Klaus J. Behrendt
Klaus Johannes Behrendt ( born February 7, 1960 in Hamm ) is a German actor.
Life and education
Klaus J. Behrendt was born in Hamm, the son of a pediatrician, grew up in Westphalia Ibbenbüren and there learned the profession of mountain mechanic. After completing his civilian service he took from 1981 to 1984 acting classes at the Hamburg School Hedi Hoepfner and then stepped to a permanent engagement at the Bremer Theater. There he joined up in 1988 in plays like Danton's Death, The Seagull, A Midsummer Night's Dream or The Three Sisters. Klaus J. Behrendt has two sons and a daughter from his first marriage and lives with his second wife Karin and their son from a previous relationship in Berlin- Charlottenburg.
Film and television career
With a role in the television series Red Earth II in 1989, he started his TV career.
Large Behrendt gained popularity from 1992 to 1994 and again since 1997 through his role as an investigator Max Ballauf in the WDR - crime series Tatort; first as an assistant commissioner of Flemming ( played by Martin Lüttge ) in Dusseldorf and later as Commissioner ladder with his colleague Freddy Schenk ( Dietmar Bär ) in Cologne. In the Tatort episode 234 ( Schimanskis weapon) Behrendt was already shown in a supporting role as Erwin Spilonska.
From 1995 to 1997 he played in the Sat.1 series AS the role of private detective Alexander Stein. In the sat.1 television production The Light in Dark Places Behrendt was seen in the role of a miner, his original profession. In spring 2005 he played in the ZDF television series Chancellery fictional Chancellor Andreas Weyer. In 2006, he acted with his colleague and friend Dietmar Bär in The sinking of the Pamir, a two-part disaster drama on the sinking of the German ship Pamir. This project came into existence largely to Behrendts operate. In 2007, he embodied the ARD television drama Ordinary people on the side of Barbara Auer a family man who hides his homosexuality.
Awards
In October 2000, Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär received for their roles in the crime scene the German Television Award for Best Series Actor of the Year 1999. For his performance in My Father on the side of Götz George Behrendt got in 2003 numerous honors, including the Adolf- Grimme Award, the International Emmy Award and the Bavarian Television Award. In 2009 he received a nomination for the Golden Camera for Best Actor. In 2011 he received a 1Live crown ( joint special price for the WDR crime scenes from Münster and Cologne with the castmates Jan Josef Liefers, Axel Prahl and Dietmar Bär ).
Engagements
Together with the Berlin club per futura Behrendt is set for the future prospects of young people and long-term unemployed one. In addition, with members of the Crime Scene Team 1998, he founded the crime scene - streets in the world eV, which advocates for Filipino street children and to the much acclaimed Tatort episode Manila ( Episode 383 ) from 1998 back to the fate of Filipino street children and child abuse themed. For this commitment, he received e of children's laughter V. together with Dietmar Bär the CHILD Award. 2011 Klaus J. Behrendt founded with the Osnabrück businessman Reinhard Höfelmeyer the club We start right in Osnabrück eV. This association procured through donations new fully equipped for school satchel from socially disadvantaged families. The tolerances are assigned anonymously and without photos of the children on the kindergarten to the families. After the great success in the Osnabrück area, this work is extended to Cologne, Bonn and Dortmund.