Otto Sander (born 30 June 1941 in Hanover) is a German film, theater, and voice actor.
Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service as a navy reserve officer and then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his acting debut at the Düsseldorfer chamber plays. After his first film work in the same year he abandoned his studies in 1967, and went to Munich to become a full-time actor.
He is married to the actress Monika Hansen and is stepfather to the actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker.
His career is closely connected with the Schaubühne theatre in Berlin under the direction of Peter Stein. Because of his warm, strong voice, which earned him the sobriquet "The Voice" (the English term is used), he has been used frequently as narrator for television documentaries, and numerous talking books in the 1990s.
In 1990, he was a member of the Jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Among his best-known film roles are the angel Cassiel in Wings of Desire and its sequel Faraway, So Close! by Wim Wenders, and a shell-shocked U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen, in Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot. Sander also appeared in Comedian Harmonists, a biopic about the musical group of the same name. He has two brothers, the lawyer Adolf Sander, the scientist Christian (Chris) Sander, and a sister, the book dealer Marianne Sander. He also played a professor in the movie: The Promise about the division of Berlin by the wall.
| 2021 | Das Boot – Welterfolg aus der Tiefe as Self |
| 2013 | Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter as Himself |
| 2012 | Bis zum Horizont, dann links as Eckehardt Tiedgen |
| 2012 | Die Schuld der Erben as Leonhard Asmussen |
| 2010 | Das Leben ist zu lang |
| 2008 | Krabat as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald as Helmut |
| 2007 | Der kleine König Macius - Der Film as Erasmus (voice) |
| 2004 | Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Aus Liebe zu Deutschland - Eine Spendenaffäre as Voice |
| 2003 | Donau, Duna, Dunaj, Dunav, Dunarea as Franz |
| 2003 | Werner - Gekotzt wird später! as Erzähler (voice) |
| 2003 | Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us as Self |
| 2002 | Tödliches Vertrauen as Bernd Kortens |
| 2002 | Sterne, die nie untergehen - Atlantic Affairs as Maitre de Plaisir on Stage |
| 2002 | Happy Too as Himself / Gert Bastian |
| 2001 | 100 Pro as Narrator |
| 2001 | Sass as Vater Sass |
| 2000 | Der Einstein des Sex as Professor Steinach |
| 2000 | Marlene as Bühnenmanager |
| 1999 | E-m@il an Gott as Petrus |
| 1999 | Untersuchung an Mädeln as Staatsanwalt Baldur Meixner |
| 1999 | Männer sind wie Schokolade as Vater Lano |
| 1999 | Der Kuß des Vergessens as Herr Jelke |
| 1998 | Stan Becker - Auf eigene Faust as Walker |
| 1998 | Bin ich schön? as David |
| 1997 | Comedian Harmonists |
| 1997 | Gespräch mit dem Biest as Adolf Hitler Double |
| 1997 | Liebe Lügen as Vater |
| 1996 | Kondom des Grauens as Mr. Higgins |
| 1995 | Lumière et Compagnie as Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders") |
| 1995 | Matulla und Busch as Korte |
| 1995 | Nikolaikirche as kirchlicher Superintendent |
| 1995 | Das Versprechen as Professor Lorenz |
| 1995 | Bauernschach as Dr. Gerold Stadler |
| 1995 | Das Loch as Der Mann |
| 1994 | Im weißen Rößl am Wolfgangsee as Prof. Hinzelmann |
| 1994 | Bíódagar as Maður á hesti |
| 1994 | Три сестры as Vershinin |
| 1993 | Der Kinoerzähler as Salzmann |
| 1993 | Der olympische Sommer as Sprecher |
| 1993 | In weiter Ferne, so nah! as Cassiel |
| 1993 | Inge, April und Mai |
| 1993 | Schlusschor |
| 1992 | Lyrische Suite. Das untergehende Vaterland |
| 1992 | Bescheiß kein Kind! as Vater |
| 1990 | Werner - Beinhart! as Erzähler (voice) |
| 1990 | Vorwärts |
| 1990 | Zeit der Rache as Robert |
| 1989 | Der Bruch as Erwin Lubowitz |
| 1989 | Wie du mir.. as Markus Petarka |
| 1988 | z.B. ... Otto Spalt as Otto Spalt |
| 1987 | Arzunun Kanatları as Cassiel |
| 1986 | Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit as Gerichtsgehilfe |
| 1986 | Miko - aus der Gosse zu den Sternen as Loan officer Grop |
| 1986 | Wahnfried as Richard Wagner |
| 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg as Karl Liebknecht |
| 1986 | Eine Reise wert… Der Dichter Günter Kunert (be)sucht Berlin as Rezitation |
| 1984 | Der Mord mit der Schere as Inspector Spalt |
| 1983 | Eine Liebe in Deutschland as Narrator |
| 1982 | Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti as Self |
| 1981 | Der Mann Im Pyjama as Rudi |
| 1981 | Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? as Nummer Sieben |
| 1981 | Mukaddes Vazife as Phillip Thomsen |
| 1981 | Kalt wie Eis as Kowalski |
| 1981 | Gesucht wird... Drei Geschichten um nicht ganz ehrenwerte Herren |
| 1981 | Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe |
| 1981 | Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten as Kalfisch |
| 1980 | Die Ursache |
| 1980 | Palermo oder Wolfsburg as Staatsanwalt |
| 1979 | Teneke Trampet as Meyn |
| 1979 | Trilogie des Wiedersehens as Richard |
| 1979 | Phantom |
| 1979 | Plastikfieber as Wilfried |
| 1978 | Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk |
| 1977 | Heinrich Zille |
| 1976 | Vier gegen die Bank as Eberhard Winter |
| 1976 | Die Marquise von O... as Brother, Forstmeister |
| 1976 | Sommergäste as Pjotr Suslov |
| 1975 | Erzählen |
| 1975 | Lehmanns Erzählungen as Lehmann |
| 1975 | Berlin 10. 11. 74 - 28. 1. 75: Übungen in 9 Stücken as Himself |
| 1975 | Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben as Harald Bornemann |
| 1974 | Die Bakchen as Tiresias |
| 1974 | Einer von uns beiden as Rulle Ruhlsdorff |
| 1974 | Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt |
| 1973 | Prinz Friedrich von Homburg as Obrist Kottwitz |
| 1972 | Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige |
| 1971 | Die Mutter |
| 1970 | Sonntags am Meer as Fritzchen |
| 1970 | Nicht fummeln, Liebling |
| 1970 | Sonnabend, der 1. |
| 1964 | Ludwig as Ludwig |
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