Burghart Klaußner

Actor Sep 13 (age 76) Berlin, Germany 1951–2026 (75 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Biography

Burghart Klaußner was born on September 13, 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Edukators (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). He is married to Jenny. They have two children.

Known For

Film

Bridge of Spies

Harald Ott

Film

The Reader

Judge

Film

Good Bye, Lenin!

Alex's Father

Film

The White Ribbon

The Pastor

Film

The Edukators

Justus Hardenberg

Film

The Silent Revolution

Minister of National Education Lange

Film

Night Train to Lisbon

Judge Prado

Film

13 Minutes

Nebe

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (73)

The Blood Countess

2026 Upcoming

Oct 30

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

2025

as Karl Mengele

6.6

An einem Tag im September

2025

as Konrad Adenauer

6.5

The Uncertainty Principle of Love

as Alexander

Oskar's Dress

as Herr Kornmann

Paul Auster: What If

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Klassentreffen

2019

as Herr Rebentisch

5.3

The Silent Revolution

2018

as Minister of National Education Lange

Freddy Eddy

as Dr. Weiss

Die letzte Reise

as Jean Jovet

The Lion Woman

as Johannes Joachim

Chamisso’s Shadow

as Georg Wilhelm Steller (voice)

6.3

The Verdict

2016

as Vorsitzender Richter

7.6

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

as Fritz Bauer

Bridge of Spies

as Harald Ott

13 Minutes

as Nebe

Inbetween Worlds

as Oberst Haar

Diplomacy

as Captain Werner Ebernach

7.0

Night Train to Lisbon

as Judge Prado

George

as Helmut Maurer

Invasion

as Josef

The Zigzag Kid

as Felix Glick

Lessons of a Dream

as Gustav Merfeld

In den besten Jahren

as Friedrich Gehlmann

The Silence

as Krischan Mittich

Young Goethe in Love

as Vater Buff

Aghet

as Jakob Künzler

Life Is Too Long

The White Ribbon

as The Pastor

Age and Beauty

as Justus

The Reader

as Judge

Mediator

as Mediator

Yella

as Dr. Gunthen

Die Aufschneider

as Prof. Udo Keller

An die Grenze

as Prof.Karow

Der Novembermann

as Hermann Droemer

The Man from the Embassy

2007

as Herbert Neumann

5.5

Carninchen

2007

as Chef

Requiem

2006

as Karl Klingler

6.6

Berlin Airlift

2005

as Ernst Reuter

The Edukators

as Justus Hardenberg

The Runaway

as Born

Ein Goldfisch unter Haien

2004

as Rupert

Carola Stern - Doppelleben

2004

as Ernst Richert

Good Bye, Lenin!

as Alex's Father

Hamlet_X

as Polonius

Mit dem Rücken zur Wand

2002

as Zeidler

Durch dick und dünn

2001

as Georg Krause

Crazy

2000

as Klaus Lebert

6.3

Urlaub auf Leben und Tod - Eine Familie hält zusammen

1999

as Albrecht Seibel

Der Kuß des Vergessens

1999

as Lukas

Der blonde Affe

1999

as Bergen

3.0

Ganz unten, ganz oben

as Caspar Richter

Das Böse

as Axel Wornitz

as Weber

Rossini

as Tabatier

And Nobody Weeps For Me

as Herr Leer

The Superwife

as Rudi Fährenberg

Zerrissene Herzen

as Bernd

Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms Fall

1994

as Björn Engholm

La Lumière des étoiles mortes

as Capitaine Krantz

Child's Play

as Micha's Father

The Denunciation

as Werner Kraengel

Schattenboxer

as Painter

Kollege Otto - Die Coop Affäre

1991

The Terrible Threesome

1991

as Hausbesitzer

6.0

Europe in the Evening

1989

as Reisebüro-Angestellter

The State Chancellery

1989

From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services – Part Eight

1986

5.0

Nieder mit den Deutschen

1984

as Sammy

Love Is the Beginning of All Terror

1984

5.0

Ziemlich weit weg

1983

as Lucas

The Axe of Wandsbek

1982

as Laberdan, Wünschelrutengänger

Television (39)

The Day of the Jackal

as Manfred Fest

Brecht

as Bertolt Brecht

Klassentreffen

as Herr Rebentisch

Kroymann

as Chef

The Crown

as Kurt Hahn

Die Stadt und die Macht

2016

as Manfred Degenhardt

4.0

Hotel Adlon

2013

as Lorenz Adlon

6.5

Deutscher Hörbuchpreis

2010

as Self

Thadeusz

as self

Die Luftbrücke

as Ernst Reuter

ZIBB

as Self

Kommissarin Lucas

2003

as Wolfgang Löhns

5.7

Solo für Schwarz

2003

as Karl Hörster

K3 – Kripo Hamburg

2003

as Karsten Uphoff

5.0

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

2002

as Self

SK Kölsch

1999

as Elmar Hinterhauser

5.5

The German Bronx

1997

as Burkhard Elder

Wilsberg

1995

as Gunnar Weltenbrink

Kulturzeit

as self

Die Kommissarin

as Willi Steinbach

Faust

as Ralf Kalldewey

Ärzte

as Dr. Harry Schmidt-Werden

1.0

Doppelter Einsatz

1994

as Richter Olaf Reiffenberg

2.0

Alles außer Mord

1994

8.0

Adelheid und ihre Mörder

1993

as Dr. Siegbert Heimeran

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Wolffs Revier

as Karl Koppermann

DAS!

as Self

Peter Strohm

as Georg Schattauer

Morgen in Shanghai

as Thomas Affoldt

Die Männer vom K3

1988

as Jürgen Ramke

The Riddle Of The Sands

as Davies

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Bavarian Film Awards

as Self

Kölner Treff

as Self

3 nach 9

as Self

Polizeiruf 110

as Staatsanwalt

Scene of the Crime

as Ulf Thorning

German Film Award

as Self