Martin Brambach (born 28 October 1967, in Dresden) is a German actor. He grew up in Dresden, East Berlin and Hamburg. After attending Westfälische Schauspielschule drama school in Bochum, Brambach was engaged at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Köln, Burgtheater Vienna (company member from 1989 to 1999) and Schaubühne Berlin.
He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1988. He played minor roles in the Academy Award-winning films The Lives of Others, The Counterfeiters and The Reader, and worked with internationally known directors like Michael Haneke and Thomas Vinterberg.
Brambach lives in Recklinghausen with actress Christine Sommer, her daughters and their son. He is the half brother of Jan Josef Liefers.
Filmography
1993: Das Geheimnis .... Walter Rosner
1997: Comedian Harmonists
1999: Kubanisch rauchen .... Polizist
1999: Untersuchung an Mädeln
2002: Sophiiiie! .... Mann mit Toupet
2003: Ravioli .... Grocer
2003: Anatomie 2 .... Vorstopper
2003: Good Bye, Lenin .... Stasi 1
2003: Struggle .... Martin
2003: Adam & Eva .... Erik
2003: Böse Zellen .... Reini, Manu's brother
2003: MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener
2004: About a Girl .... Igor
2005: .... Kähler
2006: Goldene Zeiten .... Hotelmanager
2006: Klimt .... Thomas
2006: The Lives of Others .... Einsatzleiter Meyer
2006: Where Is Fred? .... Johansen
2007: .... Scharrer (segment "Artikel 11") 2007: The Counterfeiters .... Hauptscharführer Holst 2007: Yella .... Dr. Fritz 2008: .... Gewehrverkäufer 2008: .... Gauredner 2008: North Face .... Redakteur Henze 2008: The Reader .... Remand Prison Guard #1 2009: Barfuß bis zum Hals .... Helmut Steiner 2009: Diamantenhochzeit .... Manfred 2009: .... Journalist 2010: Tag und Nacht (Day and Night) .... Kai 2011: Avé .... Truck-driver 2011: 4 Days in May .... Oberleutnant Wendt 2012: A Coffee in Berlin .... Kontrolleur Jörg 2012: Nothing but Women .... Cornelius Berger 2013: Harms .... Timm 2013: The Almost Perfect Man .... Henssler 2014: .... Herr Hiller jr. 2014: Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain .... Ted 2016: Frauen .... Rüdiger Kneppke 2018: Kursk .... Captain Gennady Shirokov (Kursk) 2018: 25 km/h 2020: Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding .... Herm
Television
1988: Mother Courage and Her Children (TV Movie) .... Schweizerkas
1997: The Castle (TV Movie) .... Schwarzer
2004–2006: SOKO Wismar (TV Series) .... Kriminaloberkommissar Winfried 'Winnie' Scheel 2007–2010: KDD – Berlin Crime Squad .... Thomas Behrens 2012–2014: Add a Friend .... Dr. Metzler 1999–2020: Tatort .... Kommissariatsleiter Peter Michael Schnabe 2017: Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach (Guilt)