2024 | SOKO Stuttgart | Bavaria Fiction | ZDF | TV series | Director: Cornel Krizsan
2024 | Stille Nacht, Raue Nacht | Relevant Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV series | Director: Sophie Averkamp
2023 | Eine Person Ex | Schmidbauer-Film, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München | Feature film | Director: Alexander Löwen
2023 | Browser Ballett - The Office AI | Steinberger Silberstein | ZDF | TV series | Director: Pola Beck
2023 | Ride Out | Funfar Oy | TV series | Director: Simon Kaijser
2023 | Die jungen Ärzte | Saxonia Media Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Steffen Mahnert
2023 | In aller Freundschaft | Saxonia Media Filmproduktion | ARD Degeto | TV series | Director: Heinz Dietz
2023 | Dünentod- ein Nordsee- Krimi | MadeFor Film | RTL | TV movie | Director: Dominic Müller
2023 | Mandat für Mai | Real Film Berlin | TV series | Director: Florian Gottschalk, Eva Wolf, Sven Fehrensen
2023 | Blutige Anfänger (4. Staffel) | Studio.TV.Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Nico Zavelberg
2023 | Familie Anders | Roxy Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Sebastian Stern
2023 | Kubanische Nächte | Kundschafter Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Robert Thalheim
2022 | Boom Boom Bruno | Odeon Fiction | TNT | TV series | Director: Maurice Hübner
2022 | Dünen Thriller | RTL | TV movie | Director: Ismail Sahin
2022 | Innenministerkonferenz | Studio Zentral | TV movie | Director: Janna Nandzik
2022 | Zwischen uns die Nacht | Kojoten Filmproduktion GmbH, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg) , ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Abini Gold
2022 | Familie Anders | Roxy Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Sophie Averkamp
2022 | El Cuco | Barry Films, Rodar y Rodar | Feature film | Director: Mar Targarona
2022 | Rote Sterne überm Feld | Amerikafilm | Feature film | Director: Laura Laabs
2022 | Reparation Day | Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln | Short film | Director: Walter Solon
2022 | In Ewigkeit Ameisen | Öfilm | Short film | Director: Hanna Dörr
2021 | Ella Schön | Dreamtool Entertainment | ZDF | TV series | Director: Holger Haase
2021 | Strafe - „Ein hellblauer Tag“ | Moovie | TV Now | TV series | Director: David Wnendt, Ulrike Müller
2021 | Strafe - „Ein hellblauer Tag“ | Moovie | TV Now | TV series | Director: David Wnendt, Ulrike Müller
2021 | Oh Hell | Good Friends Filmproduktion, Warner Media, Deutsche Telekom | MagentaTV, Warner TV Comedy | TV series | Director: Simon Ostermann, Lisa Miller (Showrunner: Johannes Boss)
2021 | Kleo | Zeitsprung Pictures | Netflix | TV series | Director: Viviane Andereggen, Jano Ben Chaabane
2021 | Tatort - "Teufelskind" | Schiwago Film | ARD | TV movie | Director: Thorsten C. Fischer
2021 | Mord mit Aussicht | Claussen & Putz Filmproduktion | ARD | TV series | Director: Markus Sehr
2021 | Inventing Anna | Shondaland | Netflix | TV series | Director: Tom Verica
2021 | Tatort - "Teufelskind" | Schiwago Film | rbb, ARD Degeto | TV movie | Director: Thorsten C. Fischer
2021 | Oh Hell | Good Friends Filmproduktion, Warner Media, Deutsche Telekom | MagentaTV, Warner TV Comedy | TV series | Director: Simon Ostermann, Lisa Miller (Showrunner: Johannes Boss)
2021 | Haus der Träume | X Filme Creative Pool | TV Now, Vox | TV series | Director: Sherry Hormann, Umut Dağ
2021 | Greenlight | Wiedemann & Berg Film | Turner TNT | TV series | Director: Detlev Buck, Cüneyt Kaya
2021 | Subtext | Bandenfilm | Short film | Director: Sophie Linnebaum
