Stephan Kampwirth

Stephan Kampwirth (born 20 March 1967)^[1] is a German theatre and screen actor.^[2]

Stephan Kampwirth
Kampwirth in 2012
Born	(1967-03-20) 20 March 1967 (age 58) Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Known for	Dark

Biography

Kampwirth graduated from Franz Stock High School in Arnsberg in 1986 and then did his civilian service as an ambulance driver in Munich. After training at the Hamburg drama studio from 1989 until 1992 under the direction of Hildburg Frese, Kampwirth worked at the Schiller Theater in Berlin, the Burgtheater in Vienna, and the Kammerspiele in Munich. He performed under the direction of Leander Haußmann, Dieter Dorn, Georg Ringsgwandl, and Helmut Griem.

His film and television career began in the early 1990s with smaller roles in television series such as Großstadtrevier, Wolffs Revier, and Tatort. He became known to a wider audience with the television miniseries Ein unmöglicher Mann and the film version of Amelie Fried's novel Der Mann von Nebenan, in which he played the role of Lukas Lander. Kampwirth has been part of the Hamburg Kammerspiele ensemble in his adopted home of Hamburg since 2007. From 2013 until 2015, he played Dr. Bode in the television series Lerchenberg. In 2016, he played the role of Walter Richter in the film adaptation of Peter Stamm's Agnes, next to Odine Johne [de], who portrayed the titular role.^[3] Since 2017, Kampwirth has held one of the lead roles in the Netflix science fiction series Dark, that of Peter Doppler.

Selected filmography

For a more comprehensive list, see de:Stephan Kampwirth.

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Beyond Silence	Bankbeamter
1998	23	Jochen Maiwald
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Milo Thatch	Voice (German version)
2003	Wolfsburg	Klaus
2013	Das Kleine Gespenst	Karls Vater
2014	Who Am I	Martin Bohmer
2024	A Sacrifice	Max

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Schulz & Schulz		1 episode
1992	Großstadtrevier
1993	Wolffs Revier
1999	Ein unmöglicher Mann		5 episodes
2001	Tatort		1 episode
2002	Wolffs Revier
2003	Ein starkes Team
	Tatort
2004	Berlin, Berlin		2 episodes
2005	Der Dicke		1 episode
	Tatort		1 episode
2006	Das Duo		1 episode
	Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
	Tatort		1 episode
2007	Der Kriminalist
2008	Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei		1 episode
2010	Tatort		1 episode
2011	Tatort		1 episode
2012	Cologne P.D.		1 episode
	Die Chefin	Marc Berger	ongoing
	Tatort		1 episode
	Das Duo		1 episode
2013–2015	Lerchenberg	Dr. Berthold Bode
2013	Der letzte Bulle		1 episode
2016	Berlin Station
2017–2020	Dark	Peter Doppler	3 seasons
2018	Der Bergdoktor

Awards

• Bavarian Art Award in the field of "performing arts" (1998)
• "Expression en corto" festival, "Best Actor" for Die Überraschung (2005)
• "Concorto" festival, short film category, "Best Actor" for Die Überraschung (2006)
• Rolf Mares Prize, Outstanding Performance Actor/Singer/Dancer category, for the portrayal of Sebastian in Wir lieben und wissen nichts at the Hamburg Kammerspiele (2013)^[4]