Christian Oliver

Christian Oliver (3 March 1972 – 4 January 2024) was a German actor who was mainly known for his role in the Cobra 11 television series.

Christian Oliver
Oliver at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008
Born	Christian Klepser (1972-03-03)3 March 1972 Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Died	4 January 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 51) Caribbean Sea (off the coast of Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Years active	1994–2024
Spouse	Jessica Mazur ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2021)​
Children	2 (both deceased)

Biography

Born Christian Klepser^[1] on 3 March 1972^[2] in Celle, Oliver grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.^[3] He relocated to the United States to work as a model and subsequently took acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles.^[4] From 2003 until 2004, Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series Alarm für Cobra 11.

Death

Oliver and his two daughters, Madita and Annik, were in a four-seater Bellanca Viking plane on 4 January 2024, when it crashed off the coast of Bequia, a Caribbean island in the Grenadines.^[1][5] Everyone on board, including the American pilot, Robert Sachs, was killed on impact.^[6] The crash is under investigation by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force.^[7]

Filmography

• Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994–1995) — Brian Keller
• The Baby Sitters Club (1995) — Luca
• Two Sisters (1997) — Tim
• Eat Your Heart Out (1997) — Daniel Haus
• Bombs Under Berlin [de] (1999) — Kalle
• Romantic Fighter (1999) — Dennis
• Schlaf mit meinem Mann (2001) — Benny
• Kept (2001) — Kyle
• Ablaze (2001) — Tim Vester
• A Light in the Forest (2002) — Gabriel Brown
• Frostbite (2004) — Hans
• Alarm für Cobra 11 — Die Autobahnpolizei (2003–2004) — Jan Richter
• Subject Two (2005) — Adam Schmidt
• The Good German (2006) — Emil Brandt
• Speed Racer (2008) — Snake Oiler
• Watercolors (2008) — High School Student
• Valkyrie (2009) — Sergeant-Major Adam
• Ready or Not (2009) — Chris
• Tribute (2009) — Steve Chensky (based on the novel by Nora Roberts)
• The Three Musketeers (2011) — Venetian Nobleman
• House of Good and Evil (2013) — Chris Conley
• Ninja Apocalypse (2014) — Cage
• Hercules Reborn (2014) — Arius
• Zipper (2015) — Max (uncredited)
• Sense8 (2015) — Steiner
• Master of Death [de] (2015) — Ulrich Hemberger
• Timeless (2016) — Wernher von Braun
• Best Christmas Ball Ever (2019) — Lukas
• Hunters (2020) — Wilhelm Zuchs
• I Am Fear (2020) — Polo
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) — Voice actor