Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Fr. Zeitlinger |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Cardinal Strauss |
| 2009 | The International | Wilhelm Wexler |
| 2008 | Buddenbrooks - The Decline of a Family | Johann "Jean'" Buddenbrook |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises (2007) | Semyon |
| 2006 | Local Color | Nicolai Seroff |
| 2004 | The Dust Factory | Grandpa Randolph |
| 2004 | Bustin' Bonaparte | Otto |
| 2000 | The Long Run | Berry |
| 1999 | Pilgrim | Mac |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | Hannon Fuller/Grierson |
| 1999 | Jakob the Liar | Kirschbaum |
| 1999 | The Third Miracle | Werner |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Conrad Strughold |
| 1997 | The Game | Anson Baer |
| 1997 | 12 Angry Men (1997) | Juror 4 |
| 1997 | The Assistant (1997) | Mr. Morris Bober |
| 1997 | The Twilight Zone: In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rabbi Adam Heller |
| 1996 | Claroscuro | Peter |
| 1996 | Retrokidded: THEODORE REX | Elizar Kane |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Mr. Linzer |
| 1993 | The Movie Teller | Kinoerzähler (Movie Teller) |
| 1993 | The House of the Spirits | Severo del Valle |
| 1992 | Night on Earth | Helmut Grokenberger |
| 1991 | Kafka | Grubach |
| 1990 | Avalon (1990) | Sam Krichinsky |
| 1989 | Music Box | Mike Laszlo |
| 1989 | The Spider's Web | Baron von Rastchuk |
| 1985 | Angry Harvest | Leon Wolny |
| 1985 | Colonel Redl | Thronfolger |
| 1983 | A Love in Germany | Mayer |
| 1982 | God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore | Gandhi |
| 1982 | Lola (1982) | von Bohm |
| 1972 | Her Third | Blinder |
| 1963 | Naked Among Wolves | André Höfel |
| 1960 | Five Cartridges | Pierre |
