Arnd Klawitter (born 26 July 1968) is a
German
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stage, movie and television actor.
Career
After his studies at
Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
The Otto Falckenberg Schule – Fachakademie für darstellende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München, or Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts, is a higher education academy in Munich training actors and directors, affiliated to the Munic ...
in Munich, Arnd Klawitter joined the ensemble of the
Munich Kammerspiele
The Munich Kammerspiele (German: Münchner Kammerspiele) is a state-funded German-language theater company based at the ''Schauspielhaus'' on Maximilianstrasse in the Bavarian capital. The company currently has three venues: the main stage of ...
in 1994 for a year. From 1995 until 2001 he was engaged at
Staatstheater Stuttgart
The Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre) is a theatre with three locations, Oper Stuttgart (Opera Stuttgart), Stuttgarter Ballett (Stuttgart Ballet), and Schauspiel Stuttgart (Stuttgart Drama Theatre), in Stuttgart, Germany. The s ...
, where he mostly played the
leading man, e. g. ''Andri'' in
Max Frisch's ''
Andorra
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''. Since 2001 he has worked as a freelance artist.
As guest he has worked at important theatres like the
Schauspielhaus Zürich
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and
Bavarian Staatsschauspiel in
Munich
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. During the
RuhrTriennale
The Ruhrtriennale (compound of ''Ruhr'' and ''triennale'' "lasting 3 years"), also known as Ruhr Triennale, was founded in 2002 and is a music and arts festival in the Ruhr-area of Germany which runs between mid-August and mid-October, and happens ...
2007 he appeared in the first night of
Juli Zeh
Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge.
Biography
Her first book was ''Adler und Engel'' (translated into English as ''Eagles and Angels'' by Christine Slenczka), which won the ...
's ''Corpus delicti''. Since leaving acting school he has also worked for both TV and cinema frequently.
He appeared next to
Franka Potente in ''
After Five in the Forest Primeval
''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (german: Nach Fünf im Urwald), sometimes also known as ''It's a Jungle Out There'', is a 1995 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid and starring Franka Potente in her first film role. ...
'' (1995), and in the 1997 remake of
Es geschah am hellichten Tag (''It Happened in Broad Daylight''). In 2000 he played with
Matthew McConaughey and
Jon Bon Jovi
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in the movie
''U-571'' as the German
Hydrophone Operator. He also appeared in the German movie ''
Hitlerkantate'' in 2005. While in international productions he has only been cast in supporting roles, in his German films he has played leading characters, too. Klawitter is often chosen to play in historical films because of his slightly old fashioned appearance that can be compared to that of
Ralph Fiennes.
On television he is frequently cast in crime series like the famous
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
-series (''Scene of the Crime'') where he has appeared in three episodes so far, or - recently -
Der Bulle von Tölz
''Der Bulle von Tölz'' is a German television series which has been produced and broadcast by Sat.1 since 1996. As of January 2009, 69 self-contained feature-length episodes have been made.
Genre
Set in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, the series is about th ...
.
His most successful production so far was the leading role in the acclaimed German TV movie ' (''The Shop''), where he played next to
Adolf-Grimme-Preis-winner
Martin Benrath
Martin Benrath (9 November 1926 – 31 January 2000) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1954 and 2000.
Partial filmography
* ' (1954), as Michael Godeysen
* ''The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954), as JÃ ...
. In 2007 he appeared in ', a film inspired by and called after the German constitution (''
Grundgesetz'').
He lives in
Berlin
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with his partner, actress
Julika Jenkins
Julika Jenkins (born 20 October 1971) is a German actress. She lives in Berlin with her partner, actor Arnd Klawitter. She has appeared in stage, television, and film productions in Switzerland and Germany. She is best known for her role as Clau ...
.
Selected filmography
External links
His Agent's site*
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1968 births
Living people
Male actors from Hamburg
German male stage actors
German male film actors
German male television actors