Detlev Buck

Detlev Buck (German: [ˈdɛt.lɛf bʊk] ; born 1 December 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director, actor, producer and screenwriter.

Buck made his first short film, Work and Leisure [de], in 1982, and his first feature, Karniggels, in 1991. He often makes cameo appearances in his work. He has appeared in a number of films; his most notable role was in Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. Buck lives in Berlin.

As director

• 1984: Work and Leisure [de]
• 1991: Karniggels [de] (with Bernd Michael Lade, Ingo Naujoks and Julia Jäger)
• 1993: No More Mr. Nice Guy (with Joachim Król, Horst Krause and Sophie Rois)
• 1996: Jailbirds (with Til Schweiger, Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch)
• 1999: Love Your Neighbour! [de] (with Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch)
• 2000: Bundle of Joy [de] (with Anke Engelke)
• 2006: Tough Enough (with David Kross)
• 2007: Hands off Mississippi [de] (Family film)
• 2009: Same Same but Different (with Apinya Sakuljaroensuk and David Kross)
• 2011: Woman in Love [de] (with Matthias Schweighöfer and Alexandra Maria Lara)
• 2012: Measuring the World (Adaptation of the book of the same name)
• 2014: Bibi & Tina [de] (Family film)
• 2014: Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched [de] (Family film)
• 2016: Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys [de] (Family film)
• 2017: Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium [de] (Family film)
• 2018: Asphaltgorillas
• 2018: Wuff – Folge dem Hund
• 2020: Christmas Crossfire
• 2021: Confessions of Felix Krull

As actor

• 1984: Work and Leisure [de] (Short) ... Gerhard Ramm
• 1994: Back to Square One - Dir. Reinhard Münster (with Katharina Thalbach and Harald Juhnke) ... Chauffeur
• 1995: Under the Milky Way [de] - Dir. Matthias X. Oberg [de] (with Fabian Busch and Sophie Rois) ... Instructor
• 1996: Jailbirds (with Til Schweiger, Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch) ... Hammer-Gerd
• 1999: Sonnenallee - Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Alexander Beyer, Henry Hübchen, Robert Stadlober, Katharina Thalbach) ... Policeman Horkefeld
• 1999: Aimée & Jaguar - Dir. Max Färberböck (with Maria Schrader and Juliane Köhler) ... Günther Wust
• 2000: Bundle of Joy [de] (with Anke Engelke) ... Wusch
• 2002: Blue Moon - Dir. Andrea Maria Dusl (with Josef Hader) ... Ignaz Springer
• 2003: Berlin Blues - Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Christian Ulmen) ... Karl
• 2005: NVA - Dir. Leander Haußmann ... Colonel Kalt
• 2005: Intrigue and Love [de] - Dir. Leander Haußmann ... Wurm
• 2007: Midsummer Madness - Dir. Alexander Hahn ... Axel
• 2009: The White Ribbon - Dir. Michael Haneke ... Eva's father
• 2009: 12 Paces Without a Head - Dir. Sven Taddicken [de] ... Arms Dealer
• 2009: Contact High - Dir. Michael Glawogger ... Harry
• 2011: Woman in Love [de] (with Matthias Schweighöfer and Alexandra Lara) ... Jürgen Honk
• 2012: The Marriage Swindler and His Wife [de] - Dir. Manfred Stelzer [de] ... Sigi Krugschenk
• 2012: Waiting for the Sea - Dir. Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (with Egor Beroev and Anastasiya Mikulchina) ... Balthazar
• 2013: Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake [de] ... Policeman Müller
• 2014: Bibi & Tina [de] ... Dr. Eichhorn
• 2014: The Man Cave [de] - Dir. Franziska Meyer Price [de] ... Helmut
• 2014: Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched [de] ... Dr. Eichhorn
• 2016: Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys [de] ... Dr. Eichhorn
• 2017: Bibi & Tina: Perfect Pandemonium [de] ... Dr. Eichhorn
• 2017: Teenosaurus Rex [de] - Dir. Leander Haußmann ... Holger
• 2017: Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt
• 2020: Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding - Dir. Hermine Huntgeburth ... Mattheisen
• 2025: Amrum - Dir. Fatih Akin ... Sam Gangsters

• 1991 Bavarian Film Awards, Best New Director
• 1993 43rd Berlin International Film Festival Wir können auch anders … - Honourable Mention.
• 2007 Bavarian Film Award, Best Young People's Film