Wilfried Baasner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1940
- Died
- March 28, 2006 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Mohrungen, Germany
Biography
Wilfried Baasner (born May 28, 1940, in Mohrungen; died March 28, 2006, in Athens) was a German actor. Baasner grew up in Lauenburg and Hamburg. At the age of 17, he left secondary school and began his acting training at the Hamburger Kammerspiele under Ida Ehre. This was followed by theater engagements at various venues, including the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, the Wiener Volkstheater, the Wiener Schauspielhaus, the Hamburger Kammerspiele, the Landesbühne Hannover, and the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin. In 1982, Baasner received the prestigious Kainz Medal for his portrayal of John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's *The Elephant Man* at the Schauspielhaus Wien. He also garnered significant acclaim for his role in the television drama *Hautnah* (1985), which was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize. Baasner achieved nationwide fame through his role as the unscrupulous Achim Lauritzen in the ZDF television series *Das Erbe der Guldenburgs*. His bald head—originally shaved for a production of Bertolt Brecht's *The Threepenny Opera*, in which he played Mackie Messer—later became his trademark. During the final years of his life, Baasner lived primarily in Greece. He died in 2006 in a hospital in Athens.
Known For
Filmography
Edel & Starck
TV · as Markus Borell · 1 ep
Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft
TV · as Manfred Dittrich · 1 ep
The Peppercorns
TV · as Herr Raffmann · 1 ep
The Seventh Scroll
TV · as Lord Intef · 2 eps
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
TV · 1 ep
Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten
TV · as Jochen Schütter · 1 ep
Klinik unter Palmen
TV · as Kaminsky · 1 ep
Mit verbundenen Augen
Movie · as Albert Steiner
Der schwarze Fluch
Movie · as Attorney General Winston
Unser Charly
TV · as Manfred Völkel · 1 ep
Die Straßen von Berlin
TV · as Hansi Prybilla · 1 ep
Die Wache
TV · as Cornetti · 1 ep
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV · as Lutz Gerlach · 1 ep
Der blaue Diamant
Movie · as Boris Ottinski (Otto)
Hecht & Haie
TV · as Voss · 1 ep
Die Trotzkis
TV · 1 ep
Four Junior Detectives
Movie · as Hirnvogel
Wolffs Revier
TV · as Walter Keilhoff · 1 ep
Die Frosch-Intrige
Movie · as Bürgermeister Wutte
Novak
TV · as Karl Kammerlocher · 18 eps
Die Männer vom K3
TV · as Leo Biehl · 1 ep
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
TV · as Achim Lauritzen · 40 eps
The Lenz Papers
Movie · as Glaubnitz
Lenz oder die Freiheit
TV · as Glaubnitz · 4 eps
Hautnah
Movie · as Meilick
Coconuts
Movie · as Kern
Tod eines Schaustellers
Movie · as Schuster
Der Fahnder
TV · as Jöckle · 1 ep
Karambolage
Movie · as King
I.O.B. Spezialauftrag
TV · as Staatsanwalt · 1 ep
Die Montagsmaler
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Derrick
TV · as Rotter, Koller · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Jelenak, Diedrichs · 1 ep
Bezaubernde Mama
Movie · as Yve Lemonnier