Herbert Köfer

Herbert Köfer (2008)
Director Frank Beyer, actor Herbert Köfer and author Bruno Apitz on the set of Naked Among Wolves (1962)

Herbert Köfer (born 17 February 1921 in Berlin) is a German actor, voice actor and TV presenter.

Life

Herbert Köfer was born in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.[1] He went to the actors school and started his career in 1940 with first engagements at the theatre in Brieg. From 1941 to 1945 Köfer served in the Wehrmacht. After the war he worked in different theatres.

Since 1953 he worked for the East-German TV channel Deutscher Fernsehfunk as a presenter of the newscast Aktuelle Kamera. Later he had first roles as an actor in movies, TV series and shows. In the late 1950s he was also part of the cabaret Die Distel.

In Naked Among Wolves he played the role of SS-Hauptsturmführer Kluttig.

After the German reunification he continued his career. In 2003 he founded his stage show Köfers Komödiantenbühne. In March 2008 he published his biography Nie war es so verrückt wie immer ….

Köfer lives in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district near the Seddin lake. Since 2000 he is in his third marriage with his longtime girlfriend Heike.[2] His daughter Mirjam Köfer is also an actress. He has another daughter and a son.

Selected filmography

Theatre

Awards

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Herbert Köfer: Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008
  2. ↑ Herbert Köfer (79) und sein "Ja" zu Heike (40), berliner-kurier.de, access date 6 August 2014
  3. 1 2 Filmpreise DDR, prenzlberglive.de, access date 6 August 2014
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