Volker Lechtenbrink
Volker Lechtenbrink (born August 18, 1944 in Cranz , East Prussia ) is a German actor , voice actor , director , artistic director , copywriter , country and pop singer .
Life
Lechtenbrink, who grew up in Bremen and Hamburg , attended the Johanneum School of Academics and played in the film Die Brücke (1959, directed by Bernhard Wicki ) at the age of 14 . From 1962 to 1963 he embodied in the television series All my animals alongside Gustav Knuth and Tilly Lauenstein in all nine episodes of their son Ulli. After graduating from secondary school, he attended an acting school in Hamburg and then worked at various theaters. From 1995 to 1997 Lechtenbrink was director of the Bad Hersfeld Festival and from August 2004 to July 2006 at the Hamburg Ernst-Deutsch-Theater , where he also worked as a director. From November 2006 he was there for the first time on stage with his youngest daughter Sophie - in the play Dr. med. Job Praetorius by Curt Goetz .
In the meantime, he has appeared in numerous television films and series, including Der Kommissar , Der eiserne Gustav, Ein Fall für Zwei , Derrick , Die Männer vom K3 , Großstadtrevier , Happy Journey , Der Alte , Siska , Tatort and SOKO Leipzig . In the ZDF television series METRO - A Team for Life and Death , he played alongside Ursula Karven and Michael Roll the chief doctor of a Hamburg tropical clinic. Also films of the popular Rosamunde Pilcher - and Inga Lindström- series part of his repertoire as an actor. As a voice actor, Volker Lechtenbrink lent his very distinctive, sonorous voice to Kris Kristofferson , Dennis Quaid and many others.
In 1976 he recorded his first record as a singer. The title Der Macher ( cover version of The Taker by Kris Kristofferson) became an initial success. Other songs followed, for which he usually wrote the lyrics himself. He also worked as a copywriter for other artists, for example Peter Maffay . He also wrote the text for the German contribution consideration for Euro Vision Song Contest 1983 , with the brothers Hoffmann & Hoffmann reached the 5th place among 20 participants. In 1979 he got his own TV show on Saarländischer Rundfunk, entitled Live: Volker Lechtenbrink . In the early 1980s he could be heard as a singer and speaker in a commercial for malt coffee (“ Caro , I like you”), for which his song I like was rewritten. In the episode Sometime in the crime series Ein Fall für Zwei , Lechtenbrink played a leading role and also composed the eponymous title for the episode.
In 2007 Lechtenbrink was awarded the German Audio Book Prize for Die Brücke as “Best Interpreter” . In 2010 he received the Rolf Mares Prize for his performance in Frost / Nixon at the Hamburger Kammerspiele . In 2014 he was awarded the Biermann Ratjen Medal of the City of Hamburg.
Volker Lechtenbrink is the fifth marriage to the trained alternative practitioner Gül Ural-Aytekin and lives in Hamburg, which he describes as his "hometown". From his previous relationships he has a son and two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: You co-write (TV series, several episodes)
- 1959: The Bridge (Directed by Bernhard Wicki )
- 1959: Professor Schnellfisch (TV film)
- 1960: Paradise
- 1961: In search of happiness
- 1961: At Pichler the cash register is not right
- 1962: Becket or Die Ehre Gottes (TV movie)
- 1962: That's how mom was
- 1962–1963: All my animals (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 1963: You never know
- 1963: Bad Soldier Smith
- 1964: One fine day
- 1965: Madness or The Devil in Boston
- 1966: Mrs. Dally
- 1966: Corinne and the fur seal
- 1967: fried potatoes included
- 1967: Pitchi Poi
- 1969–1971: The Commissioner (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1971: Business with Plückhahn
- 1973–1981: Special Department K1 (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1976: The Polite Nightmare Crocodile (TV movie)
- 1977: The Demons (TV series, episode The Arson )
- 1979: The iron Gustav (TV miniseries, several episodes)
- 1985: Now sing beautifully ...
