Wolf Kahler

Birthday:
04/03/1940
Place of birth:
Kiel, Germany:
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 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Credits

Whispers of Freedom (2024)
as Bruno Kabát
The Great Escaper (2023)
as Heinrich
Cognition (2020)
as Doctor Zoger
Damascus Cover (2017)
as Colonel Ludwig Streicher
Wonder Woman (2017)
as German Commander
Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
as Nazi Officer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Doctor Hoffmanstahl
Shanghai (2010)
as German Consul
Haber (2008)
as Ludendorff
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
as General von Plessen
Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
as Horlein
The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Herr Gerhardt
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Commentator
The Lost Battalion (2001)
as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as German 2nd
Britannic (2000)
as Submarine Captain
Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999)
as Director of Ortogene
Firelight (1998)
as Sussman
Loch Ness (1996)
as Dr Muller
Backbeat (1994)
as Bert Kaempfert
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as German ambassador
The Countess Alice (1993)
as Werner
Shining Through (1992)
as Border Commandant
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
as Kropp
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
as Col. Krieger
Make and Break (1987)
as Doctor
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
Florence Nightingale (1985)
as Gunther
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
as Gen. Sepp Dietrich
Unfair Exchanges (1985)
as German Interviewer
The Keep (1983)
as S.S. Adjutant
The Secret Adversary (1983)
as The German
Ascendancy (1983)
as Muller
Remembrance (1982)
as Dutch Matelot
Firefox (1982)
as KGB Chairman Andropov
Priest of Love (1981)
as German Officer
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Colonel Dietrich
The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Trompeta
Rough Cut (1980)
as De Gooyer
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) (1980)
as Wolfgang Leonhard
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
as Real Estate Agent
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Helmut
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
as Arno Schwimmer
Hess (1978)
Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as German Soldier
March or Die (1977)
as First German
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

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