---
name: "Ludger Pistor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ludger-pistor"
fi1m_id: "ludger-pistor"
imdb_id: "nm0685598"
tmdb_id: 1088
wikidata_id: "Q95316"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T17:33:37.564395+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ludger Pistor

## Identity

Ludger Pistor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ludger-pistor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ludger-pistor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0685598
- **TMDB ID:** 1088
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95316
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludger_Pistor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95316, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1088

Actor. Born 16 March 1959 in Recklinghausen, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1959, Recklinghausen, Germany
- **Active:** 1986–2016
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 83 (3), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 71 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Thriller 4, Action 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,369m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludger_Pistor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95316, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685598/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1088

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Run Lola Run*](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ludger Pistor is a German actor. He was born on 16 March 1959 in Recklinghausen and trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. He began his career in theatre in Munich and made his screen debut in 1986.

Pistor is known in Germany for his long-running role as detective Klaus Krapp in the television series *Balko* (1995–2005), for which he received the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 1996 and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 1999. Internationally he has appeared in *Schindler's List* (1993) as Josef Liepold, *Run Lola Run* (1998) as Mr Meier, *Casino Royale* (2006) as Mendel, *Inglourious Basterds* (2009) as Captain Wolfgang and *X-Men: First Class* (2011) as a German farmer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *War and Peace* (2016), Fi1m 65, as General Mack — [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, as CPT. Wolfgang — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *The Informant!* (2009), Fi1m 71, as Reinhard Richter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Casino Royale* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Mendel — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Mr. Meier — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Fi1m 91, as Josef Liepold — [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, as Monk — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (108)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Das Millionenschnitzel* (2026), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *Das Weihnachtsschnitzel* (2022), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *Immenhof - Das große Versprechen* (2022), as Krämer senior
- *Balko Teneriffa* (2022), series, as Klaus Krapp
- *Almania* (2021), series, as Werner Leibrand
- *Unter Menschen* (2020), as Egon
- *Ohne Schnitzel geht es nicht* (2019), series, as Wolfgang Kretteck
- *Schnitzel de Luxe* (2019), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *Scheidung für Anfänger* (2018), as Werner
- *Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein* (2018), as Schwegler
- *Falk* (2018), series, as Herr Dorner
- *My Brother Simple* (2017), as Frank Schöll
- *Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide* (2017), as Antoine Manet
- *It’s Your Turn, Honey!* (2017), as Arnold
- *My Blind Date with Life* (2017), as Lehrer Döngen
- *Schnitzel geht immer* (2017), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *Stadtlandliebe* (2016), as Gast
- *Seitenwechsel* (2016), as Therapeut
- *Young Light* (2016), as Pfarrer Stürwald
- *Ein gefährliches Angebot* (2016), as Kurt Wambeck
- *Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance* (2016), as Pfarrer
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as General Mack — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Bros Before Hoes* (2015), as Waiter
- *Jennifer – Sehnsucht nach was Besseres* (2015), series, as Hans Leber
- *Die Insassen* (2015), as Prof. Dr. Fechtner
- *Der Himmel zwischen den Welten* (2015), as Eigner
- *Aus der Kurve* (2015), as Wellmann
- *Woman in Gold* (2015), as Rudolph Wran
- *Why I Kidnapped My Boss* (2014), as Michael Fischer
- *Frauen verstehen* (2014), as Fred
- *Wir tun es für Geld* (2014), as Ekkehard
- *37 Days* (2014), series, as Bethmann-Hollweg
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), as Supervisor
- *Kripo Holstein - Mord und Meer* (2013), series, as Peter Döberlin
- *Ein Schnitzel für alle* (2013), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *Mordshunger - Verbrechen und andere Delikatessen* (2013), series, as Christian Linz
- *Crime Stories* (2013), series, as Judge
- *Heldt* (2013), series, as Prof. Erik Thalberg
- *Robot Mom* (2012), as Charly Belfort
- *St George's Day* (2012), as Werner Voss
- *Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden* (2012), series, as Johann Flonders
- *X-Men: First Class* (2011), as 1st German / Pig Farmer
- *Jetzt sind wir dran!* (2011), as Karl Rochus
- *Die Frau des Schläfers* (2010), as Markus Bender
- *Lüg weiter, Liebling* (2010), as Werner
