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Marco Girnth was born on 10 February 1970 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Leipzig Homicide (2001), Holgi (1999) and Frühling (2011). He has been married to Katja Woywood since August 1998. They have one child.- Melanie Marschke was born on 3 December 1969 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She is an actress, known for Leipzig Homicide (2001), SOKO: Der Prozess (2013) and The Bill (1984). She was previously married to Hartmut Beyer.
- Steffen Schroeder was born on 16 April 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Red Baron (2008), Leipzig Homicide (2001) and SOKO: Der Prozess (2013). He is married to Ute Springer. They have three children.
- Andreas Schmidt-Schaller was born on 30 October 1945 in Arnstadt, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Leipzig Homicide (2001), Der Clown (2005) and Tatort (1970). He has been married to Swentja Krumscheidt since 1995. They have one child. He was previously married to Christine Schmidt-Schaller.
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Gabriel Merz was born on 3 June 1971 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Der Lehrer (2009), Rote Rosen (2006) and Aus gutem Haus (2000).- Actor
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Wolf Roth was born on 30 August 1944 in Torgau, Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Holmes & Watson (2018), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1987). He has been married to Barbara May since 1984. They have one child.- Robinson Reichel was born on 16 May 1966 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for T-34 (2018), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) and Amen. (2002).
- Maximilian Klas was born in 1990 in Leipzig, Germany. He is an actor, known for Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (2003), The World Wars (2014) and Leipzig Homicide (2001).
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Caroline Scholze was born in 1975 in Schmölln, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Country Doctor (1987), Leipzig Homicide (2001) and Notruf Hafenkante (2007). She has been married to Paul T. Grasshoff since 2004. They have two children.- Hildegard Alex was born on 7 January 1942 in Teplitz-Schönau, Sudetenland, Germany [now Teplice, Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Geheimcode B 13 (1967), Max Minsky and Me (2007) and Liebling Kreuzberg (1986).
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George Lenz was born on 6 April 1967 in Kronberg, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Autumn Blood (2013), Tatort (1970) and Der Fahnder (1984).- Actress
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Angela Roy was born on 24 June 1957 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Rote Rosen (2006), Die Sternbergs - Ärzte, Brüder, Leidenschaften (1999) and Für immer und immer (1997).- Klaus Schindler was born on 9 January 1953 in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Equilibrium (2002), Don 2 (2011) and In the Name of the Law (1994).
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Lambert Hamel was born on 7 June 1940 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Idiot (1968), Vater wider Willen (1995) and Rette mich, wer kann (1986).- Peter W. Bachmann was born on 25 March 1955 in Halle, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Die Lügnerin (1992) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).
- Wolfgang Häntsch was born on 7 June 1951 in Seifhennersdorf, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Last Station (2009), Tatort (1970) and Unser stiller Mann (1976). He is married to Tatsiana Navumava. They have two children. He was previously married to Marijam Agischewa.
- Michael Lott was born on 30 December 1964 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Physician (2013), Tatort (1970) and Mit Leib und Seele (1989).
- Johann von Bülow was born on 26 September 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Tár (2022), 13 Minutes (2015) and Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013).
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Werner Kreindl was born on 20 October 1927 in Wels, Austria. He was an actor, known for The Winds of War (1983), Der 13. Tag (1991) and Holocaust (1978). He was married to Diana Körner and Irene Kuhn. He died on 6 June 1992 in Wagrain, Austria.- Actor
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Wilfried Klaus' acting career began on stage. His first performance at the distinguished Munich Volkstheater was followed by 6 continuous years of steady ensemble theater work at that venue. He was the lead character in many of the famous classical works and later developed a liking plays by Ludwig Thoma. It should not go unmentioned that Wilfried Klaus has always been an artist who enjoys playing comedic roles. Beginning in 1965, countless film and TV roles directed by Rainer Erler, Hans W. Geissendörfer, Franz Seitz, Helmut Dietl, Bernd Fischerauer, Günter Gräwert, Michael Verhoeven, Wolfgang Petersen to name a few, have added to Wilfried Klaus' impressive body of work. His most well-known role, though, was that of the Chief of Detective Horst Schickl in the ZDF series SoKo 5113. In this very role he stayed true to the audience from 1976 until 2007.- Ingrid Fröhlich was born in 1940 in Münster, Germany. She was an actress, known for Drei sind einer zuviel (1977), The Outsiders (1976) and Frühbesprechung (1973). She died on 30 July 2021 in Germany.
