Uwe Karpa

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Uwe Karpa
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Karpa in 2009
Born (1945-09-18) 18 September 1945 (age 78)
Berlin, Germany
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1965–present

Uwe Karpa (born 18 September 1945) is a German actor and voice actor. [1]

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Acting career

He has been performing roles in theatre, film, and television since 1965. Karpa received his acting training in Karl-Marx-Stadt. He performed in theatres in, among others, Frankfurt an der Oder, Berlin, Dresden, and Bad Segeberg. On television, he was particularly well known between 1996 and 2005 in the role of staff nurse Brenneke (Oberpfleger Brenneke) in the series Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP . He had his cinematic debut in 1965 in Berlin um die Ecke. In 2007 in Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex, he played the role of the police chief.

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Denk bloß nicht, ich heule Bubi
1988 Bear Ye One Another's Burden Second comrade
2007 The Baader Meinhof Complex Police chief
2012Der GründerGlenny Rosenberg

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Rottenknechte Anton Rothmulti-part television film
1980 Archiv des Todes Patrolmanmulti-part television film
1988–91 Polizeiruf 110 Various roles4 episodes
1993–95 Wolffs Revier Schröder3 episodes
1997–2006 Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP Helmut Brenneke233 episodes
2019 SOKO Potsdam Tänzer Erwin1 episode

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References

  1. "Uwe Karpa". synchronkartei.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2024.