Heiko Pinkowski
Known for: Acting
Heiko Pinkowski is a German actor, screenwriter, and film producer. After graduating from high school in 1988 and subsequently dropping out of degree programs in civil engineering, German studies, and philosophy, Heiko Pinkowski worked in various capacities—including as a drafting technician, nursing assistant, welder, truck driver, print prepress specialist, and caregiver for the severely physically disabled. He has been passionate about the theater since his youth. He performed at KRESCH—the Children's and Youth Theater of the City of Krefeld—and, without ever attending drama school, went on to join the City Theater of Krefeld, the Studiobühne Köln, and the Schiller Theater in Berlin. In 1994, he passed the official professional certification exam for stage actors. This was followed by engagements at the Bauhausbühne in Dessau and, from 1995 to 2001, a permanent position at the State Capital Theater in Magdeburg. In 2001, Heiko Pinkowski moved with his family to Berlin, where he has since worked as a freelance actor and producer—performing on stage as well as working both in front of and behind the camera. In 2011, Heiko Pinkowski co-founded the film production company *Sehr gute Filme* (Very Good Films) alongside cinematographer Dennis Pauls, producer Anne Baeker, and director Axel Ranisch. The company's first productions were the no-budget feature *Dicke Mädchen* (Heavy Girls) and the children's film *Reuber*—both directed by Axel Ranisch. With *Dicke Mädchen*, Heiko Pinkowski achieved international festival success and garnered numerous awards in his triple role as actor, co-writer, and producer. Furthermore, at the 2013 Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, the films *Kohlhaas oder die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Mittel* and *Stufe Drei*—in which he appeared as an actor—won the Audience Awards; the film *Schrotten!* received the same honor in 2016.
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Wiglaf Beck
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Herr Lange
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Bert Lorenz
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Harald Knopp
1970
Series
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Karsten Zimmermann
1996
Series
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Philip Rauch
1996
Series
Polizeiruf 110
Landwirt Riesbeck
1971
Series
SOKO Wismar
Martin Wille
2004
Series
SOKO Stuttgart
Wilhelm 'Willi' Häberle
2009
Series
Where's Wanda?
2024
Series
Bettys Diagnose
Holger Thelen
2015
Series
Bettys Diagnose
Holger
2015
Series
DRUCK
Campingplatzbesitzer
2018
Series
Dr. Psycho
Draschko
2007
Series
Rookies
Werner Kampmann
2020
Series
Homicide Hills
Forensic Pathologist
2008
Series
Donna Leon
Claudio Altavilla
2000
Series
Einstein
Reinhard Schiller
2017
Series
Für Umme
Dieter Koslowski
2018
Series
Danni Lowinski
Matthias Höfner
2010
Series
Doppelhaushälfte
Dr. Loch
2022
Series
Doctor's Diary
Herr Ackermann
2008
Film
The School of the Magical Animals
Willi Wondraschek
2021
Series
Die Draufgänger
Kunde im Sonnenstudio
2012
Film
School of Magical Animals 3
Willi Wondraschek
2024
Series
Berlin Bad Trip
Falk Heise
2023
Film
School of Magical Animals 2
Willi Wondraschek
2022
Series
Die Stein
Schulrat Heiner Edelmann
2008
Film
Hands of a Mother
Gerhard
2016
Girl Cave
Marco
2017
Series
Kommissar Marthaler
Sauerbier
2012
Series
All In
Uwe
2022
Series
Josephine Klick
Gerd Brink
2014
Series
Kroymann
Politiker
2017
Film
The Royal Siren
2010
Series
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
Manni Grabowski
2014
Film
Aphasia
Heins
2022
Film
Thirty Years with the Whip
Fred
2024
Hammerthal Drei
Self
2023
Film
Plötzlich Türke
2016
Film
Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht
Obdachloser
2013
Film
Tiger Milk
Rainer Maas
2017
Film
The Ordinaries
Overmodulated Voice Outtake
2023
Film
The Pasta Detectives 3
Otto
2016
Film
Reuber
Rüdiger Reuber
2014
Glioblastom
Hr. Pielsticker
2009
Film
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Bernd
2018
Film
Johannes Kepler - Storming the Heavens
Tycho Brahe
2020
Series
Malibu
Nikos Mariolis
2022
Film
I'm Off Then
Bernd
2015
Asyl
Bauleiter
2004
Film
Doll, The Fatso And Me
Bombers Chef / Müllabfuhr Stefan
2012
Film
Hanni & Nanni 2
Hühner-Hans
2012
Film
Heil
Kollege von B.
