Year | Title | Role | Language | Director | Notes |
1977 | Am dam des | Singer | German | | |
1977 | Der Einstand [de] | Gunther Vesley | German | Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Television film |
1979 | Feuer! [de] | Karl Albrecht Schlick | German | Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Television film |
1979 | Parole Chicago | Eduard "Ede" Bredo | German | Reinhard Schwabenitzky | 13 episodes |
1982 | The Mysterious Stranger | Ernst Wasserman | English | Peter H. Hunt | Television film |
1982 | Dr. Margarete Johnsohn | Rainer | German | Dagmar Damek [de] | Television film |
1983 | The Sandman | Nathanael | German | Dagmar Damek [de] | Television film |
1985 | Ein Fall für zwei | Alf | German | Bernd Fischerauer [de] | Episode: "Blutsbande" |
1986 | The Old Fox | Hans Baumeister | German | Günter Gräwert [de] | Episode: "Zwei Leben" |
1986 | Derrick | Eberhard Bothe | German | Gero Erhardt [de] | Episode: "Schonzeit für Mörder" |
1986 | The Lenz Papers [de] | Franz Sigel | German | Dieter Berner [de] | Television miniseries |
1987 | Tatort | Police Inspector Passini | German | Kurt Junek [de] | Episode: "Wunschlos tot [de]" |
1987 | Das andere Leben | Stefan | German | Nicolas Gessner | Television film |
1988 | The Alien Years | Stefan Mueller | English | Donald Crombie | Television series |
1988 | Derrick | Schumann | German | Helmut Ashley | Episode: "Mord inklusive" |
1989 | Goldeneye | German Spy | English | Don Boyd | Television film |
1990 | The Gravy Train | Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann | English | David Tucker | 4 episodes |
1990 | The Old Fox | Christian Kamp | German | Alfred Weidenmann | Episode: "So gut wie tot" |
1991 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Dr. Hans-Joachim Dorfmann | English | James Cellan Jones | 4 episodes |
1992 | 5 Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom [de] | Hartwig Klemmnitz | German | Rolf Silber [de] | Television film |
1992 | Die Angst wird bleiben | Manfred | German | Diethard Klante [de] | Television film |
1993 | A King for Burning [de] | John of Leiden | German | Tom Toelle [de] | Television film |
1994 | Judgment Day [de] | Erwin Mikolajczyk | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
1994 | Man in Search of Woman [de] | Christoph | German | Vivian Naefe | Television film |
1994 | Jacob | Morash | English | Peter Hall | Television film |
1995 | The Public Prosecutor | Andreas Döpke | German | Thomas Jacob [de] | Television miniseries |
1995 | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | "Weak Moustache" | English | Metin Hüseyin | Episode #2.3 |
1995 | Prinz zu entsorgen [de] | Roman | German | Dietmar Klein [de] | Television film |
1995 | Catherine the Great | Mirovich | English | Marvin J. Chomsky | Television film |
1996 | The Tourist | Stephan Görner | German | Urs Egger | Television film |
1996 | You Are Not Alone: The Roy Black Story [de] | Roy Black | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
1996 | Rosa Roth | Wietze | German | Carlo Rola [de] | Episode: "Nirgendwohin" |
1996 | Rex: A Cop's Best Friend | Martin Wolf | German | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Episode: "Der Puppenmörder" |
1997 | Maître Da Costa [fr] | Walter Mueller | French | Bob Swaim, Nicolas Ribowski [fr] | 2 episodes |
1997 | Faust [de] | Gerhardt Schulze-Leitner | German | Martin Enlen [de] | Episode: "Villa Palermo" |
1997 | Schimanski | Klaus Mandel | German | Hajo Gies [de] | Episode: "Blutsbrüder" [de] |
1998 | Vicky's Nightmare | Johnny | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
1998 | Schock – Eine Frau in Angst | Kommissar Kaul | German | Ben Verbong | Television film |
1998 | The Final Game | Kant | German | Sigi Rothemund | Television film |