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Michel Guillaume was born on 18 January 1967 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for SOKO München (1978), Stamp (2010) and Solo für Sudmann (1997). He has been married to Georgia Schultze since 2 August 2014. He was previously married to Alexandra.- Hartmut Schreier was born on 11 October 1952 in Schwerin, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for SOKO München (1978), Solo für Sudmann (1997) and Kiezgeschichten (1987).
- Bianca Hein was born on 9 September 1975 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Mein Chef und ich (2004), Andi Ommsen ist der letzte Lude (2003) and SOKO München (1978).
- Florian Odendahl was born on 14 May 1974 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor, known for Mila (2015), SOKO München (1978) and Sonntagsluft (2005).
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Gerd Silberbauer was born on 26 April 1953 in Eitelborn, Germany. He is an actor and production manager, known for Im Visier der Zielfahnder (2002), SOKO: Der Prozess (2013) and The Country Doctor (1987).- He studied acting for three years in Stuttgart. In 2005 Joscha was seen on the Das Erste-Show Ein Fall für B.A.R.Z and Fabrixx. One year later he had the main role in the motion picture Locked. He played theater from 2004 to 2006. In late 2007 he joined the soap opera Verbotene Liebe in the contract role of Sebastian von Lahnstein.
- Christine Döring was born on 10 January 1971 in Hermannsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for SOKO München (1978), Mallorca - Suche nach dem Paradies (1999) and Agujero (2004).
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Bernd Herzsprung was born on 22 March 1942 in Hamburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Freunde fürs Leben (1992), The Flying Classroom (1973) and La crociera (2001). He was previously married to Barbara Herzsprung.- Actress
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Olivia Pascal was born on 26 May 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and publicist, known for The Fruit Is Ripe (1977), Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983) and The Joy of Flying (1977). She has been married to Peter Kanitz since 2009.- Actor
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Heinz Baumann was born on 12 February 1928 in Oldenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993), Wehner - Die unerzählte Geschichte (1993) and Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (1971). He was married to Gardy Brombacher. He died on 4 March 2023 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actress
Cay Helmich was born on 2 September 1966 in Brüggen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Leroy (2007), SOKO München (1978) and Harald (1997).- Christofer von Beau, son of an American father and a German mother, was born in Munich, Germany. His love for acting was actually incited by one of his mother's friends who was an actress herself. As a teenager, he moved with his mother to the U.S. where he spent the following 20 years. While in America, he was accepted to the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Upon graduating successfully, he went on to take part in a Shakespeare workshop under the tutelage of Judy Magee and on top of that enjoyed a singing education with William Drake. At the beginning of his career, Christofer von Beau played in numerous musicals like The Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Show directed by Anna Vaughn at the Berliner Kammerspiele. To this day he refers to this experience as "the best he had" when it comes to stage work. More work such as the West Side Story, Othello, or Godspell was to follow. His first TV appearances date back to 1995 but his breakthrough role was Franz Ainfachnur on the TV series SOKO 5113. Starting off in 2002 as a supporting series regular in 74 episodes, he now has risen the ranks to become inspector and thereby one of the series leads on that show which was renamed SOKO Muenchen at the beginning of the 2015/2016 season. In 2012 he delivered a strong performance as the leading male, Raymond, opposite Jutta Speidel in the ARD network film 24 Cows But No Man. Whenever on set, Christofer von Beau's upbeat nature and positive attitude lights up everyone around him.
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Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Sketch-up (1984), Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999) and Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen (1971). He was married to Bettina von Leoprechting. He died on 4 January 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.- Ingeborg Schöner was born on 2 July 1935 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for It Happened in Rome (1957), King in Shadow (1957) and Der erste Frühlingstag (1956). She was previously married to Georg Marischka.
- Ilona Grübel was born on 23 September 1950 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Paarungen (1967), Target (1985) and John Gabriel Borkman (1967).
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Franz Rudnick was born on 13 October 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (1975), Cliff Dexter (1966) and Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1978). He was married to Susanne von Loessl. He died on 13 October 2005 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Adrian Can was born on 27 February 1972 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an actor, known for Big Game (2014), Anna (2019) and SOKO München (1978).
