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Detlef Bothe

Detlef Bothe

Actor, also writer · Born July 24, 1965 (61) · Braunschweig, Germany

Detlef Bothe is a German actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Since the early 1990s, he has appeared in numerous film and television productions, both German and international. In 2015, he appeared in the James Bond film "Spectre" as a henchman, in a scene where he and Q (Ben Whishaw) are seen riding a cable car in the Austrian Alps. Bothe became a prominent on-screen representative of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich as he has portrayed Heydrich in three films pertaining to his assassination: the 2011 Czech film "Lidice", the 2016 British film "Anthropoid", and the 2020 Czech film "Betrayer"; as well as in 2005 in a BBC documentary series about the Holocaust titled "Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution". Bothe is often praised as "dead ringer" (twin) of Heydrich.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 24, 1965 (61)
From
Braunschweig, Germany
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 40% in 30 days

What are Detlef Bothe's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
23%
Bonds
20%
Survival
18%
Morality
14%
Society
12%
Ideas
9%
Power
5%
Obsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Joyful
3
Contemplative
5
Melancholic
3
Absurd
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Detlef Bothe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Detlef Bothe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

77 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Diabolog 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Gott (voice)

  • Deine schöne Hölle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Writer · as Yann

  • Sky Sharks(2020)

    as Dr. Hans Kammler

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Enfant Terrible(2020)

    as Wally

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Betrayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Reinhard Heydrich

  • Kleine große Kämpfer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • Der Sportpenner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Diego

  • Deathcember(2019)

    as Franco

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • New Gods Outta Munich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Detlef

  • X-Factor - Das Unfassbare kehrt zurück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Moderator

  • Bad Girl Avenue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Four Hands(2017)

    as Klinger

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Culpa - No One Is Innocent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Dan

  • Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Reinhard Heydrich

  • Anthropoid(2016)

    as Reinhard Heydrich

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Hubert und Staller - Unter Wölfen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as bulliger Glatzkopf

  • Spectre(2015)

    as Cable Car Heavy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Eva. S - Die Nationalistin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Harro #KillThemAll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Into the Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Paul Heitmann

  • Hammer & Sichl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 19 episodes · as Apostolos

  • Nemez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Pfarrer

  • Kommissar Marthaler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Hegemann

  • Anonymous(2011)

    as John De Vere

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Pilgerfahrt nach Padua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Mechaniker

  • Men in the City 2(2011)

    as Rocker

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Butcher of Prague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Reinhard Heydrich

  • Wolfsfährte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Biedermeyer

  • Max Schmeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Referee Arthur Donovan

  • Snowman's Land(2010)

    as Harry

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Mein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Klaus

  • SOKO Stuttgart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Stefan Murbach

  • Neben der Spur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · as Dieter

  • The Charlemagne Code(2008)

    as Richter

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Gwendolyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Kurt Buck

  • Die Wilden Kerle 3(2006)

    as Bodyguard Ö

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Meine Frau, meine Freunde und ich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer · as Richard Wippe

  • Vinzent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Vinzent

  • Abgefahren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Matador

  • Gone - Eine tödliche Leidenschaft (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mike

  • Die Musterknaben 3 - 1000 und eine Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Fliege

  • Baltic Storm(2003)

    as Victor Renko

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Kommissarin Lucas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Herr Pettenkofer

  • Extreme Ops(2002)

    as Ratko

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Thomas

  • Feiertag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer · as Ingo

  • Die Rosenheim-Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Konrad Rottmann

  • 99euro-films(2001)

    Writer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Sara Amerika (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jim

  • The Calling(2000)

    as Scouser

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Dreamboy macht Frauen glücklich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Wuttke

  • Nichts als die Wahrheit(1999)

    as Siebert

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding(1999)

    as Arne

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Der Mann für alle Fälle: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Totschlag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Kommissar Endress

  • Schmetterlinge der Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Helfer des Killers

  • Der Mann für alle Fälle: Die Hure Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Kommissar Endress

  • Appetite(1998)

    as Godfrey

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Ballermann 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • The German Bronx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Hans Krüger · as Karl Uwe Knecht

  • Küstenwache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Sven

  • 14 Days to Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Rudi

  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Schneider · as Van Sand

  • Sperling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Jury Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert

  • Brother of Sleep(1995)

    as Lukas

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Wilsberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Skipper Rasmussen

  • Ärztin in Angst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Klaus

  • Inspector Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Eduard Nemec

  • Der König (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Drogenabhängiger

  • Die Wache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Mirco Gregoriev

  • Auf eigene Gefahr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Holubek

  • Wolffs Revier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Thorsten Brehme

  • Der Fahnder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Schinderhannes

  • A Case For Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Manfred Kornich

  • SOKO München (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrej Sukow

  • Police Call 110(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Korneck

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Hubert · as Volker Zahn

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 77 titles from 1970 to 2025; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Die Wilden Kerle 3 (2006)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

99euro-films (2001)

Film career

19702025

Peak 2016 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1995Screen debut· Brother of Sleep
  • 2016Career best· Anthropoid

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 77: 69 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score32ndDirecting8 of 77: 1 only directing, 7 with another roleWriting6 of 77: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing3 of 77: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography2 of 77: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another role

77 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · acting1980s2 · acting1990s22 · acting2000s19 · 19 acting · 3 crew2010s26 · 24 acting · 4 crew2020s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles
9505

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Detlef Bothe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 19; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Sky Sharks (2020)

78th percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Detlef Bothe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Detlef Bothe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Oliver Korittke shares the most, 2.

Actors