Portrait of Burghart Klaußner

Acting

Burghart Klaußner

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2007 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The White Ribbon
The White Ribbon
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Burghart Klaußner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Violence
    3.4, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 6
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Tense Atmosphere 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Biographical Drama 3
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • European Cinema 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Forbidden Love 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 68
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

as Karl Mengele

An einem Tag im September
An einem Tag im September (2025)

as Konrad Adenauer

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Manfred Fest

The Uncertainty Principle of Love
The Uncertainty Principle of Love (2023)

as Alexander

Oskar's Dress
Oskar's Dress (2022)
GoodWatch score 64

as Herr Kornmann

2010s

27 titles · average score 68
Brecht
Brecht (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Bertolt Brecht

Die Stadt und die Macht
Die Stadt und die Macht (2016)

TV show · as Manfred Degenhardt

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Kurt Hahn

13 Minutes
13 Minutes (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nebe

The People vs. Fritz Bauer
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

as Fritz Bauer

Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

as Harald Ott

Diplomacy
Diplomacy (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

as Captain Werner Ebernach

Inbetween Worlds
Inbetween Worlds (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

as Oberst Haar

Invasion
Invasion (2013)

as Josef

Lessons of a Dream
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gustav Merfeld

The Silence
The Silence (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

as Krischan Mittich

Young Goethe in Love
Young Goethe in Love (2010)
GoodWatch score 60

as Vater Buff

2000s

24 titles · average score 68
The White Ribbon
The White Ribbon (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

as The Pastor

Mediator
Mediator (2008)

as Mediator

The Reader
The Reader (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

as Judge

Yella
Yella (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Dr. Gunthen

The Man from the Embassy
The Man from the Embassy (2007)

as Herbert Neumann

Der Novembermann
Der Novembermann (2007)

as Hermann Droemer

Requiem
Requiem (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Karl Klingler

Die Luftbrücke
Die Luftbrücke (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Ernst Reuter

The Edukators
The Edukators (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

as Justus Hardenberg

The Runaway
The Runaway (2004)
GoodWatch score 65

as Born

Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
GoodWatch score 79

as Alex's Father

Durch dick und dünn
Durch dick und dünn (2001)

as Georg Krause

1990s

26 titles · average score 61
Ganz unten, ganz oben
Ganz unten, ganz oben (1999)

as Caspar Richter

Der blonde Affe
Der blonde Affe (1999)

as Bergen

SK Kölsch
SK Kölsch (1999)

TV show · as Elmar Hinterhauser

23
23 (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

as Weber

Das Böse
Das Böse (1998)

as Axel Wornitz

Wilsberg
Wilsberg (1995)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Gunnar Weltenbrink

Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms Fall
Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms Fall (1994)

as Björn Engholm

Child's Play
Child's Play (1993)
GoodWatch score 64

as Micha's Father

Adelheid und ihre Mörder
Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Dr. Siegbert Heimeran

The Denunciation
The Denunciation (1993)

as Werner Kraengel

Wolffs Revier
Wolffs Revier (1992)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Karl Koppermann

The Terrible Threesome
The Terrible Threesome (1991)

as Hausbesitzer

1980s

8 titles
Peter Strohm
Peter Strohm (1989)

TV show · as Georg Schattauer

Europe in the Evening
Europe in the Evening (1989)

as Reisebüro-Angestellter

Morgen in Shanghai
Morgen in Shanghai (1989)

TV show · as Thomas Affoldt

Die Männer vom K3
Die Männer vom K3 (1988)

TV show · as Jürgen Ramke

The Riddle Of The Sands
The Riddle Of The Sands (1985)

TV show · as Davies

Nieder mit den Deutschen
Nieder mit den Deutschen (1984)

as Sammy

Ziemlich weit weg
Ziemlich weit weg (1983)

as Lucas

The Axe of Wandsbek
The Axe of Wandsbek (1982)

as Laberdan, Wünschelrutengänger

1970s

2 titles · average score 64
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Ulrich Oppmann / Staatsanwalt

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Johannes Bonifaz Hackl / Ulf Thorning