Detlef Bothe (actor)
Detlef Bothe (born 24 July 1965) is a German actor, screenwriter, film director and producer.[1] Since the early 1990s, he has appeared in numerous film and television productions, both German and international. In 2015, he appeared in the James Bond film Spectre as a henchman, in a scene where he and Q (Ben Whishaw) are seen riding a cable car in the Austrian Alps.[2]
Detlef Bothe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1965 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Bothe became a prominent on-screen representative of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich as he has portrayed Heydrich in three films pertaining to his assassination: The 2011 Czech film Lidice, the 2016 British film Anthropoid, the 2020 Czech film Betrayer and in 2005 BBC documentary series about the Holocaust titled Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'.[3] Bothe is often praised as "dead ringer" (twin) of Heydrich.[4]
Selected filmography
- 1993: Tatort (TV Series) – Hubert
- 1992: Der Knappe des Kreuzes
- 1995: Brother of Sleep – Lukas
- 1996: After Hours
- 1996: Gegen den Wind (TV Series) – Eric
- 1997: 14 Days to Life – Rudi
- 1997: Ballermann 6 – René
- 1998: Balko (TV Series) – Richie Schwingbrodt
- 1998: Appetite – Godfrey
- 1999: Sara Amerika – Jim J.
- 1999: Bang Boom Bang – Arne
- 1999: After the Truth – Siebert
- 1999: Schmetterlinge der Nacht – Killer's Helper
- 2000: The Calling – Scouser
- 2001: Himmlische Helden – Flex
- 2001: A Goddamn Job – Orkton
- 2001: 99euro-films – (segment "Ich schwöre") (segment "Loreley S.")
- 2001: Sass – Ede
- 2002: Feiertag (also writer, director and producer) – Ingo
- 2002: Vienna – Thomas
- 2002: Extreme Ops – Ratko
- 2003: Cologne's Finest 3 (TV Movie) – Fliege
- 2003: Baltic Storm – Victor Renko
- 2003: Gone – Eine tödliche Leidenschaft – Mike
- 2004: Abgefahren – Matador
- 2004: Vinzent – Vinzent / Olaf Podesch
- 2004: Meine Frau, meine Freunde und ich (also writer, director and co-producer) – Richard Wippe
- 2005: Speer und Er (TV Mini-Series)
- 2005: Rose – Steve
- 2006: Die Rosenheim-Cops (TV Series) – Konrad Rottmann
- 2006: The Wild Soccer Bunch 3 – Bodyguard Ö
- 2006: FC Venus – Louis Doderer
- 2007: Neben der Spur – Dieter
- 2008: The Charlemagne Code (TV Movie) – Richter
- 2009: Mine (also writer, director and co-producer) – Klaus
- 2010: Snowman's Land – Harry
- 2010: Alles Liebe (TV Movie) – Mann aus Plattenladen
- 2010: Max Schmeling – Referee Arthur Donovan
- 2010: Murder Is No Fairy Tale (TV Movie) – Biedermeyer
- 2011: Lidice – Reinhard Heydrich
- 2011: Men in the City 2 – Rocker
- 2011: Anonymus – John De Vere
- 2011: Pilgerfahrt nach Padua (TV Movie) – Mechaniker
- 2012: Nemez – Pfarrer
- 2012: Rommel – Carl Oberg
- 2012: Ludwig II – Bote
- 2013: Tatort (TV Series) – Volker Zahn
- 2013–2017: Hammer & Sichl (TV Series) – Apostolos
- 2014: Into the Suite (also writer, director and producer) – Paul Heitmann
- 2015: Ü 30 Paradiso (also writer, director and producer)
- 2015: Spectre – henchman in Cable Car #1 (Austria)
- 2016: Anthropoid – Reinhard Heydrich
- 2017: Die Vierhändige – Klinger
- 2020: Anatomie Zrady (Anatomy of Betrayal, Czech television film)- Reinhard Heydrich
References
- "Detlef Bothe" (in German). filmportal.de. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- "Detlef Bothe Speaks". MI6-HQ.COM.
- Nowak, Ricarda (20 November 2015). "Ein Mann in fieser Mission". MAZ-Online.de (in German). Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- Pirodsky, Jason. "Movie Review: The Butcher of Prague Gets His Due in 'The Man with the Iron Heart' (aka 'HHhH')". The Prague Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2017.