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in the 2004 World War II film ''Downfall'', and as Nazi commander Klaus Adler in the 2012 comic science fiction film '' Iron Sky''.

Biography

Otto was born in Dietzenbach and his parents ran a bakery in the city. He played Mr. Stamper, the villain Elliot Carver's assistant, in the 1997

film ''

''. When called for casting, Otto was given twenty seconds to introduce himself. Saying "I'm big, I'm bad, and I'm German", the 198 cm (6 ft 6 inches) actor did it in five. Otto also played minor roles of epic Nazi films such as the 1993

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'' as an SS guard. He later played the role of SS-Sturmbannführer

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'' in Bremen in 2011 fulfilled a long-standing desire to act in the Western genre. In 2012, he starred in the film '' Iron Sky'' as the movie's primary antagonist – Moon Nazi officer Adler, who infiltrates the US and plots to become Führer of the Moon Nazi colony. He has tried his hand to being an occasional race car driver. In 2007, he raced in the German Mini Challenge VIP car at

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, but, after a strong performance in the first race, he rolled the car on the second turn of race two. He was given another opportunity in the Mini Challenge VIP Car as part of the 2008 German Grand Prix weekend at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto, Gotz 1967 births Living people German male television actors German racing drivers People from Offenbach (district) German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Racing drivers from Hesse Male actors from Hesse