Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch (born 18 August 1963) is an award-winning German film and television actor, who played Albert Speer in the 2004 film Downfall.

The son of a cargo vessel skipper, he was on stage for the first time in his life at the age of 15, while he was still attending grammar school. As a member of the stage ballet company in the musical Can-Can he performed the tumbling acrobatics acts on the stage of the City Theater in his home town of Bremerhaven. During this time, he traveled through Europe as a federal member of the National League of Gymnastics.

From 1987 until 2006 Ferch lived in the city of Berlin, a city whose division after World War II and reunification in 1989 is repeatedly reflected in his work as a movie actor („Menteurs“, „The Tunnel, Mord am Meer, The Airlift, The Wall - Berlin 1961 and upcoming in 2008 The Miracle of Berlin). After his wedding in 2005 he moved his main residence to Bavaria.

Until 1999 he was in a nine year relationship with actress Suzanne von Borsody. In 2000 he met the daughter of the former under-secretary of state for cultural affairs for the city of Berlin physician Dr. Julia von Pufendorf. From this relationship he fathered a daughter (Louisa, b.2000). In 2002, Heino Ferch met the National League Member of the military eventing squad Marie-Jeanette Steinle at the Bavarian Television Award celebration.

Today, Heino Ferch is one of the most popular and prolific actors in Germany.

