Thorsten Merten (born December 4, 1963, in Ruhla) is a German actor. Thorsten Merten originally intended to become a journalist and initially worked as a trainee at the newspaper *Das Volk*. After completing his military service, he underwent acting training from 1986 to 1990 at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, where he attended the newly established cabaret department and graduated with a diploma in cabaret performance. This was followed by engagements at various theaters both at home and abroad, including the Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne, the Staatstheater Schwerin, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Volksbühne Berlin, and the Deutsches Theater Berlin. For his stage work, he was awarded the Conrad Ekhof Prize in 1999. His notable stage roles include McMurphy in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*, the Ghost in *Hamlet*, as well as roles in *Ivanov*, *Prometheus*, and *Sonnenallee*. In 2024, he played the role of operations manager Kuckuck in the operetta *Messeschlager Gisela* at the Komische Oper Berlin. Merten gained his first experience in front of the camera in 1992 in Andreas Dresen's film *Stilles Land*. He achieved his breakthrough in 2001 with the tragicomedy *Halbe Treppe* (Grill Point), also directed by Dresen. Since then, he has appeared regularly in both feature films and television productions. Merten also gained recognition through roles in *Wilsberg*, *Afrika, mon amour*, *Bella Block*, *Helen Dorn*, *Donna Leon*, and numerous episodes of *Tatort*. From 2013 to 2021, he played the role of precinct chief Stich in the Weimar-based *Tatort* series. Since 2009, he has portrayed Chief Inspector—later Police Commissioner—Martin Fichte in the ZDF series *Spreewaldkrimi*. He has also played lead roles in other productions, including *Silvi* and *Fremdkörper*. In 2021, he received the German Film Award for his supporting role in *Curveball – Wir machen die Wahrheit*. Furthermore, Merten came up with the idea for the Netflix series *Das letzte Wort*, in which he appeared alongside Anke Engelke.

