
Wolf Kahler
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 fil...
Known For
Filmography

Whispers of Freedom
2024
as Bruno Kabát

The Great Escaper
2023
as Heinrich

Cognition
2020
as Doctor Zoger

The Mallorca Files
2019
as Hans Weber

Damascus Cover
2017
as Colonel Ludwig Streicher

Wonder Woman
2017
as German Commander

Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Nazi Officer

Cold Warrior
2012
as Bochinsky

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Doctor Hoffmanstahl

Shanghai
2010
as German Consul

Haber
2008
as Ludendorff

Inspector George Gently
2008
as Gunter Schmeikel

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
2006
as General von Plessen

The Girl in the Café
2005
as Herr Gerhardt

Einstein's Big Idea
2005
as Horlein

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Commentator

The Lost Battalion
2001
as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel

Band of Brothers
2001
as German General

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
as German 2nd

Britannic
2000
as Submarine Captain

Perfect World
2000
as Senior Group Head

Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
as Director of Ortogene

Firelight
1998
as Sussman

Loch Ness
1996
as Dr Muller

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Dieter Klausen

Backbeat
1994
as Bert Kaempfert

The Countess Alice
1993
as Werner

The Remains of the Day
1993
as German ambassador

Shining Through
1992
as Border Commandant

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as German 2nd

Soldier Soldier
1991
as Doctor Heller

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Kropp

The Bourne Identity
1988
as Gold Glasses

War and Remembrance
1988
as Anton Burger

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Col. Krieger

Make and Break
1987
as Doctor

Casualty
1986
as Alexander Chernov

Unfair Exchanges
1985
as German Interviewer

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985
as Gen. Sepp Dietrich

A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

Florence Nightingale
1985
as Gunther

Mussolini: The Untold Story
1985
as Skorzeny

Screen Two
1985
as German Interviewer

Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Major Schmidt

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as King of Bohemia

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as King of Bohemia
The Odd Job Man
1984
as Tauber

The Keep
1983
as S.S. Adjutant

Ascendancy
1983
as Muller

The Secret Adversary
1983
as The German

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
as The German

Firefox
1982
as KGB Chairman Andropov

Remembrance
1982
as Dutch Matelot

Q.E.D.
1982
as Technician

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Colonel Dietrich

Priest of Love
1981
as German Officer

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
1980
as Wolfgang Leonhard

The Sea Wolves
1980
as Trompeta

Rough Cut
1980
as De Gooyer

The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Helmut

The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Kaiser Wilhelm II

The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Real Estate Agent

The Boys from Brazil
1978
as Arno Schwimmer

Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as German Soldier
Hess
1978

The Sandbaggers
1978
as Lincke

March or Die
1977
as First German

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as SS Sgt. Major

The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
1976
as Ss Sergeant Major

Barry Lyndon
1975
as Prince of Tübingen