Född September 5, 1942 · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Pingvinerna från Madagaskar | 2014 | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) |
| Actor | Jack Reacher | 2012 | Zec Chelovek |
| Actor | Orion and the Dark | 2024 | Narrator |
| Actor | Drömmarnas värld | 1998 | Face |
| Writer | Rescue Dawn | 2006 | |
| Director | Rescue Dawn | 2006 | |
| Director | Nosferatu - nattens vampyr | 1979 | |
| Producer | Nosferatu - nattens vampyr | 1979 | |
| Writer | Nosferatu - nattens vampyr | 1979 | |
| Actor | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Director | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Writer | Grizzly Man | 2005 | |
| Director | Queen of the Desert | 2015 | |
| Writer | Queen of the Desert | 2015 | |
| Producer | The Act of Killing | 2012 | |
| Director | Aguirre - Guds vrede | 1972 | |
| Producer | Aguirre - Guds vrede | 1972 | |
| Writer | Aguirre - Guds vrede | 1972 | |
| Actor | Freaks of Nature | 2015 | Perfect Being (voice) |
| Director | Bad Lieutenant | 2009 | |
| Director | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Producer | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Writer | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | |
| Actor | The U.S. and the 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 - var och en för sig och Gud mot alla | 1974 | |
| Writer | Kaspar Hauser - var och en för sig och Gud mot alla | 1974 | |
| Producer | Kaspar Hauser - var och en för sig och Gud mot alla | 1974 | |
| Actor | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | |
| Director | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | |
| Writer | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | |
| Actor | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | 2016 | |
| Director | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | 2016 | |
| Producer | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World | 2016 | |
| Producer | The Look of Silence | 2014 | |
| Actor | MasterClass | ||
| Actor | Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life | 2011 | |
| Director | Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life | 2011 | |
| Writer | Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life | 2011 | |
| Actor | Mister Lonely | 2008 | Father Umbrillo |
| Director | Balladen om Bruno S | 1977 | |
| Writer | Balladen om Bruno S | 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 | Encounters at the End of the World | 2007 | |
| Director | Encounters at the End of the World | 2007 | |
| Writer | Encounters at the End of the World | 2007 | |
| Actor | Julien Donkey-Boy | 1999 | Father |
| Actor | Life Itself | 2014 | |
| Actor | Tokyo-Ga | 1985 | Himself |
| Director | The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft | 2022 | |
| Director | Wheel of Time | 2003 | |
| Writer | Wheel of Time | 2003 | |
| Producer | Wheel of Time | 2003 | |
| Director | Family Romance, LLC | 2020 | |
| Writer | Family Romance, LLC | 2020 | |
| Actor | My Best Fiend | 1999 | |
| Director | My Best Fiend | 1999 | |
| Writer | My Best Fiend | 1999 | |
| Director | Woyzeck | 1979 | |
| Writer | Woyzeck | 1979 | |
| Actor | Wings of Hope | 2000 | |
| Director | Wings of Hope | 2000 | |
| Actor | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | 2010 | |
| Director | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | 2010 | |
| Writer | Happy People: A Year in the 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 | Burden of Dreams | 1982 | Himself |
| Actor | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Director | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Writer | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Producer | Salt and Fire | 2016 | |
| Director | Dvärgar har också varit små | 1970 | |
| Writer | Dvärgar har också varit små | 1970 | |
| Producer | Dvärgar har också varit små | 1970 | |
| Actor | Last Exit: Space | 2022 | Narrator |
| Director | Hjärta av glas | 1976 | |
| Writer | Hjärta av glas | 1976 | |
| Producer | Hjärta av 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 | The Grand | 2007 | The German |
| Director | Where the Green Ants Dream | 1984 | |
| Writer | Where the Green Ants Dream | 1984 | |
| Actor | Incident at Loch Ness | 2004 | |
| Writer | Incident at Loch Ness | 2004 | |
| Director | Invincible | 2001 | |
| Writer | Invincible | 2001 | |
| Actor | Scream of Stone | 1991 | |
| Director | Scream of Stone | 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 | Hard to Be a God | 1989 | Mita / Richard |
| Actor | Det andra Heimat | 2013 | Alexander von Humboldt |
| Actor | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | 1997 | |
| Director | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | 1997 | |
| Writer | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | 1997 |