Walter Kreye

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Walter Kreye
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Kreye in 2012
Born (1942-07-18) 18 July 1942 (age 82)
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
OccupationActor

Walter Kreye (born 18 July 1942) [1] is a German actor.

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Biography

Kreye is the son of radio editor and writer Walter A. Kreye. He graduated from Bochum Drama School and then had theater engagements at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theater, and the Stuttgart State Theater.

From 1980, he appeared in the television series Ein Fall für zwei , Praxis Bülowbogen , Der Fahnder , and Tatort . In 1990, he won the silver Grimme-Preis for his performance in Reporter . In 2007, he succeeded Rolf Schimpf in the crime series The Old Fox as chief inspector Rolf Herzog. In 2017, Kreye appeared in the Netflix series Dark as Tronte Nielsen. [2]

Kreye is married to actress Sabine Wegner and has two daughters and a son from his first marriage. In 2011, he was diagnosed with colon cancer, which caused him to stop performing until after his recovery. [3]

Selected filmography

List of film and television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Reporter Pit Wilkens9 episodes
1989–1997 Ein Fall für zwei 6 episodes
1994 Adelheid und ihre Mörder 1 episode
1996 Polizeiruf 110
1997 Tatort
Polizeiruf 110
Doppelter Einsatz
1998 Tatort
Der Clown
1999–2000 Tatort
2000 Polizeiruf 110
2005 Die Rosenheim-Cops
Katze im Sack BrockmannFeature film
Tatort
2005–2009 Der Dicke Martin Brüggemann20 episodes
2006 Unter weißen Segeln
SOKO München
2007 K3 – Kripo Hamburg
Siska
2008–2012 The Old Fox
2012 Das Traumschiff
2015 Die Chefin
Donna Leon (TV series)
Notruf Hafenkante
2017 In aller Freundschaft
Dark Tronte Nielsen7 episodes
2018 Stuttgart Homicide

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References

  1. "Walter Kreye" . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "Das Wichtigste im Leben: Walter Kreye spielt Opa Hans" [The most important thing in life: Walter Kreye plays Grandpa Hans] (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. "ZDF commissioner Kreye has to pause because of cancer" [ZDF commissioner Kreye has to pause because of cancer]. focus.de (in German). 2 October 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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