Wolf Roth

Wolf Roth is a German theatre and television actor.

Early life and education

Roth was born in Torgau, Germany, where his family had fled during World War II. He was raised and educated in Bremen. In 1961 he moved to the United States and graduated from the Edsel Ford High School in Detroit, Michigan. He spent the next months travelling through the Midwest of the U.S.

Career

Having returned to Germany, he graduated in Bremen and went on to the Free University of Berlin. He took courses in sociology and economics, but found his vocation when he was taken by friends to the entrance examinations of the famous Max Reinhardt Seminar for actors. He was discovered by the actress Hilde Körber, and while still in the seminar, he was seen and engaged by Boleslaw Barlog. He made his theatrical debut in the play Squaring the Circle by Valentin Kataev in 1967. Subsequently he joined the theatre in Oberhausen, where he portrayed several roles. He left Oberhausen in 1969 to continue his career in Berlin, where he played in the and the Schaubühne. During this time, he started to work in television and the movies, where his main work has been since then. Films include Goldene Zeiten .

Theatre

Squaring the Circle by Valentin Kataev, Schiller Theater Werkstatt Berlin, 1967Half Way Up a Tree by Peter Ustinov, "Robert", Oberhausen, 1967/68The Threepenny Opera by Bertold Brecht, "Filch", Oberhausen, 1967/68Farewell in June by Alexander Vampilov, "Kolesov", Oberhausen, 1967/68La belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach, "Paris", Oberhausen, 1967/68Kaspar by Peter Handke, "Einsager", Oberhausen, 11.5.1968The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller, "Franz Moor", Oberhausen, 1968The Knack by Ann Jellicoe, "Tolen", Oberhausen, 1968Avanti! by Samuel A. Taylor, directed by Viktor de Kowa, "Baldo Pantaleone", with Günter Pfitzmann,, 1969

Piano concerts

In his youth Wolf Roth studied to become a professional pianist. At the age of 12 he gave his first concert with Mozart, at the age of 14 he played his first Beethoven concert and at the age of 16, when in the U.S., he played the Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell and the Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin before audiences. As Franz Moor in The Robbers he had to play the piano on stage and was so good, that it was almost impossible to convince the critics and the audience, that they were watching a 'live performance' and not listening to an audio recording.

Selected films

', as NickIch werde dich töten, Wolf, as WolfDer Kommissar: Das Komplott, as Waldemar DettmannDer kleine Doktor: Besuch aus Paris, as PhilippeOne or the Other of Us, as HohenbergDer Kommissar: Der Tod des Apothekers, as Edward SchollHigh Risk, as ErikQuincy, M.E.: Hot Ice, Cold Hearts, as MüllerThe African Queen, as Lt. BiedemeyerPeter Voss, Thief of Millions, as Peter Voss

', as Porfirio PerezFleisch, as BillHigh Society Limited, as MollDerrick: Via Genua, as Achim HuberManimal: Night of the Scorpion, as Russian AgentDerrick: Ein Spiel mit dem Tod, as Ulrich HossnerCover Up: Rules to Die By, as NicholasScarecrow and Mrs. King: DOA: Delirious on Arrival, as Hans Retzig', as Karl WegenerDerrick: Entlassen Sie diesen Mann nicht!, as Dr. KrausDas Erbe der Guldenburgs, as Thomas Count von GuldenburgDerrick: Höllensturz, as Arnold KiesingDerrick: Caprese in der Stadt, as GaugDerrick: Der Schrei, as Simon KrügerPraxis Bülowbogen, as Carlos NeuhausDerrick: Die seltsame Sache Liebe, as SeidelDerrick: Gib dem Mörder nicht die Hand, as Gerhard SchumannAir Albatros, as Niklas HaerlinDerrick: Abendessen mit Bruno, as Herr MandyDerrick: Ein Mord, zweiter Teil, as Rudolf KollauDerrick: Eines Mannes Herz, as Arnold BertramDerrick: Die Ungerührtheit der Mörder, as Professor WeilandVerbrechen die Geschichte machten: Frauenmörder Arwed Imiela, as Arwed ImielaDavids Rache, as DavidDerrick: Mama Kaputtke, as Herr ReuterDark Realm: She's the One, as Dr. ZabriskieCode Name: Eternity: The Shift, as KardPersonal Trainer, as KörnerGoldene Zeiten, as Jürgen MatthiesMord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling, as Paolo RossiThe Protectors, as Christoph MeyerAlarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police: The Panther, as Alexander Christo
', as Wolfgang Fischer, as Generalleutnant VanhaartenFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, as Spielman