Peter Lohmeyer (born 22 January 1962 in

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) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1980.

Life and career

Lohmeyer is the youngest of three children of the Protestant pastor Dieter Lohmeyer and his wife. Due to his father's profession, he completed his school education at various places. From 1972-1974 he attended the Albrecht-Dürer-Gymnasium in

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, the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium in

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from 1974-1976, and the Stadtgymnasium

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from 1976-1981. From 1982 to 1984 he received acting lessons at the Westfälische Schauspielschule in

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, but left without graduating. Lohmeyer made his stage debut in the play called ''Was heißt hier Liebe'' at the

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. Afterwards he performed at theatres in

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, and at the

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in Berlin. In 2009 he returned to the

for a new stage version of the play ''Menschen im Hotel''. He took on his first role in a TV movie called ''Der Kampfschwimmer'' in 1983. Afterwards he took role in the TV movie ''Alles Paletti''. Loymeyer made his film debut in the comedy ''Tiger, Lion, Panther'' in 1988. He became famous with ''

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'' (1995 to 1998) and ''

The Miracle of Bern ''The Miracle of Bern'' (german: Das Wunder von Bern) is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family (particularly of a young boy and his depressed ex-POW father) and the unexpected West German ''miracle'' victory in ...

'' (''Das Wunder von Bern'', 2003, by

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). Lohmeyer also played leading roles in movies by Peter Lichtefeld, a German film director, including the road movie ''

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'', which earned him a German Film Award. In 2005 he was seen in ' by Lars Jessen. Lohmeyer received the German Film Award in Gold for ''

'' and in 2000 he received a Bavarian TV Award for ''Der Elefant in meinem Bett''. Lohmeyer has four children from two different relationships. He and his former partner, camera assistant Katrin Klamroth, have three children (Lola Klamroth, Louis Klamroth and Leila Lynn Klamroth). His fourth son, Ivo Lohmeyer, comes from another relationship. From 2008 to July 2014 he was married to Sarah Wiener.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* 1962 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors People educated at Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium {{Germany-actor-stub