- 1986: The Samurai's Summer
- 1987: The Happy Family (TV series, multiple episodes)
- 1987-2007: A Case for Two (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1987–1997: Derrick (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1988: The Investigator (TV series, episode Nordend )
- 1988: Die Männer vom K3 (TV series, episode game about two gangs )
- 1991–1993: The House Spirit (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 1992: The long way of Lukas B. (TV miniseries)
- 1992: Everyday Pitfalls (TV series)
- 1993: Happy Journey - Venice (TV series)
- 1994: An Unforgettable Weekend (TV series, episode In Southern France )
- 1994: Faust (TV series, episode Hunt for Mephisto )
- 1995: AS (TV series, episode The Jacket )
- 1996: Peter Strohm (TV series, episode private matter )
- 1996: The Three (TV series, episode Now or Never! )
- 1996–1998 Der Alte (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1998: Großstadtrevier (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1998: The Clown (TV series, episode The Duel )
- 1998: A Murder for Quandt (TV series, episode The Heart Specialist )
- 1999: What to do with the widows
- 1999: Tatort: Greed (TV series)
- 1999: Murder Commission (TV series, episode Ritter der Autobahn )
- 1999: Rosamunde Pilcher - Cliffs of Love
- 1999: Bella Block : Whispered Murders (TV series)
- 1999-2004 Siska (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2000: Dr. Stefan Frank - The doctor whom women trust (TV series, S6 / F8 Das Wunschkind )
- 2001: SOKO Leipzig (TV series, episode The Last Blues )
- 2001: Put through its paces
- 2001-2008 Coast Guard (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2002: In all friendship (TV series, 3 episodes of doctor's role)
- 2006: Rosa Roth - In Good Hands (TV series)
- 2006: METRO - A team for life and death (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2006: The Escape Children (TV series, episode Breslau is burning! )
- 2007: Africa, mon amour (TV miniseries)
- 2007: Rosamunde Pilcher - The man of my dreams
- 2007: Inga Lindström - Summer days at Lake Lilja
- 2008: My Wonderful Family (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2009: Inga Lindström - My father's heart
- 2010: The Criminalist (TV series, episode Shadows of the Past )
- 2011: In all friendship (TV series, S13 / F38 Unmasked and disenchanted)
- 2011: When Santa Claus fell from the sky
- 2012: Inga Lindström - Summer of Remembrance
- 2016: Sibel & Max (TV series, episode Everything under control )
- 2018: Heldt - Dinner with crime (as a guest)
- 2019: Jerks. (TV series)
- 2020: Lots of cows and a black sheep
As a director
- 1976: Charley's aunt (for television)
- 1979: Two men around a stove (TV series) several episodes
- 1983: Stories from Home (TV series) several episodes
As a speaker
- 1987: From rescue cruiser to road cruiser, the transport of Theodor Heuss from the North Sea to the German Museum in Munich
- 2007–2014: land in tidal currents
- 2007: the second kingdom
- 2008: Michael Ballhaus - A journey through my life
- 2010: The Sandman - Adventure in Dreamland
- 2011–2012; 2016: The Little Prince , animation series on ARD
- 2013: Our mothers, our fathers
- 2015: Land between Belt and Bodden: From the fjords to the Trave
- 2018: Land between Oder and Neva: From Riga to St. Petersburg
Discography
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Albums
- 1976: The maker
- 1977: Volker Lechtenbrink No. 2
- 1977: Everyday Stories
- 1978: My door is always open
- 1979: The player
- 1980: Live the way I like it
- 1981: Already possible
- 1982: Heart & Snout
- 1982: Who is playing with me
- 1983: Live today
- 1984: leaned back
- 1987: I can win
- 1989: heartbeat
Singles
- 1976. Harry Lehmann
- 1976: The maker
- 1977: First the lady over there
- 1977: Hitch-Hike Baby
- 1978: The player
- 1980: Live the way I like it
- 1980: lady and clown
- 1981: I like
- 1982: I think Grandma, you're sitting on a cloud
- 1985: The Stuntman (cover version of "The unknown stuntman" / Lee Majors )
- 1987: At some point
Audio books
- 2003: Laura's legacy (by Wolfgang Seehaber ), 3 audio CDs, ISBN 3-937250-08-5 .
- 2005: The Silver Bridge (by Hertha Vogel-Voll ), 4 audio CDs, ISBN 3-9809174-4-4 .
- 2006: Radio play series Perry Rhodan : Star Ocean (published by Lübbe Audio ), role: Perry Rhodan
- 2006: Die Brücke (by Manfred Gregor ), 5 audio CDs + 1 DVD with the film from 1959, ISBN 3-9523087-3-0 .
- 2008: Dreifach (by Ken Follett ), 6 audio CDs, ISBN 978-3-7857-3381-3 .
- 2009: 2012: The End of All Times (by Brian D 'Amato ), 8 audio CDs, ISBN 978-3-7857-3810-8 .
- 2010: Give up the things of youth with grace! 2 audio CDs, ISBN 978-3-455-30684-2 .
- 2012: The Night of Wrath (by Fred Vargas ) , 6 audio CDs, ISBN 978-3-7857-4700-1 .
literature
- Volker Lechtenbrink: Give up the things of youth with grace! Hoffmann and Campe 2010, ISBN 978-3-455-50144-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Lechtenbrink in the catalog of the German National Library
- Volker Lechtenbrink in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Volker Lechtenbrink in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWR homepage: discography "I can win" at swr.de. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ↑ Farewell in Zorn ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at drombuschs.de. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ Rolf Mares Prize on the official website
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lechtenbrink, Volker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, country and pop singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cranz , East Prussia |