Acting
Sylvester Groth
Born 1958-03-31
Jerichow, Germany
Department: Acting
Biography
Sylvester Groth was born in Jerichow, German Democratic Republic on March 31st, 1958. He is an actor with an extensive television and theater career, well known for portraying Goebbels in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Clausen in Dark (2019) and starring in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Stalingrad (1993) and Deutschland 83 (2015).
Known For
Prominent works featuring Sylvester Groth
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Inglourious Basterds
2009
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Dark
2017
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
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The Reader
2008
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Sense8
2015
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The 355
2022
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Breathe
2017
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Scene of the Crime
1970
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The Old Fox
1977
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Morgenmagazin
1992
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (120 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gentle Monster | Hermann Kühn | Movie | 2026 |
 | Silent Friend | Anton | Movie | 2026 |
| Dog | Taxifahrer | Movie | 2025 | |
 | Kati: A Freestyle That Stays | Binges | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Trouble with Jessica | Groth | Movie | 2024 |
 | Unwanted | Klaus | TV Series | 2023 |
 | German Crime Story: Gefesselt | Ludwig Lübke | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Sheikh | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The 355 | Jonas Muller | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Witnesses | Prof. Max Felsner | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Berlin, I Love You | Frosch | Movie | 2019 |
 | Criminal: Germany | Karl Schultz | TV Series | 2019 |
 | BFF Detectives | Klaus Schmitt | Movie | 2019 |
 | Der Club der singenden Metzger | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Master Butcher | Robert | Movie | 2019 |
 | Kaisersturz | Kaiser Wilhelm II. | Movie | 2018 |
 | The New End | Doktor | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dark | Investigator Clausen | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Breathe | Dr. Erik Langdorf | Movie | 2017 |
 | In Times of Fading Light | Kurt | Movie | 2017 |
 | Zorn - Kalter Rauch | Adam Völx | Movie | 2017 |
 | Wacht am Rhein | Dieter Gottschalk | Movie | 2017 |
 | Ein Kommissar kehrt zurück | Michael Adam | Movie | 2016 |
 | NSU German History X | Walter Ahler | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Die Mutter des Mörders | Dr. Benjamin | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Uncle Rudi | Movie | 2015 |
 | Deutschland | Walter Schweppenstette | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Sense8 | Sergei Bogdanow | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Naked Among Wolves | Helmut Krämer | Movie | 2015 |
 | A Pact | Georg | Movie | 2013 |
 | Generation War | Hiemer | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Ihr Brief zur Hochzeit | Liebhaber | Movie | 2012 |
 | Bittere Kirschen | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Weekend | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | Frisch gepresst | Helgo | Movie | 2012 |
 | Shores of Hope | Roman | Movie | 2012 |
 | Wisdom of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and the I Ching | Richard Wilhelm - German(voice) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Tom Sawyer | Doc Robinson | Movie | 2011 |
 | Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe | Martin Volke | Movie | 2011 |
 | Keiner geht verloren | Hotte | Movie | 2010 |
 | Aghet | Martin Niepage | Movie | 2010 |
 | Inspektor Barbarotti - Mensch ohne Hund | Inspektor Gunnar Barbarotti | Movie | 2010 |
 | Zarte Parasiten | Martin | Movie | 2009 |
 | Whiskey with Vodka | Martin Telleck | Movie | 2009 |
 | Inglourious Basterds | Joseph Goebbels | Movie | 2009 |
 | Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben | Kawalerowicz | Movie | 2009 |
 | Hilde | Boleslaw Barlog | Movie | 2009 |
 | Buddenbrooks | Kesselmeyer | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Reader | Prosecuting Council | Movie | 2008 |
| Die Weisheit der Wolken | Max Eisenacher | Movie | 2008 | |
