Otto Sander
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
130
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-06-30
Day of death
2013-09-12 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Hanover, Germany
Otto Sander
Biography
Otto Sander (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈzandɐ]; June 30, 1941 – September 12, 2013) was 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 in 1961/62 with the Bundesmarine and left as reserve fenrik. Sander 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. His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. From 1980 onwards Sander appeared on several of Berlin's theatre stages, among others at the Schillertheater in 1981, at the Freie Volksbühne in 1985 and in 1989 at the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm. More recently he starred in Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Schauspielhaus Bochum (2004). 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 The Tin Drum (1979) as a trumpeter and in Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He also played a professor in the movie The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall. In 1999 he played a role in Rosa von Praunheim's movie The Einstein of Sex.
Known For
DAS!
Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110
NDR Talk Show
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Wetten, dass..?
Kulturzeit
Zimmer frei!
Das Traumschiff
Das Traumschiff
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Vienna Crime Squad
Wolffs Revier
Grimme Award
Der Fahnder
Tietjen und Bommes
Through the Night with...
Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst
The Killer Condom
Leute am Donnerstag
The Tin Drum
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Ludwig
Strike Back
Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
Wie du mir..
Das Boot
Three Sisters
Rosa Luxemburg
Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef
Das Boot
Wings of Desire
Krabat
Sass
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Les Misérables
Movie Days
Werner and the Wizard of Booze
The Marquise of O
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Hölderlin-Comics
Bauernschach
Girls under investigation
Little King Macius
The Film Narrator
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
100 Pro
Ein roter Teppich für....
Lumière & Company
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Summer Guests
Die Ursache
Inge, April und Mai
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
The Danube
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
Palermo or Wolfsburg
The Shop
Tödliches Vertrauen
Faraway, So Close!
Am I Beautiful?
Marlene
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
The White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang
Conversation with the Beast
Der Mann im Pyjama
Schlusschor
Die Mutter
Happy Too
One or the Other of Us
Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren
Die Bakchen
Matulla und Busch
Life Is Too Long
Liebe Lügen
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
A Love in Germany
Die Schuld der Erben
Plastikfieber
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Preußen – Chronik eines deutschen Staates
The Harmonists
Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre
The Promise
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
Sonntags am Meer
The Olympic Summer
Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Vorwärts
Unter kaiserlicher Flagge
Wahnfried
Fly Away
Four Against the Bank
Der Mord mit der Schere
The Ignoramus and the Madman
Werner - Gekotzt wird später!
Remembrance: Film for Curt Bois
About Narration
Atlantic Affairs
Close Up
Majestät brauchen Sonne
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Time of Vengeance
Der Kuß des Vergessens
No Pawing, Darling
Phantom
Das Loch
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin
Nikolaikirche
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Exercises in 9 Pieces
E-m@il an Gott
Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Sonnabend, der 1.
Heinrich Zille
Männer sind wie Schokolade
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Bescheiß kein Kind!
Drei Schwestern
The Break
Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben
