Hardy Krüger Jr. (born 9 May 1968) is a German actor. He is the son of the German actor-writer

Hardy Krüger Hardy Krüger (; born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increas ...

and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi.

Life

Krüger was born in

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, Switzerland. Shortly after his birth, his father took his wife and son to

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to live on the farm which had served as the backdrop for the film ''

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'', in which Krüger senior had appeared. The younger Krüger attended an international school in Germany and then, after training as a bartender, in 1989 he took acting classes in

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and acted in US television shows. In an interview in Volle Kanne (ZDF) Hardy Krüger Jr. stated he had also completed training as a chef. After graduating in 1991 he began his career in Germany with an appearance in the ARD series '' Nicht von schlechten Eltern'' and with the lead role in '' Gegen den Wind''. He has since appeared in several international productions such as ''Le Cocu magnifique'' (France, 1999), ''

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'' (France, 1999) and Roger Young's ''

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''. He also took a lead role in the 2004 ''

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'', which was awarded the

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for ''Best Film''. In May 2006 he first appeared as the replacement for Christian Wolff in ZDF's ''

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'', in which he played the lead role of the forester ''Stefan Leitner''. Krüger is a

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ambassador against child prostitution, a role for which he was rewarded by Kinderlachen with the "''Kind-Award 2006''". He has also become a patron of the charity "TukTuk-Tour" from Asia to Europe. He also accompanied Bundesminister Sigmar Gabriel on the creation of the Naturallianz by the CBD-COP9. His first marriage produced two sons and ended in divorce. In 2009 he remarried to Austrian communications trainer and painter Katrin Fehringer, with whom he lived in

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near Munich and with whom he adopted a girl from

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in 2009. They have another daughter and had a son (who died of crib death). They divorced in 2015.German magazine VIP
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Selective filmography

*1992–1996: '' Nicht von schlechten Eltern'' (TV series, 25 episodes), as Pascal Neumann *1995–1999: '' Gegen den Wind'' (TV series, 51 episodes), as Sven Westermann *1999: ' (TV film), as Ivan Ogareff *1999: ''Le Cocu magnifique'' (TV film), as Petrus *1999: ''

Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar ''Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar'' () is a 1999 comedy fantasy adventure film directed by Claude Zidi, the first installment in the ''Asterix'' film series based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics. The film combines plots of several Astér ...

'', as Tragicomix *1999: ''

Contaminated Man Contaminated Man is a 2000 thriller film starring William Hurt, Natascha McElhone, and Peter Weller and directed by Anthony Hickox from a screenplay by John Penney. A co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Hungary and f ...

'', as Plant Manager *2001: ' (TV film), as Eric Westbrook *2001: ''Bel Ami – Liebling der Frauen'' (TV film), as Julius De Rooy *2002: ''Vortex'', as Vincent *2002: ''

'' (TV film), as

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*2003: ''Nancy & Frank – A Manhattan Love Story'', as Frank Wagner *2003: ''Je reste!'', as John *2004: ''

'', as

Werner von Haeften Werner Karl Otto Theodor von Haeften (9 October 1908 – 21 July 1944) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot. Early life Haeften and his brother Hans B ...

*2005: ' (TV film), as Michael Bender *2006: '' Plötzlich Opa'' *2006–2013 : ''

'', lead role as forester ''Stefan Leitner'' *2009: ''Lilly Schönhauer'' – Paulas Traum *2010: ' *2011: ''Serengeti''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kruger, Hardy 1968 births Living people People from Lugano German male television actors German male film actors German people of Italian descent 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors