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Wolf Kahler

ActorBorn April 3, 1940 (84 years)
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Wolf Kahler (3 April 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!".

He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Boys from Brazil
  • Sherlock Holmes (1984)
  • The Eagle Has Landed
  • Cockneys vs Zombies
  • Charlotte Gray
  • March or Die
  • Britannic
  • The Riddle of the Sands
  • Kavanagh Q.C.
  • Mussolini: The Untold Story
  • Doctor Finlay (1993)
  • The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Known For
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Cognition
  • The Sea Wolves
  • The Bourne Identity
  • Firelight
  • The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
  • The Riddle of the Sands
  • Rough Cut
  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
  • Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

Filmography

2023
The Great Escaper · as Heinrich
2020
Cognition · as Doctor Zoger
2019
The Mallorca Files (TV Series) · as Hans Weber
2017
Damascus Cover · as Colonel Ludwig Streicher
2017
Wonder Woman · as German Commander
2014
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Series) · as Admiral Brandel
2013
Nazi Megastructures (TV Series) · as Walther Model
2012
Cockneys vs Zombies · as Nazi Officer
2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Doctor Hoffmanstahl
2010
Shanghai · as German Consul
2010
Strike Back (TV Series) · as Oskar
2007
Inspector George Gently (TV Series) · as Gunter Schmeikel
2005
Einstein's Big Idea · as Horlein
2005
The Girl in the Café · as Herr Gerhardt
2004
2004
Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as German Traveller
2002
Revealed (TV Series)
2001
Charlotte Gray · as Oberlieutnant Lindermann
2001
Red Cap · as Gen. Joachim Ulmke
2001
The Lost Battalion · as Major General (generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
2001
Band of Brothers (TV Series) · as German General
2000
2000
Metropolis (TV Series) · as Heinrich
2000
Perfect World (TV Series) · as Senior Group Head
2000
Britannic · as Submarine Captain
1999
Doomwatch: Winter Angel · as Director Of Ortogene
1997
Firelight · as Sussman
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Jurgen Falke
1996
Loch Ness · as Dr Muller
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Dieter Klausen
1994
The Wanderer (TV Series) · as Bauer
1994
Backbeat · as Bert Kaempfert
1993
The Remains of the Day · as German Ambassador
1993
Doctor Finlay (1993) (TV Series) · as Gerd Rentz
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as German 2nd
1992
Shining Through · as Border Commandant
1991
One Against the Wind · as Commandant Reingart
1991
Soldier Soldier (TV Series) · as Doctor Heller
1989
Till We Meet Again (TV Series) · as Capt. Ruttemann
1989
Saracen (TV Series) · as Herr Bauer
1988
1988
War and Remembrance (TV Series) · as Ss Maj. Anton Burger
1988
The Bourne Identity (TV Series) · as Gold Glasses
1988
Dirty Dozen: The Series (TV Series) · as Col. Richter
1987
A Perfect Spy (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Dollendorf
1987
The Bretts (TV Series) · as Klaus
1987
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Alexander Chernov
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Werner
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Schneider
1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story (TV Series) · as Skorzeny
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts · as Felipe Arc-En-Ciel
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Doctor
1985
Space (TV Series) · as Funkhauser
1985
Florence Nightingale · as Gunther
1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission · as Gen. Sepp Dietrich
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as German Interviewer
1984
Mistral's Daughter (TV Series) · as Major Schmidt
1984
Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as King Of Bohemia
1983
The Keep · as S.s. Adjutant
1983
The Secret Adversary · as The German
1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV Series) · as The German
1983
Ascendancy · as Muller
1983
High Road to China · as Von Hess
1982
Remembrance · as Dutch Matelot
1982
Firefox · as Kgb Chairman Andropov
1982
Q.E.D. (TV Series) · as Technician
1981
Priest of Love · as German Officer
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark · as Colonel Dietrich
1980
The Sea Wolves · as Trompeta
1980
Rough Cut · as De Gooyer
1980
Love Again (TV Series) · as King Of Bohemia
1980
1979
The House on Garibaldi Street · as Real Estate Agent
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Helmut
1979
Turtle's Progress (TV Series) · as Piet Berger
1979
The Riddle of the Sands · as Kaiser Wilhelm Ii
1978
1978
The Sandbaggers (TV Series) · as Lincke
1978
Force 10 from Navarone · as German Soldier
1977
March or Die · as First German
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Ss Sgt. Major
1976
The Eagle Has Landed · as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
1976
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape · as Ss Sergeant Major
1975
Barry Lyndon · as Prince Of Tübingen
1974
NOVA (TV Series) · as Horlein
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Rudolph Hess

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