August Diehl
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person August Diehl ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 4 January 1976) is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. He is also known for his leading roles in the films The Counterfeiters (2007), The Young Karl Marx (2017), and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (2019).
Life and career
Template:Expand section Diehl was born in West Berlin. His father is actor Hans Diehl, his mother is a costume designer, and his brother is a composer. His family was frequently moving around. Diehl spent his childhood in Auvergne, France, and moved back to West Germany when he was nine years old.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The family lived in Hamburg, Vienna, and Düsseldorf.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Growing up in a family of artists, at the age of 18, he played Franz Mohr in a school theatre production of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After passing the Abitur exams, Diehl studied acting at the renowned Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin.Template:Citation needed
In 2000, he was named one of European film's Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2009, Diehl played Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
In 2024, he appeared in the fantasy-drama The Master and Margarita, based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, playing a devil-like character called Woland. And in the historical drama Bonhoeffer.
His upcoming projects are The Disappearance, in which he portrays Josef Mengele,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the action film Control.
In 2025, Diehl will appear in Lucile Hadžihalilović's fantasy-drama The Ice Tower.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
Diehl was married to actress Julia Malik, but the marriage ended amicably in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They have two children: a daughter born in May 2009 and a son born in 2012. Diehl plays the guitar and speaks German, Spanish, French, and English.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 | Karl Koch | |
| 1999 | Entering Reality | Leon | Short |
| Die Braut | Fritz von Stein | ||
| Poppen | Alex | Short | |
| 2000 | Cold Is the Evening Breeze | Hugo Wimmer (young) | |
| Der Atemkünstler | Template:Mdash | Writer | |
| 2001 | Love the Hard Way | Jeff | |
| 2002 | Tattoo | Marc Schrader | |
| Haider lebt – 1. April 2021 | A.M. Kaiser | ||
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 | Benjamin 'Benny' Sachs | |
| Distant Lights | Philip | ||
| The Birch-Tree Meadow | Oskar | ||
| 2004 | Love in Thoughts | Günther Scheller | |
| The Ninth Day | Untersturmführer Gebhardt | ||
| 2005 | Mouth to Mouth | Tiger | |
| Wattläufer | Robert | Short | |
| 2006 | Slumming | Sebastian | |
| I Am The Other Woman | Robert Fabry | ||
| Nothing But Ghosts | Felix | ||
| 2007 | The Counterfeiters | Burger | |
| Lichtblick | Perpetrator | Short | |
| Head Under Water | Martin Wegner | ||
| 2008 | Dr. Aleman | Marc | |
| Mr. Kuka's Advice | Lothar | ||
| A Woman in Berlin | Gerd | ||
| Buddenbrooks | Christian Buddenbrook | ||
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Major Dieter Hellstrom | |
| 2010 | Salt | Mike Krause | |
| The Coming Days | Konstantin Richter | ||
| 2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Bernward Vesper | |
| 2012 | Confession of a Child of the Century | Desgenais | |
| Shores Of Hope | Andreas Hornung | ||
| The Adventure of Huck Finn | Pap Finn | ||
| 2013 | Layla Fourie | Eugene Pienaar | |
| Night Train to Lisbon | Young Jorge O'Kelly | ||
| The Husband | Karl 'Rusty' Rost | ||
| Frau Ella | Klaus | ||
| 2015 | Dirk Ohm – Illusjonisten som forsvant | Dirk Ohm | |
| En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait | Hans | ||
| 2016 | Dark Inclusion | Gabi Ulmann | |
| Allied | Hobar | ||
| 2017 | The Young Karl Marx | Karl Marx | |
| Midnight Confession | Kurt | Short | |
| 2018 | Kursk | Anton Markov | |
| L'Empereur de Paris | Nathanaël | ||
| The Bird Catcher | Herman | ||
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | Franz Jägerstätter | |
| The Last Vermeer | Alex De Klerks | ||
| 2021 | The King's Man | Vladimir Lenin | |
| Plan A | Max | ||
| 2022 | Munich – The Edge of War | SS-Hauptsturmführer Franz Sauer | |
| The Perfumier | |||
| 2023 | Sidonie in Japan | Antoine | |
| 2024 | The Master and Margarita | Woland | |
| Bonhoeffer | Martin Niemöller | ||
| 2025 | The Ice Tower | Post-production | |
| TBA | 1949 | ||
| The Disappearance of Josef Mengele | Josef Mengele | ||
| Control | Filming |
Awards and nominations
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References
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- 1976 births
- 20th-century German male actors
- 21st-century German male actors
- Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- German Film Award winners
- German male film actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Berlin
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Waldorf school alumni