Wolf Kahler

86, from Kiel, Germany

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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.

Timeline

2024Aged 84

  • Poster for Whispers of Freedom

    Bruno Kabát

2023Aged 83

  • Poster for The Great Escaper

    Heinrich

2020Aged 80

  • Poster for Cognition

    Doctor Zoger

2017Aged 77

  • Poster for Wonder Woman

    German Commander

  • Poster for Damascus Cover

    Colonel Ludwig Streicher

2012Aged 72

  • Poster for Cockneys vs Zombies

    Nazi Officer

  • Poster for Cold Warrior

    Bochinsky

2011Aged 71

  • Poster for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

    Doctor Hoffmanstahl

2010Aged 70

  • Poster for Shanghai

    German Consul

2008Aged 68

  • Poster for Haber

    Ludendorff

2006Aged 66

  • Poster for The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

    General von Plessen

2005Aged 65

  • Poster for The Girl in the Café

    Herr Gerhardt

  • Poster for Einstein's Big Idea

    Horlein

2004Aged 64

  • Poster for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Commentator

2001Aged 61

  • Poster for The Lost Battalion

    Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel

2000Aged 60

  • Poster for Britannic

    Submarine Captain

  • Poster for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

    German 2nd

1999Aged 59

  • Poster for Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    Director of Ortogene

1998Aged 58

  • Poster for Firelight

    Sussman

1996Aged 56

  • Poster for Loch Ness

    Dr Muller

1994Aged 54

  • Poster for Backbeat

    Bert Kaempfert

1993Aged 53

  • Poster for The Countess Alice

    Werner

  • Poster for The Remains of the Day

    German ambassador

1992Aged 52

  • Poster for Shining Through

    Border Commandant

1988Aged 48

  • Poster for The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

    Kropp

1987Aged 47

  • Poster for Make and Break

    Doctor

  • Poster for The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

    Col. Krieger

1985Aged 45

  • Poster for The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

    Gen. Sepp Dietrich

  • Poster for Florence Nightingale

    Gunther

  • Poster for A Zed & Two Noughts

    Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

1984Aged 44

  • Poster for Unfair Exchanges

    German Interviewer

1983Aged 43

  • Poster for Ascendancy

    Muller

  • Poster for High Road to China

    Von Hess

  • Poster for The Secret Adversary

    The German

  • Poster for The Keep

    S.S. Adjutant

1982Aged 42

  • Poster for Firefox

    KGB Chairman Andropov

  • Poster for Remembrance

    Dutch Matelot

1981Aged 41

  • Poster for Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Colonel Dietrich

  • Poster for Priest of Love

    German Officer

1980Aged 40

  • Poster for At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)

    Wolfgang Leonhard

  • Poster for Don Siegel: Last of the Independents

    Self

  • Poster for Rough Cut

    De Gooyer

  • Poster for The Sea Wolves

    Trompeta

1979Aged 39

  • Poster for The Lady Vanishes

    Helmut

  • Poster for The House on Garibaldi Street

    Real Estate Agent

  • Poster for The Riddle of the Sands

    Kaiser Wilhelm II

1978Aged 38

  • Poster for Force 10 from Navarone

    German Soldier

  • Hess

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Boys from Brazil

    Arno Schwimmer

1977Aged 37

  • Poster for March or Die

    First German

1976Aged 36

  • Poster for Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

    Ss Sergeant Major

  • Poster for The Eagle Has Landed

    Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)

1975Aged 35

  • Poster for Barry Lyndon

    Prince of Tübingen