Фільмографія

• 2026A Stroll to Syracuse
• 2026Bibi Blocksberg - Die total verhexte Zeitreise — Krause
• 2026Der große Zusammenbruch
• 2025Berlin Hero — Harald Wischnewsky
• 2025Cicadas — Uwe
• 2025Miss Merkel - Ein Kreuzfahrt-Krimi — Joachim
• Other People's Money — Rolf Lebert
• The Next Level — Matt
• 2025The Policeman's Niece — Werner Barth
• 2024Bach - A Christmas Miracle — Adrian Stieglitz
• 2024Der Fall Marianne Voss — Fritz Malowski
• 2024From Hilde, with Love — Dr. Minergerode
• 2024Miss Merkel - Mord auf dem Friedhof — Achim Sauer
• 2024Night to be Gone — Dieter
• Pumpen — Rainer Müller
• 2024Roxy — Passfälscher
• Berlin Bad Trip — Jens Lamprecht
• 2023Der zweite Kurzschluss — Oliver
• German Genius — Olli Hansen
• 2023Kleine Eheverbrechen — Dieter Beil
• 2023Miss Merkel - Ein Uckermark-Krimi — Joachim Sauer
• Sam: A Saxon — Major Schreier
• Грифон — Dr. Peters
• 2022Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos! — Herr Flickendorf
• Divided We Stand — Hajo Gärster
• 2022Eine riskante Entscheidung — Bernhard Elster
• 2022Hunting Season — Vermieter
• 2022Locked in Society — Manfred Prohaska
• 2022What You Can See from Here — Herr Rödder
• Befriending the Grouch — Nowak
• 2021Curveball — Schatz
• 2021Sprachlos in Irland — Dirk
• Deutscher — Frank Pielcke
• 2020Exit — Hönings
• 2020Nothing More Perfect
• The Last Word — Andreas Borowski
• 2020There Are No Orange Trees in Berlin — Wärter Grunert
• 2019Alfons Zitterbacke — Mr. Flickendorf
• 2019Der vierte Mann — Kurt Lehrmann
• 2019Good Girl Gone Bad — Helmut Mayer
• 2019Knorx — Vogtländer
• 2019The Audition
• 2018Atlas — Alfred Hoppe
• 2018Donbass — German Journalist
• 2018Gundermann — Puppenspieler
• The Institute - Oasis of Failure
• 2018The Most Beautiful Girl in the World — Taxifahrer Klaus
• 2017Brothers — Rainer Welke
• Bruder - Schwarze Macht — Bahr
• 2017Das Nebelhaus — Doros Chef
• 2017Hit Mom – Mörderische Weihnachten — Professor
• 2017In Times of Fading Light
• 2017Rübezahls Schatz — Arzt
• 2017Tiger Milk — Stefan
• Вавилон-Берлін — Henning
• Die Pfeiler der Macht — Joseph Pilaster
• 2016The Last Pig — Meier
• 2015Alki Alki — Thomas
• Die Kanzlei — Otto Suhlke
• 2015Einschnitt — der Bürochef
• 2015Foreign Body — Wolfgang
• 2015Heil — Verfassungsschützer F. – Sachsen
• 2015Naked Among Wolves — Hans Bochow
• 2015Rough Road Ahead
• Sedwitz — Ralf "Ralle" Pietzsch
• 2014Der Rücktritt — Martin Heidemanns
• Helen Dorn — Wachmann Strauch
• 2014Open the Wall — Manfred
• 2014We Are Young. We Are Strong.
• 2014Willkommen bei Habib — Bruno
• 2013Der zweite Mann — Klaus Padberg
• 2013Kohlhaas or the Proportionality of Means — Herse
• 2013Silvi - Maybe Love — Michael
• 2013Sunny
• 2013The Golden Goose — Räubervater
• Die Chefin — Harald Steiner
• Kommissar Marthaler — Dr. Meisner
• Letzte Spur Berlin — Jürgen Beck
• 2012Ruhm — Klaus Rubinstein
• 2012Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot — Hofrat
• 2012Sushi in Suhl — Hans Leutner
• 2011Arschkalt — Erhard
• 2011Augen zu — Frank
• 2011Inklusion - gemeinsam anders — Heribert Stein
• 2011Stopped on Track
• 2011Weisst du eigentlich dass ganz viele Blumen blühen im Park
• 2010Auf Doktor komm raus — Apotheker Walter
• 2010Empathie — Rüdiger
• 2010Frösche petzen nicht — Jörg Hilbert
• 2010Gravity — Kollath
• 2010Haltet die Welt an — André Spanuth
• Flemming — Arndt Buchwald
• 2009I've Never Been Happier — Schlickenrieder
• 2008November Child — Alexander
• 2008Remarque - Sein Weg zum Ruhm — Chefredakteur der „Sport im Bild“
• 2008Underdogs — Forster
• 2008Vom Atmen unter Wasser — Jo
• 2007Die Frau am Ende der Straße — Klaus Garbers
• Hamburg Dockland — Bernd Wöhler
• KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst — Van Gogh
• 2007Lunik — Toni Harmann
• 2007Meer is nich — Friedrich
• 2007Sooner or Later
• 2006Die Weihnachtswette — Reinhold
• 2006Four Windows — Vater
• Kommissar Stolberg — Manuel Lichtenberg
• Spreewaldkrimi — Fichte, Martin Fichte
• 2006The Elementary Particles — Hubert
• Unter anderen Umständen — Achim Kaminski
• Криміналіст — Lutz Ebeling, Jochen Pohl
• Der Staatsanwalt — Robert Stein
• 2005Die Nachrichten
• 2005In Liebe eine Eins — Herr Steiner
• Vienna Crime Squad — Falk Link
• 2005Wahrheit oder Pflicht — Lehrer Behnke
• 2004Charlotte — Georg
• 2004Operation Valkyrie — Peter Graf Yorck v. Wartenburg
• 2004Transport
• 2003Gun-shy — Krausser
• K3 – Kripo Hamburg — Kurt Schmidt
• SOKO Köln — Lars Beck
• Solo für Schwarz — Raik Schleusser
• Bloch — Frank
• 2002Grill Point — Christian
• Leipzig Homicide — Volker Hoss
• Murder in the Mountains — Stefan Schiener
• Donna Leon — Palazzi, Piero Sartor
• Küstenwache — Hartmut Schild
• Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall — Uwe Diepenbrock
• Wilsberg — Rainer Wiedemann
• Ein starkes Team — Maik Lehmann
• Im Namen des Gesetzes — Bodo Seitz
• 1994Up – Down — Peet
• Bella Block — Peter Liersch
• 1992Silent Country — Kai Finke
• Wolffs Revier — Jörg Bauer
• Polizeiruf 110 — Hannes Iwanowski, Jan Jürgens
• Scene of the Crime — Kriminalhauptkommissar Kurt Stich, Robert Roetgen, Christof Rüter, Walter Lemke, Kommissariatsleiter Kurt Stich, Christian Wilmots, Thomas Peters, Peter Lessing
• Die Verteidigerin - Tötungsabsicht
• Gespensterwald — Jan Jürgens
• Schwarzer Sommer — Jan Jürgens
• Triptych

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• Riverboat — Self