
Burghart Klaußner
Known for Acting · 112 credits
- Born
- 1949-09-13 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
Biography
Burghart Klaußner was born on September 13, 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Edukators (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). He is married to Jenny. They have two children.
Known For
TV Shows (39)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Ulf Thorning / Sven Planitz / Wessmann / Lothar Köster / Alain Bader / Johannes Bonifaz Hackl
ZIBB
2003
as Self

DAS!
1991
as Self

Morgenmagazin
1992
as Self

The Crown
2016
as Kurt Hahn

The Day of the Jackal
2024
as Manfred Fest

Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Staatsanwalt / Ulrich Oppmann

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self

Wolffs Revier
1992
as Karl Koppermann

Kulturzeit
1995
as self
German Film Award
1951
as Self

Wilsberg
1995
as Gunnar Weltenbrink

SK Kölsch
1999
as Elmar Hinterhauser
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Thadeusz
2005
as self

Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Richter Olaf Reiffenberg / Staatsanwalt Galwitz

Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Wolfgang Löhns

Peter Strohm
1989
as Georg Schattauer

Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Jürgen Ramke

Die Kommissarin
1994
as Willi Steinbach

Adelheid und ihre Mörder
1993
as Dr. Siegbert Heimeran
Faust
1994
as Ralf Kalldewey
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002
as Self

Ärzte
1994
as Dr. Harry Schmidt-Werden
The German Bronx
1997
as Burkhard Elder

Brecht
2019
as Bertolt Brecht

Hotel Adlon
2013
as Lorenz Adlon
K3 – Kripo Hamburg
2003
as Karsten Uphoff

Alles außer Mord
1994

Die Stadt und die Macht
2016
as Manfred Degenhardt

Kroymann
2017
as Chef

Solo für Schwarz
2003
as Karl Hörster

Klassentreffen
2019
as Herr Rebentisch

Die Luftbrücke
2005
as Ernst Reuter
Morgen in Shanghai
1989
as Thomas Affoldt
Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
2010
as Self

The Riddle Of The Sands
1985
as Davies
Movies (73)

The Reader
2008
as Judge

Bridge of Spies
2015
as Harald Ott

The White Ribbon
2009
as The Pastor

Good Bye, Lenin!
2003
as Alex's Father

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
2025
as Karl Mengele

Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Judge Prado

The Edukators
2004
as Justus Hardenberg

Yella
2007
as Dr. Gunthen

The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015
as Fritz Bauer

Child's Play
1993
as Micha's Father

Rossini
1997
as Tabatier

The Silence
2010
as Krischan Mittich

Young Goethe in Love
2010
as Vater Buff

Requiem
2006
as Karl Klingler

The Lion Woman
2016
as Johannes Joachim

Crazy
2000
as Klaus Lebert

Lessons of a Dream
2011
as Gustav Merfeld

13 Minutes
2015
as Nebe

The Silent Revolution
2018
as Minister of National Education Lange

23
1998
as Weber

The Blood Countess
2026

Diplomacy
2014
as Captain Werner Ebernach

Aghet
2010
as Jakob Künzler

Oskar's Dress
2022
as Herr Kornmann

Life Is Too Long
2010

The Zigzag Kid
2012
as Felix Glick
Schattenboxer
1992
as Painter

The Superwife
1996
as Rudi Fährenberg

Klassentreffen
2019
as Mr. Rebentisch

George
2013
as Helmut Maurer

The Man from the Embassy
2007
as Herbert Neumann

Freddy Eddy
2018
as Dr. Weiss

The Terrible Threesome
1991
as Hausbesitzer

The Verdict
2016
as Vorsitzender Richter

An die Grenze
2007
as Prof.Karow

Hamlet_X
2003
as Polonius

Mediator
2008
as Mediator

Der blonde Affe
1999
as Bergen

And Nobody Weeps For Me
1996
as Herr Leer

Paul Auster: What If
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Der Novembermann
2007
as Hermann Droemer
Europe in the Evening
1989
as Reisebüro-Angestellter

La Lumière des étoiles mortes
1994
as Capitaine Krantz

The Uncertainty Principle of Love
2023
as Alexander

Love Is the Beginning of All Terror
1984
The Denunciation
1993
as Werner Kraengel
Kollege Otto - Die Coop Affäre
1991

An einem Tag im September
2025
as Konrad Adenauer

Age and Beauty
2009
as Justus

Invasion
2013
as Josef
Zerrissene Herzen
1996
as Bernd

Inbetween Worlds
2014
as Oberst Haar

Die Aufschneider
2007
as Prof. Udo Keller

The Runaway
2004
as Born

Carola Stern - Doppelleben
2004
as Ernst Richert
Mit dem Rücken zur Wand
2002
as Zeidler
Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms Fall
1994
as Björn Engholm

Die letzte Reise
2016
as Jean Jovet

Berlin Airlift
2005
as Ernst Reuter

From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services – Part Eight
1986

In den besten Jahren
2011
as Friedrich Gehlmann
Ein Goldfisch unter Haien
2004
as Rupert
Ganz unten, ganz oben
1999
as Caspar Richter

Chamisso’s Shadow
2016
as Georg Wilhelm Steller (voice)
Der Kuß des Vergessens
1999
as Lukas
The State Chancellery
1989
Urlaub auf Leben und Tod - Eine Familie hält zusammen
1999
as Albrecht Seibel

Das Böse
1998
as Axel Wornitz
The Axe of Wandsbek
1982
as Laberdan, Wünschelrutengänger

Nieder mit den Deutschen
1984
as Sammy

Ziemlich weit weg
1983
as Lucas
Durch dick und dünn
2001
as Georg Krause

Carninchen
2007
as Chef
About Burghart Klaußner
Burghart Klaußner was born on September 13, 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Edukators (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). He is married to Jenny. They have two children. With 112 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Burghart Klaußner has appeared in 73 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Burghart Klaußner Movies
- The Reader (2008) — as Judge
- Bridge of Spies (2015) — as Harald Ott
- The White Ribbon (2009) — as The Pastor
- Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) — as Alex's Father
- The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025) — as Karl Mengele
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