André Hennicke, born September 21, 1958, in Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains, attended drama school at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam. After several years at Theater Senftenberg, he focused on his movie career from the mid-1980s on and, for instance, appeared alongside Corinna Harfouch in "Die Schauspielerin" ("The Actress), directed by Siegfried Kühn. After the German reunification, Hennicke also turned to TV productions. He appeared in several "Tatort" episodes and wrote screenplays for the TV series "Polizeiruf 110" and for "Der Besucher" ("The Visitor"), an ambitious parable on fascism directed by Dror Zahavi that also saw Hennicke in the leading role. Together with Til Schweiger and Tom Zickler, Hennicke set up the film production company "Mr. Brown Entertainment" and celebrated a huge box office hit with the production of "Knockin" on Heaven"s Door".

After several movie roles in films such as Rainer Kaufmann"s "Kalt ist der Abendhauch" ("Cold Is The Evening Breeze", 2000) and Martin Hardin"s "So weit die Füße tragen" ("As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me", 2001), Hennicke in recent years received a lot of attention for his striking roles in Christian Petzold"s "Toter Mann" ("Something to Remind Me", 2001, winner of a German TV award), and in Oskar Roehler"s "Der alte Affe Angst" ("Angst", 2003). A large number of movie goers saw Hennicke in 2004 as SS general in Oliver Hirschbiegel"s "Der Untergang" ("Downfall"). Hennicke followed up the icy portray of the Nazi judge Roland Freisler in "Sophie Scholl" ("Sophie Scholl – The Final Days", 2005), directed by Marc Rothemund, with his performance as serial kiler Gabriel Engel in Christian Alvart"s thriller "Antikörper" ("Antibodies", 2005). Furthermore, Hennicke directed the short film "Gordian" (2001) and the feature-length movie "C.I. Angel" (2003).

After playing supporting roles in Der freie Wille" ("The Free Will") and "Winterreise" ("Winter Journey", both 2006), among others, Hennicke starred in "Youth without Youth" (2007), directed by star director Francis Ford Coppola. In 2008 and 2009, Hennicke will be seen on the movie screen in Heinrich Breloer"s Thomas Mann adaptation "Buddenbrooks" ("Buddenbrooks – The Decline of a Family") and in Christian Petzold"s "Jerichow".