Acting
Jan 20, 1957
Daun, Germany
Rainer Laupichler
Acting
Biography
Rainer Laupichler is a German actor, born on January 21, 1957, in Daun. He studied business administration in Berlin before completing his acting training from 1981 to 1985 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and has appeared in over 250 film and television productions. He became known for roles such as fashion manufacturer Marcel Börner in “Schloss Einstein” (1998–2000, 8 episodes), HR manager Nübel in “Stromberg” (2009–2012, 7 episodes), Kriminalrat Schaaf in “Wilsberg” (ongoing), Dr. Seckendorff in “Club der roten Bänder” (2015–2016, 3 episodes), as well as guest appearances in series like “Alarm für Cobra 11” (2006–2016, 4 episodes), “Tatort,” “SOKO Leipzig,” “Der letzte Bulle” (2014, 3 episodes), and films like “Antikörper” (2005), “Die dunkle Seite des Mondes” (2015), and “Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenfilm” (2017).
Feature Films (36)
One morning, a Japanese monk shows up in a village: He does not speak a word, has a head injury and is evidently on the run. Chief Inspector Louise Bonì immediately senses that the young man is in grave danger. However, her supervisor Bermann does not believe her word - because since a deadly use Bonì is psychologically struck and is mainly due to an alcohol problem. Nevertheless, she continues to investigate on her own. The trail leads to a mysterious Zen monastery and a private children's aid organization, which mediates Asian adopted children. Soon Louise awakens a terrible suspicion.
Zen and the Art of Murder
Things are not going well for basketball coach Andreas: He gets fired, his wife leaves him, and then he is caught driving under the influence. The consequence? Community hours. From now on, Andreas will coach a basketball team of players with mental disabilities.
Because We Are Champions
A breathless criminal hunt, which leads into the remote mountain world of Romania, with the portrait of a foreign country, which has remained standing in time. Hanna Landauer and Sven Schröder are part of a special unit of the LKA, which traps fugitives across the borders to the remotest corners of the world.
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians
Dave knows what it is to suffer. Especially when he takes the rap for a gang of motorbike thieves and ends up in jail. All for the love of Corinna, his beautiful girlfriend. Refused parole and nearly insane with frustration he makes a violent escape to be with her and strike back.
Strike Back
Ex-Secret Service agent Harry Kowa now works as a bodyguard. Protecting his boss from an assassination attempt, he kills one of the attackers, who turns out to be a government agent. Now it's open season on Kowa.
Gates of Fire
In a driving school, three women of different ages meet for the so-called idiot test. There is a close friendship between the women. Annette, Katja and Isabel unite dislike for the macho driving instructor Marius, but also enthusiasm for Erik, who also has to undergo retraining. The three ladies have to recognize the problems in their lives and get a grip on them.
Idiotentest
Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
All of a Sudden
15-year-old Caro is one of the inconspicuous students in her school. One day she get noted by a handsome, wealthy Turkish guy who is 5 years older than her. Since they start seeing each other she turns into a totally different person
Loverboy
A tricky out-of-area mission for Peter Lohmeyer alias Chief Inspector Jan Fabel in his fourth case: in the hustle and bustle of Cologne Carnival, of all things, the introverted hamburger has to chase a serial killer and stop a colleague from going it alone. Lisa Maria Potthoff plays the policewoman Maria, whose traumatic experience turns into a blind thirst for vengeance, Stipe Erceg can be seen in the role of the burned-out top chef and Murathan Muslu as a macho criminal. The lost souls are what make this bestseller film adaptation by the author Craig Russell, which is extremely exciting right up to the last second.
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas meets Leyla at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he asks her out on a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees. The next morning Thomas awakes to find Leyla and his laptop, which contains vital case files, missing.
Something to Remind Me
1978. In a desperate act of love, a plane is hijacked in East Germany and forced to land in the American Sector of West Berlin, triggering a Cold War crisis and forcing 60 hapless passengers to decide in minutes whether to give up everything and stay in the West...
Westflug - Entführung aus Liebe
Television & Series (63)
An unbeatable duo: The highly talented Chief Inspector Marie Brand investigates with her pragmatic colleague Simmel. Together they perfectly combine heart and mind and solve exciting murder cases in Cologne in this series.
Marie Brand
Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.
Rentnercops
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
