Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-05-25 (82 years old)

Deathday

2013-01-13

Place of Birth

Baden-Baden, Germany

Also known As

Jacek Recknitz

H. J. Recknitz

Jack Recknitz

Jackie Recknitz

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Biography

Jack Recknitz (born Hans-Joachim Recknitz; 1931-2013) was a German and Polish actor. Born 25 May 1931 in Baden-Baden to a family of actors: Hans-Joachim Zinke senior and Katharina Recknitz. Early in his youth he started working for the Leipzig Radio as a speaker and news anchor, as well as appearing in various theatres in the German Democratic Republic. In 1953 he graduated from Schauspielschule in Mannheim and passed his actors' exams as an extramural student. He appeared on stage in Annaberg, Parchim, Bautzen and Karl-Marx-Stadt (modern Chemnitz). In 1965 he moved to Poland, where he appeared in over 80 feature films, mostly in the roles o...