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Babylon Berlin

Babylon Berlin

Sky 1 2017

Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Babylon Berlin (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Volker Bruch

#1 - Volker Bruch (Gereon Rath)

Volker Bruch (born 9 March 1980) is a German television and film actor. He is best known internationally for his leading roles as Wilhelm Winter in the television drama Generation War (2013) and as Inspector Gereon Rath in the TV series Babylon Berlin (2017–present).

Volker Bruch plays as Gereon Rath in Babylon Berlin.
Volker Bruch is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Liv Lisa Fries

#2 - Liv Lisa Fries (Charlotte Ritter)

Liv Lisa Fries is a German actress. In 2017, she gained an international following as the female lead Charlotte Ritter in the German TV series Babylon Berlin. She was raised in the Berlin borough of Pankow. Fries studied abroad as an exchange student in Beijing. After receiving her Abitur in 2010, she enrolled in university to study philosophy and literary science, but dropped out as her career as an actress progressed. Fries wanted to become an actress when she was fourteen years old after watching Léon: The Professional because she was impressed by Natalie Portman's performance. Her first film role was in Atomised (2005) (German: Elementarteilchen); however, her role was cut from the film. Her debut occurred in 2006 with an episode of Schimanski, in which she played the female lead role. She performed in the German made-for-television film Sie hat es verdient (2010) as an aggressive, frustrated teenager named Linda who tortures one of her peers. Fries said that during filming, she started feeling lonely and isolated, just like her character. In 2013, she starred in the German tragicomedy Zurich (original title Und morgen Mittag bin ich tot). She received wide critical acclaim for her performance as Lea, a young woman with cystic fibrosis. According to Fries, she prepared for the role by meeting with a patient with the disease, in addition to running up stairs while breathing through a straw. For her role, she was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize 2013, the Max Ophüls Prize, a German Film Critics Award, and the German Director’s Prize. Fries received her most prominent role to date when she was cast in 2016 as Charlotte Ritter in the German prestige television show Babylon Berlin. In Babylon Berlin, Fries stars as a police stenographer from a poor background who uses her resourcefulness and connections to investigate a series of crimes in Weimar Republic-era Berlin. The first two series of the show were filmed over eight months beginning in May of 2016 and released consecutively in Fall 2017. Babylon Berlin has been very popular in Germany as well as with international audiences and has elevated Fries to international prominence; Fries is considered one of Germany's upcoming stars and has been featured in many magazines. For her portrayal, Fries shares an Adolf Grimme Award with the Babylon Berlin team. The show went on a yearlong production hiatus during which Fries filmed two projects; she played a recurring role in both seasons of the 2017 American TV series Counterpart, and also co-starred in the film Prélude with Louis Hofmann. In late 2018, Fries began the six-month shoot for the third season of Babylon Berlin which will premiere in Germany in 2020. In addition to her native tongue German, she speaks English, French and Mandarin. As of 2020, Fries lives in a village in Brandenburg.

Liv Lisa Fries plays as Charlotte Ritter in Babylon Berlin.
Liv Lisa Fries is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Fritzi Haberlandt

#3 - Fritzi Haberlandt (Elisabeth Behnke)

Fritzi Haberlandt was born in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic on 6th June. She is a theater and television actor known for her roles in Cold Is the Breath of Evening (2000), Babylon Berlin (2017), Summer Window (2011), Learning to Lie (2003), Deutschland 86 (2018) and Deutschland 89 (2020). She won the Bavarian Film Award for Kalt ist der Abendhauch (Cold is the Breath of Evening) and was nominated for the German Film Award for Fenster zum Sommer (Summer Window).

Fritzi Haberlandt plays as Elisabeth Behnke in Babylon Berlin.
Fritzi Haberlandt is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Jördis Triebel

#4 - Jördis Triebel (Dr. Völcker)

Jördis Triebel plays as Dr. Völcker in Babylon Berlin.
Jördis Triebel is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Karl Markovics

#5 - Karl Markovics (Samuel Katelbach)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Markovics (born August 29, 1963) is an Austrian actor. He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. Prior to that, his most notable appearances have been in the highly-acclaimed Austrian (Viennese) black comedy Komm, süßer Tod (2001), his role as far-right terrorist Franz Fuchs in the 2007 TV movie Franz Fuchs - Ein Patriot, and in the police drama television series Inspector Rex. His character from Inspector Rex had his own spin-off series, Stockinger. Markovics remains a frequent stage actor, and in April 2010 played the non-singing role of Samiel in Counterfeiters-director Ruzowitzky's first opera production, Der Freischütz at Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Markovics, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Karl Markovics plays as Samuel Katelbach in Babylon Berlin.
Karl Markovics is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Christian Friedel

#6 - Christian Friedel (Reinhold Gräf)

Christian Friedel plays as Reinhold Gräf in Babylon Berlin.
Christian Friedel is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Thomas Thieme

#7 - Thomas Thieme (Karl Zörgiebel)

Thomas Thieme plays as Karl Zörgiebel in Babylon Berlin.
Thomas Thieme is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Jens Harzer

#8 - Jens Harzer (Dr. Anno Schmidt, Dr. Anno Schmidt/Rath)

Jens Harzer plays as Dr. Anno Schmidt, Dr. Anno Schmidt/Rath in Babylon Berlin.
Jens Harzer is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Hanns Zischler

#9 - Hanns Zischler (Engelbert Rath)

Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Hanns Zischler plays as Engelbert Rath in Babylon Berlin.
Hanns Zischler is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 28 episodes.

Peter Kurth

#10 - Peter Kurth (Bruno Wolter)

Peter Kurth plays as Bruno Wolter in Babylon Berlin.
Peter Kurth is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 16 episodes.

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