Wolf Bachofner (born 1961 in

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, Austria) is an Austrian stage and film actor. In Vienna he got private lectures in speaking and studying parts. After this education he was engaged at the ''Landestheater''

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, in Vienna, Klagenfurt and also in

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and from 1997 on at the "''Deutsches Schauspielhaus''" in

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. He played in ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

'' (''Der Kirschgarten'',

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), ''

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'' (''Pallas Athene'',

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), ''

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'' (''Dantons Tod'', Igor Bauersimas) and also in

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's ''

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'' (''Was ihr wollt''). He got international popularity through his part as criminal detective Peter Höllerer in the Austrian-made (

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) police television drama ''

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'' (''Kommissar Rex''), where he was involved in 59 episodes.

Films and television (selection)

*1992: Dead Flowers *1994-1999:

(''Kommissar Rex'') (series) *1995: Nachtbus (Night Bus, shortfilm) *1995: Die Ameisenstraße (''Ant Street'') *1997: Qualtingers Wien *1997:

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 ...

(series, episode ''Eulenburg'') *1998: Männer *1999: Schlachten! *1999: Viehjud Levi (''Jew-Boy Levi'') *2000: Jedermann *2002: Ikarus (''Icarus'') *2004:

Eva Blond ''Eva Blond'' is a German television series that follows the detective Eva Blond (Corinna Harfouch) and her colleague Alyans (Erdal Yıldız). It aired from 2002 to 2006 on Sat.1. See also *List of German television series External links

* ...

(serie, episode ''Der Zwerg im Schließfach'') *2005: Ich bin ein Berliner *2005:

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

(series, episode ''Notwehr'') *2005: Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus *2006:

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(series, episode ''Blinde Eifersucht'') *2006: Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – nur keine Wellen

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bachofner, Wolf 1961 births Living people Austrian male television actors Austrian male stage actors Austrian male film actors Male actors from Vienna