- Arnd Klawitter
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name = Arnd Klawitter
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notable role = Esau Matt inDer Laden
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tonyawards =Arnd Klawitter (b.
26 July 1968 ,Hamburg, Germany ), is a German actor (stage, movie and television).Career
After his studies at
Otto Falkenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich, Arnd Klawitter joined the ensemble of theMunich Kammerspiele in 1994 for a year. From 1995 until 2001 he was engaged atStaatstheater Stuttgart , where he mostly played theleading man , e. g. "Andri" inMax Frisch 's "Andorra". Since 2001 he has worked as a freelance artist.As guest he has worked at important theatres like the Schauspielhaus
Zürich and Bavarian Staatsschauspiel in Munich. During theRuhrTriennale 2007 he appeared in the first night ofJuli Zeh 's "Corpus delicti"Since leaving acting school he has also worked for both TV and cinema frequently.
He appeared next to
Franka Potente in "It's a Jungle Out There" (1995), and in the 1997 remake ofEs geschah am hellichten Tag ("It Happened in Broad Daylight"). In 2000 he played withMatthew McConaughey andJon Bon Jovi in the movie "U-571" as the GermanHydrophone Operator. He also appeared in the German movie "Hitlerkantate " in 2005. While in international productions he has only been cast in supporting roles, in his German films he has played leading characters, too.On television he is frequently cast in crime series like the famous
Tatort -series ("Scene of the Crime") where he has appeared in three episodes so far, or - recently -Der Bulle von Tölz .His most successful production so far was the leading role in the acclaimed German TV movie "
Der Laden " ("The Shop"), where he played next toAdolf-Grimme-Preis -winnerMartin Benrath . In 2007 he appeared in "GG 19", a film inspired by and called after the German constitution ("Grundgesetz").Klawitter is often chosen to play in historical films because of his slightly old fashioned appearance that can be compared to that of
Ralph Fiennes .He lives in
Berlin with his partner, actressJulika Jenkins .External links
* http://www.funke-stertz.de/schauspieler/klawitter.html - his Agent's site
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