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Acting

Jan Niklas

Career: Active from 1973 to 2008, busiest in 1984 and 2003 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Verdi
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jan Niklas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
0.8, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
0.6, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
0.4, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Historical Drama 3
Character Study 3
Period Piece 2
Biographical Drama 2
Political Intrigue 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

11 titles · average score 64

Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt

59

as Jargonov

Summer Solstice

as Oscar

Rosamunde Pilcher - Magic of Love

TV show

Plain Truth

65

as Aaron Fitch

Winter Solstice

54

TV show · as Oscar Blundell

Winter Solstice

65

as Oscar Blundell

Gestern gibt es nicht

as Gerd Puttgammer

The Praying Mantis

as Ulrich Stein

Wambo

as Dr. Fischer

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

77

TV show · as Fritz Pfeffer

Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft

TV show · as Ben Caspary

1990s

12 titles · average score 56

Assignment Berlin

52

as Hauptkommissar Hans Osler

Der letzte Zeuge

62

TV show · as Walter Deven

Queen of the Lake

60

as King Richard

Tödliche Diamanten

as Staatsanwalt Pallavicini

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits

as Philip

Ein tödliches Vergehen

as Alex Neumann

Männer sind was Wunderbares

TV show · as Sebastian Bodeck

as Alexander West

Tafelspitz

as Thomas Jefferson

Red Hot

65

as Yorgi

The House of the Spirits

50

as Count Jean de Satigny

Dr. M

49

as Lt. Claus Hartman

1980s

16 titles · average score 70

The Rose Garden

72

as Paessler

Peter the Great

77

TV show · as Young Peter the Great

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

66

TV show · as Prince Erich

Colonel Redl

75

as Christoph

Loose Connections

as Axel Hoffman

as Heinrich

Verdi

90

as Angelo Mariani

Verdi

76

TV show · as Angelo Mariani

as Randy

Der Thronfolger

as Hans Hermann von Katte

Kabale und Liebe

as Ferdinand von Walter

The Formula

32

as Gestapo Captain

1970s

13 titles · average score 59

Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie

TV show · as Ernst Chindler

as Theodor

Die Kette

TV show · as Douglas Craft

Der Fall Winslow

as John Watherstone

The Clown

as Leo, Hans’ Bruder

21 Hours at Munich

61

as Schreiber's Aide

Der Katzensteg

as Boleslav von Schranden

Das ohnmächtige Pferd

as Bertram

Derrick

63

TV show · as Herr Sass / Roland Lieboth

Operation Lady Marlene

48

as Kramer

Ein besserer Herr

as Harry Compass

Scene of the Crime

66

TV show · as Louis Sobeke