
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1963-12-01
From
Ruhla, Germany
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 Théùtre Vidy in Lausanne, the Staatstheater Schwerin, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the VolksbĂŒhne 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 Inspectorâlater Police CommissionerâMartin 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 â 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.

as Mr. Flickendorf

as Joachim


as Manfred


as Harald Wischnewsky

as Dr. Minergerode

as Bruno

as Martin Heidemanns

as Lehrer Behnke

as Alfred Hoppe


as Krause

as Bernhard Elster


as Erhard

as Wolfgang

as Peter Graf Yorck v. Wartenburg

as Michael

as Puppenspieler

as Krausser

as Herr Flickendorf


as der BĂŒrochef

as Vermieter

as Schatz

as Oliver

as Toni Harmann

as Herr Steiner

as Stefan

as German Journalist

as RĂ€ubervater


as Hubert

as Alexander

as Hans Bochow

as Dirk


as Uwe

as Georg


as Manfred Prohaska


as Herr Rödder


as Werner Barth

as Apotheker Walter

as VerfassungsschĂŒtzer F. â Sachsen

as Hans Leutner

as Taxifahrer Klaus

as Klaus Rubinstein

as Frank

as Klaus Padberg

as WĂ€rter Grunert

as Rainer Welke

as Jan JĂŒrgens

as Arzt

as Meier

as Klaus Garbers

as Jo

as Reinhold

as Thomas

as Hönings

as Kai Finke

as Jan JĂŒrgens

as Chefredakteur der âSport im Bildâ

as Jörg Hilbert

as Christian

as André Spanuth

as Achim Sauer

as Kollath

as Professor

as Friedrich

as Fritz Malowski

as Vater

as Joachim Sauer

as Forster

as Adrian Stieglitz

as Herse

as Dieter Beil

as Kurt Lehrmann


as Schlickenrieder

as Hofrat

as Heribert Stein

as RĂŒdiger

as PassfÀlscher

as Peet

as Helmut Mayer

as Doros Chef

as VogtlÀnder

as Dieter


