Inga Abel (1946–2000), actress
Mario Adorf (born 1930), actor , writer
Hans Albers (1891–1960), actor
Mark Bellinghaus (born 1963), activist, actor, poet, writer
Moritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actor
Eric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
Daniel Brühl (born 1978), actor
Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
nood Bullock (born 1964), actor
Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor and comedian
Hans Clarin (1930–2005), actor
George Dzundza (born 1945), actor
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), actress
Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), actor and comedian
Gert Fröbe (1913–1988), actor
Martina Gedeck (born 1961), actress
Götz George (born 1938), actor
Heinrich George (1893–1946), actor
Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), actor
Eva Habermann (born 1976), actress and model
Brigitte Helm (1908–1996), actress
Emil Jannings (1884–1950), actor
Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), actor, Polish-German father, German mother
Nastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress, daughter of Klaus Kinski
Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and actress
Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress, singer, writer
Diane Kruger (born 1976), model and actress
Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actress
Heike Makatsch (born 1971), actress
Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actor
Luise Neumann (1818–1905)
Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actor
Christian Oliver, actor
Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
Jürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actor
Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), actor
Otto Sander (born 1941), actor
Romy Schneider, actress
Hanna Schygulla (born 1943), actress
Kristina Söderbaum (1912–2001), actress and photographer
Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodel
Til Schweiger (born 1963), actor
Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and model
Barbara Sukowa (born 1950), actress
Nadja Uhl (born 1972), actress