Henry Hübchen

Henry Hübchen is a German actor. He is known for playing the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker!), for which he won a Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola). Hübchen plays Gregor Klein in the 2026 Netflix spy drama series Unfamiliar.

Early life and education Henry Hübchen was born raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.

Before coming to film, he was a failed physics student, wrote songs for the 1970s East German rock group City, and was twice East German windsurfing champion (in 1980 and 1981).

Career In 2004, Hübchen was best known in Germany for a role on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110.

Hübchen plays Gregor Klein in the 2026 Netflix spy drama series Unfamiliar.

Recognition and awards He won the Berlin Theater Award (Theaterpreis Berlin) in 2000.

Hübchen's performance in Go for Zucker! was praised by critic David Denby and Stephen Holden of The New York Times, and earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar.

Personal life He has two daughters with his wife Sanna Hübchen.

Selected filmography (1993) The Big Mambo (1998) (1999, TV film) Sonnenallee (1999) (2001) Polizeiruf 110 (2003–2005, TV series, 5 episodes) (2004) Go for Zucker (2004) (2005, TV film) Mordshunger (2008, TV film) (2008) (2009) Lila, Lila (2009) Young Goethe in Love (2010) (2011) Jesus Loves Me (2012) (2013) (2013) The Interpreter of Silence (2023)