Kai Wiesinger
Kai Wiesinger (born April 16, 1966, in Hanover) is a German actor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. He rose to fame in 1992 with the comedy film *Kleine Haie*. Wiesinger made his television debut in the late 1980s on the ZDF program *Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst*. He achieved his breakthrough in 1992 with the lead role in *Kleine Haie*, for which he—alongside Jürgen Vogel and Gedeon Burkhard—received the Bavarian Film Award. In the years that followed, Wiesinger starred in numerous successful German films, including *Der bewegte Mann*, *Frauen sind was Wunderbares*, and *Stadtgespräch*. He also appeared regularly in historical and dramatic productions, such as *Comedian Harmonists*, *14 Tage lebenslänglich*, and *Nichts als die Wahrheit*, starring alongside Götz George. Wiesinger also took on numerous lead roles in television productions, including *Dresden*, *Die Gustloff*, and the series *Die Anwälte*. In 2014, he portrayed former Federal President Christian Wulff in the TV movie *Der Rücktritt*, for which he received the Bavarian Television Award. Since 2015, he has starred—alongside his partner, Bettina Zimmermann—in the self-developed web series *Der Lack ist ab*, which he also directed. Since 2022, he has also been seen in the title role of the crime series *Dr. Hoffmann*. In addition to his work in front of the camera, Kai Wiesinger is active as a voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. Among other roles, he voiced a character in the animated film *Das große Krabbeln* (the German dub of *A Bug's Life*) and appeared alongside his then-wife, Chantal de Freitas, in the audio drama series *Bibi Blocksberg*.
Known For
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- 2023 · Families Anders. Zwei sind einer zu viel as
- 2023 · Das 1% Quiz – Wie clever ist Deutschland? as Self
- 2023 · Familie Anders as Mario Kortner
- 2022 · Du sollst hören as Prof. Dr. Theo Rotschild
- 2022 · Dr. Hoffmann - Die russische Spende as Dr. Felix Hoffmann
- 2022 · Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg as Self
- 2021 · Horst Lichters Traumrouten as Self
- 2021 · The Last Execution as Wagner
- 2020 · Takeover as Hubertus
- 2019 · Money. Murder. Zurich.: Borchert and the murderous greed as Heller
- 2018 · Linda Zervakis: Alles auf Anfang as Self
- 2018 · Genial daneben - Das Quiz as Self
- 2017 · Abendshow as Self
- 2017 · Lucky Loser as Thomas
- 2017 · Die Konfirmation as Simon
- 2016 · Gut zu Vögeln as Tillmann
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Der Lack ist ab as Tom
- 2014 · Der Rücktritt as Christian Wulff
- 2014 · MDR um 4 as Self
- 2013 · Der Tote im Eis as Mark Kress
- 2012 · Mit geradem Rücken as Jakob Braunstein
- 2012 · The Hunt for the Amber Room as Eik Meiers
- 2012 · Im Leben von … as Self
- 2012 · Flirtcamp as Dr. Hans-Joachim Kapenheuer
- 2011 · Wunderkinder as Max Reich
- 2011 · Frühling as Walter Liebherr
- 2011 · Residual Risk as Werksleiter Wessel
- 2010 · Spear of Destiny as Eik Meiers
- 2010 · Until Nothing Remains as Dr. Gerd Ruppert
- 2010 · Gier as Alfi Baumer
- 2009 · Der gestiefelte Kater as König Otto
- 2009 · Liebling, weck die Hühner auf as Lorenz Thiel
- 2008 · Unschuld as Alexander
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · The Reason Why as Jan Haigerer
- 2008 · M/S Gustloff as Kapitän Hellmuth Kehding
- 2008 · Die Anwälte as Sebastian Britten
- 2007 · Liebe nach Rezept as Michael Fürstenberg
- 2007 · Durch Himmel und Hölle as Tom Gerling
- 2007 · Unter Mordverdacht - Ich kämpfe um uns as Michael Lehmann
- 2006 · Kommissar Stolberg as Christoph Katzmann
- 2006 · Dresden as Simon Goldberg
- 2005 · Willkommen daheim as Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel
- 2005 · Zwei gegen zwei as Sven Laurenz
- 2004 · Honey Baby as Ulrich
- 2004 · Hunger auf Leben as Siegfried Pitschmann
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2003 · Seven Weeks In Italy as Jan Steiner
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Dr.Prinz
- 2003 · The Tenth Summer as Karl Spielplatz
- 2002 · Fallen Angels as Tom Craven
- 2002 · Poppitz as Ben
- 2002 · Dracula's Kiss as Dr. Seward
- 2002 · Dracula as Doctor Seward
- 2002 · Leo & Claire as Gestapo-Mann
- 2002 · Labyrinth of Lies as Martin
- 2001 · Antonia as Leonhardt Ahrendorff
- 2001 · Murder on the Orient Express as Philip von Strauss
- 2001 · Emil and the Detectives as Knut Tischbein
- 2000 · Highway Society as Jack Bogart
- 2000 · Menschen der Woche as Self
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change as Jurgen
- 1999 · After the Truth as Peter Rohm
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1998 · Terror in the Mall as Chris Maratos
- 1998 · Die Unbestechliche as Robert Fuchs
- 1998 · The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1997 · The Harmonists as Erwin Bootz
- 1997 · Hunger - Addicted to Love as Simon
- 1997 · Still Movin' as Felix
- 1997 · 14 Days to Life as Konrad von Seidlitz
- 1997 · Greenhorn as Joachim Beck
- 1997 · Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1996 · Honeymoon as Manuel
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Unter Druck as Jan
- 1995 · Talk of the Town as René Krauss
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Fritz Becker
- 1995 · Der Leihmann as Max Bieber
- 1995 · Stirb für mich as Christian Schäfer
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · Die Kommissarin as Felix Walter
- 1994 · Maybe... Maybe Not as Gunnar
- 1994 · Frauen sind was Wunderbares as Zeno
- 1994 · Backbeat as Klaus Voormann
- 1994 · Ein starkes Team as Harald Berg
- 1992 · Little Sharks as Johannes
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as self
- 1992 · Riverboat as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1989 · ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
- 1989 · Blauer Panther as Self
- 1987 · Nachtcafé as Self
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Stefan Freiberg
- 1980 · Auf Achse as Toni Teuffel
- 1979 · Bavarian Film Awards as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Bundeskanzler Grasshoff
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Peter Lausch
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Markus Hoffschulte
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- 1948 · Bambi as Self