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 121
Movies 92
TV Shows 29
self 22
Narrator 4
Voice 3
Writer 1
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story (2021)
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013)
Fly Away (2012)
Die Schuld der Erben (2012)
Life Is Too Long (2010)
The Battle Against Rome (2009)
Krabat (2008)
The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007)
Little King Macius (2007)
Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef (2004)
Leute am Donnerstag (2004)
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre (2003)
The Danube (2003)
Werner - Gekotzt wird später! (2003)
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003)
Tödliches Vertrauen (2002)
Atlantic Affairs (2002)
Ein roter Teppich für.... (2002)
Happy Too (2002)
Through the Night with... (2002)
Gero von Boehm begegnet... (2002)
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002)
100 Pro (2001)
Sass (2001)
Prussia – Chronicle of a German State (2000)
Les Misérables (2000)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
Marlene (2000)
E-m@il an Gott (1999)
Girls under investigation (1999)
Männer sind wie Schokolade (1999)
Der Kuß des Vergessens (1999)
The Shop (1998)
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust (1998)
Am I Beautiful? (1998)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998)
The Harmonists (1997)
Herman & Tietjen (1997)
Conversation with the Beast (1997)
Liebe Lügen (1997)
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord (1996)
Killer Condom (1996)
Zimmer frei! (1996)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Matulla und Busch (1995)
Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
Nikolaikirche (1995)
Kulturzeit (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)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Inge, April und Mai (1993)
Schlusschor (1993)
Wolffs Revier (1992)
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland (1992)
Bescheiß kein Kind! (1992)
DAS! (1991)
Werner - Beinhart! (1990)
Time of Vengeance (1990)
Vorwärts (1990)
The Break (1989)
Wie du mir.. (1989)
The Case of Mr. Spalt (1988)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich (1986)
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars (1986)
Wahnfried (1986)
Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin (1986)
Das Boot (1985)
Der Fahnder (1984)
Der Mord mit der Schere (1984)
A Love in Germany (1983)
Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982)
Der Mann Im Pyjama (1981)
Das Traumschiff (1981)
Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Strike Back (1981)
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe (1981)
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten (1981)
Die Ursache (1980)
Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Trilogie des Wiedersehens (1979)
Phantom (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk (1978)
Heinrich Zille (1977)
Four Against the Bank (1976)
The Marquise of O (1976)
Summer Guests (1976)
About Narration (1975)
Lehmanns Erzählungen (1975)
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces (1975)
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben (1975)
One or the Other of Us (1974)
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt (1974)
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973)
The Ignoramus and the Madman (1972)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Die Mutter (1971)
Sonntags am Meer (1970)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Nicht fummeln, Liebling (1970)
Sonnabend, der 1. (1970)
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967)
Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst (1967)
Ludwig (1964)
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung (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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