
Klaus Wennemann
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-12-18 in Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany
Died
2000-01-07
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in Das Boot, and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder. As an actor, he appeared in nine movies, and ten television series. He died in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, at the age of 59, from lung cancer. He was married to the same woman from 1963 until his death; they had two sons together. Wennemann was good friends with fellow actor Jürgen Prochnow. Their real-life friendship further added to the on-screen friendship of their respective character roles, portrayed in the film Das Boot.
Most Known For

Scene of the Crime
as Frieder Schoen

Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self

Grimme Award
as Self

Der Fahnder
as Hannes Faber

Siska
as Busse

Auf Achse
as Hans Korff

Das Boot
as Chief Engineer

Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
as Horst-Wolfgang König

Das Boot
as Leitender Ingenieur

RTL Samstag Nacht

Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
as Kommissar Schuster

Einer wird gewinnen
as Self

Liebling Kreuzberg
as Rechtsanwalt Keller

Schwarz greift ein
as Henning Schwarz

Versteckte Kamera
as Self

Flitterabend
as Self

Vater braucht eine Frau
as Andreas Einstein

Zwei Brüder
as Hentschel

Morgen gehört der Himmel dir
as Oberst Rieger

Rote Erde
as Betriebsführer