2020 | Nicht tot zu kriegen | MOOVIE GmbH | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Nina Grosse
2020 | Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - "Ist das Kunst oder kann das weg?" | Bavaria Fiction | ARD/Degeto | TV movie | Director: Hagen Bogdanski
2020 | Hoffmann | Schiwago Film | ARD Degeto/rbb | TV movie | Director: Max Zähle
2020 | Kroymann | btf | ARD | TV series | Director: Nicolas Berse
2020 | Blood Red Sky | Rat Pack Filmproduktion | Netflix | TV movie | Director: Peter Thorwarth
2020 | Mirella Schulze rettet die Welt | MadeFor Film GmbH | TV Now | TV series | Director: Jonas Grosch, Sinan Akkuş
2019 | SOKO Wismar - "Unterm Sand" | Cinecentrum Berlin | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Steffi Doehlemann
2019 | Eichwald, MdB (2. Staffel) | Die Kundschafter Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Fabian Möhrke | durchgehende Rolle
2019 | Tatort Dresden - "Parasomnia | W&B Television | MDR/ARD | TV movie | Director: Sebastian Marka
2019 | Das Institut – Oase des Scheiterns (2. Staffel) | Nova Film GmbH Berlin | ARD | Director: Markus Sehr
2019 | Eichwald, MdB (2. Staffel) | Die Kundschafter Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Fabian Möhrke | durchgehende Rolle
2019 | Ebbe und Flut | Sevenpeaks Filmmakers Collective | Short film | Director: Janis Westphal
2018 | El Fotógrafo de Mauthausen | Rodar y Rodar | Feature film | Director: Mar Targarona
2018 | Ostfriesenblut | Schiwago Film | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Rick Ostermann
2018 | Tatort Berlin - "Der gute Weg" | Real Film | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Christian von Castelberg
2018 | Der Bulle und das Biest | Bantry Bay Productions Köln | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Hanno Olderdissen, Thomas Sieben
2017 | Mein Blinddate mit dem Leben | Ziegler Cinema | Feature film | Director: Marc Rothemund
2017 | Operation Finale | Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) | Feature film | Director: Chris Weitz
2017 | Das schweigende Klassenzimmer | Akzente Film-und Fernsehproduktion | Feature film | Director: Lars Kraume
2017 | Siebenpunkt | HFF Potsdam Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" | Feature film | Director: Jonas Walter
2017 | Familienzuwachs | Mäksmy | Short film | Director: Teresa Hoerl
2017 | Ella Schön | Dreamtool Entertainment | ARD | TV series | Director: diverse | Ensemble-Hauptrolle
2017 | 1918 Aufstand der Matrosen | Rivafilm | arte | TV movie | Director: Jens Becker
2017 | Weißensee - "Der erste Stein" | Ziegler Film | TV series | Director: Friedemann Fromm
2017 | SOKO Stuttgart - "Das eiskalte Händchen" | Bavaria Fernsehproduktion | TV series | Director: Daniel Helfer
2017 | Tatort - "Unter Kriegern" | ARD, HR | TV series | Director: Hermine Huntgeburth
2017 | Familie ist kein Wunschkonzert | Real Film | ARD | TV movie | Director: Sebastian Hilger
2017 | Counterpart | Einundvierzigste Babelsberg Film GmbH | Starz | TV series | Director: Jennifer Getzinger
2017 | Sense8 - "Limbic Resonance" | Anarchos Productions | Netflix | TV series | Director: Lana Wachowski
2016 | Die letzte Spur - "Unantastbar" | Novafilm | TV series | Director: Edzard Onneken
2016 | Rico, Oskar und der Diebstahlstein | Fox International Productions (FIP) | Feature film | Director: Neele Leana Vollmar
2016 | Bibi & Tina 3: Mädchen gegen Jungs | Boje Buck Filmproduktion | Feature film | Director: Detlev Buck
2016 | Jeder stirbt für sich allein | X-Filme | Feature film | Director: Vincent Perez
2016 | Lotta & der dicke Brocken | Novafilm | TV movie | Director: Edzard Onneken