- *Danni Lowinski* (2010), series, as Pater Gabriel
- *Ein Schnitzel für drei* (2009), as Wolfgang Krettek
- *SOKO Stuttgart* (2009), series, as Roland Fischbach, Peter / Günther Frühling
- *The Informant!* (2009), as Reinhard Richter — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), as CPT. Wolfgang — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Killing Is My Business, Honey* (2009), as Dr. Gruber
- *Tischlein deck dich* (2008), as Tischler
- *Schokolade für den Chef* (2008), as Marc Schmitt-Lombard
- *Teufelsbraten* (2008), series, as Pastor
- *Niete zieht Hauptgewinn* (2007), as Empfangschef
- *Kein Geld der Welt* (2007), as Strecker
- *Casino Royale* (2006), as Mendel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md)
- *Out of Bounds* (2006), as Dieter Kettwig
- *Arme Millionäre* (2005), series, as Fritz Fischer
- *Erkan & Stefan 3* (2005), as Hardy Flanders
- *SOKO Köln* (2003), series, as Winfried Crantz
- *Bewegte Männer* (2003), series, as Mann im Tweed
- *Pfarrer Braun* (2003), series, as Professor Penzkofer
- *Crazy Race* (2003), as Dr. P. Schneider
- *Broti & Pacek – Irgendwas ist immer* (2002), series, as Josef Hammermeier
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Herman Linz — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Trautes Heim* (2002), series, as Dr. Meixner
- *Die Rosenheim-Cops* (2002), series, as Maurice Köstner
- *Murder in the Mountains* (2001), series, as Klaus Friedrich
- *Vier Meerjungfrauen* (2001), as Lauritzen
- *The Princess and the Warrior* (2000), as Werner Dürr
- *Helden in Tirol* (1998), as Pfarrer Johannes
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), as Mr. Meier — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Klaus Teiler
- *Life Is All You Get* (1997), as Bestatter
- *Willi und die Windzors* (1996), as Prince Charles
- *Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police* (1996), series, as Polizeipsychologe Thorsten Markwart
- *Sperling* (1996), series, as Josef Schramm
- *Balko* (1995), series, as Klaus Krapp
- *Im Namen des Gesetzes* (1994), series, as Günther Schmidt
- *Matchball* (1994), series, as Gress
- *Ein starkes Team* (1994), series, as Sven Petermann
- *Die Wache* (1994), series, as Fred Vohwinkel
- *Deadly Web* (1994), as Brilla
- *Schindler's List* (1993), as Josef Liepold — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Die Trotzkis* (1993), series, Actor
- *Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem* (1993), as Besserwisser
- *RTL Samstag Nacht* (1993), series, Actor
- *Auf eigene Gefahr* (1993), series, as Krüger
- *The Innocent* (1993), as German Informer
- *Deutschfieber* (1992), as KM-Geschäftsführer
- *Wolffs Revier* (1992), series, as Brinkmann
- *Die Blattlaus* (1991), as Fritz
- *Pappa ante Portas* (1991), as Director
- *Werner and the Wizard of Booze* (1990), as Pastor Amen
- *Er - Sie - Es* (1989), as Rolf
- *Molle mit Korn* (1989), series, as Bohne
- *Midnight Cop* (1988), Actor
- *Golden Boy* (1988), as Sanfter Politist
- *Non-Stop Trouble With the Experts* (1988), as Optiker
- *Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen* (1987), as Taxifahrer
- *The Country Doctor* (1987), series, as Pastor Hannes Kolbe
- *Großstadtrevier* (1986), series, as Nicki Becks Vater, Wolfgang Schmattke
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), as Monk — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Ein Heim für Tiere* (1985), series, as Katzenhalter
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Klemm, Gerlachs Handlanger
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Kellermann
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Kommissar, Schäfer

## Gallery

- ![Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang), Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ramona Kunze-Libnow ( (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87817/gallery-304f70136a13.jpg) Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang), Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ramona Kunze-Libnow ( (2018) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8498.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8498.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87817/gallery-665f2922d2f3.jpg) Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang (2018) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8518.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8518.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang) in der Kulisse eines A (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87817/gallery-4496dfb4e505.jpg) Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang) in der Kulisse eines A (2018) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8526.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8526.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ludger Pistor](https://film.one/media/person/87817/gallery-313bc79af2a0.jpg) Ludger Pistor — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8535.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8535.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang) in der Kulisse eines A (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87817/gallery-d1b45de86469.jpg) Dreharbeiten zu „Schnitzel XXL“ Foto: Armin Rohde (Rolle: Ex-Tierpfleger Günther) und Ludger Pistor (Rolle: Ex-Herrenausstatter Wolfgang) in der Kulisse eines A (2018) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8536.jpg/1280px-Dreharbeiten_zu_%E2%80%9ESchnitzel_XXL%E2%80%9C-8536.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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