Matthias Habich

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Matthias Habich
Matthias Habich in April 2018
Born	(1940-01-12) 12 January 1940 (age 84) Danzig, Nazi Germany (present-day Gdańsk, Poland)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–present

Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris.

In his career, he appeared in a number of internationally recognized films. In the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates about Stalingrad, he played the part of General (later Field Marshal) Friedrich Paulus. In the 2004 film Downfall, he portrayed Werner Haase. In the 2008 Oscar-winning drama The Reader he appeared as the father of the title character.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][excessive citations]}