August Diehl

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Characters played by August Diehl

Woland — The Master and Margarita (2024)

Central character of the Master's novel. A mystical dark force who visits 1930s Moscow disguised as a tourist and exacts revenge on those responsible for the writer's professional ruin.

Major Hellstrom — Inglourious Basterds (2009)

SS officer investigating Hicox's group in Inglourious Basterds.

Vladimir Lenin — The King's Man (2021)

Russian revolutionary leader.

Klaus Mann — Fatherland (2026)

Erika Mann's brother and Thomas Mann's son. In 1949, he contacts Erika from Cannes to voice his disillusionment with contemporary art and his own writing. He declines their invitation to join the family trip and is subsequently found dead in his Cannes apartment after committing suicide.

Mike Krause — Salt (2010)

Salt's boyfriend and an arachnologist who brings publicity to her imprisonment in North Korea and proposes marriage after she admits being a CIA operative. He is later kidnapped and killed in front of Salt as Orlov's test of her supposed loyalty.

Josef Mengele — The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)

A former Auschwitz doctor who conducted experiments on prisoners, Josef lives in hiding under an assumed identity in Argentina and later on a remote Brazilian farm. He relies on supporters and dependents while fearing exposure, and evades his son Rolf's questions about his crimes, insisting on his innocence and refusing remorse.

Otto Abetz — The Rays and Shadows (2026)

A German friend of Jean Luchaire who becomes the German Ambassador to Paris in 1940. He drives the policy of collaboration between Nazi Germany and Vichy France, directly influencing Jean's press work.

Franz Sauer — Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

Franz Sauer is a childhood friend of Paul von Hartman and a member of Hitler's security detail. Traveling with Paul to Munich, he becomes suspicious, searches Paul's belongings, later ransacks Hugh Legat's hotel room, attacks him, and nearly exposes the espionage operation.

Max — Plan A (2021)

A Holocaust survivor who returns to his former family home and learns that his relatives were murdered. Haunted by loss, he seeks revenge against SS officers, joins a clandestine network, studies the water system, and helps stop the planned poisoning attack.

Nathanaël — The Emperor of Paris (2018)

A prisoner who intervenes to save Vidocq from being killed, explaining that he owes Vidocq a debt and offering to protect him during an escape.

Young Jorge O'Kelly — Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

Young Jorge O'Kelly is a brilliant working-class student who becomes Amadeu's close friend through their shared love of forbidden philosophical and political knowledge. He joins the resistance before Amadeu does, introduces him to Young Estefania, and is devastated when she falls in love with Amadeu instead of him.

Hans — Come What May (2015)

Hans is a German anti-Nazi dissident who was arrested by French authorities after war was declared. He escapes the deserted city during the Battle of Arras and travels with Percy, while desperately trying to recover his eight-year-old son Max, who fled with the village convoy.

Career Overview

August Diehl has 75 screen credits in a career dating back to 1979. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Kingsman with 1 titles. Signature works include The Master and Margarita, Allied, Fatherland. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
75
Birth Date
1976-01-04
Birth Place
West Berlin, West Germany [now Berlin, Germany]

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Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q62557), public domain (CC0).