Wolf Kahler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1940 Kiel, German Reich |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Wolf Kahler (born 3 April 1940) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actor.[1][2][3]
From 1975–2012, he appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions.[4] One of his early roles was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands.[5] One of his most well-known roles was that of Herman Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark.[2]
His voice also appeared in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars.[6] Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon.[2][7] In 2001 he portrayed a Wehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers.[8] In the 1982 Clint Eastwood spy thriller Firefox, he played KGB chairman Yuri Andropov. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.[2][9] In 2017 he appeared as a German Commander in the Warner Bros./DCEU film Wonder Woman.
Filmography
Film
- Barry Lyndon (1975) – Prince of Tübingen
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – SS Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
- March or Die (1977) – First German
- Force 10 from Navarone (1978) – German Soldier at Supply Dump
- The Boys from Brazil (1978) – Schwimmer
- The Riddle of the Sands (1979) – Kaiser Wilhelm II
- The Lady Vanishes (1979) – Helmut von Reider
- Rough Cut (1980) – De Gooyer
- The Sea Wolves (1980) – Trompeta
- At the Fountainhead (1981) – Wolfgang Leonhard
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – Col. Herman Dietrich
- Priest of Love (1981) – German Officer
- Firefox (1982) – KGB Chairman Andropov
- Remembrance (1982) – Dutch Matelot
- High Road to China (1983) – Von Hess
- Ascendancy (1983) – Muller
- The Keep (1983) – SS Adjutant
- A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) – Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
- The Bourne Identity (1988) – Gold Glasses
- Shining Through (1992) – Border Commandant
- The Remains of the Day (1993) – German Ambassador
- Backbeat (1994) – Bert Kaempfert
- Loch Ness (1996) – Dr. Muller
- Firelight (1997) – Sussman
- Britannic (2000) – Captain Kruger
- The Lost Battalion (2001) – General Von Sybel
- Charlotte Gray (2001) – Oberleutenant Lindermann
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) – Commentator
- Haber (2008) – Ludendorff
- Shanghai (2010) – German Consul
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) – Dr. Hoffmanstahl
- Full Firearms (2012) – Adam
- Cockneys vs Zombies (2012) – Nazi Officer
- Wonder Woman (2017) – German Commander
Television
- The Sandbaggers (1980) – Lincke
- The Secret Adversary (1982) – The German
- Hess (1982) – Rudolph Hess[10]
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) – King of Bohemia
- Space (1985) – Funkhauser
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) – General Sepp Dietrich
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) – Colonel Krieger
- A Perfect Spy (1987) – Lieutenant Dollendorf
- War and Remembrance (1988) – SS Major Anton Burger
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) – German Second at Duel
- Soldier Soldier (1993) – Doctor Heller
- Kavanagh QC (1999) – Dieter Klausen
- Dalziel and Pascoe (2000) – Jurgen Falke
- Band of Brothers (2001) – German General
- Red Cap (2001) – General Joachim Ulmke
- London (2004) – German Traveller
- The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV) – Herr Gerhardt
- The Somme - From Defeat to Victory (2006) – General von Plessen
- George Gently – Bomber's Moon (2008) – Gunter Schmeikel
- Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014) – Admiral Brandel
Video games
- Metal Gear Solid (1998) – Donald Anderson, Revolver Ocelot, Jim Houseman (German dub)
- Syphon Filter (1999) – Thomas Markinson (German dub)
- Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003) – Grant Muller
- Half-Life 2 (2004) – Dr. Wallace Breen (German dub)
- Battalion Wars (2005) – Kaiser Vlad
- Battalion Wars 2 (2007) – Kaiser Vlad, Lord Ferrok
- Crysis 2 (2011) – Karl Ernst Rasch (German & English dub)
- Crysis 3 (2013) – Karl Ernst Rasch (German & English dub)
- Company of Heroes 2 (2013) – German Announcer
- Close to the Sun (2019) – Aubrey King
Radio
The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican was first broadcast in 2006 on BBC Radio4. He played Herbert Kappler. This was a drama by Robin Glendinning: a Nazi war criminal is befriended by a Vatican priest in his cell, based on the real-life adventures of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Wolf Kahler – Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ a b c d "Wolf Kahler". The New York Times.
- ^ "Wolf Kahler".
- ^ "Wolf Kahler – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "The Riddle of the Sands (1978)".
- ^ "Wolf Kahler – Harvey Voices".
- ^ "Barry Lyndon (1975) – Stanley Kubrick – Cast and Crew – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "Wolf Kahler". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Wolf Kahler – TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/arts/television-week-233951.html.
- ^ "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". Imperial War Museums.
- ^ "Afternoon May: The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican – BBC Radio 4 FM – 30 November 2006 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
External links
- Wolf Kahler at IMDb