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Axel Stein

Axel Stein

Actor · Born February 28, 1982 (44) · Wuppertal, Germany

Axel Stein is a German actor, comedian, and voice actor. As early as age twelve, Axel Stein played several guest roles in television series and appeared in German commercials for the Tamagotchi-like Digimon Virtual Pets. His television career began in 1998 with the series *Hausmeister Krause*. In 2000, he starred as a lead actor in a feature film for the first time in Marc Rothemund’s comedy *Harte Jungs*. In 2001 and 2002, Stein made guest appearances in German television series such as *Der Fahnder* and *SK Kölsch*, and filmed TV movies and feature films including *Schule*, *Die Klasse von ’99*, *Feuer, Eis & Dosenbier*, and *Knallharte Jungs*. During this same period, he produced his first original comedy series for television, *Axel!*. In 2003, the series was further developed and subsequently aired under the title *Axel! will’s wissen*. This was followed by additional roles in feature films such as *Barfuss* (2005) and *7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug* (2006). In 2007, he appeared in the film *Kein Bund für’s Leben*. Stein made regular appearances at variety shows and events hosted by colleagues such as Stefan Raab. In 2011, he joined the new cast of the Sat.1 program *Die Wochenshow*. Starting in February 2013, he took on the lead role in the action-comedy film *Turbo und Tacho*—a spin-off of the hit series *Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei*—in which he had previously appeared twice playing the same character. *Turbo und Tacho* served as the pilot film for a standalone television series; however, due to a lack of audience response, the series was never produced. Source: Wikipedia

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Born
February 28, 1982 (44)
From
Wuppertal, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 18% in 30 days

What are Axel Stein's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure 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
Bonds
51%
Self
22%
Survival
9%
Morality
9%
Society
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 6 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 12 · Charged 5 · Intense 3

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

A split, not a type: Steady 10 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 13

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

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 3

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 6
Trickster
2 of 6
Hero
2 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
15
Warm
11
Absurd
8
Tense
5
Thrilling
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1

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 Axel Stein's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Subscription and free streaming for Axel Stein'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

89 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 34 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • School of Magical Animals 4(2025)

    as Juri (voice)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Where's Wanda?(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dedo Klatt

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows

  • School of Magical Animals 3(2024)

    as Juri (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Everything's Fifty Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Jens

  • Blame the Game(2024)

    as Oliver

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Hard Feelings(2023)

    as Rudolf

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Wer füttert den Hasen? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Marco Meisner

  • Manta, Manta: Legacy(2023)

    as Hauke

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • School of Magical Animals 2(2022)

    as Juri (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Over & Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Karl

  • Blamieren oder Kassieren XL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Der Spalter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Lars

  • JGA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Stefan

  • Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Tony Brenner

  • Help, I Shrunk My Friends(2021)

    as Peter Vorndran

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Vault(2021)

    as Klaus

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes(2020)

    as Hannappel

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Befriending the Grouch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Jolig

  • The Goldfish(2019)

    as Rainer „Rainman“ Schnellinge

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Magische Momente - Pauls Weihnachtswunsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Julius

  • So viel Zeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Autokäufer

  • How to Be Really Bad(2018)

    as Lehrer Seidel

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Help, I Shrunk My Parents(2018)

    as Peter Vorndran

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Iceman(2017)

    as Gris

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • My Brother Simple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Enzo

  • Abi '97 - gefühlt wie damals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Jochen

  • It’s Your Turn, Honey! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Paul

  • Professor T.(2017)

    Show 5 episodes · as Thomas Reuter

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Einstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 5 episodes · as Thomas Müller

  • Volltreffer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Philipp

  • Dating Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Friedrich

  • Männertag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Klaus-Maria

  • Seitenwechsel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Moritz

  • Bros Before Hoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Ulf

  • Help, I Shrunk My Teacher(2015)

    as Peter Vorndran

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Macho Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Ulli

  • Die Kanzlei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Manfred Schröder

  • Große Fische, kleine Fische (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Piet Grambauer

  • Storno: Todsicher versichert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Schulze

  • Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails(2015)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • 8 Saniye(2015)

    as Detektiv

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Verliebt, verlobt, vertauscht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Flo

  • 3 Türken & ein Baby(2015)

    as Gunnar

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Nachbarn süß-sauer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Polizist

  • Tape_13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Co-Producer · Writer

  • Not My Day(2014)

    as Till Reiners

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Küstennebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Piet Gambauer

  • Circus Halligalli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Turbo & Tacho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Kai 'Turbo' Schröder

  • Men Do What They Can(2012)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Schutzengel(2012)

    as Leo

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Blender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Justin

  • Rookie - Fast platt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Rookie

  • The Crocodiles: All for One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kevin

  • Die Superbullen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Markus

  • Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Rainer Zielinski

  • The Crocodiles(2009)

    as Kevin

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Killing is My Business, Honey(2009)

    as Dirk

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Run for Your Life! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Kurt

  • Eine wie keiner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lehrer Mattuschek

  • H3 - Halloween Horror Hostel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Acki

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

    as Val-Tah

  • Military Academy(2007)

    as Ufo

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Hampe

  • 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough(2006)

    as Rumpelstilzchen als Würstchenverkäufer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Hänsel · as Page Eppo

  • Pastewka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Axel Stein

  • TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 11 episodes · as Rennfahrer

  • Barefoot(2005)

    as Dieter Huhn

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Axel! wills wissen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · as Axel

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

    as Barney

  • SOKO Köln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Steven Kunz · as Thorsten Meineke

  • Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Schmidt

  • Genial daneben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Axel! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 35 episodes · as Axel

  • More Ants in the Pants(2002)

    as Red Bull

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Feuer, Eis & Dosenbier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Josch

  • Hallo Robbie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Andi Texel

  • Verliebte Jungs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Willi

  • No More School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Dirk

  • Der Superbulle und die Halbstarken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Kamikaze

  • Ants in the Pants(2000)

    as Red Bull

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 80 episodes · as Thomas „Tommie“ Krause

  • SK Kölsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Robbie Sievernich

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

    Show 2 episodes · as Turbo

  • Unser Charly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Pit

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

    Show 1 episode · as Andreas Krause

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

    Show 1 episode · as Hans Würger · as Starkey · as Tim Hirsch

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 91 titles from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006)

$33M worldwide

Highest rated

The Goldfish (2019)

Midcredits 68th

Most popular right now

Where's Wanda? (2024)

Film career

19842025

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. 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.

  • 2000Screen debut· Ants in the Pants
  • 2014First top-billed film· Not My Day
  • 2014Career best· Not My Day
  • 2024Best so far· Where's Wanda?

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting90 of 91: 90 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score39thDirecting1 of 91: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 91: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 91: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s6 · acting2000s28 · acting2010s39 · 38 acting · 1 crew2020s17 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 3% of 35 roles
00101520

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 Axel Stein's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 29 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · actor

Manta, Manta: Legacy (2023)

94th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Barefoot (2005)

Midcredits 81st · 74% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 32. 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.

Is Axel Stein's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles26–65 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Axel Stein work with?

People who share at least 2 of Axel Stein's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Granz Henman shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles