Hans-Michael Rehberg
Born: 1938-04-02 in Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
Died: 2017-11-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hans-Michael Rehberg (born April 2, 1938, in Fürstenwalde/Spree; died November 7, 2017, in Berlin) was a German actor and director. Hans-Michael Rehberg completed his acting training from 1956 to 1958 at the Folkwang School in Essen. After early engagements at the *Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld-Mönchengladbach* and the *Landesbühne Schleswig*, he became a member of the ensemble at the *Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel* (Bavarian State Theater) at the age of just 25, remaining with the company until 1972. Further milestones in his theater career included the *Münchner Kammerspiele*, the *Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg*, and *Schauspiel Köln*, where he also served for a time as co-director. Over the course of his career, Rehberg collaborated with numerous renowned directors, including Ingmar Bergman, Peter Zadek, Claus Peymann, Luc Bondy, and Andrea Breth. Guest appearances took him to venues such as the *Thalia Theater Hamburg*, the *Schauspielhaus Zürich*, the *Burgtheater* in Vienna, and the Salzburg Festival. In 1971, he also made his debut as a director at the *Münchner Residenztheater*. Alongside his extensive theater work, Rehberg appeared in approximately one hundred film and television productions. He gained widespread recognition through roles in *Schindler's List*, *Der Totmacher*, and *Die Manns*, as well as for his portrayal of Bishop Hemmelrath in the ARD television series *Pfarrer Braun*. In the feature film comedy *(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1*, he played the role of Rogul. Rehberg was regarded as a versatile character actor, particularly adept at embodying complex and vulnerable figures.
Filmography
2023
- Wicked Games as Vater
2018
- Alt, aber Polt as Friedrich Kurzbacher
- Matula: Der Schatten des Berges as Franz Bornholt
2016
- Original Bliss as Reitinger
2015
- Shades of Guilt as Karl-Heinz Gronau
2014
- 1864 as Wrangel
- The Dark Valley as Brenner
2013
- Styrian Blood as Oberleitner
- Leg ihn um! - Ein Familienfest as August Manzl
- Polt. as Friedrich Kurzbacher
- Live is Life 2 as Mr. Klüger
- Zurück ins Leben as Paul
2012
- The Wall as Keuschler
2011
- My Best Enemy as Karel Brinik
- Der Wettbewerb as Hermann Fischbach
2010
- Young Goethe in Love as Gerichtspräsident Kammermeier
- Kennedy's Brain as Ingvar Holmqvist
- Transfer as Hermann
- Rosannas Tochter as Richard - Aimées Großvater
- Live Is Life as Mr. Klüger
- Phantomanie as Edgar
2009
- Vom Reich zur Republik as Walther Freiherr von Lüttwitz
- Killing Is My Business, Honey as Christopher Kimbel
- Lulu and Jimi as Von Oppeln
- Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation as Narrator (segment "Séance") (voice)
- Mein Flaschengeist und ich as Chef des Geisterrates
- Der Mann aus der Pfalz as Johannes Finck
- Am Seil as Josef 'Sepp' Langseiler
2008
- Todsünde as Robert Gebirg
2007
- Gipfelsturm as Schaftoni
- Das zweite Leben as Alfred Kreutzer
2006
- 8 x 45 as Großvater
- Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr as Herr Lobisser
- Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht as Hofintendant Graf Seeau
- Tod eines Keilers as Eugen Rusterholz
2005
- In einem anderen Leben as Dr. Wilhelm Landgraf
- Apollonia as Michl
2004
- (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 as Regulator Rogul
- My Name Is Bach as Medikus
- Die Frau des Architekten as Daniel Tieck
- Sehnsucht as Father Heppner
2003
- Pfarrer Braun as Bischof Sebastian Hemmelrath
- Wedding Shower as Friedrich Kurzbacher
- Hamlet_X as King
- MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener
- Im Namen des Herrn as Abt Gregor
- Eine Liebe in Afrika as Bernhard
2002
- Die Rosenheim-Cops as Simon Baumgartner
- Himmel, Polt und Hölle as Friedrich Kurzbacher
- Gefährliche Nähe und Du ahnst nichts as Prof. Dr. Buchheim
2001
- SOKO Kitzbühel as Wolfgang Zoderer
- Denninger - Der Mallorcakrimi as Günther Bellhaus
- Passing Summer as Valeries Professor
- Polt muss weinen as Friedrich Kurzbacher
- Der Solist - Niemandsland as Alexander Jensen
- Blumen für Polt as Friedrich Kurzbacher
2000
- Wanderjahre as Graf Etz
- Zärtliche Sterne as Vater
1999
- Der Schandfleck as Josef Reindorfer
- Ein Mann steht auf
- Tödliche Schatten as Werner
1998
- Der letzte Zeuge as Werner Brodek
- Das Miststück as Lohnert
- Vorübergehend verstorben as Werner Almquist
- Der Campus as Hirschberg
- Opera ball as Tomek
- Geliebte Gegner as Kutas Jakesch
- Hoffnung für Julia as Prof. Klaus Haber
- Frankfurt Millennium as Der Mann mit dem Gummibaum
1997
- Küstenwache as Peter Trautmann
1996
- Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles as Ibrahim Jafari
- Der Mörder und die Hure as Vogel
- Nach uns die Sintflut
1995
- The Deathmaker as Kommisar Raetz
1994
- Inspector Rex as Dr. Alexej Weiss
- Ein starkes Team as Martin Bisske
- Im Namen des Gesetzes as Eberhard Mannsteiner
- Rosa Roth as Raskow
- Ärzte as Prof. Haber
- Shiva und die Galgenblume as Graf Gortschakoff
- Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da as Josef Rothenberg
1993
- Schindler's List as Rudolf Hoss
- Der Fall Lucona as Robert Falk
- Das tödliche Auge as Müller
- Im Himmel hört Dich niemand weinen
- Engel ohne Flügel as Becker
1992
- Wolffs Revier as Treutler
- Verflixte Leidenschaft as Mr. Denning
- Der Tod zu Basel as Zäslin
1991
- Das tätowierte Herz as Marschall
- Love at First Sight as Elsas Vater
1990
- Marleneken as Egon Folkmann
- Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden as Dr. Vial
1989
- Seven Minutes as Brechtl
- The Story Teller as Herr Jensen
- Schweinegeld
- Mistress Berta Garlan as Herr Rupius
1988
- Die Männer vom K3 as Ewald Köster
- Eurocops as Gerhard Stahl
- Lenin: The Train
- Innocence Unknown as Herr C
1987
- Zur Freiheit as Immobilienspekulant Triebheimer
- Reichshauptstadt privat
1986
- Rosa Luxemburg as Waldemar Pabst
- Dirt as Oberkontrollor
- The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial as Siegfried Buback
1985
- The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time as Herr von Gerlach
1984
- Kaltes Fieber
- The Shipwrecker as Psychiatrist
- Donauwalzer as Taffeck
1983
- Eisenhans as Feininger
1982
- Krimistunde
- The Charterhouse of Parma as Marchese del Dongo
- War and Peace as General
1981
- Der Richter as Heinrich
- In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer as Robert J. Oppenheimer
- When Hedgehogs Grow Up as Narrator
1980
- Berlin Alexanderplatz as Kommissar der Mordkommission
- Landläufiger Tod
- So weit das Auge reicht as Richard Kuhl
1979
- The Day Elvis Came to Bremerhaven as Herbert Teschner
1978
- Heinrich Heine
- Der Geist der Mirabelle as Dorsch
1977
- The Old Fox as Otto Dietz
- The Consequence as Anstaltsleiter Rusterholz
1976
- Waffen für Amerika as Beaumarchais
1974
- Derrick as Doktor Bloch
- Supermarket as Homosexueller
- Fliegen und Stürzen - Porträt der Melitta Schiller-Stauffenberg as Alexander von Stauffenberg
1973
- Frühbesprechung as Kriminalhauptmeister Achternbuch
1972
- The Century of Surgeons as Captain Gilbey
- Marie
1971
- Der Pedell as Dramaturg
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Rudolf Wenisch
- 11 Uhr 20 as Schmoll
- Tanker as Peter
1969
- The Commissioner as Herr Knabbe
1968
- Wie es euch gefällt as Orlando
1967
- Paradies auf Erden as Paul
1965
- Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen as Leander
1963
- Die fünfte Kolonne as Arzt