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August Diehl

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  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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August Diehl at an event for Der neunte Tag (2004)
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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 has been married to Julia Malik since 1999. They have two children.
BornJanuary 4, 1976
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BornJanuary 4, 1976
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  • Awards
    • 12 wins & 12 nominations

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August Diehl, Devid Striesow, and Veit Stübner in The Counterfeiters (2007)
August Diehl and Karl Markovics in The Counterfeiters (2007)
August Diehl, Lenn Kudrjawizki, and Veit Stübner in The Counterfeiters (2007)
August Diehl in Salt (2010)
August Diehl in Salt (2010)
August Diehl, Ken Duken, Trystan Pütter, and Natalia Belitski in Parfum (2018)
August Diehl, Ken Duken, Trystan Pütter, Christian Friedel, Natalia Belitski, and Siri Nase in Parfum (2018)
August Diehl in Parfum (2018)
August Diehl in Parfum (2018)
August Diehl in Parfum (2018)
August Diehl and Pia Hierzegger in Slumming (2006)
August Diehl and Pia Hierzegger in Slumming (2006)

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
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
7.2
  • Karl Koch
  • 1998

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Actor

  • Woland
    • Woland
    • Post-production
    • 2024
  • Cover
    • Raphael Leblanc
    • Pre-production
  • Disappearance
    • Josef Mengele
    • In Production
  • Bonhoeffer
    • Martin Niemoller
    • Completed
  • Sidonie au Japon (2023)
    Sidonie au Japon
    6.5
    • 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
  • Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (2022)
    Der Räuber Hotzenplotz
    6.2
    • Petrosilius Zwackelmann
    • 2022
  • August Diehl and Jonathan D. Mellor in Sauerdogs (2022)
    Sauerdogs
    7.6
    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
  • Furia (2021)
    Furia
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Jan
    • 2021
  • Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, and Jannis Niewöhner in Munich: The Edge of War (2021)
    Munich: The Edge of War
    6.8
    • Franz Sauer
    • 2021
  • August Diehl and Sylvia Hoeks in Plan A (2021)
    Plan A
    5.9
    • Max
    • 2021
  • Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, and Vicky Krieps in The Last Vermeer (2019)
    The Last Vermeer
    6.7
    • Alex De Klerks
    • 2019
  • Die Neue Zeit (2019)
    Die Neue Zeit
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Walter Gropius
    • 2019
  • A Hidden Life (2019)
    A Hidden Life
    7.4
    • Franz Jägerstätter
    • 2019
  • The Birdcatcher (2019)
    The Birdcatcher
    5.8
    • Herman
    • 2019
  • Parfum (2018)
    Parfum
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Moritz de Vries
    • 2018

Writer

  • Der Atemkünstler
    7.8
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2000

Soundtrack

  • Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (2004)
    Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken
    6.9
    • performer: "Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken"
    • 2004

Videos38

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Official trailer
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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • January 4, 1976
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Spouse
    • Julia Malik1999 - present (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.
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    • 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.
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    Often appears in holocaust dramas, either as Nazi officers or Jewish prisoners

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