Volker Prechtel
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1941-08-09
- Falecimento:
- 1997-08-07
- Local de nascimento:
- Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Biografia
Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor. Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions. Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder. He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*. Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.
Conhecido por
Filmografia
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Alles nur Tarnung
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Der König
Air Albatros
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Das Geheimnis
Tödliche Lüge
Moritz
Ein Fall für TKKG: Drachenauge
Das größte Fest des Jahres
No Coração da Montanha
Sisi und der Kaiserkuß
Das serbische Mädchen
Löwengrube
Der Pampelmusenmond
Wallers letzter Gang
Forsthaus Falkenau
Zimmer 36
Starke Zeiten
Die Abtei des Verbrechens - Umberto Ecos „Der Name der Rose“ wird verfilmt
O Nome da Rosa
Der schwarze Tanner
Big Mäc
Weißblaue Geschichten
Der Fahnder
Traumlage
Der Andro-Jäger
Tarabas
Drei gegen Hollywood
Piratensender Powerplay
Kampftag
Der Schluckauf
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
Ach du lieber Harry
Anderland
Die Farbe des Himmels
Woyzeck
Es begann bei Tiffany
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Das gefrorene Herz
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
Sachrang
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
Geheimtip für Tommy
Herz aus Glas
A Marquesa d'O
Ace Up My Sleeve
Nonstop Nonsens
O Enigma de Kaspar Hauser
Derrick
O Dossiê de Odessa
Der Jäger von Fall
Tatort