Biography
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.
Acted in 90
2020s
- 2024
Thirty Years with the Whip
Fred
- 2023
Berlin Bad Trip
Falk Heise · 6 episodes
What the Finn?! – Summer of Surprises
Polizist
The Ordinaries
Overmodulated Voice Outtake
- 2022
Zitterinchen
Pfarrer / Kutscher / Wärter
Orphea in Love
Höllbach
Aphasia
Heins
All In
Uwe · 8 episodes
- 2021
- 2020
Werkstatthelden mit Herz
Becker
Johannes Kepler - Storming the Heavens
Tycho Brahe
A Last Hurrah
Rudolf Brandt
2010s
- 2019
Das vergessene Dorf – Cora Steins erster Fall
Harald von Bulkow
Cleo
Günni
- 2018
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Bernd
Endlich Witwer
Ion Müller
Chaos-Queens - Ehebrecher und andere Unschuldslämmer
Rüdiger Hagen
Lux - Krieger des Lichts
Brandt
- 2017
Tiger Milk
Rainer Maas
Kroymann
Politician · 2 episodes
Luther and I
Movie
- 2016
Schlimmer geht immer
Ulf
Familie Lotzmann auf den Barrikaden
Einsatzleiter Schulze
Departure
Herr Buche
Hands of a Mother
Gerhard
Scrappin'
Schmied
Shakespeares letzte Runde
Falstaff
- 2015
Alki Alki
Tobias
Einer für alle, alles im Eimer
Sebastian
Engel unter Wasser - Ein Nordseekrimi
Michael Brandstetter
Heil
Kollege von B.
Open Cage
Rainer
Like a Cast Shadow
Justus
- 2014
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
Küster
Reuber
Rüdiger Reuber
Josephine Klick
Gerd Brink · 1 episode
Wildwechsel
Taxifahrer
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
Manni Grabowski · 2 episodes
Die Fahnderin
Jochen Busse
- 2013
Helmut Schmidt - Questions of life
Fahrer
I Feel Like Disco
Hanno Herbst
Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht
Obdachloser
Vier sind einer zuviel
Kosalla
- 2012
Doll, The Fatso And Me
Bombers Chef / Müllabfuhr Stefan
Heavy Girls
Sven
The Animation Tag Attack
Bear
Hanni & Nanni 2
Hühner-Hans
Idiotentest
Prüfer
Kommissar Marthaler
Sauerbier · 1 episode
Die Draufgänger
Kunde im Sonnenstudio · 1 episode
Offroad
Schützenbruder Pit
- 2010
The Royal Siren
Movie
The Hairdresser
Klaus
2000s
- 2009
Betty B. & the The's
Boss
Barefoot to the Neck
Uwe Hofer
Licht über dem Wasser
Clinton O’Shanley
Alles was recht ist - Die italienische Variante
Herbert Canninenberg
Das total verrückte Wochenende
Mann vom Leihhaus
Ganz nah bei Dir
Movie
- 2008
Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich
Knut
Die Lüge
Polizist
Die Stein
Schulrat Heiner Edelmann · 1 episode
Doctor's Diary
Herr Ackermann · 1 episode
- 2007
Narzissen
Movie
Hounds
Movie
- 2005
Brautpaar auf Probe
Manne Günz
- 2004
- 2000
Produced 3
2020s
- 2022
Orphea in Love
Producer
2010s
- 2015
Alki Alki
Producer
- 2014
Reuber
Producer
Wrote 2
2010s
- 2015
Alki Alki
Writer
- 2014
Reuber
Writer