Günther Maria Halmer
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1943 in Rosenheim, Germany
- Died
- May 11, 2026
- Active Years
- 1969–2024 (56 Years)
- Total Credits
- 220 credits in database
Biography
Subject: Günther Maria Halmer (Acting).
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Name: Günther Maria Halmer (also known as Günther-Maria Halme).
Profession: German actor.
Birth: January 5, 1943, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany.
Death: May 10, 2026 (Sources [2], [4], [5]) or May 11, 2026 (Source [1]). Cause: Cancer. Age: 83. Location: Bavaria, Germany.
Known for/Credits: Sophie's Choice (1982), Gandhi (1982), Anwalt Abel (1988), Amen., Granny Nanny, Family Party, Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen, Oh Tannenbaum, and The State I Am In. Breakthrough in 1974 as Karl „Tscharlie“ Häusler in the television series Münchner G.
Other info: Philanthropist for SOS Children's Villages. Married to Claudia Halmer.
Draft 1: Günther Maria Halmer was a German actor born on January 5, 1943, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. He was known for his work in films such as Sophie's Choice (1982), Gandhi (1982), and Anwalt Abel (1988). Other credits include Amen., Granny Nanny, Family Party, Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen, Oh Tannenbaum, and The State I Am In. Halmer achieved a breakthrough in 1974 playing Karl Tscharlie Häusler in the television series Münchner G. Beyond acting, he was a philanthropist for SOS Children's Villages. He was married to Claudia Halmer. Halmer died of cancer on May 10, 2026, in Bavaria, Germany,
Career overview
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Name: Günther Maria Halmer (also known as Günther-Maria Halme).
Born: January 5, 1943, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany.
Died: May 10, 2026 (Sources [2], [4], [5]) or May 11, 2026 (Source [1]). Died of cancer.
Profession: German actor.
Known for: Sophie's Choice (1982), Gandhi (1982), Anwalt Abel (1988).
Breakthrough: 1974 as Karl "Tscharlie" Häusler in the television series Münchner G [Source 4].
Other works: Amen., Granny Nanny, Family Party, Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen, Oh Tannenbaum, and The State I Am In.
Credits: 203 (TMDB).
Other info: Philanthropist for SOS Children's Villages; married to Claudia Halmer.
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Günther Maria Halmer was a German actor born on January 5, 1943, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. He achieved a career breakthrough in 1974 playing the role of Munich artist Karl Tscharlie Häusler in the television series Münchner G. Throughout his career, he accumulated 203 known credits.
Paragraph 2: Notable works.
Halmer is recognized for his work in several films and television productions. He is known for his roles in the 1982 films Sophie's Choice and Gandhi, as well as the 1988 production Anwalt Abel. His filmography also includes titles such as Amen., Granny Nanny, Family Party, Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen, Oh Tannenbaum, and The State I Am In.
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Günther Maria Halmer was a German actor born on January 5, 1943, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. He experienced a career breakthrough in 1974 when he portrayed the Munich artist Karl Tscharlie Häusler in the television series Münchner G. Over the course of his professional life, he earned 203 known credits.
Halmer is widely recognized for his performances in notable productions such as the 1982 films Sophie's Choice and Gandhi. He was also known for his work in Anwalt Abel in 1988. His extensive body of work includes various other titles, including Amen., Granny Nanny, Family Party, Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen, Oh Tannenbaum, and The State I Am In.
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220 titles- Max and the Senior Squad (2024) as Kilian von Hohenburg
- Trapps Sommer (2024) as Georg Trapp
- Weißt du noch? (2023) as Günter
- Mein Vater, der Esel und ich (2023) as Hartmut 'Bonanza' Zeller
- Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück (2021) as Bernd
- Rosamunde Pilcher: Stadt, Land, Kuss (2021) as Sir Henry Bolton
- Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen (2021) as Curt Wieland
- Granny Nanny (2020) as Harald
- Lang lebe die Königin (2020) as Werner
- Max und die wilde 7 (2020) as Kilian von Hohenburg
- Eine ganz heiße Nummer 2.0 (2019)
- Schmucklos (2019) as Franz Pfeffer
- Love in Persian (2018) as Achim
- Bist du glücklich? (2018) as Roman
- One Man's Happiness (2018) as Dr. Walter Nachtheim
- Wir lieben das Leben (2018) as Max Kowalke
- The Garden (2017) as Erich
- Von Erholung war nie die Rede (2017) as Edgar Schultze
- Ringlstetter (2016) as self
- Die Hochzeit meiner Eltern (2016) as Peter
- Family Party (2015) as Hannes Westhoff
- Prinzessin Maleen (2015) as Fürst Theodor
- Tief durchatmen, die Familie kommt (2015) as Edgar Schultze
- Lebenslinien (2014) as Self
- Vier Drillinge sind einer zu viel (2014) as Dr. Jakob Buchmann
- Utta Danella - Die Himmelsstürmer (2014) as Martin Waldheim
- Alles Chefsache! (2013) as Theo Hansen
- Unheil in den Bergen (2013) as Max Sterzinger
- Harry nervt (2013) as Harry Wegener
- Katie Fforde - Diagnose Liebe (2012) as Dr. Harold Meyen
- Zwei übern Berg (2012) as Alfons Keilinger
- The Perjured Farmer (2012) as Franz Bruckner
- Die Nonne und der Kommissar - Verflucht (2012) as Kommissar Josef Baumert
- Ein Drilling kommt selten allein (2012) as Dr. Jakob Buchmann
- Shades of Happiness (2011) as Franz Engler
- Utta Danella - Liebe mit Lachfalten (2011) as Steffen Berger
- Willkommen auf dem Land (2011) as Léo
- Ladylike – Jetzt erst recht! (2010) as Ewald
- Eine Sennerin zum Verlieben (2010) as Bernhard Maiwald
- Sonntagsvierer (2010) as Dieter Thomas Brandt
- Fresh Breeze (2009) as Kurt Tobaben
- Gletscherblut (2009) as Bürgermeister Georg Hirtner
- Die Nonne und der Kommissar - Todesengel (2009) as Kommissar Josef Baumert
- Mein Nachbar, sein Dackel & ich (2009) as Siegfried Schroff
- Bauernprinzessin III - In der Zwickmühle (2009) as Xaver
- Markus Lanz (2008) as Self
- Melodies of Spring (2008) as Annas Vater
- Liebe für Fortgeschrittene (2008) as Otto Frank
- Mord in aller Unschuld (2008) as Kommissar Westhoff
- Nachtlinie (2007) as Self
- Der Sonntags-Stammtisch (2007) as Self
- The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007) as Maries Vater
- Oh Tannenbaum (2007) as Dr. Wagner
- Mein Traum von Afrika (2007) as John
- Hilfe, die Familie kommt! (2007) as Leo Bredemeyer
- Die großen und die kleinen Wünsche - Amors Pfeile (2007) as Albert Marquard
- Die großen und die kleinen Wünsche - David gegen Goliath (2007) as Albert Marquard
- Bauernprinzessin II - Kopf oder Herz (2007) as Xaver
- Der Kriminalist (2006) as Gonzo Schilling
- Valley of the Wild Roses (2006) as Charles Anderson
- Agathe kann’s nicht lassen (2006) as Gregor Moll
- Plötzlich Opa (2006) as Ludwig Ettenberger
- Endloser Horizont (2006) as Hinrich Lackner
- Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose (2006) as George Duncannon
- Kunstfehler (2006) as Chefarzt Dr. Werner Blessing
- Die Nonne und der Kommissar (2006) as Kommissar Josef Baumert
- Thadeusz (2005) as self
- Die Konferenz (2005) as Holger Stubenrauch
- Ein Koala-Bär allein zu Haus (2005) as Ernst
- Marias's Last Journey (2005) as Dr. Fritz Osterhahn
- Drei teuflisch starke Frauen (2005) as Hans Sommer
- Liebe hat Vorfahrt (2005) as Dr. Alain Mayer
- Das Traumhotel (2004) as Lorenz Henschel
- Bauernprinzessin I (2004) as Xaver
- 21 Liebesbriefe (2004) as Westhoff
- Die schnelle Gerdi und die Hauptstadt (2004) as Rocco
- Die Liebe hat das letzte Wort (2004) as Prof. Robert Senden
- ZIBB (2003) as Self
- Gipfeltreffen (2003) as self
- Wedding Shower (2003) as Virgil Winter
