Most Famous German Actors
Germany has produced 606 notable actors throughout history, led by Marlene Dietrich. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MD
Marlene Dietrich German Actor 1901 – 1992
#
217
CB
Charles Bukowski German Actor 1920 – 1994
#
770
RW
Rainer Werner Fassbinder German Screenwriter 1945 – 1982
#
1,751
DK
Diane Kruger German Actor Born 1976
#
1,840
KK
Klaus Kinski German Actor 1926 – 1991
#
1,938
NK
Nastassja Kinski German Actor Born 1961
#
2,901
CS
Claudia Schiffer German Actor Born 1970
#
3,500
NH
Nina Hagen German Actor Born 1955
#
3,542
FP
Franka Potente German Actor Born 1974
#
4,007
AM
Armin Mueller-Stahl German Actor Born 1930
#
4,545
FW
F. W. Murnau German Film 1888 – 1931
#
4,750
CJ
Curd Jürgens German Film 1915 – 1982
#
5,113
HG
Herbert Grönemeyer German Actor Born 1956
#
5,770
LR
Lotte Reiniger German Film 1899 – 1981
#
5,862
EJ
Emil Jannings German Actor 1884 – 1950
#
6,197
SK
Sibel Kekilli German Actor Born 1980
#
6,271
PV
Paul van Dyk German Producer Born 1971
#
6,621
SL
Siegfried Lenz German Screenwriter 1926 – 2014
#
6,828
UB
Uwe Boll German Film Born 1965
#
7,135
WP
Wolfgang Petersen German Film Born 1941
#
7,810