Otto Sander

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-30 (72 years old)

Deathday

2013-09-12

Place of Birth

Hanover, Germany

Otto Sander

Biography

Otto Sander (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈzandɐ]; June 30, 1941 – September 12, 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor. Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service in 1961/62 with the Bundesmarine and left as reserve fenrik. Sander then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his acting debut at the Düsseldorfer chamber plays. After his first film work in the same year he abandoned his studies in 1967, and went to Munich to become a full-time actor. His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under...

Acting

1987

Wings of Desire

as Cassiel

1979

1983

1993

1997

Conversation with the Beast

as Adolf Hitler Double

1993

2003

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

as Erzähler (voice)

2001

Sass

as Vater Sass

1990

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

as Erzähler (voice)

2002

Happy Too

as Himself / Gert Bastian

2007

Little King Macius

as Erasmus (voice)

1994

Movie Days

as Maður á hesti

1999

Girls under investigation

as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner

1986

Rosa Luxemburg

as Karl Liebknecht

2012

Fly Away

as Eckehardt Tiedgen

1995

Bauernschach

as Dr. Gerold Stadler

2012

Die Schuld der Erben

as Leonhard Asmussen

1989

The Break

as Erwin Lubowitz

1988

2002

Atlantic Affairs

as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage

1981

Das Boot

as Phillip Thomsen

1974

One or the Other of Us

as Rulle Ruhlsdorff

1996

The Killer Condom

as Mr. Higgins

2000

Marlene

as Bühnenmanager

1995

1995

Nikolaikirche

as kirchlicher Superintendent

1980

Palermo or Wolfsburg

as Staatsanwalt

1995

The Promise

as Professor Lorenz

1976

Four Against the Bank

as Eberhard Winter

2001

100 Pro

as Narrator

1976

The Marquise of O

as Brother, Forstmeister

1981

Strike Back

as Kowalski

1976

Summer Guests

as Pjotr Suslov

1995

Das Loch

as Der Mann

1964

Ludwig

as Ludwig

1999

1974

Die Bakchen

as Tiresias

1979

Plastikfieber

as Wilfried

1989

Wie du mir..

as Markus Petarka

1995

Lumière & Company

as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")

1975

1986

Wahnfried

as Richard Wagner

2002

Tödliches Vertrauen

as Bernd Kortens

2008

Krabat

as Narrator (voice)

1997

Liebe Lügen

as Vater

1973

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

as Obrist Kottwitz

2003

The Danube

as Franz

1984

Der Mord mit der Schere

as Inspector Spalt

1970

Sonntags am Meer

as Fritzchen

1999

1998

1986

1975

2004

1993

1990

1994

Three Sisters

as Vershinin

1987

Close Up

as Professor Spalt

1986

Drei Schwestern

as Alexander Ignatjewitsch Werschinin

1999

Majestät brauchen Sonne

as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)

Production

© All Rights Reserved 2025