Uwe Karpa (born 18 September 1945) is a German actor and voice actor.
Acting career He has been performing roles in theatre, film, and television since 1965. Karpa received his acting training in Karl-Marx-Stadt. He performed in theatres in, among others, Frankfurt an der Oder, Berlin, Dresden, and Bad Segeberg. On television, he was particularly well known between 1996 and 2005 in the role of staff nurse Brenneke (Oberpfleger Brenneke) in the series Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP. He had his cinematic debut in 1965 in Berlin um die Ecke. In 2007 in Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex, he played the role of the police chief.
Selected filmography
Film + Year Title Role Notes1965Denk bloß nicht, ich heuleBubi1988Bear Ye One Another's BurdenSecond comrade2007The Baader Meinhof ComplexPolice chief2012Der GründerGlenny Rosenberg
Television + Year Title Role Notes1971RottenknechteAnton Rothmulti-part television film1980Archiv des TodesPatrolmanmulti-part television film1988–91Polizeiruf 110Various roles4 episodes1993–95Wolffs RevierSchröder3 episodes1997–2006Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OPHelmut Brenneke233 episodes2019SOKO PotsdamTänzer Erwin1 episode
References
External links
Deutsche Synchronkartei entry Uwe Karpa at Ramona Mohren talent agency