Kai Wiesinger
Kai Wiesinger (born April 16, 1966, in Hanover) is a German actor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. He rose to fame in 1992 with the comedy film *Kleine Haie*.
Wiesinger made his television debut in the late 1980s on the ZDF program *Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst*. He achieved his breakthrough in 1992 with the lead role in *Kleine Haie*, for which he—alongside Jürgen Vogel and Gedeon Burkhard—received the Bavarian Film Award.
In the years that followed, Wiesinger starred in numerous successful German films, including *Der bewegte Mann*, *Frauen sind was Wunderbares*, and *Stadtgespräch*. He also appeared regularly in historical and dramatic productions, such as *Comedian Harmonists*, *14 Tage lebenslänglich*, and *Nichts als die Wahrheit*, starring alongside Götz George.
Wiesinger also took on numerous lead roles in television productions, including *Dresden*, *Die Gustloff*, and the series *Die Anwälte*. In 2014, he portrayed former Federal President Christian Wulff in the TV movie *Der Rücktritt*, for which he received the Bavarian Television Award.
Since 2015, he has starred—alongside his partner, Bettina Zimmermann—in the self-developed web series *Der Lack ist ab*, which he also directed. Since 2022, he has also been seen in the title role of the crime series *Dr. Hoffmann*.
In addition to his work in front of the camera, Kai Wiesinger is active as a voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. Among other roles, he voiced a character in the animated film *Das große Krabbeln* (the German dub of *A Bug's Life*) and appeared alongside his then-wife, Chantal de Freitas, in the audio drama series *Bibi Blocksberg*.
Acting
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Bundeskanzler Grasshoff
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Peter Lausch
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Markus Hoffschulte
1970
Movie
Maybe... Maybe Not
as Gunnar
1994
Movie
Backbeat
as Klaus Voormann
1994
Movie
The Harmonists
as Erwin Bootz
1997
Movie
Murder on the Orient Express
as Philip von Strauss
2001
Movie
The Last Execution
as Wagner
2021
Movie
Gut zu Vögeln
as Tillmann
2016
Movie
Emil and the Detectives
as Knut Tischbein
2001
Movie
The Hunt for the Amber Room
as Eik Meiers
2012
Movie
Little Sharks
as Johannes
1992
Movie
Spear of Destiny
as Eik Meiers
2010
Movie
Poppitz
as Ben
2002
Movie
Wunderkinder
as Max Reich
2011
Movie
Takeover
as Hubertus
2020
Movie
After the Truth
as Peter Rohm
1999
Movie
Until Nothing Remains
as Dr. Gerd Ruppert
2010
TV
A Case For Two
as Stefan Freiberg
1981
TV
Auf Achse
as Toni Teuffel
1980
TV
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
as Jurgen
2000
Movie
14 Days to Life
as Konrad von Seidlitz
1997
Movie
Terror in the Mall
as Chris Maratos
1998
