--- name: "Volkmar Kleinert" canonical: "https://film.one/person/volkmar-kleinert" fi1m_id: "volkmar-kleinert" imdb_id: "nm0459087" tmdb_id: 8201 wikidata_id: "Q2531487" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 September 1938" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T22:56:27.198905+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." --- # Volkmar Kleinert ## Identity Volkmar Kleinert - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/volkmar-kleinert - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** volkmar-kleinert - **IMDb ID:** nm0459087 - **TMDB ID:** 8201 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2531487 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Kleinert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2531487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8201 Actor. Born 20 September 1938 in Dresden, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 September 1938, Dresden, Germany - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkmar_Kleinert, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2531487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459087/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8201 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Lives of Others*](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Volkmar Kleinert is a German actor. He trained at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig from 1957 and made his professional stage debut in 1960 at the Eisenacher Landesbühne. He later joined the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, where he remained until 2006. Kleinert has appeared in over one hundred film and television productions. He played Albert Jerska in *The Lives of Others* (2006), Joseph Ludowski in the series *Der Clown* (1998–1999), and Prof. Reinhoffer in *Lara* (2019). Other credits include episodes of *Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police* (1996) and *Tatort*. He has also worked extensively as a narrator in radio plays. *Sources: de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Lives of Others* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Albert Jerska — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) ## Complete filmography (94) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pianke* (2026), as Heinrich Groß - *Oderbruch* (2024), series, as Arthur Kring - *Lara* (2019), as Prof. Reinhoffer - *Helen Dorn* (2014), series, as Erwin Geige, Erwin Geiger - *Boxhagener Platz* (2010), as Dr. Klemm - *Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace* (2009), series, as Tilo von Wilmosky (1944-1957) - *Berlin-Buenos Aires* (2008), as Günther - *Der fremde Gast* (2007), as Fred Lenowsky - *Charlotte Link – Der fremde Gast* (2007), as Fred Lenowsky - *Der Kriminalist* (2006), series, as Günther Hebstreit, Karl Dietze - *Spreewaldkrimi* (2006), series, as Helmut Sonnenthal - *Kommissar Stolberg* (2006), series, as Ulf Brandt - *The Lives of Others* (2006), as Albert Jerska — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) - *All Men Are Suspects* (2006), Actor - *Kanzleramt* (2005), series, as Franz Steinbauer - *Der Stich des Skorpion* (2004), as Major Fink - *Der Schwimmer* (2004), as old Man - *Bloch* (2002), series, as Karl - *SOKO Leipzig* (2001), series, as Harry Riemann - *Einsatz in Hamburg* (2000), series, Actor - *Donna Leon* (2000), series, as Zeno Bianchi - *Heroes Like Us* (1999), as Wunderlich - *Der Clown* (1998), series, as Joseph Ludowski - *Der Clown 2: Feindschaft* (1998), as Joseph Ludowski - *Der Clown* (1996), as Joseph Ludowski - *Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police* (1996), series, as Peter Sawatzki - *Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall* (1995), series, as Werner Fritsch - *Rosa Roth* (1994), series, as Vater Schöneberg - *Im Namen des Gesetzes* (1994), series, as Dr. Pelzer, Günter Heidenreich - *Die Wache* (1994), series, as Pütz - *Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge* (1992), series, Actor - *Agentur Herz* (1991), series, as Dr. Georgi - *Der unsichtbare Freund* (1991), as Harden - *Die Ritter der Tafelrunde* (1990), as Parzival - *Bismarck* (1990), series, as Major von Moltke - *Imaginative King* (1990), Actor - *Nathan der Weise* (1990), as Klosterbruder - *Otto – The Alien from East Frisia* (1989), as Van Devil - *Die ehrbaren Fünf* (1989), as Ginfizz - *Passage* (1988), as Bürgermeister - *Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria* (1987), series, as Guarini - *Ghosts from Outside* (1987), series, as Mackenstädt - *Rabbit Heart* (1987), Actor - *Das Lachen* (1987), as Narrator (voice) - *Freischütz in Berlin* (1987), Actor - *Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown* (1987), Actor - *Der unbekannte Großvater* (1987), as Georg Stojahn - *Jan on the Barge* (1986), as Hinkender - *Jorinde und Joringel* (1986), as Marodeur - *Außenseiter* (1985), as Paul Schulte - *Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe* (1985), as Missena - *Die Schöne und das Tier* (1984), as Kaskadeur - *Alleinstehend* (1983), as Rolf Nowack - *The Flying Windmill* (1982), as Alexander (voice) - *Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck* (1982), series, as Hauptmann Emmerich - *Der Leutnant Yorck von Wartenburg* (1981), Actor - *Fear and Misery of the Third Reich* (1981), Actor - *Godfather Death* (1980), as Prediger - *Komödianten-Emil* (1980), Actor - *Die Drachenprinzessin* (1980), as Wizard - *Verlobung in Hullerbusch* (1979), Actor - *Pinselheinrich* (1979), as Dr. Ödmann - *Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast* (1979), as Novak / Hippekorn - *Die Verführbaren* (1977), as Rechtsanwalt Bäuerlein - *The Faithful Robot* (1977), as Roboter - *The Flight* (1977), as Wendt - *Phillip the Small* (1976), as Musiklehrer Breitkreuz - *The Light on the Gallows* (1976), as Galdy - *Die eigene Haut* (1975), Actor - *Am Ende der Welt* (1975), as Horst - *Why Can't I Be Good?* (1974), as Herr Hoppe - *The Elective Affinities* (1974), as Graf - *Aber Vati!* (1974), series, as Edgar Sander - *The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow* (1973), as Ditfurt - *Seegeschichten* (1972), as Dr. Otto Hähnchen - *Despite It All!* (1972), Actor - *Artur Becker* (1971), series, as Feldwebel Hintze - *Zeit der Störche* (1971), as Einstein - *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, as Harry Rauchfuß, Torsten Wendland, Penck, Herbert Poh, Grabeleit, Armin Hagen, Wilhelm Gurak, Ulli Streese, Wolfgang Seidel - *Rottenknechte* (1971), series, Actor - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Norbert Zirner, Olaf Ahlert, Gautsch - *The Man Without a Past* (1970), as Narrator (voice) - *Im Spannungsfeld* (1970), as Willy Wendrin - *Long Roads - Secret Love* (1969), Actor - *The President in Exile* (1969), as Narrator (voice) - *Verschwörung* (1969), Actor - *The Dead Stay Young* (1968), Actor - *Ways across the Country* (1968), series, as SS-Obersturmführer Schneider - *Leben zu zweit* (1968), as Klapproth - *Die Jagdgesellschaft* (1966), Actor - *Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort* (1965), series, as Joachim Blümel, Harry Korn, Bewährungshelfer, Georg 'Schorsch' Eysoldt - *Entlassen auf Bewährung* (1965), as Hugo Borke - *The Adventures of Werner Holt* (1965), as Ober-Vormann Schulze - *Love's Confusion* (1959), Actor ## Gallery - ![Volkmar Kleinert](https://film.one/media/person/99145/gallery-f0c484d09407.jpg) Volkmar Kleinert — Image via TMDB - ![Volkmar Kleinert](https://film.one/media/person/99145/gallery-7f48d8d078d9.jpg) Volkmar Kleinert — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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