Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (; born 7 January 1956) is a German actor and singer.
Career
Films Ochsenknecht has starred in include Das Boot (1981), Schtonk! (1992), and the TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000).
In the early 1990s, he gained a second foothold in music. He has since released several albums; he is a singer in the band The Screen, while Mick Rogers (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) and Thomas Blug are guitar players. The two ex-musicians of Gary Moore's band Pete Rees (bass) and Graham Walker (drums) are also represented.
Ochsenknecht stars in the television film series Der Bulle und das Landei, playing a police commissioner who was transferred to the rural Eifel area, at irregular intervals since 2009.
Personal life
Ochsenknecht was married to Natascha Ochsenknecht until 2012 and has three children with her: sons Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht (b. 1990) and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht (b. 1991), who are both actors, and daughter Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknecht (b. 2000). His oldest son, Rocco Stark, is from an earlier girlfriend. Wilson and Jimi Ochsenknecht acted together with him in the films Enlightenment Guaranteed and and its four sequels.
In July 2017, Ochsenknecht married Kiki Viebrock.
Awards
1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes1978Die StraßeBullyTV miniseries1979JörgTV filmEngelchenTV film1980Derrick: Tödliche SekundenAchim Rudolf TV series episodeTatort: OebelTV series episode1981: Die KompagnonsThomasTV series episodeDas BootBootsmann Lamprecht1982Tatort: Wat Recht is, mutt Recht bliewenFritz LehmannTV series episode1983Die Zeiten ändern sichKajottTV miniseriesBüro, BüroMartin BohleTV series, 8 episodes1984Tatort: Verdeckte ErmittlungKlausTV series episode1985ParkerBoots ManThe RecordRicoDie Sache ist gelaufenJürgen WeckForget MozartDirector Emanuel SchikanederDer Fahnder: Liebe macht blindNorbertTV series episodeMen...Stefan Lachner1986BorisDie Krimistunde: Ein Toter zuvielJoe HemmerTV series episodeRinckleffTV miniseriesIrgendwie und Sowieso: ManhattanGeneral, son of Hermann GöringTV series episode1987Tatort: BlindflugGünter MarbachTV series episodeRotlicht!Uwe Rühle1988Die DollarfalleDaniTV film1989The VoicePatrickWerner Mueller1990Bread and ButterStefanOtto von BismarckTV filmFire, Ice and DynamiteVictor1991Ein Fall für zwei: Helens GeheimnisseBruno MaschkeTV series episodeAll OutPaul1992Schtonk!Fritz Knobel (based on Konrad Kujau)Auf Achse: Musa und MarieBennoTV series episodeTatort: Der Mörder und der PrinzRené WolfTV series episode1993Klaus Klett1994Louis I, Grand Duke of BadenMona Must DieEddie von SneadSimply LoveTeacher PillgrimmThe Wanderer: False WitnessBrandtTV series episodeFelidaeArchievoice only1995The Way to Dusty DeathGerhard TracchiaTV filmDie Straßen von BerlinHajo KrollTV series, 4 episodes1996GriffigBurton1997Die GangJoe FeddersenTV series, 13 episodesRockerChristmas FeverFritz Mauser1998Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das VergnügenErich DollingerTödliches AlibiKonrad GrotheTV filmAm I Beautiful?BodoWeekend mit LeicheTomTV filmOperation NoahKommissar TallerTV film1999Diplomatic SiegeCol. Peter Vojnovic \ Giorgio Borghelli Gilbert MetzTV film2000: Ein Mann ein WortGilles DonzelotTV series episodeEnlightenment GuaranteedUweFußball ist unser LebenHans PollakSiska: Das letzte KonzertRolf GillisTV series episodeDune – The Desert PlanetStilgarTV miniseriesThe Old Fox: Der letzte GeburtstagKlaus WollgastTV series episode2001ArcadinTV miniseriesKüss mich, Tiger!Prof. Hardy PoppTV filmVera BrühneJohann FerbachTV miniseriesStones of LightThomas KesselbachTV filmThe CrusadersBaron CorradoTV filmSiska: Hass macht blindGert KranitzTV series episode2002Theo ZerrbeckTV film2003: Randy SchlosserTV series episodeMaxi's fatherLutherPope Leo X2004Michael KollerTV filmDer Bulle von Tölz: Der TölziSepp SchorlemmerTV series episode2005Theo StokowskiMaxi's fatherFranz Berger2006AtomisedBruno's fatherMaxi's fatherKurt MahlströmTV filmTeacher Gustav KilianTV film2007Maxi's fatherMr. DagenhorstTV filmSiska: Sei still und stirbFred WiechertTV series episodeLiebe nach RezeptHansen QuaasTV filmPsychotherapeut Dr. ElmauTV filmWhy Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read MapsJonathan Armbruster2008Mord in aller UnschuldRoland NickelTV filmTim's fatherOscarThe Old Fox: Die Nacht kommt schneller als du denkstHarald PlenzbergTV series episodeCrashFatherShortKlaas JonkersTV filmThe Letter for the KingRafoxEin Ferienhaus in MarrakeschKurt BasinskiTV filmTeacher Carlo BrücknerTV film2009Micha Strelinsky TV filmSusi's fatherKonrektor Färber / InnkeeperFreddy Amberg TV filmZweiohrkükenDr. Eisenberger2010Leon GrünlichTV filmZeiten ändern dichSelina's father: Tödliches HeimwehPolizeihauptkommissar KillmerTV series episodeFritz DeclairTV film2011Hansi HallerTV film: BabybluesPolizeihauptkommissar KillmerTV series episodeMöbiusTV film2012Dieter LindemannTV filmWilhelm Brinkhoff2013Das kleine GespenstBürgermeister2014NenaMartin2015Paul GrambauerTV filmDie Udo Honig StoryUdo HonigTV filmUnfinished BusinessMaarten DaaervkAmerican box-office film2016Welcome to GermanyDr. Sascha Heinrich2017Anna Fucking MolnarWolf 2018A Jar Full of LifePeter Ruge 2019Otto
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