Cast
Thorsten Merten
Acting
Cast
Thorsten Merten
Known for
Acting
Born
1963-12-01
From
Ruhla, Germany
Biography
Thorsten Merten (born December 4, 1963, in Ruhla) is a German actor. Thorsten Merten originally intended to become a journalist and initially worked as a trainee at the newspaper *Das Volk*. After completing his military service, he underwent acting training from 1986 to 1990 at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, where he attended the newly established cabaret department and graduated with a diploma in cabaret performance. This was followed by engagements at various theaters both at home and abroad, including the Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne, the Staatstheater Schwerin, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Volksbühne Berlin, and the Deutsches Theater Berlin. For his stage work, he was awarded the Conrad Ekhof Prize in 1999. His notable stage roles include McMurphy in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*, the Ghost in *Hamlet*, as well as roles in *Ivanov*, *Prometheus*, and *Sonnenallee*. In 2024, he played the role of operations manager Kuckuck in the operetta *Messeschlager Gisela* at the Komische Oper Berlin. Merten gained his first experience in front of the camera in 1992 in Andreas Dresen's film *Stilles Land*. He achieved his breakthrough in 2001 with the tragicomedy *Halbe Treppe* (Grill Point), also directed by Dresen. Since then, he has appeared regularly in both feature films and television productions. Merten also gained recognition through roles in *Wilsberg*, *Afrika, mon amour*, *Bella Block*, *Helen Dorn*, *Donna Leon*, and numerous episodes of *Tatort*. From 2013 to 2021, he played the role of precinct chief Stich in the Weimar-based *Tatort* series. Since 2009, he has portrayed Chief Inspector—later Police Commissioner—Martin Fichte in the ZDF series *Spreewaldkrimi*. He has also played lead roles in other productions, including *Silvi* and *Fremdkörper*. In 2021, he received the German Film Award for his supporting role in *Curveball – Wir machen die Wahrheit*. Furthermore, Merten came up with the idea for the Netflix series *Das letzte Wort*, in which he appeared alongside Anke Engelke.
★5.5
MOVIE2019
Alfons Zitterbacke
as Mr. Flickendorf
★4.5
MOVIE2025
Miss Merkel - Ein Kreuzfahrt-Krimi
as Joachim
★5.9
MOVIE2019
The Audition
★7.3
MOVIE2014
Open the Wall
as Manfred
★6.6
MOVIE2017
In Times of Fading Light
★6.6
MOVIE2025
The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station
as Harald Wischnewsky
★7.0
MOVIE2024
From Hilde, with Love
as Dr. Minergerode
★4.2
MOVIE2014
Willkommen bei Habib
as Bruno
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Der Rücktritt
as Martin Heidemanns
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Wahrheit oder Pflicht
as Lehrer Behnke
★6.4
MOVIE2018
Atlas
as Alfred Hoppe
MOVIETBA
Triptych
MOVIE2026
Bibi Blocksberg - Die total verhexte Zeitreise
as Krause
★5.5
MOVIE2022
Eine riskante Entscheidung
as Bernhard Elster
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Sooner or Later
★5.1
MOVIE2011
Arschkalt
as Erhard
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Foreign Body
as Wolfgang
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Operation Valkyrie
as Peter Graf Yorck v. Wartenburg
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Silvi - Maybe Love
as Michael
★7.2
MOVIE2018
Gundermann
as Puppenspieler
★5.6
MOVIE2003
Gun-shy
as Krausser
★6.1
MOVIE2022
Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos!
as Herr Flickendorf
★6.8
MOVIE2014
We Are Young. We Are Strong.
