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Rolf Zacher (28 March 1941 – 3 February 2018) was a German actor.
Life and career
Zacher appeared in about 190 films and television shows between 1961 and 2016, often in illustrous or eccentric character roles. He starred in the 1971 film Jaider, der einsame Jäger, which was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.
He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for portraying a criminal in Reinhard Hauff's film drama Endstation Freiheit (1980). A film critic once called Zacher the "best small-time criminal of German cinema".
In 2016, Zacher appeared in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but had to leave after eight days for medical reasons. He died at a nursing home in Hamburg on 3 February 2018 at the age of 76.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Kuckucksjahre | Hans | George Moorse | |
| 1968 | Der Griller | Franz Kaffer | George Moorse | TV film |
| Morning's at Seven | Peter | Kurt Hoffmann | ||
| Liebe und so weiter | Ben Schmidt | George Moorse | ||
| Der Partyphotograph | Anton Pauli | Hans Dieter Bove | Written by Wolfgang Menge | |
| Cantando a la vida | Martin | Angelino Fons | ||
| 1969 | At the Height of the Moon | Peter | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | |
| 1970 | o.k. | Rowan | Michael Verhoeven | |
| 1971 | Lenz | Christoph Kaufmann | George Moorse | |
| Jaider, der einsame Jäger | Baptist Meyer | Volker Vogeler | ||
| 1972 | Liebe so schön wie Liebe | Rolf | Klaus Lemke | |
| The Sensuous Three | Prado | Robert van Ackeren | ||
| 1976 | Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein | Oskar Knargenstein | Roland Klick | |
| 1977 | Petty Thieves | Franz | Michael Fengler | |
| 1980 | Endstation Freiheit | Henry Kirscher | Reinhard Hauff | Deutscher Filmpreis |
| 1982 | The Magic Mountain | Wehsal | Hans W. Geißendörfer | |
| The Woman in a Red Hat | Tatsumi Kumashiro | |||
| 1983 | Schwarzfahrer | Chris Binz | Manfred Stelzer | |
| 1984 | Annas Mutter | Ulrich | Burkhard Driest | |
| Angelo und Luzy | Angelo | TV series, 6 episodes | ||
| Tapetenwechsel | Thomas | Gabriela Zerhau | ||
| Eine Art von Zorn | Piet Maas | Uli Edel | TV film | |
| 1986 | Heidenlöcher | Wolfram Paulus | ||
| 1987 | Gambit | Christoph Steinbrenner | Peter F. Bringmann | TV miniseries |
| Smaragd | Rudi Popp | Veith von Fürstenberg | TV film | |
| 1988 | Die Venusfalle | Dr. Steiner | Robert van Ackeren | |
| Der Sommer des Falken | Marek Czerny | Arend Agthe | ||
| 1989 | Schweinegeld | Harry | Norbert Kückelmann | |
| 1992 | Rising to the Bait | Zwirner | Vadim Glowna | |
| 1996 | We Free Kings | Gaspare | Sergio Citti | |
| 2004 | Guys and Balls | Karl | Sherry Hormann | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Daddy Cool | Oskar Roehler | |
| 2010 | The Hairdresser | Joe | Doris Dörrie | |
| Jew Suss: Rise and Fall | Erich Engel | Oskar Roehler | ||
| 2013 | Sources of Life | Erwin | Oskar Roehler |