Christoph M. Ohrt

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Christoph M. Ohrt
Christoph M. Ohrt Berlinale 2008.jpg
Ohrt at the 2008 Berlinale
Born
Christoph Marius Ohrt

(1960-03-30) 30 March 1960 (age 63)
OccupationActor
Years active1980present
SpouseStevee Ohrt

Christoph M. Ohrt (born 30 March 1960, in Hamburg) is a German film and television actor. One of his best known roles was the portrayal of Felix Edel on the German television series Edel & Starck

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Biography

Ohrt grew up in Hamburg and attended the Gymnasium Eppendorf, a high school, which he left a few years before his graduation to study at a drama school. He later continued his drama studies at the Center for the Acting Process in the U.S. The film Banks and Robbers  [ de ] (1983) marks his start in cinema activity in Germany. In 2002 he started to portray Felix Edel on the TV series Edel & Starck receiving the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in the same year. [1]

He met his wife Stevee in Sherman Oaks a district of Los Angeles. They have two children, a daughter and a son. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1980 The World That Summer Dorn
1981Familientagshort
1983 Banks and Robbers  [ de ]Erich Bauermann
1985What to Do with Willfried?Walker
1986Then Nothing Is the Same AnymoreBernie
1990Die Richterin
1995 Over My Dead Body Fred Wischnewski
Talk of the Town(uncredited)
1996 Dangerous Dowry  [ de ]Andi
Regular Guys Christoph Schwenk
1997ServiceHerr Maier
Ballermann 6  [ de ]Klaus
1999Snow on New Year's EveAlexander Meyer
2001 Executive Protection Nikolaus Lehman
2002 Fire, Ice and Canned Beer  [ de ]Tronald Dump
Am Ende der NachtEmil
2009 Barfuß bis zum Hals Dieter Lohe
2014 Reach Me Tommy

Television

YearProgramme or seriesRoleNotes
1983DingoWalter Neumann
1984The Million Dollar HijackTV mini-series
19841997 Tatort Kriminalassistent Klosey
Markus Joest
Cornelius Reusch
4 episodes
19842009 Ein Fall für zwei Herbert Noss, various other roles6 episodes
198545 Fieber – Die Vier aus der ZwischenzeitDion(unknown episodes)
1986Die StadtpiratenCharlyas Christoph Ohrt
Berliner Weiße mit Schuß Ludwig MelcherEpisode: "Der Babysitter/Gute Fahrt/Ein echter Tierfreund/Die Frau seiner Träume"
19871996 Auf Achse Von Hofmeister4 episodes
1988A Father's RevengeWolfgang Donnerwith Brian Dennehy and Ron Silver
Spielergeschichten
19891992Das NestTheo Augustin52 episodes
1989 The Saint: Wrong Number Lang
1991Komissar KlefischZilikensEpisode: "Dienstvergehen"
Leo und CharlotteEhmo
1992 Eurocops Graf
Malzer
Episodes: "Doppelleben", "Das Omega Programm"
Haus am See
Highlander Walter ReinhardtEpisode: "Revenge Is Sweet"
1993EdenIanwith Barbara Alyn Woods
Glückliche ReiseJan FischerEpisode: "Ibiza"
RememberWalterwith Donna Mills and Stephen Collins
1994FaustEpisode: "Der Beschützer"
Jacob Be'oras Christoph Ohrt
1995The Whipping BoyAmbassadorbased on the eponymous novel
Wilkommen in BabylonRainer Zeissler
Zwei Brüder Episode: "Die lange Nacht"
1996Rivalen am AbgrundPhilipp Gabert
Die Kommissarin Thomas KleimEpisode: "Banküberfall"
Die DreiEpisode: "Das Ende eines Killers"
1997Geisterstunde – Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits
The Lost DaughterBernard Sicardwith Richard Chamberlain
Appartement für einen SelbstmörderRobert Mertens
Doppelter Einsatz Manfred ÖlschlägerEpisode: "Der Mörder mit der Maske"
19982000 HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin Karl "Charly" von SchumannEpisodes: "Feuertaufe für AK1", "Das Gold der Kleopatra"
1999My Wife Loves TwoMartin
Biikenbrennen – Der Fluch des Meeres  [ de ]Marc Fölster
2000Mask of DeathMartin
2001Jagd auf den Plastiktüten-MörderMartin Lund
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden  [ de ]Rainer
Der Mann, den sie nicht lieben durfteDennis
Im FadenkreuzRichard BogerEpisode: "Das Chamäleon"
20022005 Edel & Starck Felix Edel52 episodes
German Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Series (2002)
Bavarian TV Award shared with Rebecca Immanuel (2003)
Nominated-German Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Series (2003)
2004Ein Mann für den 13ten
Mogelpackung MannJo Held
2006 Der letzte Zeuge Michael ElsnerEpisode: "Das rosa Lächeln"
Pirate VacationChristian Vesens
2007 Allein unter Bauern Johannes Waller10 episodes
Wiedersehen in VeronaRobert Donatius
Ein Teufel für Familie EngelLou/Luzifer 2
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde KingEpisode: "König Drosselbart – Der Schöne und das Biest"
Stolberg Manfred HerwigEpisode: "Gekauftes Glück"
2008Freundschaften und andere NeurosenRoland Prinz
Zwillingsküsse schmecken besserMaximilian von Falkenbach/Lukas Kunze
Die Schnüfflerin – Peggy kann's nicht lassenOskar Hohenstein
Immer Wirbel um MarieKlaus Sandmann
Liebe im HalteverbotOtto Schlegel
Brüderchen und SchwesterchenFather
Dell & RichthovenBruno Dell4 episodes
2009Liebe in anderen UmständenRichard Hauswald
2010Unter den Hügeln von WalesMichael Loyd Glynn
2011 The Seduction: The Strange Girl  [ de ]Markus Schuster
Born to DanceDr. Michael Castell

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References

  1. See deutscherfernsehpreis.de Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine , page 4 (Directors: Dirk Regel, Ulrich Zrenner, Dennis Satin, Jakob Schäuffelen, Matthias Kopp).
  2. "Schauspieler Christoph M. Ohrt: "Ich bin schwerhörig"" (in German). Morgenpost. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

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