Klaus Wennemann

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in Das Boot, and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder. As an actor, he appeared in nine movies, and ten television series. He died in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, at the age of 59, from lung cancer. He was married to the same woman from 1963 until his death; they had two sons together. Wennemann was good friends with fellow actor Jürgen Prochnow. Their real-life friendship further added to the on-screen friendship of their respective character roles, portrayed in the film Das Boot.

Known For

Das Boot

as Chief Engineer

Scene of the Crime

as Frieder Schoen

Das Boot

as Leitender Ingenieur

Out of Order

as Heinz

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Auf Achse

as Hans Korff

Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt

as Kommissar Schuster

Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast

as Horst-Wolfgang König

Der Fahnder

as Hannes Faber

Liebling Kreuzberg

as Rechtsanwalt Keller