Actor

Volker Prechtel

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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Movies: 30Series: 10

TMDB ID: 2370

IMDb ID: nm0695711

Known for: Acting

Born: August 9, 1941

Died: August 7, 1997

Age: 55

Place of birth: Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 1996

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 6.53

Wikidata: Q84948

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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.