Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 18, 1940
Place of Birth:
Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany
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Klaus Wennemann
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor.
Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in Das Boot, and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder. As an actor, he appeared in nine movies, and ten television series. He died in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, at the age of 59, from lung cancer. He was married to the same woman from 1963 until his death; they had two sons together.
Wennemann was good friends with fellow actor Jürgen Prochnow. Their real-life friendship further added to the on-screen friendship of their respective character roles, portrayed in the film Das Boot.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Morgen gehört der Himmel dir | Oberst Rieger |
| 1996 | Helden haben es schwer | Jörg Winter |
| 1995 | Kissenschlacht | Heinz |
| 1992 | Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova | Heike's Vater |
| 1990 | Neuner | |
| 1987 | Der Unsichtbare | Peter Benjamin |
| 1984 | Out of Order | Heinz |
| 1984 | Love Is Not an Argument | |
| 1983 | The Power of Emotion | Richter |
| 1981 | Das Boot | Chief Engineer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Siska | Busse |
| 1998 | Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt | Kommissar Schuster |
| 1997 | Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast | Horst-Wolfgang König |
| 1997 | Der Mordsfilm | Adolf von Meck |
| 1997 | Is’ was Trainer? | Hardy Fuchs |
| 1997 | Small Talk | Self |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self |
| 1995 | Schwurgericht | Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck |
| 1995 | Versteckte Kamera | Self |
| 1994 | Schwarz greift ein | Henning Schwarz |
| 1994 | Zwei Brüder | Hentschel |
| 1993 | Happy Holiday | Helmut |
| 1993 | Vater braucht eine Frau | Andreas Einstein |
| 1993 | RTL Samstag Nacht | |
| 1989 | Pyjama für drei | Manfred |
| 1988 | Flitterabend | Self |
| 1986 | Liebling Kreuzberg | Rechtsanwalt Keller |
| 1985 | Das Boot | Leitender Ingenieur |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder | Hannes Faber |
| 1984 | Die verflixte 7 | Self |
| 1983 | Rote Erde | Betriebsführer |
| 1983 | Landluft | Heinz Lippert |
| 1980 | Auf Achse | Hans Korff |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Frieder Schoen |
| 1964 | Einer wird gewinnen | Self |
| 1964 | Grimme Awards Ceremony | Self |