MOVIE2015
Einschnitt
as der Bürochef
★5.6
MOVIE2022
Hunting Season
as Vermieter
★7.2
MOVIE2021
Curveball
as Schatz
★5.2
MOVIE2023
Der zweite Kurzschluss
as Oliver
★2.7
MOVIE2007
Lunik
as Toni Harmann
★6.3
MOVIE2005
In Liebe eine Eins
as Herr Steiner
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Tiger Milk
as Stefan
★6.8
MOVIE2018
Donbass
as German Journalist
★5.5
MOVIE2013
The Golden Goose
as Räubervater
MOVIETBA
Die Verteidigerin - Tötungsabsicht
★6.1
MOVIE2006
The Elementary Particles
as Hubert
★5.4
MOVIE2008
November Child
as Alexander
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Naked Among Wolves
as Hans Bochow
★3.7
MOVIE2021
Sprachlos in Irland
as Dirk
MOVIETBA
Der große Zusammenbruch
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Cicadas
as Uwe
★3.0
MOVIE2004
Charlotte
as Georg
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Stopped on Track
★6.4
MOVIE2022
Locked in Society
as Manfred Prohaska
MOVIE2026
A Stroll to Syracuse
★6.4
MOVIE2022
What You Can See from Here
as Herr Rödder
★5.1
MOVIE2015
Rough Road Ahead
★7.0
MOVIE2025
The Policeman's Niece
as Werner Barth
★5.0
MOVIE2010
Auf Doktor komm raus
as Apotheker Walter
★5.0
MOVIE2015
Heil
as Verfassungsschützer F. – Sachsen
★5.9
MOVIE2012
Sushi in Suhl
as Hans Leutner
★7.5
MOVIE2018
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
as Taxifahrer Klaus
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Ruhm
as Klaus Rubinstein
★5.0
MOVIE2011
Augen zu
as Frank
★3.0
MOVIE2013
Der zweite Mann
as Klaus Padberg
★5.8
MOVIE2020
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum
as Wärter Grunert
★5.6
MOVIE2017
Brothers
as Rainer Welke
MOVIETBA
Schwarzer Sommer
as Jan Jürgens
★5.7
MOVIE2017
Rübezahls Schatz
as Arzt
★5.7
MOVIE2016
The Last Pig
as Meier
★1.0
MOVIE2007
Die Frau am Ende der Straße
as Klaus Garbers
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Vom Atmen unter Wasser
as Jo
★4.1
MOVIE2006
Die Weihnachtswette
as Reinhold
★6.9
MOVIE2015
Alki Alki
as Thomas
★6.2
MOVIE2020
Exit
as Hönings
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Silent Country
as Kai Finke
MOVIETBA
Gespensterwald
as Jan Jürgens
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Remarque - Sein Weg zum Ruhm
as Chefredakteur der „Sport im Bild“
★8.0
MOVIE2010
Frösche petzen nicht
as Jörg Hilbert
★6.6
MOVIE2002
Grill Point
as Christian
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Haltet die Welt an
as André Spanuth
★5.4
MOVIE2024
Miss Merkel - Mord auf dem Friedhof
as Achim Sauer
★5.8
MOVIE2010
Gravity
as Kollath
★5.0
MOVIE2017
Hit Mom – Mörderische Weihnachten
as Professor
★5.5
MOVIE2007
Meer is nich
as Friedrich
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Der Fall Marianne Voss
as Fritz Malowski
★4.7
MOVIE2006
Four Windows
as Vater
★5.4
MOVIE2023
Miss Merkel - Ein Uckermark-Krimi
as Joachim Sauer
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Underdogs
as Forster
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Bach - A Christmas Miracle
as Adrian Stieglitz
★6.9
MOVIE2013
Kohlhaas or the Proportionality of Means
as Herse
★5.0
MOVIE2023
Kleine Eheverbrechen
as Dieter Beil
★3.3
MOVIE2019
Der vierte Mann
as Kurt Lehrmann
★5.0
MOVIE2013
Sunny
★6.6
MOVIE2009
I've Never Been Happier
as Schlickenrieder
★5.3
MOVIE2012
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
as Hofrat
MOVIE2011
Inklusion - gemeinsam anders
as Heribert Stein
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Empathie
as Rüdiger
★10.0
MOVIE2024
Roxy
as Passfälscher
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Up – Down
as Peet
★5.2
MOVIE2019
Good Girl Gone Bad
as Helmut Mayer
★6.2
MOVIE2017
Das Nebelhaus
as Doros Chef
MOVIE2019
Knorx
as Vogtländer
★10.0
MOVIE2024
Night to be Gone
as Dieter
★4.0
MOVIE2020
Nothing More Perfect
★9.0
MOVIE2004
Transport
MOVIE2011