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Thorsten Merten

Highest Rated: 71% Operation Curveball (2020)

Lowest Rated: 17% The Tower (2012)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Ruhla, Germany

German-born actor Thorsten Merten has proved to be a prolific performer in film and television since his screen debut in the politically fueled comedy "Stilles Land" in 1992. His career as a professional actor, however, began in theater after training at The Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. His unquestionable onstage charisma landed him work at such prestigious theaters as the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin in Germany and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland. Throughout the 1990s, Merten focused almost entirely on theatrical productions, but in 2002 he returned to cinemas in force with the award-winning drama "Grill Point." In the film--which is written and directed by renowned German auteur Andreas Dresen--Merten plays an unfaithful radio disc jockey who gets caught by his wife in flagrante delicto with his best friend's better half, kicking off a daring exploration of marriage and friendship. For their portrayals, he and his co-stars were honored with the Silver Hugo for Best Ensemble at the Chicago International Film Festival. Ultimately, it was "Grill Point" that jumpstarted Merten's stalled screen-acting career. Since its premiere, he has gone on to appear in more than 60 film and television productions, including the acclaimed German drama "I've Never Been Happier," in which he played a liberal advertising executive.

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Highest-Rated Movies

71% 100% Operation Curveball Watchlist
60% 74% Gun-Shy
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17% The Tower
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Underdogs
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November Child
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79% Grill Point
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67% Gundermann
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40% Up and Down
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Silent Country
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Die Frau am Ende der Straße
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Cicadas 2025 Uwe Actor Locked-in society 2022 Manfred Prohaska Actor Was man von hier aus sehen kann 2022 Herr Rödder Actor Operation Curveball 71% 100% 2020 Schatz Actor Gundermann 67% 2018 Puppenspieler Actor Atlas 2018 Alfred Hoppe Actor Tiger Milk 2017 Stefan Actor Alki Alki 2015 Thomas Actor Naked Among Wolves 90% 2015 Hans Bochow Actor A dangerous Fortune - Love. Power. Betrayal. Part 2 2015 Joseph Pilaster Actor Open the Wall 2014 Manfred Actor The Tower 17% 2012 Manfred Weniger Actor Stopped on Track 88% 2011 Tumor Actor Empathie 2010 Rüdiger Actor Haltet die Welt an 2010 André Spanuth Actor So glücklich war ich noch nie 2009 Schlickenrieder Actor Gravity 2009 Herr Kollath Actor I've Never Been Happier 40% 2009 Schlickenrieder Actor November Child 2008 Alexander Actor Underdogs 2007 Forster Actor Die Frau am Ende der Straße 2007 Klaus Garbers Actor Four Windows 2006 Vater Actor Under The Ice 2005 Actor Im Schwitzkasten 2005 Sozialhilfeprüfer Actor Tod im Park 2003 Actor
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