birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
kiel , germany 3 april 1940 1975 -- present wolf kahler
 wolf kähler actor
wolf kahler

wolf kähler -lrb- 3 april 1940 -rrb- is a german actor born in kiel .
since 1975 , he has appeared in many english language us and uk television and film productions .
an early role for him was kaiser wilhelm ii in michael york 's adventure film `` the riddle of the sands '' .
one of his most well-known roles was that of dietrich in `` raiders of the lost ark '' .
kahler 's voice also appears in video games including as kaiser vlad in `` battalion wars '' .
kahler played the prince of tübingen in stanley kubrick 's 1975 film , `` barry lyndon '' .
in 2001 he portrayed a wehrmacht general in the world war ii tv miniseries , `` band of brothers '' .
kahler played the german ambassador in the long-running `` ambassador 's reception '' tv advertisement for ferrero rocher chocolate , uttering the line '' `` excellente ! '' '' .
he also appears as a famous germanic architect in us television advertisements for the kohler company .
in 2011 kahler appeared as dr. hoffmanstahl in '' '' .
