# Rolf Zacher

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 illustrious 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 Slow Attack [de] (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 Büdelsdorf on 3 February 2018 at the age of 76.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1967 | The Cuckoo Years [de] | Hans | George Moorse | |
| 1968 | Tamara [de] | Kuno Bricks | Hansjürgen Pohland [de] | |
| 1968 | Der Griller [de] | Franz Kaffer | George Moorse | TV film |
| 1968 | Morning's at Seven | Peter | Kurt Hoffmann | |
| 1968 | Liebe und so weiter | Ben Schmidt | George Moorse | |
| 1968 | Der Partyphotograph [de] | Anton Pauli | Hans Dieter Bove | Written by Wolfgang Menge |
| 1968 | Cantando a la vida | Martin | Angelino Fons | |
| 1969 | When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills | Peter | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | |
| 1970 | o.k. | Rowan | Michael Verhoeven | |
| 1971 | Lenz [de] | Christoph Kaufmann | George Moorse | |
| 1971 | Jaider, der einsame Jäger | Baptist Meyer | Volker Vogeler | |
| 1972 | Liebe so schön wie Liebe | Rolf | Klaus Lemke [de] | |
| 1972 | The Sensuous Three | Prado | Robert van Ackeren | |
| 1976 | Dear Fatherland Be at Peace [de] | Oskar Knargenstein | Roland Klick | |
| 1977 | Petty Thieves | Franz | Michael Fengler | |
| 1980 | Slow Attack [de] | Henry Kirscher | Reinhard Hauff | Deutscher Filmpreis |
| 1982 | The Magic Mountain | Wehsal | Hans W. Geißendörfer | |
| 1982 | Woman with the Red Hat [ja] | | Tatsumi Kumashiro | |
| 1983 | The Heartbreakers [de] | Lisa's father | Peter F. Bringmann [de] | |
| 1983 | Joyride [de] | Chris Binz | Manfred Stelzer [de] | |
| 1984 | Anna's Mother [de] | Ulrich | Burkhard Driest | |
| 1984 | Angelo und Luzy | Angelo | | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1984 | Knock on the Wrong Door [de] | Thomas | Gabriela Zerhau [de] | |
| 1984 | A Kind of Anger | Piet Maas | Uli Edel | TV film |
| 1986 | Heidenlöcher | | Wolfram Paulus | |
| 1987 | Gambit [de] | Christoph Steinbrenner | Peter F. Bringmann [de] | TV film |
| 1987 | Smaragd | Rudi Popp | Veith von Fürstenberg [de] | TV film |
| 1988 | The Case of Mr. Spalt [de] | Schnellwindt | René Perraudin [de] | |
| 1988 | The Venus Trap [de] | Dr. Steiner | Robert van Ackeren | |
| 1988 | The Summer of the Hawk [de] | Marek Czerny | Arend Agthe [de] | |
| 1989 | C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de] | Harry | Norbert Kückelmann | |
| 1992 | Rising to the Bait | Zwirner | Vadim Glowna | |
| 1996 | We Free Kings | Gaspare | Sergio Citti | |
| 2002 | Maximum Speed [de] | Volker Schlegel | Sigi Rothemund | TV film |
| 2004 | Guys and Balls | Karl | Sherry Hormann | |
| 2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Daddy Cool | Oskar Roehler | |
| 2010 | The Hairdresser | Joe | Doris Dörrie | |
| 2010 | Jew Suss: Rise and Fall | Erich Engel | Oskar Roehler | |
| 2013 | Sources of Life | Erwin | Oskar Roehler | |