- Utta Danella - Die andere Eva (2003) as Klaus Seebacher
- The Miracle of Lengede (2003) as Dr. Heiner Dietz
- Das Wunder von Lengede (2003) as Dr. Heiner Dietz
- Mann gesucht, Liebe gefunden (2003) as Wieland Busch aka Belinda Herzog
- Alles Samba (2003) as Claudio Bachmann
- Mörderherz (2002) as Daniel Elsner
- Im Visier der Zielfahnder (2002) as Konrad Schandau
- Amen. (2002) as Pastor Dibelius
- Himmel, Polt und Hölle (2002) as Virgil Winter
- Bis dass dein Tod uns scheidet (2002) as Gunnar Mosbach
- Das Geheimnis des Lebens (2002) as Kommissar Längsfeld
- Am Ende des Tunnels (2002) as Andreas Auffermann
- Andreas Hofer (2002) as General Kinkel
- Herz oder Knete (2002) as Carl Morus
- Ghetto-Kids (2002) as Xaver Friedmann
- Charlotte Link: Das Haus der Schwestern (2002) as Fernand
- Murder in the Mountains (2001) as Robert Neidhardt
- Drehkreuz Airport (2001)
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) as Heinz Stegmayr
- The State I Am In (2001) as Klaus
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001) as Heinz Stegmayr
- Abendschau (2000) as Self
- Abendschau (2000) as self
- Menschen der Woche (2000) as Self
- Der Weibsteufel (2000) as Quirin
- Lourdes (2000) as Kaplan Peyramale
- Trennungsfieber (2000) as Fritz Bauer
- Volle Kanne (1999) as Self
- Gnadenlos 2 - Ausgeliefert und mißbraucht (1999) as Dr. Landau
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) as Self
- Der letzte Zeuge (1998) as Herbert Seidel
- Die Cleveren (1998) as Hermann Hünnekens
- The Deep End of the Ocean (1998) as Commissaire Gennari / Kommissar Gennari
- Leute heute (1997) as Self
- Ein Mord für Quandt (1997) as Michael Fuss
- Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) as Notar Schmidseder
- Ein flotter Dreier (1996)
- Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen (1996) as Inspector Landau
- Kulturzeit (1995) as self
- Die Straßen von Berlin (1995) as Arnold Knapp
- Jury Trial (1995) as Fabian Stöhr
- Tödliche Wahl (1995) as Michael Naumann
- Tödliche Wahl (1995) as Michael Naumann
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994) as Self
- Die Kommissarin (1994) as Karl Rehmann
- Faust (1994) as Roman Fichte
- Weißblaue Wintergeschichten (1994) as Karl-Ferdinand Radtke
- Hagedorns Tochter (1994) as Karl-Georg 'KGB' Balinger
- Der Fall Lucona (1993) as Kapitän Leuwen
- Candles in the Dark (1993) as Pastor Harma
- Riverboat (1992) as Self
- By Way of the Stars (1992) as Heinrich von Knabig
- The Democratic Terrorist (1992) as Colonel May
- The First Circle (1992) as Wladimir Tschelnow
- L'Atlantide (1992) as Bielowsky
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- Boulevard Bio (1991) as Self
- I Misteri Della Giungla Nera (1991) as Stefan Krüger
- Ausgetrickst (1991) as Thomas Winter
- Im Dunstkreis (1991) as Kolb
- Abenteuer Airport (1990) as Hans Kristensen
- Projekt Aphrodite (1990)
- Abraham's Gold (1990) as Karl Lechner
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (1989) as Self
- Blaues Blut (1989) as Barry Ryder
- Bangkok Story (1989) as Dombrowsky
- Quarantäne (1989) as Amtsrichter Betz
- The Saint: Wrong Number (1989) as Otto Schmidt
- Ein verhexter Sommer (1989) as Christoph
- War and Remembrance (1988) as Rudolf Hoess
- Anwalt Abel (1988) as Jean Abel
- Lenin: The Train (1988) as Von Planetz
- Off Season (1988) as Fussek
- Nachtcafé (1987) as Self
- The Second Victory (1987) as Rudi Winkler
- Rebellion der Gehenkten (1987) as Ramon
- Showgeschichten (1986) as Self
- Peter the Great (1986) as Count Tolstoy
- Roncalli (1986) as Bruno Roncalli
- Operation Dead End (1986) as Frank
- Auf den Tag genau (1986)
- Ein fernes Leben (1986) as Klaus Weber
- Der Fahnder (1984)
- Weißblaue Geschichten (1984) as Sebastian Stocker
- Billet doux (1984) as Canaveral, le dessinateur
- Der Millionen-Coup (1984) as Daniel Reilly
- Die Nacht der vier Monde (1984) as Marco
- Le dernier civil (1984) as Kalahne
- Wie hätten Sie’s denn gern? (1983) as Hermann
- Krimistunde (1982) as Lew Rydell
- Sophie's Choice (1982) as Rudolf Höss
- Gandhi (1982) as Dr. Herman Kallenbach
- Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior (1982) as Edmonde Fauvel
- A Case For Two (1981) as Gussmann
- A Case For Two (1981) as Guido Engelhardt
- A Case For Two (1981) as Harald Aumüller
- A Case For Two (1981) as Max Sattler
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Sebastian Manker
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Michael Bertram
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Gerd Janosch
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Martin Klarenfeld
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Jochen Körner
- Das Traumschiff (1981) as Gerhard Müller-Berg
- Grenzgänger (1981) as Gerhardt Hollai
- Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981) as Herr Klemnitz
- Caleb Williams (1980) as Ferdinand Falkland
- Caleb Williams (1980) as Ferdinand Falkland
- Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (1980) as Alfons Klostermeyer
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979) as Michael Pölt
- Achtung Kunstdiebe (1979) as Max
- Fast wia im richtigen Leben (1979) as Titelhändler Dr. Lentic
- Lucky Star (1979) as Robert Lehner, Kathi's Father
- SOKO München (1978) as Härtl
- Anton Keil, der Specialkommissär (1978)
- Zeit zum Aufstehen (1978)
- Mirjam und der Lord vom Rummelplatz (1978) as Lord
- Feuerwasser (1978) as Joe Glick
- The Old Fox (1977) as Kurt Engel
- The Old Fox (1977) as Stephan Kleinschmidt
- Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977) as Franz Pfeffer
- Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977) as Pfeffer-Franzäh
- Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
- 21 Hours at Munich (1976) as Spitzer
- Margarete in Aix (1976) as Colin, Spielmann
- Weder Tag noch Stunde (1976) as Alois
- Die Angst ist ein zweiter Schatten (1975)
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Derrick (1974) as Jochen Karo
- Münchner Geschichten (1974) as Karl Häusler, 'Tscharlie'
- Macbett (1973)
- 8051 Grinning (1972) as Lanz
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Eckel
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Gerhardt Hollai
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Dr. Rademacher
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Sigi Riedmüller
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Rechtsanwalt Weinrauch
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Hanns Damm
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Max Lasinger
- Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin (1969) as Polizist
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What movies or TV shows is Günther Maria Halmer best known for?
Günther Maria Halmer is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Max and the Senior Squad (2024), Granny Nanny (2020), Max und die wilde 7 (2020), Ringlstetter (2016).
When and where was Günther Maria Halmer born?
Günther Maria Halmer was born on January 5, 1943 in Rosenheim, Germany. They passed away on May 11, 2026.
How many credits does Günther Maria Halmer have?
Günther Maria Halmer has accumulated over 220 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1969 to 2024.
What is Günther Maria Halmer's background in cinema and television?
Subject: Günther Maria Halmer (Acting). Task: Write a 90-130 word factual identity profile. Constraints: Use ONLY provided sources. No invented details. No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points. Plain text only. Neutral, encyclopedic prose. Word count target: 90-130 words. Name: Günther Maria Halmer (al...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977) as Franz Pfeffer — aged about 34
- Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977) as Pfeffer-Franzäh — aged about 34
- Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) as Notar Schmidseder — aged about 53
- Die Straßen von Berlin (1995) as Arnold Knapp — aged about 52
- Die Kommissarin (1994) as Karl Rehmann — aged about 51
- War and Remembrance (1988) as Rudolf Hoess — aged about 45
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