Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-08-09
Day of Death
1997-08-07
Place of Birth
Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Volker Prechtel
Biography
Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor. Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions. Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder. He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*. Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.
Filmography (41)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
Alles nur Tarnung
1996Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994Das Geheimnis
1994
Tödliche Lüge
1993Moritz
1992
Four Junior Detectives
1992
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991
Scream of Stone
1991
Sisi/Last Minute
1991
