Ernst Hannawald (born 20 October 1959 in Heidholzen, Germany) is a German television actor, best known for his role in The Consequence.
The homosexual romantic drama caused a scandal in 1977 because the Bayerischer Rundfunk switched off the broadcast during the programme.
He also appeared in the series Irgendwie und Sowieso and Zur Freiheit by Franz Xaver Bogner.
In 1986, Hannawald caused a car accident on Munich's Leopoldstraße in which his then fiancée Lucie and two friends were killed.
[3] To finance his drug addiction, which Hannawald believes was a consequence of the car accident, he robbed a bank and a post office in 1998.