Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme born 29 October 1948 is a German actor He is considered to be a prolific stage actor and also appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1973 In his film and television appearances Thieme often plays powerful but morally dubious characters He is perhaps bestknown internationally for his roles as Martin Bormann in Downfall 2004 and as Communist minister Bruno Hempf in the Oscarwinning The Lives of Others for which he was compared to Sydney Greenstreet by Roger Ebert in his review He played former Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß who had to spent time in jail for tax evasion in the 2015 television film Der Patriarch He had a recurring role in the successful series Babylon Berlin as the police chief Karl Zörgiebel