Biography
Uwe Ochsenknecht is a German actor and singer. He was born on 7 January 1956 in Biblis, Germany, and trained at the Westfälische Schauspielschule in Bochum from 1974 to 1977. He began appearing in film and television roles in the late 1970s.
Ochsenknecht gained prominence for his role as Chief Bosun (Bootsmann Lamprecht) in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (1981). He later starred in Doris Dörrie's comedy Männer (1985) and Helmut Dietl's satire Schtonk! (1992). Other credits include Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) as Stilgar, Luther (2003) as Pope Leo X, and voice work in Felidae (1994). He has also worked extensively in German television and theatre.
