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Waldemar Kobus

Acting Born Apr 16, 1966 Szczytno, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland 24 credits

Biography

Waldemar Kobus (born 1966 in Szczytno [Ortelsburg], Poland) is a German actor.

Waldemar Kobus immigrated to Germany from Poland in 1970 as an ethnic German repatriate and grew up in Düren. Following his acting training at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich, he secured engagements at renowned theaters in Frankfurt, Bochum, Stuttgart, Zurich, Vienna, and Cologne. Since the early 1990s, he has worked regularly in film and television, with his focus shifting increasingly toward on-camera work starting in 2001.

Kobus gained widespread recognition primarily through his role as the police officer Viktor Schimanek in the RTL comedy series Alles Atze. He garnered international attention for his portrayal of the SS officer Günther Franken in Black Book. He played other notable roles in films such as Lissi und der wilde Kaiser, Speed Racer, and Valkyrie, as well as the role of the Viking chieftain Halvar in Vicky the Viking and its sequel.

In addition to his acting work, Kobus also performs as a popular entertainer during the Cologne Carnival. He lives in Berlin with his wife, the actress Traute Hoess.

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Known for

Film

Young Frankenstein

as Dinkel, Hausmeister
Film

Young Frankenstein

as Paul Wattenscheid

DAS!

as Self

Polizeiruf 110

as Rudolf Bröcker

Polizeiruf 110

as Bernd Emil Jaschke

Kölner Treff

as Self

Babylon Berlin

as Döhmann

Der letzte Bulle

as Lars Reuter

Letzte Spur Berlin

as Reuter

Full filmography

  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Dinkel, Hausmeister
  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Paul Wattenscheid
  • DAS! (1991) as Self
  • Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Rudolf Bröcker
  • Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Bernd Emil Jaschke
  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996) as Charles Zettelmaier
  • Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
  • SOKO Leipzig (2001) as Kurt Vetter
  • Babylon Berlin (2017) as Döhmann
  • A Case For Two (1981) as Naumann
  • A Case For Two (1981)
  • SOKO Köln (2003) as Bernie Pelzer
  • SOKO Köln (2003) as Patrick Auer
  • SOKO Köln (2003) as Tommy Meisle
  • Tigerenten Club (1996) as self
  • Großstadtrevier (1986) as Bernd Kranz
  • Wilsberg (1995) as Kaplan
  • Wilsberg (1995) as Dekan Braun
  • Hamburg Dockland (2007) as Bernhard
  • Der letzte Bulle (2010) as Lars Reuter
  • The Peppercorns (1999) as Torsten Kaschinsky
  • Die Wache (1994) as Verkäufer
  • Der Staatsanwalt (2005) as Hans Witte
  • Letzte Spur Berlin (2012) as Reuter