---
name: "Peter Kern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-kern"
fi1m_id: "peter-kern"
imdb_id: "nm0449489"
tmdb_id: 73671
wikidata_id: "Q84722"
roles: []
born: "13 February 1949"
died: "26 August 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:01:30.012872+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."
---

# Peter Kern

## Identity

Peter Kern

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-kern
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-kern
- **IMDb ID:** nm0449489
- **TMDB ID:** 73671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q84722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kern_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73671

Actor. Born 13 February 1949 in Wien, Austria. Died 26 August 2015.

## Details

- **Born:** 13 February 1949, Wien, Austria
- **Died:** 26 August 2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kern_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73671

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fox and His Friends*](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) (78)

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## Biography

Peter Kern (1949–2015) was an Austrian actor and film director. Born in Vienna, he completed a commercial apprenticeship before taking acting lessons and making his stage debut at the Burgenland State Theatre. He toured for several years with the musical *Hair*.

Kern appeared in more than 70 films, often in New German Cinema productions. His credits include the role of Florist "Fatty" Schmidt in *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Landau in *The Wrong Move* (1975), and parts in *World on a Wire* (1973) and *Despair* (1978). He also directed around 25 films of his own.

He received the German Film Prize in Gold twice: as part of the ensemble for *The Wrong Move* in 1975 and for his lead performance in *Flaming Hearts* (1978). In 1980 he served on the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Florist "Fatty" Schmidt — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (82)

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

- *The Last Summer of the Rich* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *Sarah und Sarah* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Diamantenfieber* (2013), Director
- *Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim* (2012), Actor
- *Belief, Love, Death* (2012), Director
- *Monkey Sandwich* (2011), Actor
- *Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter* (2011), Actor
- *Murder Sisters* (2011), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock* (2010), as Minister
- *King Kongs Tränen* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Initiation* (2009), as Head of Staff · Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *Dead Bodies of the Living* (2007), as Nachtclubbesitzer · Producer, Director, Writer
- *Nur Kein Mitleid* (2007), Director, Producer
- *Life Pornography* (2005), as Valencia
- *Danube Corpses* (2005), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Himmel, Polt und Hölle* (2002), as Heinz Hafner
- *Haider lebt - 1. April 2021* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Hamlet: This Is Your Family* (2001), Director, Writer
- *Fifty-Fifty* (2001), Director
- *Visionary Filmmaker - Marilou Diaz-Abaya* (1999), Cinematography, Editor, Director
- *Kiss, Cuddle and Celebrate* (1998), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Willi Hanke
- *Die Oma ist tot* (1997), as Herr Eisfeld
- *Wenches* (1996), as Sex Shop Costumer
- *Burning Life* (1994), as Simon
- *Erotique* (1994), as Franz (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
- *Im Namen des Gesetzes* (1994), series, as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Müller
- *Domenica. Alle kommen, keiner war da* (1994), as Fetti · Writer, Director, Producer
- *Terror 2000* (1993), as Körn
- *Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare* (1993), Director, Cinematography, Writer
- *Ein fetter Film* (1992), Director
- *Street Kid* (1992), as Toilettenmann · Director, Screenplay
- *Malina* (1991), as Bulgare
- *So lange ich fliehen noch kann, da schütze ich mich* (1990), Editor, Director
- *Hab' ich nur deine Liebe* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Virgin Machine* (1989), as Hormone Specialist
- *Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia* (1989), as Mickey Katz
- *Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure* (1987), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Zischke* (1986), as Regisseur
- *Der wilde Clown* (1986), as Junger Chef
- *Kir Royal* (1986), series, as Paula
- *Das Totenreich* (1986), series, Actor
- *Rambo Zambo* (1984), as Robert
- *Geschichten aus der Heimat* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Laughing Star* (1983), Producer
- *The Swing* (1983), as Hofkapellmeister
- *The Roaring Fifties* (1983), as Franz Arnusch
- *Bella Donna* (1983), Actor
- *The Island of the Bloody Plantation* (1983), as Röder · Producer
- *Schwarz Rot Gold* (1982), series, as Dr. Bernhard
- *Cinématon XVIII* (1982), as N°170
- *Today We're Playing Boss* (1981), as Fritz Paulig · Writer, Producer
- *Die Bootsmänner von Pagsanjan* (1980), Producer, Director
- *Die Wasserlilie blüht nicht mehr - Impressionen aus Manila* (1980), Writer, Producer, Director
- *News from Robber Hotzenplotz* (1979), as Räuber Hotzenplotz
- *Beate S.* (1979), series, as Hans-Peter Brand
- *Son of Hitler* (1979), as Asylum Attendent
- *Despair* (1978), as Müller
- *Hitler: A Film from Germany* (1978), as Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor
- *Flaming Hearts* (1978), as Peter Huber
- *Hitler: A Film from Germany* (1977), series, as Heinrich Himmler (Wehrmacht)
- *Kleinhoff Hotel* (1977), as Müller
- *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977), series, as Tino Rafaelo
- *The Stationmaster’s Wife* (1977), as Treuberger
- *Group Portrait with a Lady* (1977), as Werner Hoyser
- *Die Geisel* (1977), as Rio Rita
- *The Wild Duck* (1976), as Hjalmar Ekdal
- *The Sternstein Manor* (1976), as Toni
- *Pariser Geschichten* (1976), series, Actor
- *Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven* (1975), as Nachtklubbesitzer
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Florist "Fatty" Schmidt — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Wrong Move* (1975), as Landau
- *La Paloma* (1974), as Isidor Palewski
- *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Hospital Orderly
- *Tonight or Never* (1973), as Artist
- *Adele Spitzeder* (1972), as Wirt
- *Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King* (1972), as Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
- *Jakob von Gunten* (1971), as Kraus
- *Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen* (1971), as Curlyhead
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Niedlich
- *Seventeen and Anxious* (1970), as Hippie
- *Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin* (1969), series, as 2. Hippie-Mann

## Gallery

- ![Peter Kern at the Austrian Film Awards 2013 (Vienna).](https://film.one/media/person/3919988/gallery-c86e087e0ecd.jpg) Peter Kern at the Austrian Film Awards 2013 (Vienna). — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2013_C_Peter_Kern.jpg/1280px-%C3%96sterreichischer_Filmpreis_2013_C_Peter_Kern.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Kern](https://film.one/media/person/3919988/gallery-e15566e194e0.jpg) Peter Kern — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Peter_Kern%2C_Viennale_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Peter Kern at the Austrian premiere of his movie Belief, Love, Death (Glaube, Liebe, Tod) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3919988/gallery-c33086a07452.jpg) Peter Kern at the Austrian premiere of his movie Belief, Love, Death (Glaube, Liebe, Tod) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Peter_Kern%2C_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_-_Glaube_Liebe_Tod%2C_Wien_2012.jpg/1280px-Peter_Kern%2C_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_-_Glaube_Liebe_Tod%2C_Wien_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Traute Furthner and Peter Kern at the Austrian premiere of Belief, Love, Death (Glaube, Liebe, Tod) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3919988/gallery-7adfedb1997b.jpg) Traute Furthner and Peter Kern at the Austrian premiere of Belief, Love, Death (Glaube, Liebe, Tod) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Traute_Furthner_Peter_Kern%2C_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_-_Glaube_Liebe_Tod%2C_Wien_2012.jpg/1280px-Traute_Furthner_Peter_Kern%2C_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_-_Glaube_Liebe_Tod%2C_Wien_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Peter Kern](https://film.one/media/person/3919988/gallery-5175ee6054db.jpg) Peter Kern — Image via TMDB

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