 | Fleisch ist mein Gemüse | Oliver Bendt | Movie | 2008 |
 | Der Kronzeuge | Frank Roloff | Movie | 2007 |
 | Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette | Staatsanwalt Feddersen | TV Series | 2007 |
| Schuld und Unschuld | Jakob Raffael | TV Series | 2007 | |
 | KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst | Richard Plötz | TV Series | 2007 |
 | My Führer | Joseph Goebbels | Movie | 2007 |
 | Der Kriminalist | Dieter Rohrbach | TV Series | 2006 |
| Der Kriminalist | Martin Kippendorf | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Nevermore | Pfarrer Ekdahl | Movie | 2006 |
 | Lulu | Dr. Schön | Movie | 2006 |
| Käthchens Traum | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 | |
| Ein glücklicher Tag | George | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Zerbrechliche Zeugin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie | Christian Rilling | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Das Wunder von Lengede | Harald Hansen | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Miracle of Lengede | Harald Hansen | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Hexen - Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Third Wave | Dauphin | Movie | 2003 |
| Die Geisel | Olaf Bodenteich | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Kolle - Ein Leben für Liebe und Sex | Oswalt Kolle | Movie | 2002 |
 | Die geheime Inquisition | Großinquisitor Santori | Movie | 2002 |
| Liebe. Macht. Blind. | Béla | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Der Verleger | Christian Kracht | Movie | 2001 |
 | Mein Leben & Ich | Dr.Reimann | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Romeo | Klaus Weingarten alias Hermann Weber | Movie | 2001 |
| Jenseits | Matthias Mund | Movie | 2001 | |
| Verzweiflung | Sigs | Movie | 2000 | |
| Der Briefbomber | Frank Meyer | Movie | 2000 | |
| Der Preis der Sehnsucht | Aleksander | Movie | 1999 | |
 | The Volcano | Hans Hollmann | Movie | 1999 |
 | Requiem for a Romantic Woman | Clemens Brentano | Movie | 1999 |
| Gesche's Poison | Johann Timm | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Schimanski | Christian Wörner | TV Series | 1997 |
| Nachtstudio | Self | TV Series | 1997 | |
| Bruder Esel | Elias Busch | TV Series | 1996 | |
 | Journey to Weimar | Dr. Hauke Wolf | Movie | 1996 |
| Sperling | Ewald | TV Series | 1996 | |
| Outside Time | Georg | Movie | 1995 | |
 | Rosa Roth | Michael Katzmann | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Farewell to Agnes | Stefan | Movie | 1994 |
| Die Vergebung | Mann | Movie | 1994 | |
 | Bella Block | Dr. Jakob Groth | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Stalingrad | Otto | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Last U-Boat | Funker Maschke | Movie | 1993 |
 | Verlorene Landschaft | Father (Young) | Movie | 1992 |
 | Morgenmagazin | Self | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Momo | Agent BLW 553 X | Movie | 1986 |
 | The House on the River | Heinz Hüsgen | Movie | 1986 |
| Junge Leute in der Stadt | Reinhardt | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Der Schimmelreiter | Hauke Haien | Movie | 1985 |
 | Rote Erde | Fritz Rewandowski | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The Turning Point | Mark Niebuhr | Movie | 1983 |
 | Meines Vaters Straßenbahn | Janker | Movie | 1980 |
 | Meines Vaters Straßenbahn | Janker | TV Series | 1980 |
| Plankton oder das Wunder der Anpassung | Kilian | Movie | 1980 | |
 | The Old Fox | Herbert Rühle | TV Series | 1977 |
| The Old Fox | Josef Böcking | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Polizeiruf 110 | Hauptkommsissar Jochen Drexler | TV Series | 1971 |
| Polizeiruf 110 | Peter Wengler | TV Series | 1971 |
| Polizeiruf 110 | Hauptkommissar Jochen Drexler | TV Series | 1971 |
| Polizeiruf 110 | Jochen Drexler | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Scene of the Crime | Pathologe | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Christian Seitz | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Rainer Vaske | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Norbert Müller | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Dieter Gottschalk | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Justus Fürmann | TV Series | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Polizeipräsident | TV Series | 1970 |
| Grimme Award | Self | TV Series | 1964 | |
| German Film Award | Self | TV Series | 1951 |