Dieter Laser

DIETER LASER
was born in Kiel and raised in Hamburg, Germany.

He started his career in the theater with parts like: DON JUAN / VALMONT / PEER GYNT / MACBETH / CAPTAIN AHAB etc.

His first work for the cinema was his title role in JOHN GLUECKSTADT for which Dieter Laser won the GERMAN FILM AWARD IN GOLD. Besides countless guest appearances on the most important stages of German language - Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Salzburg-Festival etc. - he starred in about 65 films and television-movies. Some of them are:

2009
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE)
by Tom Six

FANTASTIC FEST USA
Best Actor Dieter Laser,
Best Picture

SCREAMFEST LA
Best Picture

SCREAM AWARDS LA
Best Villain Nomination Dieter Laser

4th ANNUAL SPLATCADEMY AWARDS USA
Best Actor Dieter Laser,
Best Villain Dr. Heiter - Dieter Laser, Best Foreign Horror Film

TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL
Best Feature Film Silver - Audience Award

RAVENNA NIGHTMARE FILM FESTIVAL
L'anello D'oro - Best Picture Gold

SAINTE MAXIME
INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
Prix D’or - Best Picture Gold

SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST
Best Ensemble Cast

HORROR & FANTASY
FILM FESTIVAL ESTONIA
White Lady - Audience Award Best Picture

2006
I AM THE OTHER WOMAN
by Margarethe von Trotta
with Armin Mueller-Stahl

2003
BALTIC STORM
by Reuben Leder
with Greta Scacchi and Donald Sutherland

2000
MANTRID
in 5 Episodes LEXX
by Paul Donovan

1997
THE HUNT FOR CM 24
by Peter Ristau
with Amanda Ooms and Bill Sage

1996
THE OGRE
by Volker Schloendorff
with John Malkovich

1996
SHANGHAI 1937
(Vicky Baum/Hotel Shanghai)
by Peter Patzak
with Annie Giradot and Elliot Gould

1991
MEETING VENUS
by Istvan Szabo
with Glenn Close

1990
THE MAN INSIDE
by Bobby Roth
with Juergen Prochnow and Peter Coyote

1986
FATHERS AND SONS
by Bernhard Sinkel
with Burt Lancaster and Julie Christie

1978
THE GLASS CELL
Patricia Highsmith
by Hans W. Geissendoerfer
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Nomination

1975
THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM
by Volker Schloendorff

1975
JOHN GLUECKSTADT
by Ulf Miehe
German Film Award in Gold for Dieter Laser