Dietrich Mattausch is a German stage, film and television actor.BFI.org
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Life and career

Dietrich Mattausch was born on April 26, 1940, in Leitmeritz,

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(now Litoměřice, Czech Republic). He is a stage, film and television actor best known for ''

Der Fahnder ''Der Fahnder'' is a German television crime drama series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985. Cast ; Klaus Wennemann: Hannes Faber (episodes 1–91) ; Jörg Schüt ...

'' (1984), ''Die Straßen von Berlin'' (1995), and ''The Wonderful Years'' (1979). As a young adult, Mattausch trained as a forwarding agent and simultaneously took private acting lessons. He began his acting career at the Keller Theater in Mainz. In 1963 he played at Göttingen Youth Theatre, 1964–66 at the Comedy in

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, 1966–67 at Landestheater Schleswig, 1968–69 at

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, 1969 at the Bruchsal State Theatre, 1969–70 at Theater Baden-Baden, 1971 on the stages of Lübeck, and from 1972 to 1974 at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen. From 1975 to 1979 he was at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg where, directed by

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, he played the role of Rodrigo in ''Othello'' (1976), Camillo in ''The Winter's Tale'' (1978), Brinan in the German premiere of Ayckbourn's ''Jokes Aside'' (1979), and Kenneth in John Hopkins's ''Lost Time'' (1984). Other roles were Phileas Fogg in a

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production of ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1978) and Cassius in ''Julius Caesar'' (1986). In 1979 he joined the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin, where he continued to work with Zadek. Here he played Philinte in the premiere of Enzensberger's production of Molière's ''The Misanthrope'' (1979) and Vincentio/Hortensio in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1981). In 1980-81 he was a guest at the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich, playing a doctor in August Strindberg's ''The Father'', and in 1996-97 as President von Walter in Friedrich Schiller's ''Intrigue and Love''. In the 1984 TV film '' The Wannsee Conference'' (Ger., ''Die Wannseekonferenz''), Mattausch was in the starring role of SS-''

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, Chief of the

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(RSHA) and Deputy ''Reichsprotektor'' of Bohemia and Moravia. The film portrayed the events of the Wannsee Conference, held in Berlin in January 1942 to plan "

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" to Germany's "Jewish problem". The main theme of the film is the bureaucratic nature of the genocide. Dietrich Mattausch starred in numerous television films and series. He gained substantial popularity from the longstanding role of chief commissioner Rick in the ARD series ''

''. In 1992 he received (together with Felix Mitterer) the Adolf Grimme Silver Award for the ''Piefke Saga''. Mattausch married in 1999 and lives in Berlin with his wife Annette and their three children.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Wonderful Years ''The Wonderful Years'' (german: Die wunderbaren Jahre) is a 1980 West German drama film directed by Reiner Kunze and starring Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch and Christine Wodetzky. It was based on Kunze's own book '' Die wunderbar ...

'' (1979) * '' Der kostbare Gast'' (1979) * ' (1981) * ' (1981, TV film) * '' Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht'' (1983, TV series) * ''

The Roaring Fifties ''The Roaring Fifties'' (german: Die wilden Fünfziger ) is a 1983 West German comedy film directed by Peter Zadek and starring Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert and Peter Kern. It is based on the novel ''Hurra, wir leben noch'' by Johannes Mario Simmel. ...

'' (1983) * '' A Love in Germany'' (1983) * ''

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 b ...

: Haie vor Helgoland'' (1984, TV series episode) * ''

'' (1984–2005, TV series, 196 episodes) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' The Wannsee Conference'' (1984, TV film) * ' (1985) * ''

: Automord'' (1986, TV series episode) * ''

: Kopflos'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''

: Schmutzarbeit'' (1989, TV series episode) * ' (1989, TV film) * ''

: Alles Theater'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''

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: Ausgestiegen'' (1989, TV series episode) * ''The State Chancellery'' (1989, TV film) * ''

: Mörderisches Inserat'' (1990, TV series episode) * ''

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'' (1991) * ' (1991, TV film) * ''

Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht (Our teacher Doctor Specht) is a series of family author Kurt Bartsch, directors Werner Masten (episodes 1-57), Vera Loebner (episodes 58-63) and Karin Hercher (episodes 64-70), shooting starting in 1991 in Germany. ...

'' (1992–1999, TV series, 17 episodes) * ''

Ein Fall für zwei ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (''"A case for two"'') is a German television series, which premiered on 11 September 1981 on ZDF. The series, set in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private inves ...

: Gelegenheit macht Mörder'' (1993, TV series episode) * ''

: Ein Wodka zuviel'' (1994, TV series episode) * ''

: Nichts geht mehr'' (1995, TV series episode) * ''

: Mordauftrag'' (1995, TV series episode) * ''

: Mordsgefühle'' (1995, TV series episode) * '': Drei Tage Zeit'' (1995, TV series episode) * '' Die Straßen von Berlin'' (1995–2000, TV series, 24 episodes) * '': Der Goldjunge'' (1996, TV series episode) * ''

: Böses Blut'' (1996, TV series episode) * ''

: Das Totenspiel'' (1997, TV series episode) * ''

: Tödlicher Galopp'' (1997, TV series episode) * ''

: Todesbote'' (1998, TV series episode) * ''

: Mitten ins Herz'' (2002, TV series episode) * ''

: Reise ins Nichts'' (2002, TV series episode) * ''

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ("Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police") is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police (Autobahnpolizei), originally set in Berlin and since 1999 ...

: The Impact'' (2003, TV series episode) * ''

: Eine ehrliche Haut'' (2004, TV series episode) * ''

: Rollentausch'' (2006, TV series episode) * ' (2006, TV film) * ''

Ein starkes Team ''Ein starkes Team'' (German for: "a strong team") is a German crime television series developed by the German television channel ZDF since March 1994. Up to four new 90-minute episodes are broadcast annually, resulting in a current total of 89 ...

: Unter Wölfen'' (2007, TV series episode) * ''

: Blinder Glaube'' (2008, TV series episode) * ''

Der letzte Bulle ''Der letzte Bulle'' (''The Last Cop'') is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a policeman from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen. Plot The show is set in Essen, in the center of ...

: Nagel ins Herz'' (2013, TV series episode)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattausch, Dietrich 1940 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors People from Litoměřice Sudeten German people