Personal Info
Birth date
1956-01-01 (69 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Magdeburg, Germany
Also known as
Rainer Heise
Reiner Heise
Biography
Heise studierte an der Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin und schloss 1981 sein Studium ab. Ebenda arbeitete er auch als Dozent. Einer der ersten bekannteren Filme, in dem Heise mitspielte, war Der Hut des Brigadiers (1986). Er spielte auch an der Berliner Volksbühne, sowie Theater in München und Erfurt. Außerdem arbeitete er an verschiedenen Hörspielproduktionen mit
Filmography
Polizeiruf 110
6.3
Overview:
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.Das Traumschiff
4.4
Overview:
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.The Woman and the Stranger
4.4
Overview:
Based on a switched identity, in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction, this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting together in World War I. Karl (Joachim Latsch) and Richard (Hans-Use Bauer) become close friends while serving time in a German POW camp. One day Karl manages a successful escape and goes to Richard's home where he seeks refuge posing as Richard. But Richard's wife Anna (Kathrin Waligura) has never given up hope that her husband is still alive -- a possibility that would shatter Karl's proposed new life. In fact, Richard did not die in the POW camp. This film shared the Grand Prix award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival.Die ehrbaren Fünf
NYR
Overview:
In a small Saxon town after the Second World War, the former chimney sweep Toni tries to survive on the black market and meets the pusher Ginfizz. Together they initially trade in flour before embarking on a riskier plan: they are to rescue machines from Soviet expropriation for the mill owner Hartmann by transporting them in hidden trucks. In the process, they become entangled in various adventures, from rescuing orphans to transporting pigs, while being constantly pursued by the young policewoman Gisela, who wavers between her professional duty and her attraction to Toni. After Ginfizz is caught and the others remain temporarily free, they help to get the mill up and running again to avert a food shortage.The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
7.1
Overview:
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win.Der Fahnder
6.9
Overview:
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
4.5
Overview:
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.Die Wildnis
2
Overview:
The son of a farmer is bathed in his blood in front of an isolated mountain hut. There is no record of the attacker. Two investigators disappear without a trace. Years later, policeman Brenner sets out to find his colleagues.The Golden Thaler
6.4
Overview:
The impoverished and homeless orphan girl Anna Barbara sets out in search of the mysterious golden thaler. The rag collector Hans Geiz offers her the promise of it if she toils in his underground kingdom for three years.The Elementary Particles
6.152
Overview:
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.The Film Narrator
NYR
Overview:
Germany in the Thirties. A movie teller realizes that his profession is not longer needed. Silent movies are not produced any longer. Telling stories is the only thing the man was ever good in, so he does not know what to do now. As political circumstances are changing dramatically these days in Germany, he gets new hope that things will again be going better for him...Alphamann: Die Selbstmörderin
5
Overview:
The blind psychologist Tom Leschek and the therapist Jessica van der Laan are after their first successful mission, a team that is again requested when a suicide wants to plunge from a skyscraper. The young woman was held captive for months in a basement prison by arms dealer Hübner as a slave. Tom tries to convince the desperate not to jump. When she flees again and shoots Hübner, she takes Tom hostage.Künstler, König und Modell
NYR
Overview:
Johann Gottfried Schadow is only in his early twenties when he is put in charge of the royal sculptor's workshop in Prussia's capital Berlin. He is supported in this position above all by the fair ladies.Die Gänse von Bützow
NYR
Overview:
In 1794 Bützow, widow Hornborstel, a top goose breeder, presses Mayor Hane to marry her. Rebuffed, he bans free‐range geese under a “goose edict.” Enraged, she enlists revolutionary‐minded Magister Albus to rally citizens. They rise for goose freedom, the duke deposes Hane, installs a new mayor, and Albus escapes across the border.Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
4.8
Overview:
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall is a German crime detective television series starring Wolfgang Stumph as detective Stubbe. It is being broadcast on ZDF, the second German public television channel since 1995.In the Face of Crime
6.958
Overview:
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens is a German television series about the Russian mafia in Berlin. It received high critical acclaim, but the viewer figures were disappointing. It was broadcast by ARTE and Das Erste.Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge
7
Overview:
Retired police chief Hans Holms is called out of retirement when his grandchildren are visited by fairy tale characters and announce that Snow White has been kidnapped.Lilly unter den Linden
6.3
Overview:
This film is the story of a 13-year-old girl from Hamburg who, after the death of her mother, wants to travel to her aunt Lena and her family - her only living relatives - in Jena. Crossing the inner-German border in 1988, even from West to East, is very difficult. When Lilly finally manages to make the detour via Berlin, she realizes that not everyone in her aunt's family is happy about it. There is a secret in the family that has to do with her mother.Acting
2017The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter as Racecourse cashier
2016Lotte Jäger und das tote Mädchen as Herbertz
2014The Burrow as Chef
2010In the Face of Crime (1 Episode) as Polizist
2006The Elementary Particles as Forscher 1
2005Vienna Crime Squad (1 Episode) as Dr. Peter Willemsen
2003Spuk am Tor der Zeit as Pacholke
2002Lilly unter den Linden as Bernd
2002Detective Lovelorn and the Revenge of the Pharaoh as Orakelpriester
1999Alphamann: Die Selbstmörderin as Unknown
1998Spuk aus der Gruft as Chauffeur Pacholke
1998Der letzte Zeuge (1, 1 Episode) as Paul Lumenta, Hanns Stinn
1998Salto Kommunale (1 Episode) as Frisch
1997Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall (1 Episode) as Knut Börges
1995While All Germans Sleep as Unknown
1994Zwei alte Hasen (15 Episodes) as Schulz
1994Im Namen des Gesetzes (1 Episode) as Johann Busch
1994Cornelius hilft (13 Episodes) as Bellermann
1994Die Wache (1 Episode) as Stanitz
1993The Film Narrator as Passbeamter
1993Novalis - Die blaue Blume as Unknown
1993Die Wildnis as Haid
1992Wolffs Revier (1 Episode) as Joachim Sprenger
1992Die Lügnerin as Unknown
1992Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge (8 Episodes) as Schwarzer Magier
1991The Pocket Watch as Unknown
1991The Tango Player as Müller
1990Der zerbrochne Krug as Unknown
1989Die ehrbaren Fünf as Langer
1989The Break as Pinske
1987Künstler, König und Modell as Johann Gotfried Schadow
1986The Brigade-Leader’s Hat as Manne Herford, genannt Maus
1985Die Gänse von Bützow as Unknown
1985The Golden Thaler as Hans Geiz
1985The Woman and the Stranger as Unknown
1984Der Fahnder (1 Episode) as Manfred Benisch
1982The Girl and the Boy as Unknown
1981Das Traumschiff (1 Episode) as Klaus Vogler
1971Polizeiruf 110 (1, 1, 3, 1 Episode) as Kiwi, Trainer, Unknown, Arzt