Hans Werner Meyer (born 14 April 1964 in

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, West Germany) is a German film and television actor.

Life and career

Hans-Werner Meyer attended the Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium in Hamburg. He studied at the School for Music and Theater in

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and started his acting career at the

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. In 1993 he went to Berlin and worked at the

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with renowned directors such as

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. His first film was '' Charlie & Louise'' in 1992 directed by

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, followed by more movie and television work. In 1997 Meyer gave up his Schaubühne engagement and mainly concentrated on film and TV work. Meanwhile he has starred or featured in about 80 film or TV productions, among them the 48 episodes of the crime TV series ''

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'', with Meyer starring as a police psychologist, for which he was awarded the

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. In 2000 and 2001 he was a nominee for the German TV award. In the following years his roles became more and more versatile, comprising diverse characters, such as long distance runner

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in ''Ich will laufen – der Fall Dieter Baumann'' (English: “I want to run – the case of Dieter Baumann”) or the son of a Prussian Officer, Albrecht Sterenberg, who slowly develops insanity in the historical two-part TV production '. He also acted as Thomas Menz, a loser suffering from

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in ''

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– Fluch des Feuers'' . Meyer published his first audio book "Spider" in 2007 and was awarded the "Ohrkanus Award". Since April 2006 Meyer has been an honorary board member of the German actors’ trade union ''Bundesverband der Film- und Fernsehschauspieler.''board members
, retrieved on 10 October 2011 Hans Werner Meyer is married to the British actress Jacqueline Macaulay.

Selected filmography

Movies

* 1993: ''

Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen ''Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen'' is a German children's film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier in 1994, starring Corinna Harfouch. It is a film adaptation of the 1949 novel ''Lisa and Lottie'' (german: Das doppelte Lottchen) by Erich K� ...

'' * 1994: ''Der Schatten des Schreibers'' * 1996: ''Busenfreunde'' * 1997: ''Ende des Frühlings'' * 1998: ''

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'' * 2000: ''Laissez-Passer'' * 2006: ' * 2008: ''

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex ''The Baader Meinhof Complex'' (german: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, ) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Uli Edel. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek. The film is base ...

'' * 2009: ' * 2010: ''Einer wie Bruno'' * 2013: ''

Adieu Paris ''Adieu Paris'' is a German-Luxembourgian-French film directed by Franziska Buch. The film is also known as ''Upgrade''. Plot Patrizia is a successful author. When she learns her allegedly unmarried boyfriend Jean-Jacques lies in a hospital in P ...

Television

* 1997: ''

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'' * 1997: ''Schimanski: '' * 1998: ''Hauptsache Leben'' * 1998–2006: ''

'' (TV series) * 1999: ''Und morgen geht die Sonne wieder auf'' * 2000: ''

Vera Brühne Vera Brühne (February 6, 1910 in Essen – April 17, 2001 in Munich) became famous throughout Germany as a victim of miscarriage of justice. In 1961/62, she was convicted, together with Johann Ferbach, of having murdered the physician Otto Praun ...

'' * 2001: ''Liebe darf alles'' * 2001: '' Eine außergewöhnliche Affäre'' * 2001: ''

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 ...

: Gute Freunde'' * 2004: ' * 2004: ''Ich will laufen – Der Fall Dieter Baumann'' * 2004: ''

: Der Fluch des Feuers'' * 2005: ''

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'' * 2005: ''Was für ein schöner Tag'' * 2006: ''Das Geheimnis von Loch Ness'' * 2006: ''Prager Botschaft'' * 2007: ''Ich leih' mir eine Familie'' * 2008: ''

Mordshunger ''Mordshunger'' is a 2008 television film directed by Robert Adrian Pejo. It is based on the 1996 German novel of the same name (, 1996) written by Frank Schätzing. Cast In alphabetical order *Christian Blümel as Panne * Michou Friesz as Kri ...

'' * 2008: ' * 2010: ''Das zweite Wunder von Loch Ness'' * 2011: ''Die Schäferin'' * 2011: '

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Hans Werner 1964 births Living people Male actors from Hamburg German male film actors German male television actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors