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Burghart Klaußner
Burghart Klaußner
	Burghart Klaußner in 2018
Born	13 September 1949 (age 75); West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Burghart Klaußner (born 13 September 1949) is a German film actor.^[1] He received acting training at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel [de] in Berlin.^[2]

Klaußner had engagements at Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Hamburger Kammerspiele and at the theaters in Cologne, Hamburg, Zürich, Bremen and Bochum. In Hamburg 2006, Klaußner also made his debut as a theater director.^[3] He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1983. He has also narrated many audiobooks, including Ian McEwan's Solar, and several Ferdinand von Schirach novels.

He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie^[4] and vice-president of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg since 2021.^[5]^[6]

Selected filmography

Ziemlich weit weg (1983)
Love Is the Beginning of All Terror (1984)
Das Rätsel der Sandbank (1987, TV film) – Davies
Europa, abends (1989) – Reisebüro-Angestellter
The State Chancellery (1989, TV film) – Björn Engholm
Kollege Otto – Die Coop-Affäre [de] (1991, TV film) – Referent
The Terrible Threesome (1991) – House Owner
Child's Play (1992) – Father
Shadow Boxer (1992) – Maler
Just a Matter of Duty (1993) – Werner Kraengel
La lumière des étoiles mortes (1994) – Capitaine Krantz
Ein falscher Schritt (1995) – Eugen Himmelreiter
And Nobody Weeps for Me [de] (1996) – Herr Leer
The Superwife (1996) – Rudi Fährenberg
Rossini [de] (1997) – Tabatier
23 (1998) – Weber
Crazy (2000) – Klaus Lebert, Benjamins Vater
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) – Alex' Vater
Hamlet_X (2003) – Polonius
The Edukators (2004) – Hardenberg
Ein Goldfisch unter Haien (2004) – Rupert
Requiem (2006) – Karl Klingler
Der Mann von der Botschaft (2006) – Herbert Neumann
Cutting Edge [de] (2007) – Prof. Udo Keller
Yella (2007) – Dr. Gunthen
An die Grenze [de] (2007, TV film) – Professor Karow
The Reader (2008) – Judge
Mediator (2008) – Mediator
Age and Beauty [de] (2009) – Justus Lenz
The White Ribbon (2009) – The Pastor
The Silence (2010) – Krischan Mittich
Life Is Too Long [de] (2010)
Young Goethe in Love (2010) – Lottes Vater
Lessons of a Dream (2011) – Gustav Merfeld
Invasion (2012) – Josef
The Zigzag Kid (2012) – Felix
Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga [de] (2013, TV miniseries) – Lorenz Adlon
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) – Judge Prado
George [de] (2013, TV film) – Helmut Maurer
Inbetween Worlds (2014) – Oberst Haar
Diplomacy (2014) – Hauptmann Werner Ebernach
13 Minutes (2015) – Arthur Nebe
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) – Fritz Bauer
Bridge of Spies (2015) – Harald Ott
The Lion Woman (2016) – Johannes Joachim
The Verdict [de] (2016, TV film) – Vorsitzender Richter
Freddy/Eddy [de] (2016) – Dr. Weiss
The Crown (2017, TV series) – Kurt Hahn
Das schweigende Klassenzimmer (2018) – Volksbildungsminister Lange
Brecht (2019) – Bertolt Brecht

Writings

Klaußner, Burghart (2018). Vor dem Anfang (in German). Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-05196-4. OCLC 1032351637.

References

^ "Burghart Klaußner". Film Portal. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "Burghart Klaußner". Schaubühne Berlin (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Der Schauspieler Burghart Klaußner". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 6 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Mitglieder". Deutsche Filmakademie (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg – Alles über die Akademie". Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ Hamburg, Hamburger Abendblatt- (31 March 2021). "Hamburger Schriftstellerin führt jetzt Akademie der Künste". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2024.