Matthias van den Berg
Biography
Matthias van den Berg (born August 17, 1967 in Vreden, Münsterland) is a German theater and film actor and theater director. Matthias graduated from the Liebfrauenschule in Coesfeld. After his civil service, he studied social work with a focus on theater education at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. He has been playing theater since 1992 and has appeared in various modern and classic pieces. He performs mainly in Cologne at the Theater Tiefrot and in the rocket club, so 2012 in Kabale and love of Friedrich Schiller and The imaginary patient of Molière. Since 2006, he has been mainly seen in television programs on German television, such as the Wilsberg series and Danni Lowinski. In 2011 he was in the German comedy Then Lucy came to see. From Wikipedia (de), the free encyclopedia
Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as Hannemann
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Thomas Berger
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Robert Bentien
Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich is a German language crime comedy television series. It was broadcast from March to May 2007 by the German private channel ProSieben and has been renewed for a second season.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Handwerker
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Berghof
Mord mit Aussicht is a German satirical crime comedy television series, produced by ARD, following the adventures of Sophie Haas, a detective from the city that takes a job in the fictional country village of Hengasch. Much of the humour of the series derives from the clichés of both city and provincial lives, in a similar manner to the English comedy crime series Midsomer Murders.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Receptionist (uncredited)
Danni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated in law. When she does not get a job at a law firm, she starts to give legal advice from the basement of a shopping mall.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Horst Ewers
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • as Car Dealer
A Vietnamese girl is forced into prostitution by her abusive German husband.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Mann
While shopping for sweets for his birthday, an altercation he witnesses shatters Ben's childhood innocence and raises questions.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Bauer Hölscher
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
16 years after “Love of the Children“, the drama tells the story of Mira and her patchwork family. She has recently taken over the management of a supermarket. Her relationship with her husband Tarik and her two daughters gives her support. But a single weak moment in which Mira fails to tell the truth leads to other half-truths and lies until everything blows up in her face.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Victor
Tthe story of the two sisters Hanna and Lena who are trying to realize their dream of emigrating. Hanna seduces rich men, goes home with them, sleeps with them and copies the house key. The next day the two sisters then break into the houses and loot cash and jewelery. This is fine until Hanna falls in love with the rich guy Finn. Plans and feelings get mixed up. From this moment, a story evolves about love, togetherness, the darkest and most beautiful things in life.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Up on the Horse Pass, in the mist-shrouded mountains, a few cowboys are raided by the men of a notorious bandit named Black Wolf. The reckless Aaron ballsy routs the robbers – but the same night he pays for it with his life. His quiet, reserved brother Jonah swears revenge. It is his chance to step out of his brother’s shadow and finally show his manfulness to his father. But the Black Wolf seems to be one size too big…
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Fußballtrainer
Claudia Voss, honorary mayoress, is presented with a fait accompli when her Southern German district decides to build a refugee centre in her town. Some of the population are fuming and resistance grows, but there are equal amounts of willingness to help and empathy. Unexpectedly, the committed wife and mother attracts the attention of right-wing circles and faces attempts to intimidate her. The more Claudia Voss tries to mediate, the stronger the hostility becomes. A gripping contemporary thriller which paints a nuanced picture of the challenges brought by an increasingly polarized political reality. No exception, but instead a widespread, alarming phenomenon in today’s democratic societies.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Kurt
Youssef's niece Saida finds her boyfriend, the young doctor Hagen Hoffmann, slain in their shared apartment. Based on the victim's computer activities, the police assume that the crime was committed in a drug environment.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Fahrer Abschleppdienst
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Pförtner
Anna and her lodger, Mr. Kurtz, have come to terms with each other in their shared flat. But both Mr. Kurtz's planned conversion of the cosy four walls into a smart home and Anna's feelings for a new acquaintance shake up their life together.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Passionate horse breeder Saskia lives a secluded life at her idyllic stud farm in the Rhineland. One day, however, the well-established everyday life of the shy woman is thrown into disarray: Her childhood friend Andrea dies in an accident and Saskia is asked to take care of her daughter Lucy, at least temporarily, as her godmother. Not an easy task, as the 16-year-old had lived with her mother in London and doesn't know what to do with the monotonous country life.