# Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (German pronunciation: ; born 7 January 1956) is a German actor and singer.

## Career

Films Ochsenknecht has starred in include Das Boot (1981), Schtonk! (1992), and the TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000).
In the early 1990s, he gained a second foothold in music. He has since released several albums; he is a singer in the band The Screen, while Mick Rogers (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) and Thomas Blug are guitar players. The two ex-musicians of Gary Moore's band Pete Rees (bass) and Graham Walker (drums) are also represented.
Ochsenknecht stars in the television film series Der Bulle und das Landei, playing a police commissioner who was transferred to the rural Eifel area, at irregular intervals since 2009.

## Personal life

Ochsenknecht was married to Natascha Ochsenknecht until 2012 and has three children with her: sons Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht (b. 1990) and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht (b. 1991), who are both actors, and daughter Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknecht (b. 2000). His oldest son, Rocco Stark, is from an earlier girlfriend. Wilson and Jimi Ochsenknecht acted together with him in the films Enlightenment Guaranteed and The Wild Soccer Bunch [de] and its four sequels.
In July 2017, Ochsenknecht married Kiki Viebrock.

## Awards

* 1999 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actor

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Die Straße | Bully | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | Uns reicht das nicht [de] | Jörg | TV film |
| 1979 | Das Ding [de] | Engelchen | TV film |
| 1980 | Derrick: Tödliche Sekunden | Achim Rudolf | TV series episode |
| 1980 | Tatort: Schönes Wochenende [de] | Oebel | TV series episode |
| 1981 | St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken [de]: Die Kompagnons | Thomas | TV series episode |
| 1981 | Das Boot | Bootsmann Lamprecht | |
| 1982 | Tatort: Wat Recht is, mutt Recht bliewen | Fritz Lehmann | TV series episode |
| 1983 | Die Zeiten ändern sich | Kajott | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Büro, Büro | Martin Bohle | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1984 | Tatort: Verdeckte Ermittlung | Klaus | TV series episode |
| 1985 | Parker | Boots Man | |
| 1985 | The Record | Rico | |
| 1985 | Die Sache ist gelaufen | Jürgen Weck | |
| 1985 | Forget Mozart | Director Emanuel Schikaneder | |
| 1985 | Der Fahnder: Liebe macht blind | Norbert | TV series episode |
| 1985 | Men... | Stefan Lachner | |
| 1986 | Operation Dead End [de] | Boris | |
| 1986 | Die Krimistunde: Ein Toter zuviel | Joe Hemmer | TV series episode |
| 1986 | The Lenz Papers [de] | Rinckleff | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | Irgendwie und Sowieso: Manhattan | General, son of Hermann Göring | TV series episode |
| 1987 | Tatort: Blindflug | Günter Marbach | TV series episode |
| 1987 | Rotlicht! | Uwe Rühle | |
| 1988 | Die Dollarfalle | Dani | TV film |
| 1989 | The Voice | Patrick | |
| 1989 | Money [de] | Werner Mueller | |
| 1990 | Bread and Butter | Stefan | |
| 1990 | Bismarck [de] | Otto von Bismarck | TV film |
| 1990 | Fire, Ice and Dynamite | Victor | |
| 1991 | Ein Fall für zwei: Helens Geheimnisse | Bruno Maschke | TV series episode |
| 1991 | All Out | Paul | |
| 1992 | Schtonk! | Fritz Knobel (based on Konrad Kujau) | |
| 1992 | Auf Achse: Musa und Marie | Benno | TV series episode |
| 1992 | Tatort: Der Mörder und der Prinz | René Wolf | TV series episode |
| 1993 | Pauline In Between [de] | Klaus Klett | |
| 1994 | Kaspar Hauser [de] | Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden | |
| 1994 | Mona Must Die | Eddie von Snead | |
| 1994 | Simply Love | Teacher Pillgrimm | |
| 1994 | The Wanderer: False Witness | Brandt | TV series episode |
| 1994 | Felidae | Archie | voice only |
| 1995 | The Way to Dusty Death | Gerhard Tracchia | TV film |
| 1995 | Die Straßen von Berlin | Hajo Kroll | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1996 | Das Zauberbuch [de] | Griffig | |
| 1996 | Honigmond [de] | Burton | |
| 1997 | Die Gang | Joe Feddersen | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1997 | Ballermann 6 [de] | Rocker | |
