Wilfried Baasner

Known for ActingBorn 1940-05-28Died 2006-03-28Mohrungen, Germany

Wilfried Baasner (born May 28, 1940, in Mohrungen; died March 28, 2006, in Athens) was a German actor. Baasner grew up in Lauenburg and Hamburg. At the age of 17, he left secondary school and began his acting training at the Hamburger Kammerspiele under Ida Ehre. This was followed by theater engagements at various venues, including the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, the Wiener Volkstheater, the Wiener Schauspielhaus, the Hamburger Kammerspiele, the Landesbühne Hannover, and the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin. In 1982, Baasner received the prestigious Kainz Medal for his portrayal of John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's *The Elephant Man* at the Schauspielhaus Wien. He also garnered significant acclaim for his role in the television drama *Hautnah* (1985), which was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize. Baasner achieved nationwide fame through his role as the unscrupulous Achim Lauritzen in the ZDF television series *Das Erbe der Guldenburgs*. His bald head—originally shaved for a production of Bertolt Brecht's *The Threepenny Opera*, in which he played Mackie Messer—later became his trademark. During the final years of his life, Baasner lived primarily in Greece. He died in 2006 in a hospital in Athens.Read more

Movies & web series

Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten

Tod eines Schaustellers

Karambolage

Die Frosch-Intrige

Hautnah

Der schwarze Fluch

Die Straßen von Berlin

Hecht & Haie

Die Montagsmaler

Der Fahnder

Im Namen des Gesetzes

Klinik unter Palmen

The Lenz Papers

The Peppercorns

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

Scene of the Crime

Derrick

The Seventh Scroll

Unser Charly

Edel & Starck

Four Junior Detectives

Der blaue Diamant

The Legacy of Guldenburgs

Wolffs Revier

Mit verbundenen Augen

Coconuts

Die Wache

Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft

Die Trotzkis

Novak

Die Männer vom K3

Lenz oder die Freiheit

I.O.B. Spezialauftrag

Bezaubernde Mama