Filmography

 * Ruhm (2011) .... Ralf Tanner
 * Operation Kranich (2011) .... Claas Lohmann
 * Seven Heroes (2006) .... Dominik Lenau
 * Vater Mutter Mörder (2011) .... Tom Wesnik
 * Vincent will meer (2010) .... Robert Gellner - Vincents Vater
 * Hanni & Nanni (2010) .... Georg Sullivan
 * Das Leben ist zu lang (2010) .... Professor Mohr
 * Max Schmeling (2010) .... Max Machon
 * Jerry Cotton (2010) .... Klaus Schmidt
 * Tod in Istanbul - Jeder hat seinen Preis (2010) .... Mark Kleinert
 * Der Dschungel (2010) .... Henning Lohmann
 * Spuren des Bösen (2010) .... Richard Brock
 * Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009) .... Mönch Volmar
 * Kennedys Hirn (2009) .... Holloway
 * Entführt (2009) .... Thomas Danner
 * Krupp - Eine deutsche Familie (Serial TV) (2009) .... Gustav Krupp (47-51 Jahre)
 * Die Toten vom Schwarzwald (2009) .... Kriminaltechniker Auerbach
 * Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) .... Horst Herold Assistant
 * Wunder von Berlin, Das (2008) .... Jürgen Kaiser
 * Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (2008) .... Manuel Aranda
 * Der geheimnisvolle Schatz von Troja (2007) .... Heinrich Schliemann
 * Meine schöne Bescherung (2007) .... Jan
 * Ghetto (2006) .... Gens
 * Max Raabe & Palastorchester - In der Berliner Waldbühne (2006) .... Himself
 * Mauer - Berlin '61, Die (2006) .... Hans Kuhlke
 * Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006) .... Jan Ottmann
 * Hunt for Justice (2005) .... Keller
 * Luftbrücke - Nur der Himmel war frei, Die (2005) .... General Philipp Turner
 * Hölle im Kopf (2005) .... Marc Hoffmann
 * Mord am Meer (2005) .... Anton Glauberg
 * D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005) .... Athos
 * Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe (2005) .... Hermes
 * Downfall (2004) .... Albert Speer
 * Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004) .... Himself
 * Konto, Das (2004) .... Dr. Michael Mühlhausen
 * Lion, Le (2003) .... Julien Keller
 * Anwalt und sein Gast, Der (2003) .... Anwalt Weller
 * Wunder von Lengede, Das (2003) .... Franz Wolbert
 * Julius Caesar (2002) .... Vercingetorix
 * Extreme Ops (2002) .... Mark
 * Napoléon (2002) .... Armand Augustin Louis, Marquis de Caulaincourt
 * Nachts im Park (2002) .... Steffen Hennings
 * Mávahlátur - The Seagull's Laughter (2001) .... Björn Theódór
 * Tunnel, Der (2001) .... Harry Melchior
 * Marlene (2000) .... Carl Seidlitz
 * Straight Shooter (1999) .... Volker Bretz
 * Feuerteufel - Flammen des Todes, Der (1999) .... Peter Bender
 * The Unscarred (1999) .... Johann
 * Grüne Wüste (1999) .... Simon
 * Lola rennt (1998) .... Ronnie
 * 2 Männer, 2 Frauen (1998) .... Nick
 * Todfeinde - Die falsche Entscheidung (1998) .... Max Klausmann
 * Single sucht Nachwuchs (1998) .... Robert Breuer
 * Widows - Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen (1998) .... Vince Travelli
 * Guardiani del cielo, I (1998) .... Léon
 * Lucie Aubrac (1997) .... Barbie
 * Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur (1997) .... Weber
 * Schutzengel, Der (1997) .... Marc Bittner
 * Spiel um dein Leben (1997) .... Plato
 * Comedian Harmonists (1997) .... Roman Cycowski
 * Winterschläfer (1997) .... Marco
 * Koma - Lebendig begraben (1997) .... Franky
 * Das Leben ist eine Baustelle. (1997) .... Hoffmann
 * Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1997) .... Bock
 * Unhold, Der (1996) .... SS Officer Raufeisen
 * Deutschlandlied (1996) .... Hanno
 * Wer Kollegen hat, braucht keine Feinde (1995) .... Georg Meier
 * Küß mich! (1995) .... Johannes
 * Visum in den Tod - Die Russenhuren (1995) .... Klaus Rittner
 * Nur der Sieg zählt (1995) .... Thomas Hendrichs
 * Letzte Kosmonaut, Der (1994) ....
 * Lauras Entscheidung (1994) .... Wasserverkmeister Galreith
 * Freundinnen (1994) .... Peter
 * Baby der schwangeren Toten, Das (1994) .... Michael Brauer
 * Gefährliche Verbindung (1993) .... Andi
 * Neues Deutschland (1993) .... (segment Heilige Kühe)
 * Unmöglicher Lehrer, Ein (1993) .... Ernst
 * Alles Lüge (1992) .... Representative
 * Scheidung a la carte (1991) .... Walter
 * Mocca für den Tiger (1991) ....
 * ...bis Montagmorgen (1991) .... Anjas Freund
 * Tod kam als Freund, Der (1991) ....
 * Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau? (1991) .... Müller
 * Wedding (1990) .... Klaus
 * Schloß Königswald (1988) .... Funker
 * Stars in der Manege (Serial TV) (1959) .... Performer
 * Polizeiruf 110 - Jutta oder Die Kinder von Damutz (1995) ....
 * Tatort - Mordnacht (1995) .... Leo Fellner
 * Polizeiruf 110 - Samstags, wenn Krieg ist (1994) ....
 * rStarkes Team, Ein (1994) .... Willi
 * Männer vom K3 - Schützenfest, Die (1988) .... Edgar

Awards
Adolfe Grimme Award Bambi Awards Bavarian Film Awards Bavarian TV Awards Golden Camera Jupiter Award
 * Adolf Grimme Award for series/miniseries (A Light in Dark Places / Das Wunder von Lengede)
 * Bambi Award for national film (Downfall)
 * Bambi Award for TV event of the year (A Light in Dark Places / Das Wunder von Lengede)
 * 1997 Special Award (The Harmonists / Comedian Harmonists)
 * Bavarian TV Award (Der Tunnel)
 * Golden Camera (Der Tunnel)
 * Jupiter Award (The Wall - Berlin ´61)

Trivia

 * Both Ferch and his co-star Sebastian Koch in Der Tunnel (2001) have played Hitler's architect and Minister for Armaments Albert Speer on different occasions.