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Sabine Kaack was born on 20 February 1958 in Nortorf, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Diese Drombuschs (1983), Die Camper (1997) and Here Comes Kalle (2006). She was previously married to Dr. Reinhard Pettker.- Actor
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Maximilian Krückl was born on 21 August 1966 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Wilder Kaiser (1999), Police Call 110 (1971) and Wildbach (1993). He was married to Jeannie. He died on 22 June 2019 in Bavaria, Germany.- Hans Schulze was born on 7 October 1930 in Bochum, Germany. He was an actor, known for Macbeth (1974), Na krawedzi (1973) and Tatort (1970). He died on 29 August 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Annette Kreft was born on 12 May 1954 in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Warum Siegfried Teitelbaum sterben musste (2016) and Das Atomdorf (1978).
- Melanie Mira was born in 1981. She is an actress, known for Wie es bleibt (2007), Die Einsamkeit des Jägers (2012) and SOKO München (1978).
- Giovanni Früh was born on 3 December 1937 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Onkel Silas (1977), Grauzone (1979) and Der Kandidat (1986). He was married to Elsa Weier. He died on 25 February 2003 in St. Augustin, Germany.
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Hartmut Becker was a German stage and film star. He had worked in the theatre since 1962, during which time he starred in dozens of plays and has been featured in many international and national film and television productions. His film debut he made in 1970 with the main role Clark in Michael Verhoeven's feature film "o.k". The film was the official German contribution at the Film Festival Berlin 1970 and it's hot political expressiveness was the sensation of Berlin and killed the festival. Hartmut's performing in this film earned several prices and a great praise in the German feature articles. After "o.k." Hartmut Becker was one of Germany's busiest actors in film and theatre (at the State Theatres of Munich and Berlin he performed leading characters in plays from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams). More important main parts in films followed like in Verhoeven's "Who lives in the Glass House" (Film Festival Berlin 1971), "Als Mutter streikte", "John Ralling" (tv), "Mitgift", "Audienz" (tv), "Sonntagskinder."
His first leading part in an English language production he performed in the BBC-film "Forgive Our Foolish Ways", where he played the role of an German prisoner of war next to Kate Nelligan. The television film became a very big success all over the world. Hartmut's following international film was the American-English production "Jenny's War" (Columbia Pictures) where he portrayed the main part of Karl Koenig, a character in the crucial test between love and war. His partners in this film were Dyan Cannon, Elke Sommer and Trevor Howard. In 1987 he was a supporting actor in the American production "Escape From Sobibor" (director: Jack Gold). In his next Festival-Film "Il Decimo Clandestino" (Festival International du Film Cannes 1989) Becker worked together with admirable director Lina Wertmueller. His female partner in this feature film was Dominique Sanda.
Several dream parts followed after the success of "Il Decimo Clandestine" (Portraits with Women) for example the characters Niels Jost in "A Silent Conspiracy" (also starring Joss Ackland), Rauscher in the American Film "Triumph of the Spirit" (with Willem Dafoe, Robert Loggia), Lutz in the English-French Television Film "Free Frenchmen" (also starring Derek de Lint, Agnes Soral), Moritz in the English-Austrian feature film "Gave Princip" by Peter Patzak, King Christian in "Young Catherine" (American TV with a.o. Julia Ormond, Venessa Redgrave, Marthe Keller,Maximilian Schell), Rusty in the Italian tv-movie "Requiem Per Voce e Pianoforte" and last not least Dieter Krause in the English TV-thriller "The Waiting Time" (ITV 1999). His last leading role in a German feature was Goran in "The Unforgotten" produced in 2005. In the Germany cinema "Verfehlung" (The Transgression) of 2015 he performed the part Kardinal Schoeller. 2018 brought the role of Lenz Senior in "Liebesfilm". From 2007 to 2012, Becker was a member in the committee of the German Academy of Film (Deutsche Filmakademie). He died in 2022.- Actor
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Michael Hinz was born on 28 December 1939 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Das Feuerschiff (1963), Fußballtrainer Wulff (1972) and Eichholz und Söhne (1977). He was married to Viktoria Brams and Ingrid van Bergen. He died on 6 November 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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Rolf Schimpf was born on 14 November 1924 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967), The Old Fox (1977) and Ida Rogalski (1969).- Tilo Prückner was born on 26 October 1940 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for The NeverEnding Story (1984), Iron Sky (2012) and Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979). He was married to Ute Paffendorf and Brigitte. He died on 2 July 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
- Peter Seum was born on 2 January 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Achtung Zoll! (1980), Direktion City (1976) and Wie gut, daß es Maria gibt (1990). He died on 24 December 1998 in Berlin, Germany.