2016 | Der Staatsanwalt - "Das verfluchte Haus" | Odeon Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Johannes Grieser
2016 | Böse Wetter | Radical Movies Production | ARD | TV movie | Director: Johannes Grieser
2016 | Schweigeminute | MOOVIE | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Thorsten Schmidt
2016 | Das Institut - Oase des Scheiterns | Novafilm Fernsehproduktion | BR | TV series | Director: Lutz Heineking jr., Markus Sehr | Ensemble-Hauptrolle
2016 | Werk ohne Autor | Wiedemann & Berg Film | Feature film | Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2016 | Seitenwechsel | H&V Entertainment | Feature film | Director: Vivian Naefe
2016 | Zwei Bauern und kein Land | Letterbox Filmproduktion | ARD | TV movie | Director: Sibylle Tafel
2016 | Alles Klara - "Tod unter dem Kreuz" | ndF | ARD | TV series | Director: Thomas Freudner
2015 | Pälzisch im Abgang | TeamWerk Die Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Matthias Schmidt
2015 | Der Maskenmann | Jumping Horse Film | TV series | Director: Damir Lukacevic
2015 | Blochin: Die Lebenden und die Toten | Real Film | TV series | Director: Matthias Glasner
2015 | Eine wie diese | Ziegler Film | TV movie | Director: Franziska Buch
2015 | Schuld - "DNA" | MOOVIE GmbH | TV series | Director: Hannu Salonen
2015 | Homeland - "All About Allison" | Teakwood Lane Productions | Showtime | TV series | Director: Daniel Attias
2015 | Weak Heart Drop | Alex Ross Filmproduktion | Feature film | Director: Alex Ross
2015 | Bridge of Spies | Amblin Entertainment | Feature film | Director: Steven Spielberg
2015 | Becks letzter Sommer | Claussen Wöbke Putz Filmproduktion | Feature film | Director: Frieder Wittich
2015 | Eichwald, MdB | Kundschafter Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV series | Director: Fabian Möhrke
2015 | Blindgänger | Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft | TV movie | Director: Peter Kahane
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Scott Rudin Productions | Feature film | Director: Wes Anderson
2014 | Freiland | Zischlermann Filmproduktion | Feature film | Director: Moritz Laube
2014 | Alles muss raus - Eine Familie rechnet ab | MOOVIE GmbH | TV series | Director: Dror Zahavi
2014 | Frauchen und die Deiwelsmilch | MOOVIE GmbH | ARD, Degeto | TV movie | Director: Thomas Bohn
2014 | Der Fall Harry Wörtz | SWR | TV movie | Director: Till Endemann
2014 | 1864 | Miso Film | TV series | Director: Ole Dornedal
2014 | 37 Days - "One Long Weekend" | Hardy Pictures | TV series | Director: Justin Hardy
2014 | SOKO Wismar - "Die Leiden des Sammlers" | CineCentrum | TV series | Director: Oliver Dommenget
2013 | Die Bücherdiebin | Fox 2000 Pictures | Feature film | Director: Brian Percival
2013 | Big Business / The Business Trip | Vierundzwanzigste Babelsberg Film GmbH | Feature film | Director: Ken Scott
2013 | Hauptstadtrevier - "Lockvogel" | ARD | TV series | Director: Bodo Schwarz
2013 | The Missionary | Closest to the Hole Productions | TV movie | Director: Baltasar Kormákur
2012 | Spreewaldkrimi - "Eine tödliche Legende" | Aspekt Telefilm-Produktion | TV series | Director: Torsten C. Fischer
2012 | Der Kriminalist - "Des Königs Schwert" | Monaco Film | TV series | Director: Hannu Salonen
2012 | Unter Mietern | Short film | Director: Moritz Laube
2012 | Musik liegt in der Luft | Short film | Director: Tim Bosse
2012 | Die Vermissten | Junifilm | Feature film | Director: Jan Speckenbach
2012 | Teilhard | Zischlermann Filmproduktion | Short film | Director: Christoph Ischinger
2012 | Wehrmann | Short film | Director: Tobias Schumacher
