Godehard Giese (born 1972) is a German actor, known for his roles in ''

Deutschland 83 ''Deutschland 83'' is a 2015 German spy thriller television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who is sent to West Germany in 1983 as an undercover spy for the HVA, the foreign intelligence agency of the Stasi. I ...

''. and ''

Babylon Berlin ''Babylon Berlin'' is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is loosely based on novels by Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13 October 2017 o ...

''.

Life

Giese attended

Sankt-Ansgar-Schule The Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (common abbreviation: SAS) is a private secondary school in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church, in the State of Hamburg. The school ...

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

in his childhood. He studied at

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

from 1997 to 2000. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as an actor at a theatre in

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; or ; ) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim (district), Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of t ...

. He came out as gay in February 2021.''«Wir sind schon da».''
in: ''SZ-Magazin'', 4 February 2021.

Selected filmography

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Breaking Horizons ''Breaking Horizons'' () is a 2012 German drama film directed by Pola Schirin Beck. Cast * Aylin Tezel as Lara * Henrike von Kuick as Nora * Tómas Lemarquis as Elvar * Godehard Giese Godehard Giese (born 1972) is a German actor, known for ...

'' (2012) *''

The Book Thief ''The Book Thief'' is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. Published in 2005, ''The Book Thief'' became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and s ...

'' (2013) *' (2015) *''

A Cure for Wellness ''A Cure for Wellness'' is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe. Haythe and Verbinski were inspired by Thomas Mann's 1924 novel ''The Magic Mountain'' while coming up with the idea for the fil ...

'' (2016) *'' Alone in Berlin'' (2016) * ''Liebmann'' (2016) *''

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'' (2018) *' (2018) *''

All My Loving "All My Loving" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their second UK album ''With the Beatles'' (1963). It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by George Martin. Though not officially rele ...

'' (2019) *''

I Was, I Am, I Will Be ''I Was, I Am, I Will Be'' () is a 2019 German drama film directed by İlker Çatak. Plot Poor Kurdish population, Kurdish male prostitute Baran wants to start a new life in Germany with the help from pilot Marion. Cast * Anne Ratte-Polle - Mar ...

'' (2019) * ''

No One's with the Calves ''No One's with the Calves'' () is a 2021 German drama film based on the eponymous book by . Plot Christin (Saskia Rosendahl) lives with her partner Jan ( Rick Okon) and his parents on a farm in Mecklenburg. She is frustrated with the life on the ...

'' (2021) * ''

Bones and Names ''Bones and Names'' () is a 2023 German drama film written and directed by Fabian Stumm in his feature directorial debut, starring himself along with Knut Berger, Marie-Lou Sellem and Susie Meyer. The relationship drama presents subtle irony of ...

'' (2023) *'' The Conference'' (2023) * '' A Million Minutes'' (2024) * ''

Sad Jokes ''Sad Jokes'' is a 2024 German comedy-drama film, directed by Fabian Stumm. The film stars Stumm as Joseph, a gay film director who is co-parent to Pino (Justus Meyer) with his friend Sonya (Haley Louise Jones), and is forced to adapt to the dem ...

'' (2024) * ''

Wunderschöner ''Wunderschöner'' (lit.“''More Beautiful''”) is a 2025 German anthology film written and directed by Karoline Herfurth and co-written by Monika Fässler. It is a sequel to the 2022 film ''Wunderschön''. The film was released on 13 Februa ...

'' (2025)

Selected television

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Der Kriminalist ' is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and , during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer. List of episodes ...

'' (2011) *''

'' (2015) *''

Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach ''Shades of Guilt'' (German: ''Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach'') is a German television series. It was first broadcast on 6 February 2015, on the internet. The television release was on 20 February 2015, on German television channel ZDF. It ba ...

'' (2015) *''

'' (2017-) *'' The Same Sky'' (2017)

References

External links

* * 1972 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors Male actors from Hamburg People educated at the Sankt-Ansgar-Schule German gay actors Berlin University of the Arts alumni {{Germany-screen-actor-stub