2015
Film
Offroad
Schützenbruder Pit
2012
Film
The Animation Tag Attack
Bear
2012
Film
The Last Pig
Theissen
2016
Film
Zitterinchen
Pfarrer / Kutscher / Wärter
2022
Kings vom Prenzlauer Berg
Der arbeitslose Arbeiter
2007
Film
Endlich Witwer
Ion Müller
2018
Film
Das vergessene Dorf – Cora Steins erster Fall
Harald von Bulkow
2019
Film
Shakespeares letzte Runde
Falstaff
2016
Film
Werkstatthelden mit Herz
Becker
2020
Film
Alki Alki
Tobias
2015
Film
Licht über dem Wasser
Clinton O’Shanley
2009
Film
I Feel Like Disco
Hanno Herbst
2013
Film
Cleo
Günni
2019
Film
Die Fahnderin
Jochen Busse
2014
Film
Betty B. & the The's
Boss
2009
Film
Heavy Girls
Sven
2012
Film
Lux - Krieger des Lichts
Brandt
2018
Film
Orphea in Love
Höllbach
2022
Film
The Hairdresser
Klaus
2010
Film
What the Finn?! – Summer of Surprises
Polizist
2023
Film
Scrappin'
Schmied
2016
Film
Luther and I
2017
Film
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
Küster
2014
Film
Hounds
2007
Film
Departure
Herr Buche
2016
Film
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich
Knut
2008
Film
Einer für alle, alles im Eimer
Sebastian
2015
Film
Engel unter Wasser - Ein Nordseekrimi
Michael Brandstetter
2015
Film
Ganz nah bei Dir
2009
Der Biobauer
Bauer
2009
Da Blechhauf’n: Ghostriders in the sky
Edelmann
2013
Film
A Last Hurrah
Rudolf Brandt
2020
Out of Frame
2015
Der Butler und die Prinzessin
Pensionswirt
2007
Film
Helmut Schmidt - Questions of life
Fahrer
2013
Film
Brautpaar auf Probe
Manne Günz
2005
Film
Das total verrückte Wochenende
Mann vom Leihhaus
2009
Film
Kohlhaas or the Proportionality of Means
Rainer
2013
Film
Barefoot to the Neck
Uwe Hofer
2009
Six Dead Students
Professor Adam
2007
Film
Familie Lotzmann auf den Barrikaden
Einsatzleiter Schulze
2016
Film
Idiotentest
Prüfer
2012
Film
Chaos-Queens - Ehebrecher und andere Unschuldslämmer
Rüdiger Hagen
2018
Film
Open Cage
Rainer
2015
Film
Like a Cast Shadow
Justus
2015
Film
Vier sind einer zuviel
Kosalla
2013
Lenz
Herr Kaufmann
2009
Film
Alles was recht ist - Die italienische Variante
Herbert Canninenberg
2009
Film
Die Lüge
Polizist
2008
Die Apps
Spam
2012
Stufe 3
Norbert
2013
Sissi ohne Franz
erster Patient
2017
Ein starker Abgang
Tonmeister
2008
Golm
Nachbar
2010
Film
Schlimmer geht immer
Ulf
2016
Mordshunger
Gopper
2008
Film
Wildwechsel
Taxifahrer
2014
Film
Narzissen
2007