2012 | SOKO Leipzig - "Die Tote im Wald" | UFA Fernsehproduktion | TV series | Director: Patrick Winczewski
2011 | Tatort - "Edel sei der Mensch und gesund" | Ophir Film | TV series | Director: Florian Froschmayer
2011 | Niemand ist eine Insel | MOOVIE the art of entertainment | TV movie | Director: Carlo Rola
2011 | Allein gegen die Zeit - "10.00" | Askania Media Filmproduktion | KiKa | TV series | Director: Andreas Morell
2010 | Tom Atkins Blues | Alex Ross Filmproduktion | Cinema film | Director: Alex Ross
2010 | Polizeiruf 110 - "Einer von uns" | Filmpool | TV series | Director: Eoin Moore
2010 | Tatort - "Blutgeld" | Maran Film | TV series | Director: Martin Eigler
2010 | Polizeiruf 110 - "Aquarius" | Filmpool | TV series | Director: Edward Berger
2008 | Der Tote in der Mauer | Bremedia Produktion | TV movie | Director: Markus Imboden
2008 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | Constantin Filmproduktion | Feature film | Director: Ulli Edel
2008 | Dalami Aleikum | Feature film | Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi
2008 | Tatort - "Das schwarze Grab" | Askania Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Gregor Schnitzler
2007 | Max Minsky and Me | X-Filme | Feature film | Director: Anna Justice
2007 | Kein Geld der Welt | Network Movie | TV movie | Director: Berno Kürten
2006 | The Red Cockatoo | X-Filme | Feature film | Director: Dominik Graf
2006 | The Crows | Stream Films AG | TV movie | Director: Edzard Onneken
2006 | SOKO Wismar - "Skatbrüder" | CineCentrum | TV series | Director: Dirk Pientka
2006 | Unter den Linden - "Hinter verschlossenen Türen" | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher
2006 | Unser Kindermädchen ist ein Millionär | Rome Film | TV movie | Director: Bettina Woernle
2005 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Sahara India Media Communication | Feature film | Director: Shyam Benegal
2005 | Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands - "Hugo Junkers - Der Ikarus von Dessau" | Ottonia Media | TV series | Director: Lew Hohmann
2004 | Der letzte Zeuge - "Brennende Gier" | ZDF | TV series | Director: Bernhard Stephan
2003 | Schloss Einstein | Saxonia Media Filmproduktion | TV series | Director: Renata Kaye
2002 | Paule und Julia | dffb | Feature film | Director: Torsten Löhn
2002 | Tatort - "Zartbitterschokolade" | Provobis Film | TV series | Director: Erhard Riedlsperger
Rainer Reiners was born in 1960, the youngest of five children on a small farm in a tiny village in Northern Germany, where he lived a childhood of unimaginable freedom.
At 15 he was forced to move to the Palatinate. There was a new father and he had to attend the high school. He became a left-wing radical, grew his hair long, learned to play the guitar, dropped out of school and sought his happiness in such unpretentious occupations as construction worker, miner and lumberjack.
He didn’t find it, either professionally or otherwise. He wrote love songs full of weltschmerz and just missed becoming the German answer to Leonard Cohen. Then he became a lighting technician, which enabled him to witness the wonderful one-man play, “The Double Bass”, by Patrick Süskind.
In 1985, he attempted to become a film director by studying advertising in Berlin, hoping to somehow become the German answer to Woody Allen. He also performed “The Double Bass” on stage and afterwards switched his field of study to acting at Die Etage, Berlin, a program from which he graduated in 1990.
Since then, Rainer has worked in many theatre productions as well as in international films, TV movies and series.