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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-03-31 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Jerichow, Germany

Sylvester Groth

Biography:

Sylvester Groth was born in Jerichow, German Democratic Republic on March 31st, 1958. He is an actor with an extensive television and theater career, well known for portraying Goebbels in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Clausen in Dark (2019) and starring in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Stalingrad (1993) and Deutschland 83 (2015).

Known For

Acting

2025

Dog as Taxifahrer

2024

2023

Unwanted as Klaus

2022

The 355 as Jonas Muller

2021

The Witnesses as Prof. Max Felsner

2019

BFF Detectives as Klaus Schmitt
Criminal: Germany as Karl Schultz

2018

The New End as Doktor
Kaisersturz as Kaiser Wilhelm II.

2017

Zorn - Kalter Rauch as Adam Völx
Breathe as Dr. Erik Langdorf
Dark as Investigator Clausen

2016

NSU German History X as Walter Ahler

2015

Naked Among Wolves as Helmut Krämer
Die Mutter des Mörders as Dr. Benjamin
Deutschland as Walter Schweppenstette
Sense8 as Sergei Bogdanow

2013

A Pact as Georg
Generation War as Hiemer

2012

2011

Tom Sawyer as Doc Robinson
Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching as Richard Wilhelm - German(voice)

2010

Aghet as Martin Niepage
Inspektor Barbarotti - Mensch ohne Hund as Inspektor Gunnar Barbarotti

2009

Inglourious Basterds as Joseph Goebbels
Zarte Parasiten as Martin
Whiskey with Vodka as Martin Telleck
Hilde as Boleslaw Barlog

2008

Fleisch ist mein Gemüse as Oliver Bendt
The Reader as Prosecuting Council
Die Weisheit der Wolken as Max Eisenacher
Buddenbrooks as Kesselmeyer

2007

My Führer as Joseph Goebbels
Der Kronzeuge as Frank Roloff
Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette as Staatsanwalt Feddersen
KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst as Richard Plötz
Schuld und Unschuld as Jakob Raffael

2006

Lulu as Dr. Schön
Nevermore as Pfarrer Ekdahl
Der Kriminalist as Dieter Rohrbach
Der Kriminalist as Martin Kippendorf

2004

Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie as Christian Rilling

2003

Das Wunder von Lengede as Harald Hansen
Die Geisel as Olaf Bodenteich
The Third Wave as Dauphin

2002

Die geheime Inquisition as Großinquisitor Santori

2001

Der Verleger as Christian Kracht
Romeo as Klaus Weingarten alias Hermann Weber
Jenseits as Matthias Mund
Mein Leben & Ich as Dr.Reimann

2000

Der Briefbomber as Frank Meyer
Verzweiflung as Sigs

1999

Requiem for a Romantic Woman as Clemens Brentano
The Volcano as Hans Hollmann

1998

Gesche's Poison as Johann Timm

1997

Schimanski as Christian Wörner
Nachtstudio as Self

1996

Journey to Weimar as Dr. Hauke Wolf
Sperling as Ewald
Bruder Esel as Elias Busch

1995

Outside Time as Georg

1994

Rosa Roth as Michael Katzmann

1993

Stalingrad as Otto
The Last U-Boat as Funker Maschke
Bella Block as Dr. Jakob Groth

1992

Verlorene Landschaft as Father (Young)

1986

Momo as Agent BLW 553 X
The House on the River as Heinz Hüsgen

1985

Der Schimmelreiter as Hauke Haien

1983

The Turning Point as Mark Niebuhr
Rote Erde as Fritz Rewandowski

1980

1977

Der Alte as Herbert Rühle
Der Alte as Josef Böcking

1971

Polizeiruf 110 as Hauptkommsissar Jochen Drexler
Polizeiruf 110 as Hauptkommissar Jochen Drexler
Polizeiruf 110 as Peter Wengler
Polizeiruf 110 as Jochen Drexler

1970

Scene of the Crime as Pathologe
Scene of the Crime as Christian Seitz
Scene of the Crime as Rainer Vaske
Scene of the Crime as Norbert Müller
Scene of the Crime as Dieter Gottschalk
Scene of the Crime as Justus Fürmann
Scene of the Crime as Polizeipräsident

1964

1951

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Silent Friend as Anton