Waldemar Kobus (born 1966) is a German actor.

Biography

Kobus was born in Szczytno, Poland and, as an ethnic German, moved to Germany in 1970.biography
/ref> From 1988 until 1991 he attended the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule school of performing arts in Munich, Germany. Afterwards he performed in several theatre plays in

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, Bochum, Stuttgart,

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. He has starred in TV shows since the early 1990s and as of 2001 began to be recognised by the public for his roles in movies and TV shows, in particular thanks to his role in the German comedy show

Alles Atze ''Alles Atze'' (English: ''Everything Atze'') is a German comedy television series which aired on RTL between 2000 and 2007.

, in which he plays the police officer 'Viktor Schimanek'. His international breakthrough was his 'SS officer Günther Franken' role in the movie

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. In 2007 he spoke the voice of the Yeti in the animation movie Lissi und der wilde Kaiser. He also played in the movie

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) he plays the police-chief of Berlin. In October 2008 he starred in the WWII movie

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Personal life

Waldemar Kobus is married to the German actress Traute Hoess. Together they live in Bochum.

Filmography

* ''Ein Fall für TKKG: Drachenauge'' (1992) - Otto * ''

Sonnenallee ''Sonnenallee'' (''Sun Avenue'' or ''Sun Alley'') is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, ''Am kürzere ...

'' (1999) - Samson * ''

Alles Atze ''Alles Atze'' (English: ''Everything Atze'') is a German comedy television series which aired on RTL between 2000 and 2007.

'' (2000–2007) - Viktor Schimanek / Hektor * ''Narren'' (2003) - Wirt * '' Besser als Schule'' (2004) - Ralph * '' Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' (2004) - Hofwache * ''

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'' (2004) - Arnold Heinrich * '' Black Book'' (2006) - Günther Franken * '' Waiter'' (2006) - Richard * ''Die Österreichische Methode'' (2006) - Hausmeister in Skihalle * '' Fashion Victims'' (2007) - Banker Harald Topfmöller * ''Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig'' (2007) - Polizist * ' (2007) - Harry Möller (segment "Artikel 9") * ''Freischwimmer'' (2007) - Kellner * ''Lissi no reino dos birutas'' (2007) - Yeti (voice) * ''Beautiful Bitch'' (2007) - Wirt * ''Jakobs Bruder'' (2007) - Matthias Goldt * ' (2007) - Dr. Wesener * ''

'' (2008) - Vinny - Cruncher Thug * ''

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) - Stephan Bronski * ''

'' (2008) - Colonel Pflueger * ''

'' (2008) - Police Chief Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf * ''Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben'' (2009) - Herr Megert * ''Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen'' (2009) - Wolle * ' (2009) - Franz Kogler * ''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

'' (2009) - Halvar - Wickie's father * ' (2009) - Schulze * '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' (2010) - Eberhard Frowein * ' (2010) - Manni * '' Nemesis'' (2010) - Karl * ''

Alive and Ticking ''Alive and Ticking'' (german: Ein Tick anders) is a German comedy film directed by . It was released in 2011. Plot Eva is a 17-year-old girl with Tourette syndrome. Most of the time, she is happy, because her crazy, but loving family accepts h ...

'' (2011) - Daddy Strumpf * ''

Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods ''Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods'' (german: Wickie auf großer Fahrt) is a 2011 German 3D film, 3D adventure film directed by Christian Ditter. It is the sequel to the 2009 film ''Vicky the Viking (film), Vicky the Viking''. Plot During a r ...

'' (2011) - Halvar * ''Das Haus der Krokodile'' (2012) - Herr Strichninsky * ''

Russian Disco ''Russian Disco'' (german: Russendisko) is a 2012 German comedy film based on the eponymous novel by Wladimir Kaminer. Cast * Matthias Schweighöfer - Wladimir Kaminer * Friedrich Mücke - Mischa * Christian Friedel - Andrej * Peri Baumeister ...

'' (2012) - Rabbi * ' (2012) - Karsten Leimer * ' (2013) - Battista Rossi * ''Wendy'' (2017) - Klaus Röttgers * '' The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017) - Dr. Ziegler * '' The Captain'' (2017) * '' Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes'' (2023)

References

External links

* 1966 births Living people People from Szczytno German male television actors German male film actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub