72 Notable alumni of University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch
Updated: May 30, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch is ranked #6,575 in the world and #192 in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 72 notable alumni from University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Lothar Müthel
1896-1964 (aged 68)
stage actor
director
actor
film actor
Lothar Müthel was a German stage and film actor and director.
2. Gerda Müller
1894-1951 (aged 57)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Gerda Müller was a German stage actress.
3. Alfred Braun
1888-1978 (aged 90)
stage actor
actor
director
film actor
film producer
Alfred Braun was a pioneer of German radio. He became famous as a radio reporter and radio play director, among other things. He was also an actor, stage and film director, and screenwriter.
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4. Jens Hoffmann
1974-. (aged 52)
writer
exhibition curator
art historian
curator
Jens Hoffmann Mesén is a writer, editor, educator, and exhibition maker. His work has attempted to expand the definition and context of exhibition making. From 2003 to 2007 Hoffmann was director of exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London. He is the former director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art from 2007 to 2016 and deputy director...
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5. Renate Müller
1906-1937 (aged 31)
singer
actor
film actor
Renate Müller was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage.
6. Thomas Ostermeier
1968-. (aged 58)
film actor
theatrical director
director
Thomas Ostermeier is a German theatre director. He currently mainly works for the Berlin Schaubühne.
7. Alexander Granach
1890-1945 (aged 55)
stage actor
film actor
Alexander Granach was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938.
8. O. E. Hasse
1903-1978 (aged 75)
stage actor
film director
television actor
voice actor
film actor
Otto Eduard Hasse was a German film actor and director.
9. Werner Hinz
1903-1985 (aged 82)
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Werner Hinz was a German film actor who appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984.
10. Jürgen Hentsch
1936-2011 (aged 75)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Jürgen Hentsch was a German actor. He was known for several movies and TV shows such as The Deathmaker (1995), In the Shadow of Power (2003) and Der Mann mit der Maske (1994). He was married to Wassilka Hentsch.
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11. Doris Abeßer
1935-2016 (aged 81)
actor
audio drama actor
film actor
dub actor
stage actor
Doris Abeßer was a German actress and radio personality. She was born in Berlin and appeared in television and films from 1952 onwards. She was awarded an Erich Weinert Medal by Free German Youth in 1961. She married Günter Stahnka, a German film director in 1963.
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12. Mathias Wieman
1902-1969 (aged 67)
film actor
screenwriter
stage actor
Mathias Wieman was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor.
13. Leander Haußmann
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Leander Haußmann is a German theatre and film director.
14. Gustav von Wangenheim
1895-1975 (aged 80)
film director
director
actor
writer
resistance fighter
Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim was a German actor, screenwriter and director.
15. Marianne Hoppe
1909-2002 (aged 93)
stage actor
film actor
Marianne Hoppe was a German theatre and film actress.
16. Franziska Petri
1973-. (aged 53)
actor
film actor
Franziska Petri is a German actress.
17. Ludwig Blochberger
1982-. (aged 44)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Ludwig Blochberger is a German actor. He is best known for his appearance in the coming of age movie Summer Storm dealing with issues around sexual orientation. He also appeared on German TV drama programmes including The Old Fox, Tatort and Brittany Mystery. Furthermore he portrayed the Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in the TV documentary drama Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen.
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18. Ursula Werner
1943-. (aged 83)
stage actor
film actor
Ursula Werner is a German actress.
19. Jenny Schily
1967-. (aged 59)
stage actor
film actor
Jenny Rosa Schily is a German actress who primarily works in theater and film. She has also performed in radio plays.
20. Anton Walbrook
1896-1967 (aged 71)
actor
film actor
Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left Germany in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema. Walbrook is perhaps best known for his roles in the original British film of...
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21. Catherine Flemming
1967-. (aged 59)
television producer
activist
film producer
actor
film actor
Catherine Flemming is a German film and TV actress. She has performed in more than eighty films and TV roles since 1995, nearly all in German.
22. Helga Hahnemann
1937-1991 (aged 54)
cabaret performer
comedian
entertainer
film actor
radio personality
Helga "Big Helga" Hahnemann was an East German multi-faceted stage performer and entertainer. She came to wider prominence through her television and radio appearances after 1962. By the time reunification arrived in 1990 she had become a leading star of the small screen in East Germany. She fell terminally ill and then died shortly afterwards, possibly because of the extent...
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23. Ursula Karusseit
1939-2019 (aged 80)
stage actor
film actor
Ursula Karusseit was a German actress.
24. Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss
1962-. (aged 64)
screenwriter
film director
television actor
actor
film actor
Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss is a German actor and director. He has appeared in television and films for over 20 years. He played a leading role in Doris Dörrie's 1994 film, Nobody Loves Me. He also plays a leading role in the comedy series Alles wird gut.
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25. Janina Hartwig
1961-. (aged 65)
actor
film actor
Janina Hartwig is a German actress.
26. Mala Emde
1996-. (aged 30)
actor
Mala Emde is a German actress.
27. Renate Blume
1944-. (aged 82)
actor
film actor
Renate Blume is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1964. She was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
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28. Ulrike Krumbiegel
1961-. (aged 65)
stage actor
film actor
Ulrike Krumbiegel is a German actress. She has performed in more than 100 film and TV productions. In her early career, she performed in East German cinema and theatre. After the re-unification of Germany, her career continued with appearances in crime series such as Tatort, and the ZDF series SOKO München. She has also continued to appear in the theatre,...
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29. Dieter Mann
1941-2022 (aged 81)
university teacher
stage actor
theatrical director
actor
film actor
Dieter Mann was a German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality. In his career, he acted in several theater productions and in over 140 film and television productions. Between 1984 and 1991, he was director of the Deutsches Theater. In 1986, he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Internationally, he is best known for having portrayed...
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30. Christine Schorn
1944-. (aged 82)
actor
film actor
Christine Schorn is a German actress. Schorn has appeared in multiple films and TV shows including Apprehension (1982), According to the Plan (2007) and Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge (2012).
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31. Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff
1921-1998 (aged 77)
film actor
actor
television presenter
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987.
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32. Friedrich Mücke
1981-. (aged 45)
stage actor
film actor
Friedrich Mücke is a German actor who has appeared in more than twenty films since 2006, many of which have tackled issues relating to the former GDR (the Communist state that was commonly known as East Germany).
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33. Thomas Thieme
1948-. (aged 78)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Thomas Thieme 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.
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34. Dagmar Manzel
1958-. (aged 68)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Dagmar Manzel is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1979. She starred in the 1986 film So Many Dreams, which was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
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35. Henry Hübchen
1947-. (aged 79)
actor
voice actor
composer
Henry Hübchen is a German actor who played the title character in the award-winning 2004 film Go for Zucker. That performance earned him a Lola, Germany's equivalent of an Oscar, and critical praise at home and abroad. He was raised in East Berlin, in what was then East Germany.
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36. Gerit Kling
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
Gerit Kling is a German film, television and voice actress.
37. Fritzi Haberlandt
1975-. (aged 51)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Fritzi Haberlandt is a German actress.
38. Herbert Köfer
1921-2021 (aged 100)
actor
radio personality
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Herbert Köfer was a German actor and television presenter. He was the first German TV news presenter for the East German Deutscher Fernsehfunk, and also presented the station's last news before the reunification of Germany. His first theatre engagement was in 1940, and he kept acting until the age of 100. Köfer played an SS-Hauptsturmführer in the 1963 film Nackt...
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39. Simon Schwarz
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
film actor
Simon Schwarz is an Austrian actor. He is known for his role as Chris Wegner in the medical drama series Die Eifelpraxis and as Rudi Birkenberger in the Franz Eberhofer series of crime films. Since 2019 he has been starring with Eberhofer actor Sebastian Bezzel in a documentary TV series Bezzel & Schwarz - Die Grenzgänger, in which they live...
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40. Michael Gwisdek
1942-2020 (aged 78)
film actor
stage actor
film director
television actor
actor
Michael Gwisdek was a German actor and film director.
41. Sylvester Groth
1958-. (aged 68)
stage actor
actor
singer
film actor
Sylvester Groth is a German theater, television, and film actor. He is best known to international audiences from his appearances in Hollywood movies including Inglourious Basterds and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Furthermore, he has appeared in the Netflix series Sense8, Fargo, and Dark.
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42. Jördis Triebel
1977-. (aged 49)
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Jördis Triebel is a German film and stage actress.
43. Horst Krause
1941-2025 (aged 84)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Horst Krause was a German actor.
44. Uwe Kockisch
1944-2025 (aged 81)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Uwe Kockisch was a German stage, screen and television actor.
45. Julia Jentsch
1978-. (aged 48)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Julia Jentsch is a German actress. She has received awards including the Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Lola. She is best known for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, The Edukators and I Served the King of England.
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46. Milan Peschel
1968-. (aged 58)
stage actor
television director
television actor
voice actor
film actor
Milan Peschel is a German actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1999.
47. Jenny Gröllmann
1947-2006 (aged 59)
stage actor
film actor
Jenny Gröllmann was a German actress, best known for her work on films I Was Nineteen (1968), Peas at 5:30 (2004) and her recurring role on the show Polizeiruf 110. She won an Ernst Zinna Prize of the city of Berlin in 1974.
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48. Alexander Fehling
1981-. (aged 45)
film actor
screenwriter
stage actor
Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film Inglourious Basterds, and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series Homeland as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.
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49. Rebecca Immanuel
1970-. (aged 56)
television actor
television presenter
actor
film actor
Rebecca Immanuel, born Sonja Zimmer is a German actress.
50. Mark Waschke
1972-. (aged 54)
stage actor
television actor
performing artist
actor
film actor
Mark Waschke is a German theatre, film and television actor who has been performing since 2005.
51. Claudia Michelsen
1969-. (aged 57)
stage actor
film actor
Claudia Michelsen is a German actress. She was born in Dresden and is based in Berlin. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1989.
52. Charly Hübner
1972-. (aged 54)
screenwriter
stage actor
film director
actor
film actor
Carsten Johannes Marcus Hübner is a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 2003, including Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt (in 2017) and The Good Neighbour (Unter Nachbarn, in 2011). Also known on TV for Transporter (between 2012–2014), Polizeiruf 110 (a detective series, between 2005–2019), crime series Post Mortem in 2007/2008.
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53. Devid Striesow
1973-. (aged 53)
voice actor
actor
Devid Striesow is a German actor.
54. Ronald Zehrfeld
1977-. (aged 49)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Ronald Zehrfeld is a German actor. His movie roles include Barbara (2012), Inbetween Worlds (2014), and Phoenix (2014).
55. Maria Simon
1976-. (aged 50)
stage actor
film actor
Maria Simon is a German actress.
56. Nina Hoss
1975-. (aged 51)
voice actor
stage actor
singer
film actor
Nina Hoss is a German stage, film, and television actress. She is known for her collaborations with director Christian Petzold in films such as Barbara (2012) and Phoenix (2014). Her roles in other films include The White Masai (2005), Pelican Blood (2020), Tár (2022), and Hedda (2025). She has also starred in the American TV series Homeland (2014–2017), The Defeated...
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57. Sven Martinek
1964-. (aged 62)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Sven Martinek is a German actor, best known for portraying the main character Max Zander on the German TV series Der Clown.
58. Manfred Krug
1937-2016 (aged 79)
stage actor
actor
composer
writer
singer
Manfred Krug was a German actor, singer and author.
59. Alwara Höfels
1982-. (aged 44)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Alwara Höfels is a German actress who works both in front of the camera and on the theater stage.
60. Corinna Harfouch
1954-. (aged 72)
film actor
voice actor
stage actor
Corinna Harfouch is a German actress.
61. Jasna Fritzi Bauer
1989-. (aged 37)
stage actor
actor
film actor
dub actor
Jasna Fritzi Bauer is a Swiss actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2010.
62. Sabin Tambrea
1984-. (aged 42)
stage actor
film actor
Sabin Tambrea is a German actor. He is best known for his role as Ludwig II of Bavaria in Ludwig II.
63. Simone Thomalla
1965-. (aged 61)
stage actor
film actor
Simone Thomalla is a German actress.
64. Lars Eidinger
1976-. (aged 50)
presenter
stage actor
actor
film actor
Lars Eidinger is a German actor and rapper, based in Berlin. He has appeared in German and international film and television productions, including the 2020 film My Little Sister, the German series Babylon Berlin (2017–2022), the 2023 American miniseries All the Light We Cannot See, and the 2024 film Dying.
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65. Jan Josef Liefers
1964-. (aged 62)
film director
director
manufacturer
television actor
screenwriter
Jan Josef Liefers is a German actor, producer, director and musician.
66. August Diehl
1976-. (aged 50)
film actor
actor
stage actor
August Diehl is a German actor, primarily known to international audiences for playing Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's husband, in the movie Salt. He is also known for his leading roles in the films The Counterfeiters (2007), The Young Karl Marx (2017), and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (2019).
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67. Marlene Dietrich
1901-1992 (aged 91)
stage actor
violinist
entertainer
autobiographer
resistance fighter
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, she performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in many Hollywood films, including six roles...
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68. Matthias Schweighöfer
1981-. (aged 45)
film director
entrepreneur
film producer
actor
film actor
Matthias Schweighöfer is a German actor and filmmaker known for his work in several German and American film productions. He appeared as Lieutenant Franz Herber in the 2008 film Valkyrie. In 2021, Schweighöfer appeared in the Netflix film Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, as Ludwig Dieter. He reprised his role in the prequel film, Army of Thieves,...
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69. Karoline Herfurth
1984-. (aged 42)
film actor
screenwriter
film director
Karoline Herfurth is a German actress.
70. Sandra Hüller
1978-. (aged 48)
lifting truck operator
stage actor
actor
film actor
Sandra Hüller is a German actress. She has appeared in German, Austrian, British, French, and American films. She has received various accolades, including two European Film Awards, a César Award and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards.
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71. F. W. Murnau
1888-1931 (aged 43)
screenwriter
film director
director
film producer
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
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72. Gergana Dimitrova
1975-. (aged 51)
translator
playwright
Gergana Dimitrova is a Bulgarian theatre director, playwright and translator.