) is a German actor. He is the son of the German actor-writer Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger is a German actor. He is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s. He was born in Wedding, Berlin, German Reich...

 and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi.

Life

Shortly after his birth, his father took his wife and son to Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

 to live on the farm which had served as the backdrop for the film Hatari!

Hatari!

Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. The title means "danger" in Swahili, which was mentioned in the film as well...

, in which Krüger senior had appeared. Krüger junior attended an international school in Germany and then, after training as a bartender, in 1989 he took acting classes in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 and acted in US television shows. In an interview in Volle Kanne (ZDF) Hardy Krüger jr. stated he had also completed training as a chef. After graduating in 1991 he began his career in Germany with an appearance in the ARD

Das Erste

Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...

 series Nicht von schlechten Eltern

Nicht von schlechten Eltern

Nicht von schlechten Eltern is a German television series....

and with the lead role in Gegen den Wind

Gegen den Wind

Gegen den Wind is a German television series....

. He has since appeared in several international prdocutions such as Du gehörst mir! (France, 1999), Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar

Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar

Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics...

(France, 1999) and Roger Young's Dracula. He also took a lead role in the 2004 Stauffenberg

Stauffenberg (Film)

Stauffenberg is a German-Austrian TV movie released in 2004 by Das Erste , about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler....

, which was awarded the Deutscher Fernsehpreis

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

The Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...

 for Best Film. In May 2006 he first appeared as the replacement for Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff (actor)

Christian Wolff is a German film actor. He has appeared in 70 films since 1957.-Selected filmography:* Court Martial * Derrick - Season 4, Episode 08: "Via Bangkok"...

 in ZDF's Forsthaus Falkenau

Forsthaus Falkenau

Forsthaus Falkenau is a German television series....

, in which he now plays the lead role of the forester Stefan Leitner.

He is a UNICEF ambassador against child prostitution, a role for which he was rewarded by Kinderlachen with the "Kind-Award 2006". He has also become a patron of the charity "TukTuk-Tour" from Asia to Europe. He also accompanied Bundesminister Sigmar Gabriel on the creation of the Naturallianz by the CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity , known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is an international legally binding treaty...

-COP9. His first marriage produced two sons and ended in divorce. In 2009 he remarried to Austrian communications-trainer and painter Katrin Fehringer, with whom he lives in Starnberg

Starnberg

The city of Starnberg is in Bavaria, Germany, some 30 km south-west of Munich. It lies at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country", and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg...

 near Munich and with whom in 2009 he adopted a girl from Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

Selective filmography

• 1992–1996: Nicht von schlechten Eltern
  Nicht von schlechten Eltern
  Nicht von schlechten Eltern is a German television series....
  
  
• 1995–1999: Gegen den Wind
  Gegen den Wind
  Gegen den Wind is a German television series....
  
  
• 1999: Du gehörst mir! (Le Cocu magnifique)
• 1999: Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar
  Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar
  Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of live-action films based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics...
  
  
• 2001: Bel Ami – Liebling der Frauen
• 2002: Vortex
  Vortex (film)
  Vortex is a 1967 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Koundouros. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Philippo Vlachos - Alexis* Fanis Hinas - Filippos* Alexis Mann - Filippos' Brother...
  
  
• 2002: Dracula
• 2003: Nancy & Frank – A Manhattan Love Story
• 2004: Stauffenberg
  Stauffenberg (Film)
  Stauffenberg is a German-Austrian TV movie released in 2004 by Das Erste , about Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler....
  
  
• 2005: Die Schokoladenkönigin
• 2006: Plötzlich Opa
• seit 2006: Forsthaus Falkenau
  Forsthaus Falkenau
  Forsthaus Falkenau is a German television series....
  
  , lead role as forester Stefan Leitner
• 2009: Lilly Schönhauer – Paulas Traum
• 2010: Wer zu lieben wagt
• 2011: Serengeti

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