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in '' Downfall'' (2004) and as Communist minister Bruno Hempf in the

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-winning ''

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'', for which he was compared to

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in his review. He played former Bayern Munich boss

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, who had to spent time in jail for tax evasion, in the 2015 television film ''Der Patriarch''. He had a recurring role in the successful series ''

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'' as the police chief Karl Zörgiebel.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thieme, Thomas 1948 births Living people Actors from Weimar German male film actors German male television actors 21st-century German male actors