Martin Wuttke


Martin Wuttke is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series. He achieved international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, which won him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, shared with the ensemble cast.

Early life and education

Martin Wuttke began his actor training at the college theatre in Bochum, before switching to the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum.

Career

Wuttke has performed on numerous German-speaking stages: Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Schiller Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Theater des Westens Berlin, the Thalia Theater of Hamburg, Stuttgart State Theater, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt am Main, and Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland.
When the Berliner Ensemble performed at the United States in 1999, Wuttke portrayed Hitler as a petty Chicago gangster in Heiner Müller's adaptation of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, in a performance praised by critics.
In 2009 Wuttke was appointed director of the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria, where he also became a member of the ensemble.
He has also starred in many films, achieving international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, and German TV series, notably Babylon Berlin from 2020 to 2022.
In 2023 he played Reinhard Gehlen in Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards