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August Diehl

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
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August Diehl at an event for The Ninth Day (2004)
Follows the story of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during his fugitive years, from Paraguay to the Brazilian jungle.
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
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August Diehl was born on 4 January 1976 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), A Hidden Life (2019) and The King's Man (2021). He was previously married to Julia Malik.
BornJanuary 4, 1976
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BornJanuary 4, 1976
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    • Awards
      • 14 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Known for

    Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
    Inglourious Basterds
    8.4
    • Major Hellstrom
    • 2009
    Valerie Pachner in A Hidden Life (2019)
    A Hidden Life
    7.4
    • Franz Jägerstätter
    • 2019
    Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arterton, and Harris Dickinson in The King's Man (2021)
    The King's Man
    6.3
    • Vladimir Lenin
    • 2021
    23 (1998)
    23
    7.1
    • Karl Koch
    • 1998

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Boys from Brazil
      • Johann-Friedrich Meinhardt
      • Post-production
      • TV Mini Series
      • 2026
    • The Noise of Time
      • Shostakovich
      • Pre-production
    • The Distant Near
      • Pre-production
    • Cover
      • Raphael Leblanc
      • Pre-production
    • Control
      • Post-production
    • August Diehl and Josef Hader in Schöne Seelen (2026)
      Schöne Seelen
      6.6
      • 2026
    • Sandra Hüller in Fatherland (2026)
      Fatherland
      7.1
      • Klaus Mann
      • 2026
    • Jean Dujardin and Nastya Golubeva Carax in The Rays and Shadows (2026)
      The Rays and Shadows
      7.4
      • Otto Abetz
      • 2026
    • August Diehl in The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
      The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
      6.9
      • Josef Mengele
      • 2025
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Robert Frost
      • 2025
    • Marion Cotillard in The Ice Tower (2025)
      The Ice Tower
      6.0
      • Max
      • 2025
    • Jonas Dassler and Marc Bessant in Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024)
      Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
      6.2
      • Martin Niemoller
      • 2024
    • The Master and Margarita (2024)
      The Master and Margarita
      7.1
      • Woland
      • 2024
    • Isabelle Huppert in Sidonie in Japan (2023)
      Sidonie in Japan
      5.9
      • Antoine Percevel
      • 2023
    • Julia Jentsch and Nicholas Ofczarek in Pagan Peak (2018)
      Pagan Peak
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Stefan Polt
      • 2023
    • Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in Documentary Now! (2015)
      Documentary Now!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Dieter Daimler
      • 2022
    • The Perfumier (2022)
      The Perfumier
      3.6
      • 2022
    • The Robber Hotzenplotz (2022)
      The Robber Hotzenplotz
      6.1
      • Petrosilius Zwackelmann
      • 2022
    • August Diehl and Jonathan D. Mellor in Sauerdogs (2022)
      Sauerdogs
      7.2
      Short
      • Hans
      • 2022
    • Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arterton, and Harris Dickinson in The King's Man (2021)
      The King's Man
      6.3
      • Vladimir Lenin
      • 2021

    Writer

    • Der Atemkünstler
      7.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2000

    Voice Actor - Dubbing

    • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
      Inglourious Basterds
      8.4
      • Major Hellstrom (German)
      • 2009

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    Personal details

    • Height
      • 5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
    • Born
      • January 4, 1976
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Spouse
      • Julia Malik1999 - 2016 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Parents
      • Hans Diehl
    • Relatives
      • Jakob Diehl(Sibling)
    • Other works
      He acted in the Burgtheater of Vienna, Austria company production of Anton Chekhov's play, "The Seagull," at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland with Jutta Lampe, Gert Voss, and Johanna Wokalek in the cast. Luc Bondy was director.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    • Trivia
      Speaks German, French, English and Spanish.
    • Quotes
      [2018] [My addictions are] smoking, drinking, texts, music. If I were to give up one of them, I would develop a new one immediately. Thank God they never got so much out of control yet that they made me lose my way. Nevertheless, it remains a balancing act.
    • Trademark
      Often appears in holocaust dramas, either as Nazi officers or Jewish prisoners

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