Volker Prechtel
Known for: Acting
Born: August 8, 1941 in Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany - Died: August 6, 1997
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.
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Alles nur Tarnung
Pfarrer
Woyzeck
Handwerksbursche
Scream of Stone
Himalaja-Bezwinger
Der Pampelmusenmond
Herzblau
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Stammtischbruder
Big Mäc
Zollbeamter
Piratensender Powerplay
Bailiff
Starke Zeiten
Hospital Employee
Waller's Last Trip
Karg
The Serbian Girl
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Toni Lederer
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hiltel, the prison guard
Heart of Glass
Wudy
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Girgl
Die Farbe des Himmels
Milchfahrer Elfengruber
The Frozen Heart
Der Schluckauf
Tödliche Lüge
Georg
The Name of the Rose
Malachia
Tanner
Fuhrhalter Suter
Crime and Passion
Innkeeper
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
CIA-Agent
Four Junior Detectives
Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Fösi