Martin Brambach (born 28 October 1967, in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

) is a German actor. He grew up in Dresden, East Berlin and Hamburg. After attending Westfälische Schauspielschule drama school in Bochum, Brambach was engaged at

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, Burgtheater Vienna (company member from 1989 to 1999) and

Schaubühne The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designe ...

Berlin. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1988. He played minor roles in the

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-winning films ''

The Lives of Others ''The Lives of Others'' (german: link=no, Das Leben der Anderen, ) is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut. The plot is about the monitoring of East Berl ...

'', '' The Counterfeiters'' and '' The Reader'', and worked with internationally known directors like

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and

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. Brambach lives in Recklinghausen with actress Christine Sommer, her daughters and their son. He is the half brother of

Jan Josef Liefers Jan Josef Liefers (born 8 August 1964), is a German actor, producer, director and musician. Life Liefers was born in Dresden, the son of director Karlheinz Liefers and actress Brigitte Liefers-Wähner. After his apprenticeship he studied at th ...

Filmography

*1993: ''Das Geheimnis'' .... Walter Rosner *1997: ''

Comedian Harmonists The Comedian Harmonists were an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. The group consisted of Harry Fromm ...

'' *1999: ''Kubanisch rauchen'' .... Polizist *1999: ''Untersuchung an Mädeln'' *2002: ''Sophiiiie!'' .... Mann mit Toupet *2003: ''Ravioli'' .... Grocer *2003: '' Anatomie 2'' .... Vorstopper *2003: '' Good Bye, Lenin'' .... Stasi 1 *2003: ''Struggle'' .... Martin *2003: ''Adam & Eva'' .... Erik *2003: ''Böse Zellen'' .... Reini, Manu's brother *2003: ''MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener'' *2004: ''Die Boxerin'' .... Igor *2005: ' .... Kähler *2006: ''

Goldene Zeiten ''Goldene Zeiten'' (''Out of Bounds'') is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by '' Bang Boom Bang'' (1999) and ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer ''I ...

'' .... Hotelmanager *2006: '' Klimt'' .... Thomas *2006: ''

'' .... Einsatzleiter Meyer *2006: '' Where Is Fred?'' .... Johansen *2007: ' .... Scharrer (segment "Artikel 11") *2007: '' The Counterfeiters'' .... Hauptscharführer Holst *2007: '' Yella'' .... Dr. Fritz *2008: ' .... Gewehrverkäufer *2008: ' .... Gauredner *2008: ''

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'' .... Redakteur Henze *2008: '' The Reader'' .... Remand Prison Guard #1 *2009: '' Barfuß bis zum Hals'' .... Helmut Steiner *2009: ''Diamantenhochzeit'' .... Manfred *2009: ' .... Journalist *2010: '' Tag und Nacht'' (''Day and Night'') .... Kai *2011: '' Avé'' .... Truck-driver *2011: '' 4 Days in May'' .... Oberleutnant Wendt *2012: ''

A Coffee In Berlin ''A Coffee in Berlin'', also titled ''Oh Boy'', is a 2012 German tragicomedy film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster. It is in black-and-white. It is the director's debut film, and thesis project for the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. The ...

'' .... Kontrolleur Jörg *2012: ''Unter Frauen'' .... Cornelius Berger *2013: ''Harms'' .... Timm *2013: ''Der fast perfekte Mann'' .... Henssler *2014: ' .... Herr Hiller jr. *2014: ''Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain'' .... Ted *2016: ''Frauen'' .... Rüdiger Kneppke *2018: ''

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'' .... Captain Gennady Shirokov (Kursk) *2018: ''25 km/h'' *2020: ''Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding'' .... Herm Television *1988: ''

Mother Courage and Her Children ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' (german: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, links=no) is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin. Four theatrica ...

'' (TV Movie) .... Schweizerkas *1997: '' The Castle'' (TV Movie) .... Schwarzer *2004–2006: ''

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of ''SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

'' (TV Series) .... Kriminaloberkommissar Winfried 'Winnie' Scheel *2007–2010: '' KDD – Berlin Crime Squad'' .... Thomas Behrens *2012–2014: ''

Add a Friend ''Add a Friend'' is a German comedy-drama created and written by Sebastian Wehlings and Christian Lyra for TNT Serie. The series follows a group of people and their lives in the social network. This is the first German production produced exclus ...

'' .... Dr. Metzler *1999–2020: ''

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'' .... Kommissariatsleiter Peter Michael Schnabe *2017: ''

Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach ''Shades of Guilt'' (German: ''Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach'') is a German television series. It was first broadcast on 6 February 2015, on the internet. The television release was on 20 February 2015, on German television channel ZDF. It ba ...

'' (''Guilt'')

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* 1967 births Living people Actors from Dresden German male film actors German male television actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub