Wolf Kahler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1940 (age 86)
- Birthplace
- Kiel, Germany
Biography
Wolf Kahler (born April 3, 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Known For
Filmography
Whispers of Freedom
Movie · as Bruno Kabát
The Great Escaper
Movie · as Heinrich
Cognition
Movie · as Doctor Zoger
The Mallorca Files
TV · as Hans Weber · 1 ep
Damascus Cover
Movie · as Colonel Ludwig Streicher
Wonder Woman
Movie · as German Commander
Cockneys vs Zombies
Movie · as Nazi Officer
Cold Warrior
Movie · as Bochinsky
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie · as Doctor Hoffmanstahl
Shanghai
Movie · as German Consul
Haber
Movie · as Ludendorff
Inspector George Gently
TV · as Gunter Schmeikel · 1 ep
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Movie · as General von Plessen
The Girl in the Café
Movie · as Herr Gerhardt
Einstein's Big Idea
Movie · as Horlein
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Commentator
The Lost Battalion
Movie · as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
Band of Brothers
TV · as German General · 1 ep
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · as German 2nd
Britannic
Movie · as Submarine Captain
Perfect World
TV · as Senior Group Head · 1 ep
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Movie · as Director of Ortogene
Firelight
Movie · as Sussman
Have Your Cake and Eat It
TV · as Gunther · 4 eps
Loch Ness
Movie · as Dr Muller
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Dieter Klausen · 1 ep
Backbeat
Movie · as Bert Kaempfert
The Countess Alice
Movie · as Werner
The Remains of the Day
Movie · as German ambassador
Shining Through
Movie · as Border Commandant
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as German 2nd · 1 ep
Soldier Soldier
TV · as Doctor Heller · 1 ep
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
TV · as Capt. Ruttemann · 2 eps
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Movie · as Kropp
The Bourne Identity
TV · as Gold Glasses · 1 ep
War and Remembrance
TV · as Anton Burger · 1 ep
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Movie · as Col. Krieger
Make and Break
Movie · as Doctor
Casualty
TV · as Alexander Chernov · 1 ep
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Movie · as Gen. Sepp Dietrich
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie · as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
Florence Nightingale
Movie · as Gunther
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV · as Skorzeny · 4 eps
Screen Two
TV · as German Interviewer · 1 ep
Unfair Exchanges
Movie · as German Interviewer
Mistral's Daughter
TV · as Major Schmidt · 8 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as King of Bohemia · 1 ep
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as King of Bohemia · 1 ep
The Odd Job Man
TV · as Tauber · 3 eps
The Keep
Movie · as S.S. Adjutant
Ascendancy
Movie · as Muller
The Secret Adversary
Movie · as The German
High Road to China
Movie · as Von Hess
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV · as The German · 1 ep
Firefox
Movie · as KGB Chairman Andropov
Remembrance
Movie · as Dutch Matelot
Q.E.D.
TV · as Technician · 1 ep
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie · as Colonel Dietrich
Priest of Love
Movie · as German Officer
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
Movie · as Wolfgang Leonhard
The Sea Wolves
Movie · as Trompeta
Rough Cut
Movie · as De Gooyer
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
Movie · as Self
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · as Helmut
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie · as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The House on Garibaldi Street
Movie · as Real Estate Agent
The Boys from Brazil
Movie · as Arno Schwimmer
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie · as German Soldier
Hess
Movie
The Sandbaggers
TV · as Lincke · 1 ep
March or Die
Movie · as First German
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as SS Sgt. Major · 1 ep
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie · as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Movie · as Ss Sergeant Major
Barry Lyndon
Movie · as Prince of Tübingen