Biography
Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is a German film, theater, and voice actor.
Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service as a navy reserve officer and then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his acting debut at the Düsseldorfer chamber plays. After his first film work in the same year he abandoned his studies in 1967, and went to Munich to become a full-time actor.
He is married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker.
His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. Because of his warm, strong voice, which earned him the sobriquet "The Voice" (the English term is used), he has been used frequently as narrator for television documentaries, and numerous talking books in the 1990s.
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Among his best-known film roles are the angel Cassiel in Wings of Desire and its sequel Faraway, So Close! by Wim Wenders, and a shell-shocked U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen, in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot. Sander also appeared in Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Christian (Chris) Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander. He also played a professor in the movie: The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall.
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Filmography
all 129
Movies 98
TV Shows 31
self 22
Narrator 5
Voice 3
Fly Away (2012)
Die Schuld der Erben (2012)
The Battle Against Rome (2009)
Krabat (2008)
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge (2006)
Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
Leute am Donnerstag (2004)
Werner - Gekotzt wird später! (2003)
Tödliches Vertrauen (2002)
Happy Too (2002)
100 Pro (2001)
Sass (2001)
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates (2000)
Les Misérables (2000)
Marlene (2000)
Majestät brauchen Sonne (1999)
Girls under investigation (1999)
Männer sind wie Schokolade (1999)
Der Kuß des Vergessens (1999)
Conversation with the Beast (1997)
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord (1996)
The Killer Condom (1996)
Abendbrot (1996)
Lumière & Company (1995)
Nikolaikirche (1995)
The Promise (1995)
Bauernschach (1995)
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (1995)
Das Loch (1995)
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang (1994)
Hölderlin-Comics (1994)
Movie Days (1994)
Three Sisters (1994)
The Film Narrator (1993)
The Olympic Summer (1993)
Inge, April und Mai (1993)
Wolffs Revier (1992)
DAS! (1991)
Werner - Beinhart! (1990)
Vorwärts (1990)
The Break (1989)
Wie du mir.. (1989)
The Case of Mr. Spalt (1988)
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich (1986)
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars (1986)
Wahnfried (1986)
Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Drei Schwestern (1986)
Das Boot (1985)
Der Mord mit der Schere (1984)
A Love in Germany (1983)
Das Traumschiff (1981)
Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Strike Back (1981)
Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
Plastikfieber (1979)
Four Against the Bank (1976)
The Marquise of O (1976)
Summer Guests (1976)
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben (1975)
Die Bakchen (1974)
One or the Other of Us (1974)
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Sonntags am Meer (1970)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Nicht fummeln, Liebling (1970)
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst (1967)
Ludwig (1964)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-06-30
Deathday2013-09-12 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceHanover, Germany
RelativesBen Becker
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsDeutscher Kritikerpreis, German Actor Award, Ernst Lubitsch award, Berliner Bär, Berlinale Camera
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