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Robert Atzorn

Actor
Born February 2, 1945 (79 years)
Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He studied graphic design at the Art School Alsterdamm in Hamburg, however, felt drawn to the theater and therefore moved to the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (1967-1969). In the season 1969/70 he got his first job at the Württembergische Landesbühne. Engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1970/1971), at the Theater Münster (1971/1972), at the Bühnen der Stadt Köln (1972/73), at the Theater Dortmund (1973-1975) and at the Residenz Theatre in Munich (1977-1983). 1980 Robert Atzorn played his first film role in From the Life of the Marionettes, directed by Ingmar Bergman. After many years in the theater, he worked exclusively since the mid-1980s for television. A wider audience, he was in the late 1980s alongside Maren Kroymann in the family series Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer. For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received the Goldene Kamera. He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening series Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht, which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes. In 1993 he was honored with the Telestar. Robert Atzorn worked also in various episodes of the television series Forsthaus Falkenau, The Black Forest Clinicand Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, and the crime series Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, The Old Fox, Tatort and Die Männer vom K3. As the successor of Manfred Krug and Charles Brauer he investigated from 2001 to 2008 as Tatort-homicide detective Jan Casstorff along with Tilo Prückner as Commissioner Holicek and Julia Schmidt as Jenny Graf for the NDR. The Tatort episode "Und tschüss" in February 2008 also meant the departure of Atzorn's investigator team. He was also seen in 2002 Dieter Wedel's miniseries Die Affäre Semmeling as mayor Klaus Hennig. In the romantic comedy Kiss Me, Chancellor (2004) he slipped into the role of a head of government who falls in love with a maid, played by Andrea Sawatzki. Also in 2004 he was before the camera in Das Kommando (de), as the commander of a special unit, with his sons Jens and Daniel, who made his debut in the film as an actor. 2005 Atzorn took over the role of the chancellery chief in the series Kanzleramt. In the ZDF production Africa, mon amour (2007) he played opposite Iris Berben, as occurred with Matti Geschonneck's Wer liebt, hat Recht and in Das Kommando. In the TV drama Mein Mann, der Trinker he played in 2008 with Franziska Walser a couple whose marriage is put to a severe test. 2008 after a long break came with two new episodes of the adventure series Der Kapitän, in which he portrayed from 1997 to 2000 already the figure of Captain Frank Harmsen. Robert Atzorn is married since 1976 with Angelika Hartung, both have two adult sons.
Known For
  • From the Life of the Marionettes
  • Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht
  • Die Wannseekonferenz
  • Bis nichts mehr bleibt
  • Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
  • Oliver Maas
  • Das Kommando
  • Kiss me, Chancellor!

Filmography

2016
Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor · as Lorenz Keller
2015
The People Vs. Fritz Bauer · as Charlottes Father
2015
2014
Alles muss raus · as Max Faber
2014
Alles muss raus Eine Familie rechnet ab (TV Series) · as Max Faber
2013
Tod in den Bergen · as Jan Tanner
2012
Der Fall Jakob von Metzler · as Wolfgang Daschner
2011
Stilles Tal · as Konrad Huberty
2011
Nord Nord Mord (TV Series) · as Theo Clüver
2010
Zimtstern und Halbmond · as Gottfried Hinrichs
2010
Das Glück ist eine Katze · as Frido Schulz
2010
Bis nichts mehr bleibt · as Ludwig Clasen
2008
Mein Mann, der Trinker · as Prof. Ludwig Wohlstedt
2007
Afrika, mon amour (TV Series) · as Richard Von Strahlberg
2004
Das Kommando · as Brigadegeneral Heinz Büchner
2004
Die Frau des Architekten · as Arnold Sundstrom
2004
Kiss me, Chancellor! · as Ben Bischof
2002
Tanners letzte Chance · as Henry Tanner
2002
Die Affäre Semmeling (TV Series) · as Dr. Klaus Hennig
2002
Nicht ohne deine Liebe · as Arthur Boysen
1997
Der Kapitän (TV Series) · as Kapitän Frank Harmsen
1997
alphateam (TV Series) · as Klaus Schäfer
1992
Der Bergdoktor (TV Series) · as Benno Eisner
1992
Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht (TV Series) · as Markus Specht
1991
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster (TV Series) · as Roland Forster
1991
Island of Dreams (TV Series) · as Achim Langhorn
1990
Korczak · as German Doctor
1990
Hotel Paradise (TV Series) · as Jonas Rowalt
1989
Forsthaus Falkenau (TV Series) · as Jonas Schermann
1988
Oh God, Mr. Pastor (TV Series) · as Pfarrer Hermann Wiegandt
1988
The men from K3 (TV Series) · as Karl Lindner
1986
Die Wächter (TV Series) · as Mr. Knight
1985
Oliver Maas (TV Series) · as Michael Maass
1985
The Black Forest Hospital (TV Series) · as Assistenzarzt Werner Sager
1985
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden · as Dr. Andrés Laplana
1984
Morgen in Alabama · as Oberstaatsanwalt
1984
Die Wannseekonferenz · as Otto Hofmann
1984
Don Carlos · as Marquis Von Posa, Ein Malteserritter
1983
1983
Patricia Highsmith: Tiefe Wasser (TV Series) · as Harald Schreiner
1982
Terra X (TV Series) · as Narrator
1981
A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Ingo Wilhelms
1980
1977
The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Erik Ingold
1976
21 Hours at Munich · as Police Officer
1974
Derrick (TV Series) · as Heinz Engler
1970
Tatort (TV Series) · as Hauptkommissar Jan Casstorff
1967
Aktenzeichen XY ... ungeloest (TV Series) · as Kriminalbeamer Kripo Duisburg

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