Martin Brambach

German actor (born 1967)

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Martin Brambach (born 28 October 1967) is a German actor.
After attending Westfälische Schauspielschule drama school in Bochum, Brambach was engaged at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Köln, Burgtheater Vienna (company member from 1989 to 1999) and Schaubühne Berlin.
He played minor roles in the Academy Award-winning films The Lives of Others , The Counterfeiters and The Reader , and worked with internationally known directors like Michael Haneke and Thomas Vinterberg.
He is the step brother of Jan Josef Liefers.
Schweizerkas 1997: The Castle (TV Movie) .

Martin Brambach (born 28 October 1967) is a German actor. He grew up in Dresden, East Berlin and Hamburg. After attending Westfälische Schauspielschule drama school in Bochum, Brambach was engaged at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Köln, Burgtheater Vienna (company member from 1989 to 1999) and Schaubühne Berlin.

He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1988. He played minor roles in the Academy Award-winning films The Lives of Others, The Counterfeiters and The Reader, and worked with internationally known directors like Michael Haneke and Thomas Vinterberg.

Brambach lives in Recklinghausen with actress Christine Sommer, her daughters and their son. He is the step brother of Jan Josef Liefers.

Filmography

Television

1988: Mother Courage and Her Children (TV Movie) .... Schweizerkas
1997: The Castle (TV Movie) .... Schwarzer
2004–2006: SOKO Wismar (TV Series) .... Kriminaloberkommissar Winfried 'Winnie' Scheel
2007–2010: KDD – Berlin Crime Squad .... Thomas Behrens
2012–2014: Add a Friend .... Dr. Metzler
1999–2020: Tatort .... Kommissariatsleiter Peter Michael Schnabel
2017: Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach (Guilt)