Portrait of Volkmar Kleinert

Acting

Volkmar Kleinert

Career

Active from 1965 to 2026, with a break from 2009 to 2018, busiest in 1987 and 1990 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Volkmar Kleinert Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.6, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • German Cinema 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 66
Pianke
Pianke (2026)

as Heinrich Groß

Oderbruch
Oderbruch (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Arthur Kring

2010s

3 titles · average score 67
Lara
Lara (2019)
GoodWatch score 78

as Prof. Reinhoffer

Helen Dorn
Helen Dorn (2014)

TV show · as Erwin Geige / Erwin Geiger

Boxhagener Platz
Boxhagener Platz (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dr. Klemm

2000s

15 titles · average score 66
Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace
Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Tilo von Wilmosky (1944-1957)

Berlin-Buenos Aires
Berlin-Buenos Aires (2008)

as Günther

The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others (2006)
GoodWatch score 88

as Albert Jerska

Der Kriminalist
Der Kriminalist (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Karl Dietze / Günther Hebstreit

Kommissar Stolberg
Kommissar Stolberg (2006)

TV show · as Ulf Brandt

Spreewaldkrimi
Spreewaldkrimi (2006)

TV show · as Helmut Sonnenthal

Kanzleramt
Kanzleramt (2005)

TV show · as Franz Steinbauer

Der Stich des Skorpion
Der Stich des Skorpion (2004)
GoodWatch score 72

as Major Fink

Bloch
Bloch (2002)

TV show · as Karl

Leipzig Homicide
Leipzig Homicide (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Harry Riemann

Donna Leon
Donna Leon (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Zeno Bianchi

Einsatz in Hamburg
Einsatz in Hamburg (2000)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

1990s

15 titles · average score 58
Heroes Like Us
Heroes Like Us (1999)
GoodWatch score 59

as Wunderlich

Der Clown
Der Clown (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Joseph Ludowski

Der Clown 2: Feindschaft
Der Clown 2: Feindschaft (1998)

as Joseph Ludowski

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Peter Sawatzki

Der Clown
Der Clown (1996)
GoodWatch score 45

as Joseph Ludowski

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall (1995)

TV show · as Werner Fritsch

Die Wache
Die Wache (1994)

TV show · as Pütz

Im Namen des Gesetzes
Im Namen des Gesetzes (1994)

TV show · as Günter Heidenreich / Dr. Pelzer

Rosa Roth
Rosa Roth (1994)

TV show · as Vater Schöneberg

Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge
Sherlock Holmes und die sieben Zwerge (1992)

TV show

Der unsichtbare Freund
Der unsichtbare Freund (1991)

as Harden

Bismarck
Bismarck (1990)

TV show · as Major von Moltke

1980s

17 titles · average score 57
Otto – The Alien from East Frisia
Otto – The Alien from East Frisia (1989)
GoodWatch score 57

as Van Devil

Die ehrbaren Fünf
Die ehrbaren Fünf (1989)

as Ginfizz

Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (1987)

TV show · as Guarini

Ghosts from Outside
Ghosts from Outside (1987)

TV show · as Mackenstädt

Der unbekannte Großvater
Der unbekannte Großvater (1987)

as Georg Stojahn

Jorinde und Joringel
Jorinde und Joringel (1986)

as Marodeur

Außenseiter
Außenseiter (1985)

as Paul Schulte

Die Schöne und das Tier
Die Schöne und das Tier (1984)

as Kaskadeur

Alleinstehend
Alleinstehend (1983)

as Rolf Nowack

The Flying Windmill
The Flying Windmill (1982)

as Alexander (voice)

Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck
Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1982)

TV show · as Hauptmann Emmerich

Die Drachenprinzessin
Die Drachenprinzessin (1980)

as Wizard

1970s

20 titles · average score 64
Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast
Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast (1979)

as Novak / Hippekorn

Die Verführbaren
Die Verführbaren (1977)

as Rechtsanwalt Bäuerlein

Phillip the Small
Phillip the Small (1976)

as Musiklehrer Breitkreuz

Why Can't I Be Good?
Why Can't I Be Good? (1974)

as Herr Hoppe

Aber Vati!
Aber Vati! (1974)

TV show · as Edgar Sander

The Elective Affinities
The Elective Affinities (1974)

as Graf

Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Harry Rauchfuß / Wilhelm Gurak

Zeit der Störche
Zeit der Störche (1971)

as Einstein

Rottenknechte
Rottenknechte (1971)

TV show

Artur Becker
Artur Becker (1971)

TV show · as Feldwebel Hintze

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

TV show · as Olaf Ahlert / Norbert Zirner

The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past (1970)

as Narrator (voice)

1960s

6 titles · average score 76
The President in Exile
The President in Exile (1969)

as Narrator (voice)

Ways across the Country
Ways across the Country (1968)

TV show · as SS-Obersturmführer Schneider

Leben zu zweit
Leben zu zweit (1968)

as Klapproth

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)

TV show · as Harry Korn / Bewährungshelfer

Entlassen auf Bewährung
Entlassen auf Bewährung (1965)

as Hugo Borke

The Adventures of Werner Holt
The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ober-Vormann Schulze