
Wolf Kahler
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Wolf Kahler (born April 3, 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Known for
Credits

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Colonel Dietrich

Wonder Woman (2017)
as German Commander

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Doctor Hoffmanstahl

Barry Lyndon (1975)
as Prince of Tübingen

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Commentator

The Remains of the Day (1993)
as German ambassador

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as German Soldier

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)

Shanghai (2010)
as German Consul

Firefox (1982)
as KGB Chairman Andropov

Firelight (1998)
as Sussman

The Keep (1983)
as S.S. Adjutant

The Boys from Brazil (1978)
as Arno Schwimmer

Loch Ness (1996)
as Dr Muller

Shining Through (1992)
as Border Commandant

The Lost Battalion (2001)
as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel

Rough Cut (1980)
as De Gooyer

The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Trompeta

Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
as Nazi Officer

March or Die (1977)
as First German

Backbeat (1994)
as Bert Kaempfert

The Great Escaper (2023)
as Heinrich

Priest of Love (1981)
as German Officer

Damascus Cover (2017)
as Colonel Ludwig Streicher

The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Helmut

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
as Horlein

Britannic (2000)
as Submarine Captain

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
as Col. Krieger

Florence Nightingale (1985)
as Gunther

Remembrance (1982)
as Dutch Matelot

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) (1980)
as Wolfgang Leonhard

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
as General von Plessen

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
as Gen. Sepp Dietrich

The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Herr Gerhardt

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
as Kaiser Wilhelm II

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
as Kropp

The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
as Real Estate Agent

The Secret Adversary (1983)
as The German

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as German 2nd

Cognition (2020)
as Doctor Zoger

Unfair Exchanges (1985)
as German Interviewer

Make and Break (1987)
as Doctor

Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999)
as Director of Ortogene

Ascendancy (1983)
as Muller

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976)
as Ss Sergeant Major
Hess (1978)
Actor

The Countess Alice (1993)
as Werner

Haber (2008)
as Ludendorff

Whispers of Freedom (2024)
as Bruno Kabát





