Martin Wuttke

Martin Wuttke (born 8 February 1962) is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, which won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, shared with the ensemble cast.

Early life and education Wuttke began his actor training at the college theatre in Bochum, before switching to the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum (later renamed Schauspielschule Bochum).

Career Wuttke has performed on numerous German-speaking stages: Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Schiller Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Theater des Westens Berlin, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg, Stuttgart State Theater, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt am Main, and Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland.

When the Berliner Ensemble performed at the United States in 1999, Wuttke portrayed Hitler as a petty Chicago gangster in Heiner Müller's adaptation of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in a performance praised by critics.

In 2009 Wuttke was appointed director of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, where he also became a member of the ensemble.

He has also starred in many films, achieving international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, and German TV series, notably Babylon Berlin from 2020 to 2022.

In 2023 he played Reinhard Gehlen in Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.

Filmography

Films Year Film Role Notes 2000 No Place to Go Fast food seller 2002 Delusion Robert Bergmann 2003 Rosenstrasse Joseph Goebbels Hamlet X Claudius 2006 Call Me Agostino Agostino Stone Detektive oder Die glücklosen Engel der inneren Sicherheit 2007 Silent Resident Hauks 2008 Delta 2009 Inglourious Basterds Adolf Hitler 2011 Hanna Knepfler 2012 Cloud Atlas Mr. Boerhaave/Guard/Leary the Healer 2014 A Most Wanted Man Fever 2015 Colonia Dignidad 2016 The Duelist German Baron 2019 A Hidden Life 2020 Berlin Alexanderplatz

Television Year Film Role Notes 1991 Moskau – Petuschki Jerofejev Venedikt 1997 Die Bernauerin Mönch 1998–2015 Tatort Andreas Keppler 21 episodes 1998 Geiselfahrt ins Paradies 2000 Dämonen Nikolai Wsewolodowitsch Stawrogin Bella Block Wolfgang Krauss 1 episode 2001 Hand in Hand Peter Plachotny 2002 Liebesau – die andere Heimat Schorsch Schönstein 3 episodes 2006 Die Tote vom Deich Manuel Bove 2013 Joseph Goebbels 2015 Homeland BND officer Adler 2016–2017 Sense8 Volker Bohm 2017 Maximilian Ulrich Fugger the Elder TV miniseries 2020—2022 Babylon Berlin Gustav Heymann 14 episodes 2023 Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde Reinhard Gehlen TV miniseries

Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture -Inglourious Basterds – Won