- Marcus Grüsser was born on 31 July 1966 in Berchtesgaden, Germany. He is an actor, known for Eine Liebe am Gardasee (2006), Wildbach (1993) and Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007). He was previously married to Jessica Boehrs.
- Michael Schiller was born in 1963 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Lotta in Love (2006) and The Country Doctor (1987).
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Benita Rinne was born on 29 November 1956 in West Berlin, West Germany. She is an actress, known for I See This Land from Afar (1978), Wolffs Revier (1992) and SOKO München (1978).- Actress
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Bettina Redlich was born on 19 December 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria. She is an actress, known for Downfall (2004), Die Hausmeisterin (1987) and Die kleine Zauberflöte (1998).- Actor
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Born in Nuremberg on February 27, 1910, the son of a school teacher, well-known German actor Wolfgang Preiss started studying philosophy and theatre sciences alternately (including dance training) and made his stage debut in 1932 in Munich. He appeared in many theatres throughout his country in the 30s including Heidelberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Berlin.
Beginning in a couple of early 1940s German films, WWII interrupted Preiss' movie output for quite some time, but, in many ways, the war never left him, for he would continue playing war-time colonels, generals, and field marshals for the duration of his prolific career.
Following more theatre and radio work, Preiss returned to post-war German filming and was seldom seen out of uniform with a mass of pictures including Deadly Decision (1954), The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955) (starring role), Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955), Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter (1956), Stresemann (1957), Haie und kleine Fische (1957) and I Was All His (1958). His diabolical tendencies also lent to his casting as the title criminal mastermind in a series of mystery films: The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961), The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962), The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962) and Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963).
Preiss continued to keep his Nazi uniform starched and pressed as he branched out internationally for such 1960's war films as The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), The Longest Day (1962), The Cardinal (1963), The Train (1964), Von Ryan's Express (1965), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Anzio (1968) and Battle of the Commandos (1969). As the nemesis of such American heroes as William Holden, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk, he moved into the next decade with portrayals of Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971) starring Richard Burton and Field Marshal Von Rundstedt in Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977) which featured an international star cast.
Preiss would appear in over 100 German and continental productions in his lifetime. Other popular filming would include featured roles in The Salzburg Connection (1972), The Boys from Brazil (1978), Bloodline (1979) and The Formula (1980). In his twilight years, Preiss turned more and more to TV as part of the ensemble casts of the quality miniseries Wallenstein (1978), The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988). He ended his career with a role in the French adventure movie drama Aire libre (1996).
Preiss died on November 27, 2002, at the age of 92, as the result of a fall. Married three times, he was survived by his third wife, Ruth, whom he married in 1955.- Irina Wanka was born on 28 June 1961 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Damned (1969), Klimt (2006) and Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde (1996). She is married to Roland Kuhne-Wanka. They have one child.
- Kyra Mladeck was born in 1935 in Hamburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Aimee & Jaguar (1999), Undine (1955) and Clavigo (1970).
- Jutta Schmuttermaier was born in 1966 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Die normative Kraft des Faktischen (2015) and Utta Danella (2000). She is married to Alexander Duda.
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Alexander Duda was born on 1 March 1955 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Löwengrube (1989), Die Rosenheim-Cops (2002) and Zwei Brüder (1994). He is married to Jutta Schmuttermaier.- Actor
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Dirk Galuba was born on 28 August 1940 in Schneidemühl, Prussia, Germany [now Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Der Schimmelreiter (1978) and Storm of Love (2005). He was previously married to Natascha.- Actress
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Angelika Bender was born on 22 February 1948 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. She is an actress, known for Inki (1974), Holiday in St. Tropez (1964) and Der lichte Grund (2016).- Actor
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Joachim R. Iffland was born on 30 January 1957 in Heidelberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for The White Rose (1982), Sterben ist gesünder (1997) and Midsommar Stories (1999).- Diana Körner was born on 24 September 1944 in Wolmirsleben, Germany. She is an actress, known for Barry Lyndon (1975), The Flying Classroom (1973) and Was wissen Sie von Titipu? (1972).
- Broder B. Hendrix was born on 14 December 1963 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He is an actor, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Tatort (1970) and Lava (2000).
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Willy Harlander was born on 30 April 1931 in Regensburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969) and Isar 12 (1961). He was married to Erika Blumberger and Christl Höck. He died on 20 April 2000 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Sascha Zaglauer was born in 1968. He is an actor, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), SK Babies (1996) and Verdammt verliebt (2002).
- Bojana Golenac was born near the German town of Bonn and was raised in Germany as well as in Slovenia. The actress, who is very talented at speaking different languages, graduated from drama school in Hamburg and debuted there at the Altonaer Theater. Her magnetic performances in leading roles in Unter die Haut (1997, dir.: Christoph Schrewe), Zwischen zwei Feuern (1998, dir.: Sigi Rothemund), and Die Salsaprinzessin (2001, dir.: Dror Zahavi) helped her to establish a successful reputation in Germany's TV industry. In 2004 Bojana Golenac was cast as the lead character in the ZDF daytime series Sabine!, which she worked on for two seasons. From 2010 to 2011 she was a series regular on another daytime ZDF series called Herzflimmern. On stage she had a national tour from 2007 until 2010 in the play called Mondscheintarif which was written by Ildiko von Kuerthy. In the fall of 2012 Bojana Golenac stood in front of the camera opposite Harald Krassnitzer in the TV movie Tatort - Grenzland, which was written and directed by Sascha Bigler.
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Barbara Frey was born on 1 May 1955 in Stuttgart, Germany. She is an actress, known for Morignone, Tatort (1970) and Liebling Kreuzberg (1986).- Actress
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Michaela May was born on 18 March 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Münchner Geschichten (1974), Police Call 110 (1971) and Familienfest (2015). She has been married to Bernd Schadewald since 16 June 2006. She was previously married to Dr. Jack Schiffer.- Hans Dieter Trayer was born on 15 February 1941 in Pforzheim, Germany. He is an actor, known for Genesis and Catastrophe (2000), Tatort (1970) and Kings of the Road (1976).
- Verena Mayr was born in 1960. She is an actress, known for SOKO München (1978), Der Leihopa (1985) and Der Schwammerlkönig (1988).
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Monika Baumgartner was born on 19 July 1951 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Der Bergdoktor (2008), Sau sticht (1995) and Unsere schönsten Jahre (1983).- Dirk Martens was born on 2 July 1964 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He is an actor, known for Aleks Lyutyy (2020), Das Begräbnis (2022) and Sangre (2020).
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Arthur Brauss has accumulated an impressive tally of acting credits, both on the domestic front and internationally. He has been directed by the likes of John Huston, Sam Peckinpah, Jack Arnold, Richard Brooks and Mark Robson. His co-stars have included Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin, Burt Lancaster, James Mason and James Coburn. Tall, lean and sinewy, he has played his fair share of police officers on TV, but, for the most part, his stock-in-trade have been ruthless henchmen, double-dealing scoundrels, assassins, bank robbers and mercenaries.
An accomplished pole-vaulter in his youth (1954 German junior champion), he was a factory worker before a move to the U.S. on a sports scholarship from the University of Wyoming. There, he studied maths and economics and discovered an affinity for acting while on the college stage. Brauss returned to Germany in 1960, his fluency in English helping him find work with Radio Free Europe. As 'Art Brauss', he made his film debut three years later. From the beginning, he was heavily in demand for supporting roles in international productions: mainly action films like The Train (1964), Jack of Diamonds (1967), The Swiss Conspiracy (1976), Avalanche Express (1979) and Cross of Iron (1977). Brauss also featured in a couple of Jerry Cotton potboilers, played the member of a terrorist gang in Verrat ist kein Gesellschaftsspiel (1972), cold-blooded killer Abdul Carraco in the expensively made TV production Härte 10 (1974) and Charly Clayton, the avaricious owner of the Tivoli saloon in Lockruf des Goldes (1975) (a miniseries loosely based on works by Jack London). His role as vicious drug smuggler Candy Man in $ (1971) had originally been slated for Horst Frank, an actor with a similar predilection for villainous portrayals.
