Hanns Zischler
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Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Fatherland (2026)
as Thomas Mann
Munich (2005)
as Hans
Sunshine (1999)
as Baron Margitta
Ripley's Game (2002)
as Art Dealer
Dr. M (1990)
as Moser
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
as Henryk Wald
The French Revolution (1989)
as Goethe
Rommel (2012)
as Gerd von Rundstedt
Todsünde (2008)
as Polonius Fischer
Europa Europa (1990)
as Captain von Lerenau
Beck 16 - The Last Witness (2002)
as Josef Hillman
The Violin Player (1994)
as Michael
Olga's Summer (2002)
as Richard
The Edukators (2004)
as Vermieter
Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001)
as Josef Hillman
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
as Dr. Becker
The French as Seen by… (1988)
as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")
Amen. (2002)
as Grawitz
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002)
as Josef Hillman
A Place Called Dignity (2021)
as Uncle Paul
A Woman in Flames (1983)
as Kurt
Kings of the Road (1976)
as Robert Lander
Walk on Water (2004)
as Axel's Father
The Universal Theory (2023)
as Dr. Strathen
Flame & Citron (2008)
as Gilbert
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)
as Count Zelten
I'm The Father (2002)
as Dr. Beilenberg
John Cranko (2024)
as Walter Erich Schäfer
Domino (1982)
as Zollner
The Cement Garden (1993)
as Father
Der Leibwächter (1989)
as Dr. Kant
The Specimen (2002)
Actor
Beck 12 - The Loner (2002)
as Josef Hillman
The Left-Handed Woman (1978)
Actor
Taking Sides (2002)
as Rudolf Werner
Black Island (2021)
as Friedrich Hansen
666: In Bed with the Devil (2002)
as Prince of Darkness
Gute Referenzen (1994)
Actor
Traveling Roadshow (2016)
as Self
Aghet (2010)
as Leslie Davis
The Berlin Affair (1985)
as Wolf von Hollendorf
Home Entertainment (2026)
Actor
Total vereist (1981)
as Pilot
Relativity (2019)
as Aron's Father
The Ring Finger (2005)
as Le patron de l'hôtel
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown (2002)
as Josef Hillman
About Narration (2025)
Actor
Gefährliche Wahrheit (2021)
as Richard Freydank
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
as Hans
Overnight (2007)
as Fischer
Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle! (1996)
as Til Deboers
Francesco (1989)
as Pope Innocent III
Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt (2024)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Stille Nächte (2014)
as Paul
Hilde (2009)
as Erich Pommer
23 (1998)
as Karls Vater
Es wird etwas geschehen (2003)
as Alfred Wunsiedel
A Girl Called Rosemarie (1996)
Actor
Solange wir lieben (2001)
as Prof.Rudolf Zondek
Herzsprung (1992)
as Herr Papenfuß
Salt on Our Skin (1992)
as Sidney
A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
as Dr. Thomas Richter
A Prominent Patient (2017)
as Dr. Stein
Logik des Gefühls (1982)
Actor
Pharos of Chaos (1983)
as Self
Access Denied (2000)
as Wilhelm Täufer
The Autograph (1984)
as Lieutenant Suarez
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Actor
The Last Courier (1996)
as Kant
Henry Angst (1980)
Actor
1917: The Real October (2017)
as Alexander Benois (voice)
Post Impact (2004)
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
as Oetker's Attorney
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001)
as Josef Hillman
Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small (1997)
as Michael
Crash Test Aglae (2017)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO
Die Bubi Scholz Story (1998)
as Otto Grimm
Malevil (1981)
as le vétérinaire
Southeast Passage (2002)
Actor
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
as Dieter Reich
Black Sun (1998)
as Narrator
Stations of the Cross (2014)
as Bestatter
Whispers Behind the Wall (2013)
as Martins Vater
Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau (1997)
as Schmidthenner
Der falsche Tod (2007)
as Dr. Franz Stoever
Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte (2008)
as Produzent
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000)
as Adam
Antonia – Tränen im Paradies (2003)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg
Axolotl Overkill (2017)
as Film Award Laudator
The Rose Garden (1989)
as Eckert
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
Hinter blinden Fenstern (2010)
as Polonius Fischer
Allmen and the Dragonflies (2016)
as Hirt Senior
Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen (2018)
as Douglas van Garden
Black Box (2023)
as Hanns Böhm
So Long Daddy, See You in Hell (2022)
as Politiker
Bent or Broken (1975)
Actor
Blinker (1969)
Actor
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self
No Sex (1999)
as Friedrich Liebermann
The Venus Trap (1988)
as Kurt
All of a Sudden (2016)
as Klaus
Gate to Heaven (2003)
as Polizist
Debt of Love (1998)
as Besse
The Open Universe (1990)
as Frank
Manhunt (2008)
as Klaus Barbie
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
Actor
David (1979)
Actor
Prince (2021)
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier
Small Cuts (2003)
as Verekher
Balle perdue (1994)
as Victor Trampot
