Cast & creator
August Diehl
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Die Harald Schmidt Show, Leute heute
August Diehl (born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, who is known for playing the Gestapo Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom in Inglourious Basterds, and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. Description above from the Wikipedia article August Diehl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
70
film credits
15
television credits
85
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (85)
Showing 85 of 85 credits
Scene of the Crime
Robert Frost
1970
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Leute heute
Self
1997
NDR Talk Show
Self
19793 nach 9
Self
1974German Film Award
Self
1951
Inglourious Basterds
Major Hellstrom
2009
The Master and Margarita
Woland
2024
The King's Man
Vladimir Lenin
2021
Documentary Now!
Dieter Daimler
2015Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Fatherland
Klaus Mann
2026
Pagan Peak
Stefan Polt
2019
Allied
Hobar
2016
Salt
Mike Krause
2010
Furia
Jan
2021Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Close to the Enemy
Dieter Koehler
2016
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
2025
Perfume
Moritz de Vries
2018
A Hidden Life
Franz Jägerstätter
2019
The Rays and Shadows
Otto Abetz
2026
The Emperor of Paris
Nathanaël
2018
Kursk
Anton Markov
2018
The Last Vermeer
Alex De Klerks
2019
Munich - The Edge of War
Franz Sauer
2021
Night Train to Lisbon
Young Jorge O'Kelly
2013
Bauhaus: A New Era
Walter Gropius
2019
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Martin Niemoller
2024
The Ice Tower
Max
2025The Boys from Brazil
Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt
The Counterfeiters
Burger
2007
Plan A
Max
2021
A Woman in Berlin
Gerd
2008
The Perfumier
2022
The Young Karl Marx
Karl Marx
2017
I Am the Other Woman
Robert Fabry
2006
Schöne Seelen
Freddy
2026
Love in Thoughts
Günther Scheller
2004
Love the Hard Way
Jeff
2003
If Not Us, Who?
Bernward Vesper
2011
Sidonie in Japan
Antoine Perceval
2024
Come What May
Hans
2015
Confession of a Child of the Century
Desgenais
2012
Anatomy 2
Benny
2003
The Birdcatcher
Herman
2019Hamburg Lectures
(voice)
2006
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Alter Finn
2012
Distant Lights
Philip
2003
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Petrosilius Zwackelmann
2022
The Ninth Day
Untersturmführer Gebhardt
2004
Borowski Und Das Haupt Der Medusa
Robert Frost
2025
Frau Ella
Klaus
2013
Kalt ist der Abendhauch
Hugo Wimmer (jung)
2000
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Oskar
2003
23
Karl Koch
1998
Buddenbrooks
Christian Buddenbrook
2008
Dark Diamond
Gabi Ulmann
2016
Shagging
Alex
2001
Sauerdogs
Hans
2022
Cover
Raphael Leblanc
The Coming Days
Konstantin Richter
2010Feuer in der Nacht
Lukas Stein
2004
Tattoo
Marc Schrader
2002
Mouth to Mouth
Tiger
2005
Haider lebt - 1. April 2021
A.M. Kaiser
2002
Midnight Confession
Kurt
2017
Kabale und Liebe
Ferdinand von Walter
2005
Shores of Hope
Andreas Hornung
2012The Noise of Time
Dimitri Shostakovich
Control
The Disappearing Illusionist
Dirk Ohm
2015
Nichts als Gespenster
Felix
2006
The Husband
Karl "Rusty" Rost
2014
Helene Weigel - Revolutionärin im Rampenlicht
Self - Narrator
2026
23 - Der mysteriöse Tod eines Hackers
Self
2023
Dr. Alemán
Marc
2008
Mr. Kuka's Advice
Lothar
2008
Layla Fourie
Eugene Pienaar
2013
Tide
Robert
2005
Head Under Water
Martin Wegner
2007
Die Braut
Fritz von Stein
1999
Slumming
Sebastian
2006
Lichtblick
Perpetrator
2007