Hanns Zischler
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Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Fatherland (2026)
as Thomas Mann
Munich (2005)
as Hans
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
as Henryk Wald
Ripley's Game (2002)
as Art Dealer
Europa Europa (1990)
as Captain von Lerenau
Flame & Citron (2008)
as Gilbert
Sunshine (1999)
as Baron Margitta
The Cement Garden (1993)
as Father
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
as Dr. Becker
The Edukators (2004)
as Vermieter
Rommel (2012)
as Gerd von Rundstedt
The French as Seen by… (1988)
as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")
Kings of the Road (1976)
as Robert Lander
Black Island (2021)
as Friedrich Hansen
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)
as Count Zelten
Amen. (2002)
as Grawitz
Olga's Summer (2002)
as Richard
Dr. M (1990)
as Moser
A Place Called Dignity (2021)
as Uncle Paul
The French Revolution (1989)
as Goethe
The Berlin Affair (1985)
as Wolf von Hollendorf
Post Impact (2004)
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf
The Universal Theory (2023)
as Dr. Strathen
Der Leibwächter (1989)
as Dr. Kant
Taking Sides (2002)
as Rudolf Werner
Salt on Our Skin (1992)
as Sidney
Relativity (2019)
as Aron's Father
Home Entertainment (2026)
Actor
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
as Dieter Reich
666: In Bed with the Devil (2002)
as Prince of Darkness
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
as Hans
Domino (1982)
as Zollner
Walk on Water (2004)
as Axel's Father
Rotlicht - In der Höhle des Löwen (2000)
as Hans Fengler
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
as Oetker's Attorney
John Cranko (2024)
as Walter Erich Schäfer
Whispers Behind the Wall (2013)
as Martins Vater
Francesco (1989)
as Pope Innocent III
I'm The Father (2002)
as Dr. Beilenberg
The Ring Finger (2005)
as Le patron de l'hôtel
The Venus Trap (1988)
as Kurt
About Narration (2025)
Actor
Outside the Box (2015)
as Bruno Bickstein
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Todsünde (2008)
as Polonius Fischer
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin (1994)
as Monsieur de Staël
Small Cuts (2003)
as Verekher
Beck 16 - The Last Witness (2002)
as Josef Hillman
A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
as Dr. Thomas Richter
Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small (1997)
as Michael
Einen Moment fürs Leben (2017)
as Samuel Silchester
Crash Test Aglae (2017)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO
A Prominent Patient (2017)
as Dr. Stein
Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001)
as Josef Hillman
Black Box (2023)
as Hanns Böhm
Chamisso’s Shadow (2016)
as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)
23 (1998)
as Karls Vater
A Girl Called Rosemarie (1996)
Actor
Ein Mann unter Verdacht (2016)
as Anjas Vater
Axolotl Overkill (2017)
as Film Award Laudator
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
The Left-Handed Woman (1978)
Actor
Stille Nächte (2014)
as Paul
Gute Referenzen (1994)
Actor
Herzsprung (1992)
as Herr Papenfuß
Traveling Roadshow (2016)
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self
The Violin Player (1994)
as Michael
The Specimen (2002)
Actor
Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle! (1996)
as Til Deboers
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Access Denied (2000)
as Wilhelm Täufer
Brief an mein Leben (2015)
as Dr. Pogel
Die Bubi Scholz Story (1998)
as Otto Grimm
Stations of the Cross (2014)
as Bestatter
Black Sun (1998)
as Narrator
Blinker (1969)
Actor
Zwei Seiten der Liebe (2002)
as Rolf Wagner
All of a Sudden (2016)
as Klaus
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (1981)
as Self
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001)
as Josef Hillman
1917: The Real October (2017)
as Alexander Benois (voice)
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
as Self
Allmen and the Dragonflies (2016)
as Hirt Senior
Der Bankraub (2016)
as Harald Kühnen
Beck 12 - The Loner (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Antonia – Tränen im Paradies (2003)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg
Henry Angst (1980)
Actor
Gefährliche Wahrheit (2021)
as Richard Freydank
Wen die Liebe trifft (2005)
as Henry Rhomberg
Heiraten macht mich nervös (2005)
as Oskar Becker
A Woman in Flames (1983)
as Kurt
Pharos of Chaos (1983)
as Self
Overnight (2007)
as Fischer
Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt (2024)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
So Long Daddy, See You in Hell (2022)
as Politiker
Debt of Love (1998)
as Besse
Für immer im Herzen (2004)
as Richard Berger
Nach uns die Sintflut (1996)
Actor
Mein Papa ist kein Mörder (1998)
as Thorsten Gregor
David (1979)
Actor
Wenn man sich traut (2000)
as Isabell's Vater
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
Actor
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück (1998)
as Dieter
Die Frau aus dem Meer (2008)
as Michael Kolberg
The Horsemen of the Storm (1984)
as Castaing
Logik des Gefühls (1982)
Actor
The Case of Jakob von Metzler (2012)
as Friedrich von Metzler
Summer in the City (1972)
as Hanns
Aghet (2010)
as Leslie Davis
The Autograph (1984)
as Lieutenant Suarez
The Rose Garden (1989)
as Eckert
Hilde (2009)
as Erich Pommer
Superbrain (1996)
as Kottke
All Will Be Revealed (2023)
as Dr. Abweger
The Open Universe (1993)
as Frank
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000)
as Adam
Der Tote im Eis (2013)
as Dr. Lutz Conrad
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Actor
Gate to Heaven (2003)
as Polizist
Das Haus am Watt (1990)
as Ulrich Golborn
Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau (1997)
as Schmidthenner
Das Baby der schwangeren Toten (1994)
as Prof. Stuck
Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel (2017)
as H. Moldenhauer
Betrogen – Eine Ehe am Ende (1997)
as Jan Goldbeck
In der Welt habt ihr Angst (2011)
as Johannes Baumann
Same Player Shoots Again (1968)
as Man with Gun
Total vereist (1981)
as Pilot
In the Shadows (2010)
as Planer
Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017)
as Self - Reader
Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte (2008)
as Produzent
Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen (2018)
as Douglas van Garden
Manoeuvres d'Élégance (1992)
Actor
Voyage to 'Metropolis' (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Tracing Battleship Potemkin (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Southeast Passage (2002)
Actor
Closed Circuit (1983)
as Melo
Der falsche Tod (2007)
as Dr. Franz Stoever
Malevil (1981)
as le vétérinaire
The Last Courier (1996)
as Kant
Bent or Broken (1975)
Actor
Wenn die Liebe verloren geht (2002)
as Georg
Anemia (1986)
as Umberto
The Red Room (2010)
as Prof. Mühsam
Two Days of Hope (2003)
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)
Küss mich, Kanzler! (2004)
as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer
Null Risiko und reich (1997)
Actor
Professor Wall im Bordell (2019)
as Professor Wall
Hinter blinden Fenstern (2010)
as Polonius Fischer
No Sex (1999)
as Friedrich Liebermann
The Blue One (1994)
as Minister
Es wird etwas geschehen (2003)
as Alfred Wunsiedel
Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2005)
as Norbert Hahn
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping (2004)
as Sven Hedin
Eine Krone für Isabell (2006)
as Archibald Kent
Manhunt (2008)
as Klaus Barbie
Balle perdue (1994)
as Victor Trampot
Bastard (2011)
as Samuel Schweizer
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2000)
as Raabe senior
The demise of Herman Dürer (1979)
as Herwig Jungmann, neuroloog
Angels of Iron (1981)
as Ridzinski
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (1973)
as Self
King Ordinary (2013)
as Wallenstein
Doctor Faustus (1982)
as Dr. Serenius
Milan noir (1987)
as Hardy
Heil (2015)
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Rotlicht (1993)
as Hans Fengler
George (2013)
as Max Beckmann
Solange wir lieben (2001)
as Prof.Rudolf Zondek
Keine zweite Chance (2017)
as Reinhard
Playoff (2011)
as Franz
Mädchen Nr. 1 (2003)
as Alfred Hammerstein
Saltimbank (2003)
as Johann Kreisler
A Perfect Friend (2006)
as Rodolph Hartmann
Strike Back (1981)
Actor
Putting Things Straight (1979)
as Alfred Flechtheim
What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...? (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)
as Martin
No (2021)
as Joachim
Whatever Happens Next (2018)
as Silbermann
Venus Talking (2001)
Actor
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. (1978)
as Voice
Zettl (2012)
as Gaishofer
Blessed Events (2010)
as Gynäkologe
Schwarzer Sommer (—)
as Klaus Brixen
Der Handymörder (1998)
as Bundeskanzler
Hast du Lust, mit mir einen Kaffee zu trinken? (1981)
as Hanns
Prince (2021)
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier
Grenzgang (2013)
as Rektor Granitzny
Tarot (1986)
as Eduard
Adieu, Mon Ami (1996)
as Serge
Douce France (1986)
as Karl
A Fine Day (2001)
as Regisseur
Abgetrieben (1992)
as Dr. Friedrich Hess
The Last Word (1988)
Actor
Der große Rudolph (2018)
as Toni
Erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition - Die Weltreise der Valdivia (2017)
as Self - Narrator
Das Treibhaus (1987)
as Mergentheim
A Viso Coperto (1985)
as Roberto Connolly
Mise-en-scene (1991)
Actor
Gelübde des Herzens (2003)
as Professor Leunitz
Novaks Ultimatum (2003)
as Dr. Hildebrandt
Stunde der Füchse (1993)
as Heinz Binder
The Denunciation (1993)
as Erfinder
Ende einer Leidenschaft (1997)
as Dr. Blöss
Red & Blue (2004)
as Samuel Eisenstein
Operation Noah (1998)
as Kanzler
Himmelsheim (1989)
as Dr. Ehrenfried
Undercover (2005)
as Landsbichler
Krieg und Frieden – Deutsch-sowjetische Skizzen (2018)
as Narrator
My Dear Subject (1989)
as Hans
So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Afrika am Rhein (1986)
as Hans
Für immer 30 (2011)
as Hans Kranich
Tanners letzte Chance (2002)
as Karl Sedlag
Die Tannerhütte (1976)
Actor
Callboy (1998)
as Dr.Deckel
The Unburdening (1983)
as Diego
Drancy Future (1997)
as The Old Man (voice)
Berlin (1987)
as Interviews
Sulla (2003)
as Lucius Cornelius Sulla