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Oliver Masucci

Actor

Oliver Masucci

Born December 6, 1968 in Stuttgart, Germany32 films

Oliver Masucci (born December 6, 1968) is a German actor. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the satirical film Look Who's Back (2015) and as Ulrich Nielsen in the Netflix series Dark (2017–2020). Other more recent film roles include Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Day Shift (2022) and The Palace (2023).

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Masucci's performance as Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Enfant Terrible (2020) earned him the 2021 German Film Award (Lola) for Best Leading Actor.

He also starred as Dr. Josef Bartok in the 2021 film adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s Schachnovelle, Chess Story, a performance that earned him the Bavarian Film Award for Best Actor.

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Never Look Away posterFirst watchNever Look Away20187.7as Antonius van VertenGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.View film

Essential films

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore poster6.6Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022Day Shift poster6.7Day Shift2022Look Who's Back poster6.8Look Who's Back2015When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit poster7.0When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit2019Chess Story poster6.8Chess Story2021The Palace poster5.4The Palace2023Woodwalkers poster6.4Woodwalkers2024

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. TBAPhantom of Belgrade
  2. TBAShelter MeJon Boylan
  3. 2028Woodwalkers 3Andrew Milling
  4. 2026Adam's EightKarl Adam
  5. 2026Woodwalkers 2Andrew Milling
  6. 2025Speed TrainGray
  7. 2024WoodwalkersAndrew Milling
  8. 2024Bad DirectorGregor Samsa
  9. 2023The PalaceHansueli
  10. 2022Day ShiftKlaus
  11. 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreAnton Vogel
  12. 2021Chess StoryDr. Josef Bartok
  13. 2020Enfant TerribleRainer Werner Fassbinder
  14. 2019When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitArthur Kemper
  15. 2019Secret in the MountainDr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner
  16. 2019PlayFrank Reitwein
  17. 2019LysisFather
  18. 2019Der AuftragMario Lobeck
  19. 2018Never Look AwayAntonius van Verten
  20. 2018Magnificent TimesClaus Müller-Todt
  21. 2018PlaymakerDejan
  22. 2017Tödliche Geheimnisse - Jagd in KapstadtPaul Holthaus
  23. 2016Winnetou - A New WorldUgly Joe
  24. 2016Deadly LeaksPaul Holthaus
  25. 2016Die vierte GewaltChefredakteur Weishaupt
  26. 2015Mordkommission Berlin 1Viktor Parkov
  27. 2015Look Who's BackAdolf Hitler
  28. 2011Was ihr wolltAntonio
  29. 2009VolcanoGernot
  30. 2006Crocodile AlertKilliak
  31. 2003MadridKarl
  32. 1992AndyAndy