Volker Lechtenbrink is a German

Germany

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 television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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 and singer.

Lechtenbrink grew up in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 and Bremen

Bremen

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 and started his career at the age of 15 acting in the anti-war movie The Bridge

Die Brücke (film)

Die Brücke is a West-German anti-war novel written by Gregor Dorfmeister, under the pseudonym of Manfred Gregor, and published in 1958 by Heyne Bücher....

 by Bernhard Wicki. After finishing school he was educated at the Schauspielschule (drama school) Hamburg, also acting and later working as a stage director at the Ernst-Deutsch Theater, Hamburg. In 2004 - 2006 he was the intendant of that stage.

1995–1997 he was intendant of Bad Hersfeld

Bad Hersfeld

The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district seat of Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel....

 Festival and always acted in several German TV – productions ( Der Kommissar, Derrick

Derrick (TV series)

Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...

, Der Alte

The Old Fox

The Old Fox is a German television series created in 1976, but first on the air in 1977, now running for over three decades....

, Tatort

Tatort

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...

 ). He synchronizes the German voice of Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...

 and Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder...

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Next to his work as an actor he also started a career as a singer and songwriter. In the years 1976–1989 he issued:

• 1976 Der Macher
• 1977 Volker Lechtenbrink Nr. 2
• 1977 Alltagsgeschichten
• 1978 Meine Tür steht immer offen
• 1978 Der Spieler
• 1980 Leben so wie ich es mag
• 1981 Schon möglich
• 1982 Wer spielt mit mir
• 1982 Ich mag
• 1983 Leben heute
• 1984 Zurückgelehnt
• 1987 Ich kann gewinnen
• 1989 Herzschlag

External links

• Ute Nicolai Agency Berlin