Brauss had a particularly prominent role as a murderous football player in Wim Wenders's off-beat, noirish crime drama The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972). More recently, he has featured as Russian chess master Viktor Yurilivich in the thriller Knight Moves (1992) and as King Ottokar in the fairy tale König Drosselbart (2008). For much of the 60s and 70s, however, he was true to form as the perennial heavy in TV series like Die fünfte Kolonne (1963), Okay S.I.R. (1972), Derrick (1974), Tatort (1970) and The Old Fox (1977). Aside from occasional forays into such lighter entertainments as Münchner Geschichten (1974) or The Black Forest Hospital (1985), Brauss has achieved lasting audience popularity as the veteran Chief of Police Richard Block in the long-running procedural police series Großstadtrevier (1986).
In addition to acting, he has provided the German synchronizing voice for stars like David Warner, Robbie Coltrane, Scott Glenn, James Caan and Max von Sydow.
Post-retirement (in 2014), the actor has spent his newly found spare time racing cars, making furniture, playing classical guitar, cooking and playing golf in a club which includes Franz Beckenbauer among its members. He has resided for some four decades in the Munich district of Schwabing. His wife is Marie Poccolin.- Andreas Borcherding was born on 5 April 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990), StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010) and Hammer & Sichl (2013).
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Peter E. Funck was born on 27 May 1951 in Völklingen, French Protectorate Saar [now Saarland, Germany]. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Marienhof (1992), Die Heartbreakers (1983) and Strong Times (1988). He has been married to Mona Seefried since 1992.- Actor
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Frank Röth was born on 7 July 1959 in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Lotta & die alten Eisen (2010), The General Case (2016) and Kolp (1985).- Amanda Da Gloria was born on 24 February 1988 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She is an actress, known for Points of View (2013), Tatort (1970) and Vera (2019).
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Dominique Lorenz was born on 3 July 1966 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Eine harte Tour (2020), Der Film deines Lebens (2011) and Faust (1994). She was previously married to Philipp Brammer.- Actor
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Frank Behnke was born on 2 February 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for 112 - Sie retten dein Leben (2008), Unter uns (1994) and Edel & Starck (2002).- Claudia-Sofie Jelinek was born on 4 March 1961 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Hanna's Journey (2013) and Kommissar Rex (1994).
- Anne Stegmann was born in 1946. She is an actress, known for Der Idiot (1968), Tatort (1970) and Unternehmen V2 (1976).
- Robert Jarczyk was born in 1958 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Flying Classroom (1973), Wüstenfieber (1990) and Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten (1997).
- Manou Lubowski was born on 6 November 1969 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Country Doctor (1987), Alle meine Töchter (1995) and Verbotene Liebe (1995). He was previously married to Naike Rivelli.
- Martin Halm was born (1961) and raised in Munich. When listening to him speak though, you won't make out any regional or local dialect in his articulate diction which is carried by his signature, gentle voice. Early on in his childhood, Martin Halm began gathering experience in acting and went on to be trained in that profession in both Germany and stateside where he attended the University of California. It was also the latter where he majored in film studies and acquired his fluency in English. He started his career playing the lead in an Italian film for the big screen, Ernesto, which was whelmed by Salvatore Samperi. The German audience came to experience him playing the lead of a 19 year old opposite Heinz Bennent in the suspenseful TV mini-series called Der Fall Mauritius which aired on ZDF network. Ratings went through the roof and Martin Halm became famous overnight. He then worked with prestigious directors like Michael Verhoeven, Sigi Rothemund, Martin Enlen, Roland Suso Richter, Michael Steinke, Florian Gärtner, Matthias Steurer, Uli Moeller to name but a few. The genres of the films he was first cast in were very much in the direction of drama and crime. The mid-nineties brought a lot of TV series that mainly focused on family entertainment and Martin Halm was right at the center of it when he became a series-regular on the popular SAT1 show Für alle Fälle Stefanie.
