Götz Otto is a German

Germany

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 actor

Actor

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 known for his very tall stature. He is 198 cm (6 ft 6 inches) tall and is often characterised by bleached blonde hair in his films.

Otto was born in Dietzenbach

Dietzenbach

Dietzenbach is the seat of Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany and lies roughly 12 km southeast of Frankfurt am Main on the river Bieber. Before the Second World War, the current town was a farming village with not quite 4,000 inhabitants...

 in Hesse

Hesse

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 and his parents ran a bakery in the city.

He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal as Mr. Stamper, the villain Elliot Carver

Elliot Carver

Elliot Carver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. In the film, he is portrayed by Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce. Screenwriter Bruce Feirstein modelled the character on Robert Maxwell, but many viewers analysed Carver as a satirical take on...

's assistant in the 1997 James Bond

James Bond

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 film Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...

. When called for casting, Otto was given twenty seconds to introduce himself. Saying, "I am big, I am bad, and I am German", he did it in five.

Otto also played a minor role as an SS

Schutzstaffel

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 guard in the 1993 Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

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 film Schindler's List

Schindler's List

Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...

and later played the role of SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche

Otto Günsche

Otto Günsche was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS and a member of 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler before he became Adolf Hitler's personal adjutant. He was captured by soldiers of the Red Army on 2 May 1945...

 in the critically acclaimed 2004 film Downfall

Downfall (film)

Downfall is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian epic war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945....

. In 2006, he appeared in the UK film Alien Autopsy. He is also starring in the upcoming film Iron Sky

Iron Sky

Iron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. The film stars Udo Kier and Tilo Prückner...

. His portrayal of Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...

in Bremen in 2011 fulfills a long standing desire to act in the Western genre.

He has turned his hand to being an occasional race car driver. In 2007, he raced in the German Mini Challenge VIP car at Oschersleben

Motorsport Arena Oschersleben

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, but, after a strong performance in the first race, he rolled the car on the second turn of race two. He has been given another opportunity in the Mini Challenge VIP Car as part of the 2008 German Grand Prix

2008 German Grand Prix

The 2008 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on July 20, 2008 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany. It was the 10th race of the 2008 Formula One season and was contested over 67 laps. It was won by Lewis Hamilton for the McLaren team after starting from pole...

 weekend at Hockenheim

Hockenheimring

The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is an automobile racing track situated near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it biennially hosts the Formula One German Grand Prix...

.

