Geboren am September 5, 1942 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Die Pinguine aus Madagascar | 2014 | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) |
| Actor | Jack Reacher | 2012 | Zec Chelovek |
| Actor | Orion and the Dark | 2024 | Narrator |
| Actor | Hinter dem Horizont | 1998 | Face |
| Writer | Rescue Dawn | 2006 | |
| Director | Rescue Dawn | 2006 | |
| Director | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | 1979 | |
| Producer | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | 1979 | |
| Writer | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | 1979 | |
| Actor | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Director | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Writer | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Director | Königin der Wüste | 2015 | |
| Writer | Königin der Wüste | 2015 | |
| Producer | The Act of Killing | 2012 | |
| Director | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | 1972 | |
| Producer | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | 1972 | |
| Writer | Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | 1972 | |
| Actor | Freaks of Nature | 2015 | Perfect Being (voice) |
| Director | Bad Lieutenant - Cop ohne Gewissen | 2009 | |
| Director | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Producer | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Writer | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Actor | Die USA und der Holocaust | Voice-over | |
| Actor | Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds | 2020 | Narrator |
| Director | Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds | 2020 | |
| Writer | Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds | 2020 | |
| Actor | Into the Inferno | 2016 | |
| Director | Into the Inferno | 2016 | |
| Writer | Into the Inferno | 2016 | |
| Director | Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | 1974 | |
| Writer | Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | 1974 | |
| Producer | Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle | 1974 | |
| Actor | Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume | 2010 | |
| Director | Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume | 2010 | |
| Writer | Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume | 2010 | |
| Actor | Wovon träumt das Internet? | 2016 | |
| Director | Wovon träumt das Internet? | 2016 | |
| Producer | Wovon träumt das Internet? | 2016 | |
| Producer | The Look Of Silence - Im Angesicht der Stille | 2014 | |
| Actor | MasterClass | ||
| Actor | Tod in Texas | 2011 | |
| Director | Tod in Texas | 2011 | |
| Writer | Tod in Texas | 2011 | |
| Actor | Mister Lonely | 2008 | Father Umbrillo |
| Director | Stroszek | 1977 | |
| Writer | Stroszek | 1977 | |
| Producer | A Gray State | 2017 | |
| Director | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | 2009 | |
| Writer | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | 2009 | |
| Actor | Begegnungen am Ende der Welt | 2007 | |
| Director | Begegnungen am Ende der Welt | 2007 | |
| Writer | Begegnungen am Ende der Welt | 2007 | |
| Actor | Julien Donkey-Boy | 1999 | Father |
| Actor | Life Itself | 2014 | |
| Actor | Tokyo-Ga | 1985 | Himself |
| Director | Die innere Glut - Requiem für Katia und Maurice Krafft | 2022 | |
| Director | Rad der Zeit | 2003 | |
| Writer | Rad der Zeit | 2003 | |
| Producer | Rad der Zeit | 2003 | |
| Director | Family Romance, LLC | 2020 | |
| Writer | Family Romance, LLC | 2020 | |
| Actor | Mein liebster Feind | 1999 | |
| Director | Mein liebster Feind | 1999 | |
| Writer | Mein liebster Feind | 1999 | |
| Director | Woyzeck | 1979 | |
| Writer | Woyzeck | 1979 | |
| Actor | Wings of Hope | 2000 | |
| Director | Wings of Hope | 2000 | |
| Actor | Happy People: Ein Jahr in der Taiga | 2010 | |
| Director | Happy People: Ein Jahr in der Taiga | 2010 | |
| Writer | Happy People: Ein Jahr in der Taiga | 2010 | |
| Actor | Lessons of Darkness | 1995 | |
| Director | Lessons of Darkness | 1995 | |
| Writer | Lessons of Darkness | 1995 | |
| Producer | Lessons of Darkness | 1995 | |
| Director | Fata Morgana | 1971 | |
| Writer | Fata Morgana | 1971 | |
| Director | Meeting Gorbachev | 2018 | |
| Actor | The Unbelievers | 2013 | Himself |
| Director | Cobra Verde | 1987 | |
| Writer | Cobra Verde | 1987 | |
| Actor | Die Last der Träume | 1982 | Himself |
| Actor | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Director | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Writer | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Producer | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Director | Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen | 1970 | |
| Writer | Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen | 1970 | |
| Producer | Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen | 1970 | |
| Actor | Last Exit: Space | 2022 | Narrator |
| Director | Herz aus Glas | 1976 | |
| Writer | Herz aus Glas | 1976 | |
| Producer | Herz aus Glas | 1976 | |
| Actor | The Great Buster: A Celebration | 2018 | Himself |
| Director | The Wild Blue Yonder | 2005 | |
| Writer | The Wild Blue Yonder | 2005 | |
| Actor | Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | 1971 | |
| Director | Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | 1971 | |
| Writer | Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | 1971 | |
| Producer | Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit | 1971 | |
| Actor | Room 666 | 1982 | |
| Actor | Loooser - How to win and lose a Casino | 2007 | The German |
| Director | Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen | 1984 | |
| Writer | Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen | 1984 | |
| Actor | Zwischenfall am Loch Ness | 2004 | |
| Writer | Zwischenfall am Loch Ness | 2004 | |
| Director | Unbesiegbar | 2001 | |
| Writer | Unbesiegbar | 2001 | |
| Actor | Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein | 1991 | |
| Director | Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein | 1991 | |
| Actor | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | 2020 | Self - Interviewer and Narrator |
| Writer | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | 2020 | |
| Director | Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin | 2020 | |
| Actor | La Soufrière | 1977 | |
| Director | La Soufrière | 1977 | |
| Producer | La Soufrière | 1977 | |
| Actor | Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein | 1989 | Mita / Richard |
| Actor | Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht | 2013 | Alexander von Humboldt |
| Actor | Flucht aus Laos | 1997 | |
| Director | Flucht aus Laos | 1997 | |
| Writer | Flucht aus Laos | 1997 |