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Erwin Leder

Acting Born Jul 30, 1951 St. Pölten, Austria 24 credits

Biography

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Erwin Alois Robert Leder (born 30 July 1951 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria) is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his role as Chief Mechanic Johann in Das Boot, a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen about a mission of one World War II U-boat and its crew.

In 2003, Leder appeared as the lycan scientist Singe in the gothic horror/action film Underworld. He reprised his role in the sequel in a brief cameo as a corpse.

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Known for

Film

Young Frankenstein

as Rabe

Polizeiruf 110

as Georges Bottequin
Film

Schindler's List

as SS Waffen Officer

Vienna Crime Squad

as Josef Birkmayer
Film

Underworld

as Singe
Film

Das Boot

as Johann 'Das Gespenst'

Full filmography

  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Rabe
  • Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Georges Bottequin
  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996) as Harro
  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996) as Django
  • Schindler's List (1993) as SS Waffen Officer
  • Inspector Rex (1994) as Museumsführer
  • Inspector Rex (1994) as Patient
  • Vienna Crime Squad (2005) as Josef Birkmayer
  • Der Fahnder (1984) as Klaus Diehl
  • Underworld (2003) as Singe
  • Das Boot (1981) as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
  • The Three Musketeers (1993) as Peasant
  • Das Boot (1985) as Obermaschinist Johann
  • HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998) as Novak
  • Angst (1983) as Psychopath
  • CopStories (2013) as Professor Wagenstein
  • Die Straßen von Berlin (1995)
  • Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau (1996) as Norbert Höfel
  • The German Bronx (1997) as Kolja
  • Tierarzt Dr. Engel (1998) as Toni Bertsch
  • Tierarzt Dr. Engel (1998)
  • OP ruft Dr. Bruckner (1996) as Dr. Arno Seibt
  • Taxidermia (2006) as Krisztián
  • Blond: Eva Blond! (2002)