Jan Josef Liefers, is a German actor and musician. He was born on August 8, 1964 in Dresden.

Life

Liefers is the son of director Karlheinz Liefers and actress Brigitte Liefers-Wähner. After his apprenticeship he studied at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

. From 1987 until 1990 he acted at the Deutsches Theater Berlin; after this he moved over to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

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His first role in cinema was Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt...

 in the German film Die Besteigung des Chimborazo.

Following that he played in some minor film roles however, in 1996, he achieved his breakthrough with the Helmut Dietl

Helmut Dietl

Helmut Dietl is a German film director and author from Bad Wiessee.- Work :After completion of grammar school in 1958, Dietl studied theatre science and the history of art. Afterwards, he became head of photography and later assistant director to the Munich Kammerspiele theatre...

 film Rossini - oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief. He received the Bayerischen Filmpreis for his role (Bodo Kriegnitz). As a result of this success he was awarded roles in several German films. He has been playing a pathologist in the famous serial Tatort

Tatort

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...

 since 2002.

Jan Liefers is a keen motorcyclist and in 2007 started on a trip of a lifetime from Quito (Ecuador) to Patagonia in South America. Unfortunately his trip came to a premature end when he hurt himself avoiding a collision with a young child who ran out in front of his motorbike. In 2008 a film of the trip called "70° West - Entscheidung in Peru" (Decision in Peru) was shown on German TV channel DMAX.

He has been married to the actress and singer Anna Loos since 2004. For Jan Josef this is his 2nd marriage after that to Russian actress Alexandra Tabakow.

Filmography

• Die Besteigung des Chimborazo (1989)
• Der Fall Ö (1991)
• Charlie & Louise - Das Doppelte Lottchen (1993)
• Die Partner (Serie, 1995)
• Ich, der Boss (1995)
• Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief (1997)
• Kidnapping Mom and Dad (1997)
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  Knockin' on Heaven's Door (film)
  Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a 1997 German criminal comedy, by Thomas Jahn, starring Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu and Rutger Hauer. Its name derives from the Bob Dylan song which is also on the film's soundtrack.- Story :...
  
   (1997)
• Vergewaltigt - Das Geheimnis einer Nacht (1997)
• Arielle, die Meerjungfrau (Disney), German (Prinz Erik), (1997)
• Jack's Baby (1998)
• Sieben Monde (1998)
• 666 – Traue keinem mit dem du schläfst (2001)
• Die Frauenversteher - Männer unter sich (2002)
• Das Wunder von Lengede (2003)
• Die Nachrichten (based on the novel written by Alexander Osang) 2005
• Madagascar
  Madagascar (2005 film)
  Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked...
  
   (DreamWorks), (German version) voice of Alex (2005)
• Die Entscheidung (2006)
• Tatort (2006)
• Die Sturmflut (2006)
• Der Untergang der Pamir (Autumn 2006)
• Der Rote Baron (2006)
• Nachtschicht – Der Ausbruch (2006)
• Bis zum Ellenbogen (2006)
• Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten (2007)
• Lily C. (2007)
• Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex (2008)
• Madagascar 2, (German version) voice of Alex (2008)
• Life is live (2009)
• Es liegt mir auf der Zunge (2009)
• Die Spätzünder (2009)

Tatort - Professor Dr. Karl Friedrich Boerne

In the German "Tatort" crime series Liefers plays Professor Dr. Karl Friedrich Boerne, the director of the "Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensics" at the University of Münster. The witty scientist loves his job and enjoys life to the fullest, often without considering the feelings of others. Karl-Friedrich Boerne loves the good things in life, plays golf, fences and is fond of classical music, especially if it's loud. But what he loves most are his luxury cars (Jaguar, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, etc.), which he drives without worrying too much about wrecking them, and the sound of his own voice. Boerne's irony and intellect make him seem cynical and arrogant at times, but still it's evident that there's a good heart beating inside him. His wife left him and ever since Boerne lives alone in his big city apartment. The much smaller neighbouring apartment he let to inspector Frank Thiel. But not only at home the idiosyncratic, quirky forensic physician and the quiet, down-to-earth police officer share a close partnership.

Tatort - Episodes

• 2002: Der dunkle Fleck
• 2002: Fakten, Fakten
• 2003: Dreimal schwarzer Kater
• 2003: Sag nichts
• 2004: Mörderspiele
• 2004: Eine Leiche zuviel
• 2005: Der Frauenflüsterer
• 2005: Der doppelte Lott
• 2006: Das ewig Böse
• 2006: Das zweite Gesicht
• 2007: Ruhe sanft
• 2007: Satisfaktion
• 2008: Krumme Hunde
• 2008: Wolfsstunde
• 2009: Höllenfahrt
• 2009: Tempelräuber
• 2010: Der Fluch der Mumie
• 2011: Zwischen den Ohren

CDs

• Jack's Baby (1999)
• Don't let go (2002)
• Oblivion (2002)
• Soundtrack meiner Kindheit (2007)

Audio Books

• 2006: Fußball unser - Das Hörbuch
• 2006: Brigitte
  Brigitte
  Brigitte is a feminine given name. It is a French and German form of Bridget. Brigitte may refer to:- People :* Brigitte Bardot , a French actress and singer* Brigitte Becue , a Belgian breaststroke swimmer...
  
   Hörbuch-Edition - Starke Stimmen: Die Männer - Der Reinfall
• 2008: Jan Josef Liefers liest den Tatort Fall `Der dunkle Fleck´
• 2009: Brigitte Hörbuch-Edition - Starke Stimmen: Die Krimis - Dr. Siri und seine Toten

Awards

• 1996: Bayerischer Filmpreis
  Bayerischer Filmpreis
  The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the State Government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany.The Bavarian Film...
  
  , best newcomer in Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief
• 2000: Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste, actor award for Halt mich fest
• 2000: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
  Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
  Bayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989.- 2010 :* Nina Gummich, Nachwuchsförderpreis * Klaus Doldinger, Bavarian Prime Minister's Prize- 2009 :...
  
   for Jack's Baby
• 2003: Bambi for Das Wunder von Lengede
• 2004: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for the best actor in Das Wunder von Lengede