Matthias Brandt

Matthias Brandt
Brandt in 2016
Born (1961-10-07) 7 October 1961
West Berlin, West Germany
Occupations
  • Actor
  • narrator
  • writer
Years active1989–present
SpouseSofia Brandt
Children1
Parent(s)Willy Brandt
Rut Hansen

Matthias Brandt (born 7 October 1961) is a German actor, audiobook narrator, and writer. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1989.

Early life

Brandt was born in West Berlin. He is the youngest of the three sons of the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his Norwegian-born wife Rut.[1] He has an older half-sister Ninja from his father's first marriage with Carlota Thorkildsen.

Awards

Selected filmography

Films & TV movies

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Ein Prachtexemplar Zivi TV film
1993 Barmherzige Schwestern Assistant doctor
2002 Boyz 'n' Babes Mr. Fischer TV film
Big Girls Don't Cry Jost
2003 In the Shadow of Power Günter Guillaume TV film
2004 Der Stich des Skorpion Volker Erler TV film
2007 Contergan Henrik Spiess TV film
Counterparts Georg Hoffmann
2008 My Mother, My Bride and I Erwin Kobarek
2011 Promising the Moon Lorenz Schleier
2013 Where Friendship Ends Andreas Rogel TV film
Afghanistan: A Murderous Decision General Georg Klein TV film
2014 A Faithful Husband Georg Sahl TV film
The Witness House Erwin von Lahousen TV film
2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Ernst Feder
2018 Unterwerfung Rediger TV film
Transit Barkeeper/narrator
2021 Sörensen hat Angst Frieder Marek TV film
2023 Afire Helmut
2025 Miroirs No. 3 Richard

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Pfarrers Kinder, Müllers Vieh Manfred 6 episodes
2001 Die Biester Herr Senne 12 episodes
2011–2018 Polizeiruf 110 Hanns von Meuffels 15 episodes
2014 Crime Scene Cleaner Man 1 episode
2017 Babylon Berlin August Benda 16 episodes
2018 Dittsche Estate administrator 1 episode
2020 Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes Thomas Bethge 6 episodes

Books

  • Raumpatrouille. Stories. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2016, ISBN 978-3-462-04567-3.
  • Blackbird. Novel. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2019, ISBN 978-3-462-05313-5.
  • Nein sagen. Über den 20. Juli 1944, meine Eltern und persönliche Verantwortung heute. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2026, ISBN 978-3-462-01627-7.

References

  1. ↑ Kegel, Sandra (10 September 2016). "Du kannst dich auch selbst einwechseln". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Schauspieler Matthias Brandt bekommt Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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