Jochen Horst (born 7 September 1961 in

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) is a German film, TV and theater actor. Horst graduated in 1986 from the state Academy of Music and Performing Arts (''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'') in

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, summa cum laude. Subsequently, Horst went to

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to attend the

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for two years, furthering his studies of

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. Together with Anne Bennent, Horst received the O.-E.-Hasse-Preis in 1986 for ''Best Newcomer of the Year''. For his leading role in German TV series '' Balko'', Horst was awarded with the

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for ''Best Actor'' in 1996. Horst lives in

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with his family.

Filmography (selected)

*1988: '' Always Afternoon'' (TV Series) - Franz Muller *1991: ''Rothenbaumchaussee'' (TV Movie) - Hannes Hacker *1992: ' - Ehemann *1992: ''

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'' - Derek, Julie's Friend *1993: ''

Swing Kids The Swing Youth () were a youth counterculture of jazz and Swing (genre), swing lovers in Nazi Germany, Germany formed in Hamburg in 1939. Primarily active in Hamburg and Berlin, they were composed of 14- to 21-year-old Germans, mostly middl ...

'' - Speaker at H.J. Rally *1995-1998: '' Balko'' (TV Series) - Kriminalhauptkommissar Stefan Balko / Cousin Werner *1998: ''Der Handymörder'' (TV Movie) - Dr. Victor Roth *1999: ''Die Blendung'' (TV Movie) - Daniel Rottländer *2001: ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

'' (TV Series) - Peter Forster *2002: ''Die Westentaschenvenus'' (TV Movie) - Dr. Phillip Weiße *2002: ''

Bella Block ''Bella Block'' is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger as inspector Bella Block. The show was first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF and last aired in 2018, having run for 38 seasons. See also * List of German t ...

'' (TV Series) - Krambeck *2003: '' Luther'' - Professor Carlstadt *2004-2006: '' Typisch Sophie'' (TV Series) - Jo Hennecke *2005: ''

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'' (TV Movie) *2008-2011: '' Die Stein'' (TV Series) - Stefan Hagen *2015-2016: '' Rote Rosen'' (TV Series) - Arthur Burgstett

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horst, Jochen 1961 births Living people German male film actors German male television actors German male stage actors People from Osnabrück 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from Lower Saxony