Bernd Michael Lade (born 24 December 1964) is a German actor and director. A native of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, he is perhaps best known to audiences outside Germany for his role opposite

Peter Sodann Peter Sodann (born 1 June 1936 in Meissen, Saxony) is a German actor, director and politician. He was the Left Party's nominee for the 2009 presidential election, but was not considered a serious candidate by the German media. Early life Sodann ...

in several series of the crime drama ''

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 ...

''. Lade's wife is the actress Maria Simon, with whom he has three children.

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* 1964 births Living people Film directors from Berlin German male television actors Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni German male stage actors German male film actors East German actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-tv-actor-stub