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.

Filmography

• 2024Whispers of Freedom — Bruno Kabát
• 2023The Great Escaper — Heinrich
• 2020Cognition — Doctor Zoger
• The Mallorca Files — Hans Weber
• 2017Damascus Cover — Colonel Ludwig Streicher
• 2017Wonder Woman — German Commander
• 2012Cockneys vs Zombies — Nazi Officer
• 2012Cold Warrior — Bochinsky
• 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Doctor Hoffmanstahl
• 2010Shanghai — German Consul
• 2008Haber — Ludendorff
• Inspector George Gently — Gunter Schmeikel
• 2006The Somme: From Defeat to Victory — General von Plessen
• 2005Einstein's Big Idea — Horlein
• 2005The Girl in the Café — Herr Gerhardt
• 2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason — Commentator
• Band of Brothers — German General
• 2001The Lost Battalion — Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
• 2000Britannic — Submarine Captain
• Perfect World — Senior Group Head
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades — German 2nd
• 1999Doomwatch: Winter Angel — Director of Ortogene
• 1998Firelight — Sussman
• 1996Loch Ness — Dr Muller
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Dieter Klausen
• 1994Backbeat — Bert Kaempfert
• 1993The Countess Alice — Werner
• 1993The Remains of the Day — German ambassador
• 1992Shining Through — Border Commandant
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — German 2nd
• Soldier Soldier — Doctor Heller
• The Bourne Identity — Gold Glasses
• 1988The Man Who Lived at the Ritz — Kropp
• War and Remembrance — Anton Burger
• 1987Make and Break — Doctor
• 1987The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission — Col. Krieger
• Casualty — Alexander Chernov
• 1985A Zed & Two Noughts — Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
• 1985Florence Nightingale — Gunther
• Mussolini: The Untold Story — Skorzeny
• Screen Two — German Interviewer
• 1985The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission — Gen. Sepp Dietrich
• Mistral's Daughter — Major Schmidt
• Sherlock Holmes — King of Bohemia
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — King of Bohemia
• The Odd Job Man — Tauber
• 1984Unfair Exchanges — German Interviewer
• Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime — The German
• 1983Ascendancy — Muller
• 1983The Keep — S.S. Adjutant
• 1983The Secret Adversary — The German
• 1982Firefox — KGB Chairman Andropov
• Q.E.D. — Technician
• 1982Remembrance — Dutch Matelot
• 1981Priest of Love — German Officer
• 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark — Colonel Dietrich
• 1980At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) — Wolfgang Leonhard
• 1980Rough Cut — De Gooyer
• 1980The Sea Wolves — Trompeta
• 1979The House on Garibaldi Street — Real Estate Agent
• 1979The Lady Vanishes — Helmut
• 1979The Riddle of the Sands — Kaiser Wilhelm II
• 1978Force 10 from Navarone — German Soldier
• 1978Hess
• 1978The Boys from Brazil — Arno Schwimmer
• The Sandbaggers — Lincke
• BBC2 Play of the Week — SS Sgt. Major
• 1977March or Die — First German
• 1976Arnhem: The Story of an Escape — Ss Sergeant Major
• 1976The Eagle Has Landed — Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
• 1975Barry Lyndon — Prince of Tübingen

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1980Don Siegel: Last of the Independents — Self