Filmography

Year	Title		Role
1992	Kleine Haie		Body
1993	Dann eben mit Gewalt Dann eben mit Gewalt Dann eben mit Gewalt is a 1993 German television series. It is based on a novel by Jan de Zanger.-Cast:*Wilhelm Beck*Christine Buchegger*Suavi Eren as Aysche's father*Ulrich Frank*Regula Grauwiller as Anne...	TV
	Hochwürden erbt das Paradies Hochwürden erbt das Paradies Hochwürden erbt das Paradies is a 1993 German comedy television series. It is based around the village life and a priest in a rural Austrian village.-Cast:*Hans Clarin as Gustav*Jochen Busse as Oskar Stiller*Julia Biedermann as Eva...	TV
	Schindler's List Schindler's List Schindler's List is a 1993 American film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark...		Plaszow SS Guard
1994	Lauras Entscheidung Lauras Entscheidung Lauras Entscheidung is a 1994 German television series.-Cast:*Suzanne von Borsody as Laura Völlenklee*Matthias Habich as Joachim Böllinger*Peter Sattmann as Max Samtwerth*Dörte Lyssewski as Irmi Schadewald*Oliver Czeslik...	TV
1995	Nur über meine Leiche		Zuhälter 1 (Pimp #1)
	After Five in the Forest Primeval After Five in the Forest Primeval After Five in the Forest Primeval , sometimes also known as It's a Jungle Out There, is a 1995 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid and starring Franka Potente in her first film role. The film tells the story of a 17-year old girl Anna who, in search of freedom in an urban...		Türsteher
1996	Gridlock	TV	Mr. Two
	Doppelter Einsatz	TV	Bernd Glowacz (1 episode)
	SK Babies	TV	Landis (1 episode)
	SOKO 5113 SOKO 5113 SOKO 5113 is a long running German police television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.-Longest serving cast:...	TV	Vogel (1 episode)
	Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart	TV	Heinrich
	Shine - Die Angst hat einen Namen	VG	Wetherby Duke (voice)
1997	Rosamunde Pilcher	TV	Giles Savours (1 episode)
	Die Friedensmission	TV
	Kommissar Schimpanski	TV	LKA-Beamter Lieb (1 episode)
	Tatort	TV	Arnold von Brentano (1 episode)
	Der Schutzengel	TV	Kai
	Tomorrow Never Dies Tomorrow Never Dies Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...		Mr. Stamper
1998	Earthquake in New York	TV	Detective Eric Steadman
	La Niña de tus ojos La niña de tus ojos The Girl of Your Dreams is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba based on facts: during the Spanish Civil War, cinema studios supported the Republic, so Franco's followers had to go to Germany or Italy to make fictional films at Universum Film AG, known as UFA studios...		Heinrich von Wermelskirch
1999	Beowulf Beowulf (1999 film) Beowulf is a 1999 film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf."...		Roland
	Der Blonde Affe	TV	Kommissar Philipp Graf
	Framed Framed As a proper noun, Framed can refer to:*Framed, 1930 film starring Regis Toomey*Framed, 1947 film noir starring Glenn Ford*Framed, 1975 film starring Joe Don Baker...		Pfleger #1 (Nurse #1)
	Der Voyeur	TV	Curt Rinneberg
	Ein Weihnachtsmärchen	TV	Tschak
	Die Millennium-Katastrophe	TV	Dan Corpening
2000	Gunblast Vodka		Abel Rothstein
	Marlene		Gary Cooper
	Der Bär ist los		Entfesslungskünstler
2001	Der Kleine Mann
	She		Attila
	Zsa Zsa
	High Adventure		Sarkhan
	Death, Deceit and Destiny		Boris
	Goebbels und Geduldig Goebbels und Geduldig Goebbels und Geduldig is a 2002 German war comedy film about Joseph Goebbels and Nazi Germany, directed by Kai Wessel and written by Peter Steinbach.-Cast:*Ulrich Mühe: Goebbels bzw. Geduldig*Eva Mattes: Magda Goebbels*Götz Otto: Brenneisen...		Adjudant Brenneisen
	Der Tanz mit dem Teufel	TV	Lockvogel
2002	Planet B: The Antman		Don José de Alvarez
	Edel & Starck	TV	Tim Reskau (1 episode)
	El Embrujo de Shanghai		Omar
	Ma femme s'appelle Maurice Ma femme s'appelle Maurice Ma femme s'appelle Maurice is a 2002 French comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré and starring Alice Evans, Régis Laspalès, Philippe Chevallier and Götz Otto.-Cast:*Alice Evans as Emmanuelle*Régis Laspalès as Maurice Lappin...		Johnny Zucchini
	Family Affairs - Gier nach Glück	TV	Dave
2003	Die Pfefferkörner	TV	John Quentin (1 episode)
	Planet B: Mask Under Mask		Gomez
	Der Ermittler	TV	Ole Christiansen (1 episode)
	Deep Freeze		Nelson
	Millennium Mann	TV	Roder (1 episode)
2004	Der Untergang		Adjutant Otto Günsche Otto Günsche Otto Günsche was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS and a member of 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler before he became Adolf Hitler's personal adjutant. He was captured by soldiers of the Red Army on 2 May 1945...
	Ring of the Nibelungs Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King is a fantasy film and mini-series based on the Norse mythology story Völsungasaga and the German epic poem Nibelungenlied, which tells the mythological story of Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer...	TV	King Thorkwin
	Polizeiruf 110 Polizeiruf 110 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...	TV	Paul Reinhardt (3 episodes, 2004–2007)
2005	Der Clown		Zorbek
	Apollonia	TV	Kaplan Johannes Ebner
	Pfarrer Braun	TV	Pater Andreas (1 episode)
	Grenzverkehr		Großer Smetana
	Karl-May-Spiele	TV	Harry Melton
	Stockflame		Niklas von Dhrei
	Der Todestunnel	TV	Roman Sikorski
	Urmel aus dem Eis	TV	König Pumponell
2006	Balko	TV	Lukowski (1 episode)
	Alien Autopsy Alien Autopsy Alien Autopsy is a 2006 British comedy film with elements of science fiction, directed by Jonny Campbell. Written by William Davies, it relates the events surrounding the famous "alien autopsy" film promoted by Ray Santilli and stars Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant & Dec...		Laslo Voros
	Blond: Eva Blond!	TV	Detlev (1 episode)
	Rettet die Weihnachtsgans Rettet die Weihnachtsgans Rettet die Weihnachtsgans is a 2006 German family television series. It was first broadcast on December 12, 2006.-Cast:*Markus Krojer as Rudi Wasmeier*Leslie-Vanessa Lill as Sophia Helfer*Christian Tramitz as Heinrich Helfer...	TV	Alfred
2007	Die Erntehelferin	TV	Martin
	Siska	TV	Ronald Bergmann (1 episode)
	Doktor Martin	TV	Kurt Bendicks (1 episode)
	SOKO Donau	TV	Sascha Gorki (1 episode)
	Für immer Afrika	TV	Christian Lindenburg
2008	Ossis Eleven
2009	Svik		Krüger
2010	The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. It is set in the middle of the 12th century, primarily during the Anarchy, between the time of the sinking of the White Ship and the...	TV	Walter
	Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire is a 2010 two-part television miniseries chronicling the life of St...	TV	Genseric Genseric Genseric , also spelled as Geiseric or Gaiseric, was King of the Vandals and Alans and was one of the key players in the troubles of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century...
	The Whore The Whore (2010 film) The Whore is a 2010 television film adaptation of a novel by the same name. The film is set in Konstanz, Germany in the years 1414 and 1415.The novel was written by Iny Lorentz...	TV	König Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg KG was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387 to 1437, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411...
2012	Iron Sky Iron Sky Iron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. The film stars Udo Kier and Tilo Prückner...		Klaus Adler

External links

• Private Hompage of Götz Otto (German and English)