Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner is a German film actor. He received acting training at the in Berlin.
Klaußner had engagements at Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Hamburger Kammerspiele and at the theaters in Cologne, Hamburg, Zürich, Bremen and Bochum. In Hamburg 2006, Klaußner also made his debut as a theater director. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1983. He has also narrated many audiobooks, including Ian McEwan's Solar, and several Ferdinand von Schirach novels.
He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie and vice-president of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg since 2021.

Selected filmography

Ziemlich weit weg Love Is the Beginning of All Terror Das Rätsel der Sandbank – DaviesEuropa, abends – Reisebüro-AngestellterThe State Chancellery – Björn Engholm' – ReferentThe Terrible Threesome – House OwnerChild's Play – FatherShadow Boxer – MalerJust a Matter of Duty – Werner KraengelLa lumière des étoiles mortes – Capitaine KrantzEin falscher Schritt – Eugen Himmelreiter

' – Herr LeerThe Superwife – Rudi Fährenberg' – Tabatier23 – WeberCrazy – Klaus Lebert, Benjamins VaterGood Bye Lenin! – Alex' VaterHamlet_X – PoloniusThe Edukators – HardenbergEin Goldfisch unter Haien – RupertRequiem – Karl KlinglerDer Mann von der Botschaft – Herbert Neumann
' – Prof. Udo KellerYella – Dr. Gunthen' – Professor KarowThe Reader – JudgeMediator – Mediator
' – Justus LenzThe White Ribbon – The PastorThe Silence – Krischan MittichLife Is Too Long Young Goethe in Love – Lottes VaterLessons of a Dream – Gustav MerfeldInvasion – JosefThe Zigzag Kid – Felix' – Lorenz AdlonNight Train to Lisbon – Judge Prado
' – Helmut MaurerInbetween Worlds – Oberst HaarDiplomacy – Hauptmann Werner Ebernach13 Minutes – Arthur NebeThe People vs. Fritz Bauer – Fritz BauerBridge of Spies – Harald OttThe Lion Woman – Johannes Joachim' – Vorsitzender Richter
' – Dr. WeissThe Crown – Kurt HahnDas schweigende Klassenzimmer – Volksbildungsminister LangeBrecht – Bertolt Brecht

Burghart Klaußner

Selected filmography

Writings