
Sebastian Rudolph
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Sebastian Rudolph is a German actor, born October 21, 1968, in Berlin. Son of actress Hildegard Schmahl and director Niels-Peter Rudolph, he trained in acting in Hamburg. Known for portraying Michael Kahnwald in Netflix’s Dark (2017–2020), he has also appeared in films like The English Patient (1996), Never Look Away (2018), Stalingrad (1993), and various German theater, TV, and radio productions. He was a long-time ensemble member at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg.
Known For
Filmography

December Evening
2025
as Detlef

Hallo Spencer - Der Film
2024
as Fred Forthmann

Piaffe
2023
as Novak

MOBY DICK; or, The Whale
2022

Munich Games
2022
as Michael Hahn

Pelican Blood
2020
as Dr. Zaruba

Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen
2020
as Hans Remscheid

Hello Again - A Wedding A Day
2020
as Andreas

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Old Land
2020
as Bernhard
The Wall
2020

Danowski - Blutapfel
2019
as Rüdiger Bressin

A Voluntary Year
2019

The German Lesson
2019
as Gallery owner

Whatever Happens Next
2018
as Paul Zeise

Am Ende ist man tot
2018
as Mc Foster

The Captain
2018
as Corporal Paul

Götter in Weiß
2017
as Dr. Andreas Barna

Dark
2017
as Michael Kahnwald

In Wahrheit
2017
as Herr Mahn

Overgames
2016
as Narrator (voice)

Deadly Leaks
2016
as Hans Remscheid

Original Bliss
2016
as Arzt

4 Kings
2015
as Vater Alex

Public Enemies
2014
as Rudolf Augstein

MDR um 4
2014
as Self

Finn Zehender
2011
as Lars Döbbelin
Nur für einen Augenblick
2009

Die Räuber
2009

Remarque - Sein Weg zum Ruhm
2008
as Axel Eggebrecht

Hamburg Dockland
2007
as Jan König

Hamburg Dockland
2007
as Mats Kurschmann

Mörderische Erpressung
2006
as Ralph Jansen

Der Kriminalist
2006
as Peter Aschinger

Hamlet: This Is Your Family
2001
as Himself

Der Millionär und die Stripperin
2001
as Wolfgang

Three Wishes
2000
Downhill City
1999
as Sascha
Duell der Richter
1999
as Horst Lesch

Der Pirat
1998
as Ludwig

Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Ralph Schwarzkopf

Die Cleveren
1998
as Heiner Wagner
Zugriff
1998
as Student

Coming In
1997
as Lutz
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Markus Amman

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Rüdiger Münchhoff

The English Patient
1996
as Officer In Square

Schlosshotel Orth
1996
as Enno Hallberg
Jury Trial
1995
as Christoph Seibel

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Karl Wieland
Der König
1994
as Dirk Walz

Stalingrad
1993
as GeGe Müller
Zärtliche Erpresserin
1992
as Daniel
Geboren 1999
1992
as Karl Meiberg

Wolffs Revier
1992
as Bernd Adler

Wolffs Revier
1992
as Hans

Manta - Der Film
1991
as Manfred " Fred " Grabowski

A Case For Two
1981
as Alexander Hagenbach

Der Alte
1977
as Christian Vondrell

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Axel Dietrich

Scene of the Crime
1970
as André Plötz

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Heinrich Vogel