1998 | Rache für mein totes Kind | Paul | German | Vivian Naefe | Television film |
1998 | Murderous Legacy | Moritz Fink | German | Peter Patzak | Television film |
1999 | Dessine-moi un jouet [fr] | Klaus Hermann | French | Hervé Baslé [fr] | Television film |
2000 | The Beast [de] | Herbert Fink | German | Carl-Friedrich Koschnick [de], Gerd Roman Frosch [de], Oliver Berben [de] | also known as Das Teufelsweib; Television film |
2001 | Engel sucht Flügel | Caspari | German | Marek Gierszał [de] | Television film |
2001 | Rieke's Love [de] | Pair Skating Coach Peter Karlhoff | German | Kilian Riedhof [de] | Television film |
2001 | Dance with the Devil [de] | Dieter Cilov | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
2002 | One Hell of a Night [de] | Klaus-Dieter Lehmann | German | Stephan Wagner [de] | Television film |
2002 | Weihnachtsmann gesucht [de] | Johannes Böhmke | German | Uwe Janson | Television film |
2003 | Instinct for Crime [de] | Brisky | German | Uwe Janson | Television film |
2003 | Der Mörder ist unter uns [de] | Martin Bach | German | Markus Imboden [de] | also known as Der Fall Gehring; Television film |
2003 | Two Days of Hope | Michael Berg | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
2003 | Jennerwein [de] | Pföderl | German | Hans-Günther Bücking [de] | Television film |
2003 | Tiger Eyes See Better [fr] | Dr. Thilo Rylow | German | Thomas Nennstiel [de] | Television film |
2004 | Scheidungsopfer Mann | Benedikt von Arn | German | Stefan Krohmer [de] | Television film |
2004 | Murderous Search [de] | Richard Benedek | German | Johannes Grieser [de] | Television film |
2004 | Schöne Witwen küssen besser [de] | Jean-France | German | Carlo Rola [de] | Television film |
2005 | Die Patriarchin | Wolf Sevening | German | Carlo Rola [de] | Television miniseries |
2005 | Unsolved [de] | Richard Seemann | German | Peter Keglevic | Episode: "Verlorene Jahre" |
2006 | SOKO Rhein-Main | Andreas Senner | German | Michael Schneider [de] | Episode: "Schuld und Sühne" |
2006 | Polizeiruf 110 | Dr. Juris Gríns | German | Titus Selge [de] | Episode: "Die Lettin und ihr Lover [de]" |
2006 | Stolberg | Paul Büttner | German | Peter Keglevic | Episode: "Kreuzbube" |
2006 | Tatort | Professor Robert Henze | German | Uwe Janson | Episode: "Schlaflos in Weimar" |
2006 | Franziska Luginsland | Karl Löwen | German | Nina Grosse | Episode: "Franziskas Gespür für Männer" |
2007 | Der Staatsanwalt [de] | Dr. Claudius Tressen | German | Peter F. Bringmann [de] | Episode: "Glückskinder [de]" |
2007 | Der letzte Zeuge | Dr. Martin York | German | Bernhard Stephan | Episode: "Martinspassion" |
2007 | Unter Verdacht | Thomas Sell | German | Ed Herzog [de] | Episode: "Hase and Igel [de]" |
2007 | The Zürich Engagement [de] | Frank "Büffel" Arbogast | German | Stephan Meyer [de] | Television film |
2007 | Die Verzauberung [fr] | Dr. Helmut Bahr | German | Wolfram Paulus | Television film |
2008 | Das Geheimnis im Wald [de] | Hans Kortmann | German | Peter Keglevic | Television film |
2008 | Polonius Fischer | Sebastian Flies | German | Matti Geschonneck | Episode: "Todsünde" |
2008 | Ten: Umbra Mortis [de] | Peters | German | Urs Egger | Television film |
2008 | Die Anwälte | Herbert Jahn | German | Miguel Alexandre [de] | Episode: "Leben und Tod" |
2008 | Tatort | Gerd Weißenbach | German | Tobias Ineichen [de] | Episode: "Liebeswirren [de]" |
2013 | Saturday Night Live | Host | English | Don Roy King | Episode: "Christoph Waltz/Alabama Shakes" |
2017 | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Guest | English | | Episode: "Champagne, Cigars and Pancake Batter" |
2020–present | Most Dangerous Game | Miles Sellars | English | Phil Abraham, Sam Hill | 27 episodes |
2023 | The Consultant | Regus Patoff | English | Various | 8 episodes |