Wilfried Baasner
Actor
- Born
- May 28, 1940 · Mohrungen, Germany
- Died
- March 28, 2006 (age 65)
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.
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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.
Known for
Acting11
- 1995Mit verbundenen Augen as Albert Steiner
- 1995Der schwarze Fluch as Attorney General Winston
- 1993Der blaue Diamant as Boris Ottinski (Otto)
- 1992Four Junior Detectives as Hirnvogel
- 1991Die Frosch-Intrige as Bürgermeister Wutte
- 1986The Lenz Papers as Glaubnitz
- 1985Hautnah as Meilick
- 1985Coconuts as Kern
- 1984Tod eines Schaustellers as Schuster
- 1983Karambolage
