Robert Atzorn
Acting
Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He studied graphic design at the Art School Alsterdamm in Hamburg, however, felt drawn to the theater and therefore moved to the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (1967-1969). In the season 1969/70 he got his first job at the Württembergische Landesbühne. Engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1970/1971), at the Theater Münster (1971/1972), at the Bühnen der Stadt Köln (1972/73), at the Theater Dortmund (1973-1975) and at the Residenz Theatre in Munich (1977-1983). 1980 Robert Atzorn played his first film role in From the Life of the Marionettes, directed by Ingmar Bergman. After many years in the theater, he worked exclusively since the mid-1980s for television. A wider audience, he was in the late 1980s alongside Maren Kroymann in the family series Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer. For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received the Goldene Kamera. He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening series Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht, which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes. In 1993 he was honored with the Telestar. Robert Atzorn worked also in various episodes of the television series Forsthaus Falkenau, The Black Forest Clinicand Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, and the crime series Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, The Old Fox, Tatort and Die Männer vom K3. As the successor of Manfred Krug and Charles Brauer he investigated from 2001 to 2008 as Tatort-homicide detective Jan Casstorff along with Tilo Prückner as Commissioner Holicek and Julia Schmidt as Jenny Graf for the NDR. The Tatort episode "Und tschüss" in February 2008 also meant the departure of Atzorn's investigator team. He was also seen in 2002 Dieter Wedel's miniseries Die Affäre Semmeling as mayor Klaus Hennig. In the romantic comedy Kiss Me, Chancellor (2004) he slipped into the role of a head of government who falls in love with a maid, played by Andrea Sawatzki. Also in 2004 he was before the camera in Das Kommando (de), as the commander of a special unit, with his sons Jens and Daniel, who made his debut in the film as an actor. 2005 Atzorn took over the role of the chancellery chief in the series Kanzleramt. In the ZDF production Africa, mon amour (2007) he played opposite Iris Berben, as occurred with Matti Geschonneck's Wer liebt, hat Recht and in Das Kommando. In the TV drama Mein Mann, der Trinker he played in 2008 with Franziska Walser a couple whose marriage is put to a severe test. 2008 after a long break came with two new episodes of the adventure series Der Kapitän, in which he portrayed from 1997 to 2000 already the figure of Captain Frank Harmsen. Robert Atzorn is married since 1976 with Angelika Hartung, both have two adult sons.
From the Life of the Marionettes
as Peter Egerman
Age 35 (now 81)
Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
as Lorenz Keller
Age 70 (now 81)
Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
as Lorenz Keller
Age 70 (now 81)
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
as Professor Brenner
Age 70 (now 81)Engel der Gerechtigkeit - Kopfgeld
as Professor Brenner
Age 68 (now 81)Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Ärztepfusch
as Professor Brenner
Age 68 (now 81)
The Case of Jakob von Metzler
as Wolfgang Daschner
Age 67 (now 81)Engel der Gerechtigkeit - Brüder fürs Leben
as Professor Brenner
Age 67 (now 81)Engel der Gerechtigkeit
as Professor Julius Brenner
Age 66 (now 81)
Ich bin kein Mann für eine Frau
as Johannes Müller
Age 54 (now 81)Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden
as Dr. Andrés Laplana
Age 40 (now 81)
Das schöne Ende dieser Welt
as Dr. Dr. Michael Brandt
Age 38 (now 81)
From the Life of the Marionettes
as Peter Egerman
Age 35 (now 81)
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
as Klaus Schäfer
Age 51 (now 81)
Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht
as Markus Specht
Age 46 (now 81)
Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer
as Pfarrer Hermann Wiegandt
Age 43 (now 81)
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
as Assistenzarzt Werner Sager
Age 40 (now 81)
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