Wolf Kahler
Born: 1940-04-03 in Kiel, Germany
Known For: Acting
Biography
Wolf Kahler (born April 3, 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Filmography
2024
- Whispers of Freedom as Bruno Kabát
2023
- The Great Escaper as Heinrich
2020
- Cognition as Doctor Zoger
2019
- The Mallorca Files as Hans Weber
2017
- Wonder Woman as German Commander
- Damascus Cover as Colonel Ludwig Streicher
2012
- Cockneys vs Zombies as Nazi Officer
2011
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Doctor Hoffmanstahl
2010
- Shanghai as German Consul
2008
- Inspector George Gently as Gunter Schmeikel
- Haber as Ludendorff
2006
- The Somme: From Defeat to Victory as General von Plessen
2005
- The Girl in the Café as Herr Gerhardt
- Einstein's Big Idea as Horlein
2004
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Commentator
2001
- Band of Brothers as German General
- The Lost Battalion as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
2000
- Perfect World as Senior Group Head
- Britannic as Submarine Captain
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades as German 2nd
1999
- Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Director of Ortogene
1998
- Firelight as Sussman
1996
- Loch Ness as Dr Muller
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Dieter Klausen
1994
- Backbeat as Bert Kaempfert
1993
- The Remains of the Day as German ambassador
- The Countess Alice as Werner
1992
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as German 2nd
- Shining Through as Border Commandant
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Doctor Heller
1988
- War and Remembrance as Anton Burger
- The Bourne Identity as Gold Glasses
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Kropp
1987
- The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission as Col. Krieger
- Make and Break as Doctor
1986
- Casualty as Alexander Chernov
1985
- Screen Two as German Interviewer
- Mussolini: The Untold Story as Skorzeny
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission as Gen. Sepp Dietrich
- A Zed & Two Noughts as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
- Unfair Exchanges as German Interviewer
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as King of Bohemia
- Mistral's Daughter as Major Schmidt
1983
- The Keep as S.S. Adjutant
- The Secret Adversary as The German
- Ascendancy as Muller
1982
- Firefox as KGB Chairman Andropov
- Remembrance as Dutch Matelot
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as Colonel Dietrich
- Priest of Love as German Officer
1980
- The Sea Wolves as Trompeta
- Rough Cut as De Gooyer
- At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) as Wolfgang Leonhard
1979
- The Lady Vanishes as Helmut
- The House on Garibaldi Street as Real Estate Agent
- The Riddle of the Sands as Kaiser Wilhelm II
1978
- The Sandbaggers as Lincke
- Force 10 from Navarone as German Soldier
- The Boys from Brazil as Arno Schwimmer
- Hess
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as SS Sgt. Major
- March or Die as First German
1976
- The Eagle Has Landed as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
- Arnhem: The Story of an Escape as Ss Sergeant Major
1975
- Barry Lyndon as Prince of Tübingen