Detlef Bothe

Detlef Bothe (born 24 July 1965) is a German actor, screenwriter, film director and producer.

Bothe became a prominent on-screen representative of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich as he has portrayed Heydrich in three films pertaining to his assassination: the 2011 Czech film Lidice, the 2016 British film Anthropoid, and the 2020 Czech film Betrayer. He also played this role in 2005 in the documentary series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'''. Bothe is often praised as "dead ringer" of Heydrich.

Selected filmography

1993: Tatort (TV Series) – Hubert 1992: Der Knappe des Kreuzes1995: Brother of Sleep – Lukas 1996: After Hours1996: Gegen den Wind (TV Series) – Eric 1997: 14 Days to Life – Rudi 1997: – René 1998: Balko (TV Series) – Richie Schwingbrodt 1998: Appetite – Godfrey 1999: Sara Amerika – Jim J. 1999: Bang Boom Bang – Arne 1999: After the Truth – Siebert 1999: Schmetterlinge der Nacht – Killer's Helper 2000: The Calling – Scouser 2001: Himmlische Helden – Flex 2001: A Goddamn Job – Orkton 2001: 99euro-films – (segment "Ich schwöre") (segment "Loreley S.") 2001: – Ede 2002: Feiertag (also writer, director and producer) – Ingo 2002: Vienna – Thomas 2002: Extreme Ops – Ratko 2003: (TV Movie) – Fliege 2003: Baltic Storm – Victor Renko 2003: Gone – Eine tödliche Leidenschaft – Mike 2004: – Matador 2004: Vinzent – Vinzent / Olaf Podesch 2004: Meine Frau, meine Freunde und ich (also writer, director and co-producer) – Richard Wippe 2005: Speer und Er (TV Mini-Series) 2005: Rose – Steve 2006: Die Rosenheim-Cops (TV Series) – Konrad Rottmann 2006: – Bodyguard Ö 2006: – Louis Doderer 2007: Tour Excess (also writer, director and co-producer) – Dieter 2008: (TV Movie) – Richter 2009: (also writer, director and co-producer) – Klaus 2010: Snowman's Land – Harry 2010: Alles Liebe (TV Movie) – Mann aus Plattenladen 2010: Max Schmeling – Referee Arthur Donovan 2010: (TV Movie) – Biedermeyer 2011: Lidice – Reinhard Heydrich 2011: – Rocker 2011: Anonymus – John De Vere 2011: Pilgerfahrt nach Padua (TV Movie) – Mechaniker 2012: – Pfarrer 2012: Rommel – Carl Oberg 2012: Ludwig II – Bote 2013: Tatort (TV Series) – Volker Zahn 2013–2017: Hammer & Sichl (TV Series) – Apostolos 2014: Into the Suite (also writer, director and producer) – Paul Heitmann 2015: Ü 30 Paradiso (also writer, director and producer) 2015: Spectre – henchman in Cable Car #1 (Austria) 2016: Anthropoid – Reinhard Heydrich 2017: Die Vierhändige – Klinger 2020: Anatomie Zrady'' (Anatomy of Betrayal, Czech television film)- Reinhard Heydrich