| 1997 | Christmas Fever | Fritz Mauser | |
| 1998 | Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen | Erich Dollinger | |
| 1998 | Tödliches Alibi | Konrad Grothe | TV film |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? | Bodo | |
| 1998 | Weekend mit Leiche | Tom | TV film |
| 1998 | Operation Noah | Kommissar Taller | TV film |
| 1999 | Diplomatic Siege | Col. Peter Vojnovic \ Giorgio Borghelli | |
| 1999 | Bodyguard – Dein Leben in meiner Hand [de] | Gilbert Metz | TV film |
| 2000 | Stan Becker [de]: Ein Mann ein Wort | Gilles Donzelot | TV series episode |
| 2000 | Enlightenment Guaranteed | Uwe | |
| 2000 | Fußball ist unser Leben | Hans Pollak | |
| 2000 | Siska: Das letzte Konzert | Rolf Gillis | TV series episode |
| 2000 | Dune – The Desert Planet | Stilgar | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | The Old Fox: Der letzte Geburtstag | Klaus Wollgast | TV series episode |
| 2001 | L'impero [it] | Arcadin | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Küss mich, Tiger! | Prof. Hardy Popp | TV film |
| 2001 | Vera Brühne | Johann Ferbach | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Stones of Light | Thomas Kesselbach | TV film |
| 2001 | The Crusaders | Baron Corrado | TV film |
| 2001 | Siska: Hass macht blind | Gert Kranitz | TV series episode |
| 2002 | Harte Brötchen [de] | Theo Zerrbeck | TV film |
| 2003 | Nachtschicht [de]: Amok! [de] | Randy Schlosser | TV series episode |
| 2003 | The Wild Soccer Bunch [de] | Maxi's father | |
| 2003 | Luther | Pope Leo X | |
| 2004 | Engelchen flieg [de] | Michael Koller | TV film |
| 2004 | Der Bulle von Tölz: Der Tölzi | Sepp Schorlemmer | TV series episode |
| 2005 | About the Looking for and the Finding of Love [de] | Theo Stokowski | |
| 2005 | The Wild Soccer Bunch 2 [de] | Maxi's father | |
| 2005 | The Wedding Party [de] | Franz Berger | |
| 2006 | Atomised | Bruno's father | |
| 2006 | The Wild Soccer Bunch 3 [de] | Maxi's father | |
| 2006 | Tollpension [de] | Kurt Mahlström | TV film |
| 2006 | Der beste Lehrer der Welt [de] | Teacher Gustav Kilian | TV film |
| 2007 | The Wild Soccer Bunch 4 [de] | Maxi's father | |
| 2007 | Kein Geld der Welt [de] | Mr. Dagenhorst | TV film |
| 2007 | Siska: Sei still und stirb | Fred Wiechert | TV series episode |
| 2007 | Liebe nach Rezept | Hansen Quaas | TV film |
| 2007 | Angsthasen [de] | Psychotherapeut Dr. Elmau | TV film |
| 2007 | Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps | Jonathan Armbruster | |
| 2008 | Mord in aller Unschuld | Roland Nickel | TV film |
| 2008 | The Wild Soccer Bunch 5 [de] | Maxi's father | |
| 2008 | Summer [de] | Tim's father | |
| 2008 | Run for Your Life! [de] | Oscar | |
| 2008 | The Old Fox: Die Nacht kommt schneller als du denkst | Harald Plenzberg | TV series episode |
| 2008 | Crash | Father | Short |
| 2008 | Schade um das schöne Geld [de] | Klaas Jonkers | TV film |
| 2008 | The Letter for the King | Rafox | |
| 2008 | Ein Ferienhaus in Marrakesch | Kurt Basinski | TV film |
| 2008 | Mein Schüler, seine Mutter & ich [de] | Teacher Carlo Brückner | TV film |
| 2009 | A Date for Life [fr] | Micha Strelinsky | TV film |
| 2009 | Männersache [de] | Susi's father | |
| 2009 | Lippels Traum [de] | Konrektor Färber / Innkeeper | |
| 2009 | Böses Erwachen [de] | Freddy Amberg | TV film |
| 2009 | Zweiohrküken | Dr. Eisenberger | |
| 2010 | Greed [de] | Leon Grünlich | TV film |
| 2010 | Zeiten ändern dich | Selina's father | |
| 2010 | Der Bulle und das Landei [de]: Tödliches Heimweh | Polizeihauptkommissar Killmer | TV series episode |
| 2010 | Amigo | Fritz Declair | TV film |
| 2011 | The Great Comeback [de] | Hansi Haller | TV film |
| 2011 | Der Bulle und das Landei [de]: Babyblues | Polizeihauptkommissar Killmer | TV series episode |
| 2011 | Schief gewickelt [de] | Möbius | TV film |
| 2012 | Überleben an der Wickelfront [de] | Dieter Lindemann | TV film |
| 2012 | Little Murders [de] | Wilhelm Brinkhoff | |
| 2013 | Das kleine Gespenst | Bürgermeister | |
| 2014 | Nena | Martin | |
| 2015 | Big Fish, Small Fish [de] | Paul Grambauer | TV film |
| 2015 | Die Udo Honig Story | Udo Honig | TV film |
| 2016 | Welcome to Germany | Dr. Sascha Heinrich | |
| 2017 | Anna Fucking Molnar | Wolf | |
| 2018 | A Jar Full of Life | Peter Ruge | |
| 2019 | Ich war noch niemals in New York [de] | Otto | |