Heinz Giese was born on June 5, 1919 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ein Sommernachtstraum (1958), Raskolnikow (1953) and Waterloo (1969). He was previously married to Ingeborg Wellmann. He died on October 19, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.