has an older half-sister Ninja from his father's first marriage with Carlota Thorkildsen.

Awards

Selected filmography

Films & TV movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Ein PrachtexemplarZiviTV film
1993Barmherzige SchwesternAssistant doctor
2002Boyz 'n' BabesMr. FischerTV film
Big Girls Don't Cry Jost
2003 In the Shadow of Power  [ de ] Günter Guillaume TV film
2004 Der Stich des Skorpion  [ de ]Volker ErlerTV film
2007 Contergan  [ de ]Henrik SpiessTV film
Counterparts Georg Hoffmann
2008 My Mother, My Bride and I Erwin Kobarek
2011 Promising the Moon  [ de ]Lorenz Schleier
2013 Where Friendship Ends  [ de ]Andreas RogelTV film
Afghanistan: A Murderous Decision  [ de ]General Georg KleinTV film
2014 A Faithful Husband  [ de ]Georg SahlTV film
The Witness House  [ de ] Erwin von Lahousen TV film
2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Ernst Feder
2018 Unterwerfung RedigerTV film
Transit Barkeeper/narrator
2021Sörensen hat AngstFrieder MarekTV film
2023 Afire Helmut
2025 Miroirs No. 3 Richard

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Pfarrers Kinder, Müllers ViehManfred6 episodes
2001Die BiesterHerr Senne12 episodes
2011–2018 Polizeiruf 110 Hanns von Meuffels15 episodes
2014 Crime Scene Cleaner Man1 episode
2017 Babylon Berlin August Benda16 episodes
2018 Dittsche Estate administrator1 episode
2020Das Geheimnis des TotenwaldesThomas Bethge6 episodes

References

  1. Kegel, Sandra (10 September 2016). "Du kannst dich auch selbst einwechseln". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "Schauspieler Matthias Brandt bekommt Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.