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping (2004)
as Sven Hedin
Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel (2017)
as H. Moldenhauer
Red & Blue (2004)
as Samuel Eisenstein
Der Tote im Eis (2013)
as Dr. Lutz Conrad
Wenn man sich traut (2000)
as Isabell's Vater
Summer in the City (1972)
as Hanns
Heil (2015)
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf
Brief an mein Leben (2015)
as Dr. Pogel
Ein Mann unter Verdacht (2016)
as Anjas Vater
No (2021)
as Joachim
Küss mich, Kanzler! (2004)
as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer
A Fine Day (2001)
as Regisseur
Anemia (1986)
as Umberto
Whatever Happens Next (2018)
as Silbermann
Bastard (2011)
as Samuel Schweizer
My Dear Subject (1989)
as Hans
Das Haus am Watt (1990)
as Ulrich Golborn
Manoeuvres d'Élégance (1992)
Actor
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin (1994)
as Monsieur de Staël
Zwei Seiten der Liebe (2002)
as Rolf Wagner
Wen die Liebe trifft (2005)
as Henry Rhomberg
Einen Moment fürs Leben (2017)
as Samuel Silchester
Rotlicht - In der Höhle des Löwen (2000)
as Hans Fengler
Playoff (2011)
as Franz
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (1981)
as Self
Der Bankraub (2016)
as Harald Kühnen
Saltimbank (2003)
as Johann Kreisler
Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017)
as Self - Reader
Outside the Box (2015)
as Bruno Bickstein
Doctor Faustus (1982)
as Dr. Serenius
Die Frau aus dem Meer (2008)
as Michael Kolberg
Adieu, Mon Ami (1996)
as Serge
George (2013)
as Max Beckmann
Für immer im Herzen (2004)
as Richard Berger
Strike Back (1981)
Actor
Same Player Shoots Again (1968)
as Man with Gun
Voyage to Metropolis (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Milan noir (1987)
as Hardy
Professor Wall im Bordell (2019)
as Professor Wall
The Horsemen of the Storm (1984)
as Castaing
Putting Things Straight (1979)
as Alfred Flechtheim
Operation Noah (1998)
as Kanzler
Tracing Battleship Potemkin (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Null Risiko und reich (1997)
Actor
Das Baby der schwangeren Toten (1994)
as Prof. Stuck
Angels of Iron (1981)
as Ridzinski
A Viso Coperto (1985)
as Roberto Connolly
The demise of Herman Dürer (1979)
as Herwig Jungmann, neuroloog
Wenn die Liebe verloren geht (2002)
as Georg
Tarot (1986)
as Eduard
In the Shadows (2010)
as Planer
All Will Be Revealed (2023)
as Dr. Abweger
Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2005)
as Norbert Hahn
Eine Krone für Isabell (2006)
as Archibald Kent
Grenzgang (2013)
as Rektor Granitzny
The Red Room (2010)
as Prof. Mühsam
Der große Rudolph (2018)
as Toni
Blessed Events (2010)
as Gynäkologe
Hast du Lust, mit mir einen Kaffee zu trinken? (1981)
as Hanns
Tanners letzte Chance (2002)
as Karl Sedlag
Venus Talking (2001)
Actor
Superbrain (1996)
as Kottke
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. (1978)
as Voice
The Case of Jakob von Metzler (2012)
as Friedrich von Metzler
Heiraten macht mich nervös (2005)
as Oskar Becker
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
as Self
Two Days of Hope (2003)
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)
Sulla (2003)
as Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Abgetrieben (1992)
as Dr. Friedrich Hess
The Denunciation (1993)
as Erfinder
A Perfect Friend (2006)
as Rodolph Hartmann
Mise-en-scene (1991)
Actor
Der Handymörder (1998)
as Bundeskanzler
Betrogen – Eine Ehe am Ende (1997)
as Jan Goldbeck
The Blue One (1994)
as Minister
Douce France (1986)
as Karl
What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...? (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Closed Circuit (1983)
as Melo
Mädchen Nr. 1 (2003)
as Alfred Hammerstein
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (1973)
as Self
Mein Papa ist kein Mörder (1998)
as Thorsten Gregor
Afrika am Rhein (1986)
as Hans
In der Welt habt ihr Angst (2011)
as Johannes Baumann
Nach uns die Sintflut (1996)
Actor
King Ordinary (2013)
as Wallenstein
Drancy Future (1997)
as The Old Man (voice)
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2000)
as Raabe senior
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück (1998)
as Dieter
Himmelsheim (1989)
as Dr. Ehrenfried
The Last Word (1988)
Actor
Undercover (2005)
as Landsbichler
Krieg und Frieden – Deutsch-sowjetische Skizzen (2018)
as Narrator
Zettl (2012)
as Gaishofer
Rotlicht (1993)
as Hans Fengler
Gelübde des Herzens (2003)
as Professor Leunitz
Schwarzer Sommer (—)
as Klaus Brixen
Callboy (1998)
as Dr.Deckel
Für immer 30 (2011)
as Hans Kranich
So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Stunde der Füchse (1993)
as Heinz Binder
Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)
as Martin
Berlin (1987)
as Interviews
Keine zweite Chance (2017)
as Reinhard
Das Treibhaus (1987)
as Mergentheim
The Unburdening (1983)
as Diego
Novaks Ultimatum (2003)
as Dr. Hildebrandt
Erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition - Die Weltreise der Valdivia (2017)
as Self - Narrator
Ende einer Leidenschaft (1997)
as Dr. Blöss
Die Tannerhütte (1976)
Actor
Chamissos Schatten: Kapitel 3 Kamtschatka und die Beringinsel (2016)
as Adelbert von Chamisso