Uwe Karpa (born 18 September 1945) is a German actor and

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Acting career

He has been performing roles in theatre, film, and television since 1965. Karpa received his acting training in

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. He performed in theatres in, among others, Frankfurt an der Oder,

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, and

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. On television, he was particularly well known between 1996 and 2005 in the role of staff nurse Brenneke (''Oberpfleger Brenneke'') in the series ''

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''. He had his cinematic debut in 1965 in ''Berlin um die Ecke''. In 2007 in ''Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex'', he played the role of the police chief.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Deutsche Synchronkartei entry

Uwe Karpa at Ramona Mohren talent agency
1945 births Living people Male actors from Berlin German male television actors German male film actors German male stage actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub