Jan Fedder

Jan Fedder (German: [jan ˈfɛ.dɐ] ^ⓘ; 14 January 1955 – 30 December 2019) was a German actor, born in Hamburg. He was best known for his role as police officer Dirk Matthies in the German television show Großstadtrevier. He was also known for his role as the crude Petty Officer Pilgrim in Wolfgang Petersen's film, Das Boot. Fedder was especially known for playing typical Northern German characters.^[1]

Jan Fedder
Fedder in 2012
Born	(1955-01-14)14 January 1955 Hamburg, West Germany
Died	30 December 2019(2019-12-30) (aged 64) Hamburg, Germany
Resting place	Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–2019
Notable work	Das Boot, Großstadtrevier

Fedder was diagnosed with oral cancer in 2012. He died on 30 December 2019 in Hamburg of the disease, aged 64.^[2] He had been in a wheelchair for the past few months of his life.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Reisedienst Schwalbe	Boy in cave	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1981	Das Boot	Pilgrim
1982	Smiley's People	Young Man at Water Camp	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1983	Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei	Pit
1984	No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case [de]	Jan
	Der Sohn des Bullen	Kottbus
1985	Deadly Twins	Harry DeRomeo
1987	Jacob hinter der blauen Tür	Ulli
1988	Non-Stop Trouble with the Experts [de]	Kerschke
1989	Umwege nach Venedig
1990	Werner – Beinhart!	Herbert / Bauarbeiter	Voice
	Land in Sicht	Landlord
1991	Superstau [de]	Hinnerk
1992–2020	Großstadtrevier	Dirk Matthies	TV series, 377 episodes, last role
1993	Verlassen Sie bitte Ihren Mann!	Rodkin
1997–2019	Neues aus Büttenwarder	Kurt Brakelmann	TV series, 79 episodes
1999	Der Hochstapler	Klaus Hartmann	TV film
	Werner – Volles Rooäää!!!	Herbert	Voice
	Die Strandclique	Alfred Waalkes	2 episodes - S2-03 & S2-04 Geld stinkt nicht - Sachsen können alles
2006	Der Mann im Strom [de]	Jan Hinrichs	TV film
2008	The Lightship [de]	Kapitän Johann Freytag	TV film
	U-900	Kaleu Rönberg
2009	Soul Kitchen	Meyer
2012	Der Hafenpastor	Pastor Stefan Book
2013	Ohne Gnade!	Tattoo-Adler
2015	Der Hafenpastor und das graue Kind	Pastor Stefan Book
2016	Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel	Pastor Stefan Book