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Tamer Yigit was born on 1 January 1942 in Balikesir, Turkey. He is an actor and writer, known for Sehitler (1975), Yasamak Güzel Sey (1977) and Beyaz Kus (1977). He has been married to Bayrak, Rukiye since 1973. They have three children.- Gerd Anthoff was born on 12 August 1946 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Under Suspicion (2002), Über Kreuz (1995) and Josef Filser (1991).
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Dieter Landuris is known from the famous detective series ANYTHING BUT MURDER (ALLES AUSSER MORD 1994-97) playing the tricky detective Uli Fichte, directed by Roland Suso Richter, Sigi Rothemund, Kai Wessel and other named german directors. Important movie features are the award winning black comedy THE KILLER'S MOTHER (DIE MUTTER DES KILLERS 1997) directed by Volker Einrauch- Thorsten Nindel was born on 16 December 1964 in Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Eine für alle - Frauen können's besser (2009), Das Amt (1997) and The Country Doctor (1987).
- Andreas Maria Schwaiger was born on 10 June 1972 in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Storm of Love (2005), Hallo, Onkel Doc! (1994) and SOKO München (1978).
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Marcus Mittermeier was born on 8 October 1969 in Landshut, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Muxmäuschenstill (2004), Samt und Seide (2000) and M.E.T.R.O. - Ein Team auf Leben und Tod (2006).- Actor
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Joachim Wichmann was born on 8 December 1917 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Parole Chicago (1979), Büro, Büro (1982) and Löwengrube (1989). He died on 22 May 2002 in Dießen am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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Jan Henrik Stahlberg was born on 30 December 1970 in Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Muxmäuschenstill (2004), Bedbugs (2017) and Short Cut to Hollywood (2009).- Udo Thomer was born on 3 October 1945 in Regensburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Buddenbrooks (1979), Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) and Waldhaus (1987). He was married to Edeltraud Thomer. He died on 12 January 2006 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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Jörg Hube was born on 22 November 1943 in Neuruppin, Mark Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Löwengrube (1989) and Der Gerichtsvollzieher (1981). He was married to Elisabeth Fanderl. He died on 19 June 2009 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
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Michael Lerchenberg was born on 3 August 1953 in Dachau, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Löwengrube (1989), Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) and Russige Zeiten (1993).- Actor
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Peter Weiß was born on 27 November 1962 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor, known for The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1992), Russige Zeiten (1993) and Alle meine Töchter (1995).- Actress
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Christiane Krüger, the daughter of German movie star Hardy Krüger, was born on September 8, 1945 in Hamburg, Germany, four months after V-E Day brought an end to the war in Europe. She has appeared mostly in German-speaking movies and television, though she has made forays into English-language roles, including the 1985 TV mini-series Anne of Green Gables (1985). However, she is most famous to American audiences for her turn as an Eva Perón clone in Radley Metzger's exploitation cinema classic "Mother" (1973). Basically a grindhouse flick with Metzger's typical arthouse pretensions, "Mother" (a.k.a. "Little Mother", "The Story of Evita" and "Blood Queen" in the UK) is a roman a clef loosely based on the life of Eva Perón, updated from the 1940s and '50s to contemporary times. In the film, Kruger played Marina, a schemer who sleeps her way to the summit, first by becoming a TV weather-girl before making it as the wife of a top South American politician who becomes President of his beknighted country.
In this celluloid potboiler, the cruel and sadistic, Machiavellian Marina is the real power behind the throne and becomes so powerful, other politicians conspire to assassinate her lest she replace her bewitched hubbie as president. Like any Metzger film, female nudity is plentiful, and though there are many instances of body-doubling, in a generous amount of scenes, Krüger herself appears in the all-together, showing the charms that captivated the TV station manager, the future president of a banana republic, then said banana republic itself. Surely one of the summits of trash cinema!- Christina Rainer was born in 1969 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany. She is an actress, known for M.E.T.R.O. - Ein Team auf Leben und Tod (2006), Tatort (1970) and Die Bergretter (2009).
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Patrick Wolff was born on 11 November 1975 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for La crociera (2001), Kanadische Träume - Eine Familie wandert aus (1999) and Treppe Aufwärts (2015).- Actor
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Jacques Breuer was born on 20 October 1956 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Mathias Sandorf (1979), Stahlkammer Zürich (1987) and Affären (1994). He has been married to Viola Wedekind since 2008. He was previously married to Sissy Höfferer.